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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1902
Page
3
The First Baptist church will stage a handkerchief sale Saturday December 13 in Nicola Campbell's furniture store window. Proceeds fund church activities and the handkerchiefs serve as Christmas gifts. Also available are homemade pies cakes doughnuts bread and baked beans.
The Junior Endeavor of the Presbyterian church presents an entertainment and Christmas booth in Smouse Hall on Friday evening December 12th. Proceeds aid church youth activities and community outreach.
Soldiers from the last war praise Bucklen's Arnica Salve for scratches bruises cuts wounds corns sore feet and stiff joints. It also treats burns scalds boils ulcers skin eruptions and piles with a money back guarantee. Only 25 cents at Stewart's drug store.
An advertisement urges constant hustle to stay prosperous and promotes Rocky Mountains Tea as a stimulant. The copy credits J. H. Stewart and emphasizes the product’s energizing effect for strenuous effort.
Special to The Evening Journal reports snow flurries tonight and Sunday with colder temperatures across Iowa for today and tomorrow.
A dense list of items notes many residents and visitors, including Mrs. D. L. Baird returning from Ainsworth, W. Nelson en route to Muscatine, Scott and Reister eastbound on the Firefly, and Fred Stewart arriving from the Fat Stock Show in Chicago. Several locals depart for Sunday visits, business trips, or preaching engagements, with names like Col. and Mrs. Palmer, Miss Eva Love, Miss Bertha Crawford, Miss Anna Woudek, and Rev. S. K. Coates. Interspersed are notices of sales, candy at Allen's, Christmas gifts at Turner's, and miscellaneous ads and public notices.
The Holy City Mecca is portrayed as extremely dirty with crowded tents and narrow streets. Descriptions note decaying refuse filling lanes and scavenging pariah dogs under the harsh Arabian sun. The piece emphasizes the paradox of sacred status and squalid conditions.
Testimonials from Davenport area clients praise Miss Denton for kidney relief, nerve calming, and eczema cure after a few treatments. Notes include abscess, heart pain, backache, and a chronic invalid recovery. Several local residents and professionals offer endorsement and contactable references.
A note reads lost items include several bills wrapped in a handkerchief. reward offered for the return. Also advertises for sale Christmas trees and rental unfurnished rooms at Mrs. KB Cowles, North "C ft.
Eleven Norton pupils and eight chorus members missed last night’s musicale due to weather. Bessie Park eleven miles away and Viola Simpson seven miles out could not attend. Young pupils Helen and Thera Duke showed notable progress in few lessons and show promise as artists.
The Reynolds Gallery invites interest in their holiday special, offering exquisite photographic artworks for display. They seek opportunities to show and have viewers examine the pieces at their earliest convenience.
A shopper lists needs for old fashioned rain barrels and a What-Not for David Harum style use. The message requests items like nuts candies cigars tobacco and directs to contact Warren Moore manager Graham for availability.
The Covenanter church ladies labeled the coffee as Baird's Best and served a fragrant cup at their last evening supper. The slogan invited guests to request Baird's Best coffee for a refined dining experience.
Mrs. Catherine James arrived last evening from Riverside and is visiting her brothers Col. and BW. Nicola.
An odd ad notes a seal brown taste and a Canton flannel tongue urging Rocky Mountain Tea at night priced at 35 cents. It is signed by J. H. Stewart.
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