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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1905
Page
8
Starry Butler performs with Henry W. Savage's Woodland company recounting a rural church scene where a drunkard and a hypocrite are challenged by a colonel. The sketch then shifts to a rejected youth lament and a witty exchange about a letter of recommendation from a young woman.
An instructor asserts success requires natural aptitude or training, while a shaggy haired youth counters that people can thrive as clever directors in big brewers without traditional training, noting recent examples of wealth from being dummy directors.
Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt weighs in on a young couple’s engagement describing the groom as conceited yet capable and the bride as modest and simple. She asserts their life will be ideal because they share a single interest, a witty exchange follows about the nature of that interest.
General Grant recounts a tale of Stonewall Jackson and a rough carpenter who helped repair a burned bridge during a rapid movement. The carpenter reports the bridge is finished but laments that the pictures have not yet arrived.
Rear Admiral Sigsbee and General Porter met in New York at a Loyal Legion dinner on the Jones burial. Sigsbee humbly credited Porter for locating the body while he transported it on his battleship. The exchange led to light joking about the pallbearer role. Also note local ads for piano tuning and a Friday basketball game between Washington High and West Liberty High in the Commercial Club gym.
The Rev. C. D. Moore, pastor of the Baptist church in Harpersville, N Y, endured agonies from a persistent cough after the grip and slept upright. He credits Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds with curing his cough and averting consumption. The remedy is sold by J H Stewart, with a trial bottle offered and prices 60c and 1.00 guaranteed.
The piece discusses Republican strategy on rail rate regulation and Roosevelt’s stance on machine politics. It features Senator Elkins defending the need for amendment to current law and recounts anecdotes about Roosevelt, Tillman, Dolliver, and a trio of Democrats opposed to Cleveland, highlighting intraparty tensions and cross‑party tactics.
Advertises Hyomei as superior to patent medicines with eucalyptus oil base and healing gums. Claims use in a pocket inhaler kills germs and heals throat nose and lungs, endorsed by physicians, with a 99 percent success claim and a money back guarantee through Columbia Pharmacy.
Steck's Outlaws plan an indoor baseball game against Muscatine YMCA youths, with a strong lineup hinted if Captain Steck goes south to meet them, signaling local excitement in Muscatine. The ad also promotes tinning services by Hawkeye Pump Co and notes Mrs Fritz of Washington visiting Mrs McCoy in Muscatine.
Emergency medicine claim touts Chamberlain's Pain Balm as best for sprains bruises burns and scalds. It soothes wounds and allegedly speeds healing by about one third while acting as an antiseptic to prevent blood poisoning. Sold by Stewart's Pharmacy Cook & Sherman.
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