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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1899
Page
4
An advertisement from Stewarts Pharmacy proclaims a product Weeks Break-up-A-Cold-Tab with no cure no pay policy and a price of 25e. Mr White and his daughter, recent McCoy farm purchasers, left for Abingdon this morning.
A property in Highland Park and Columbian Additions is seen as a wise investment with plans to showcase model homes. The notion frames exhibitions of desirable houses as a kindness to prospective buyers and supporters of protection.
An advertisement touts a grand remedy used worldwide for fifty years that cures incipient consumption and eases advanced cases. It offers a money back guarantee if results are unsatisfactory and lists prices 25, 50 cents, and one dollar at J. W. Stewart’s drugstore. Attorney A. M. Eicher resumes outdoor activity after a brief illness.
Forty five years ago Jas McKee a Newton Kansas physician and A Anderson of the Washington County Savings Bank in Washington County Pennsylvania were chums. A copy of the souvenir OUR JOURNAL reached McKee by a friend in Newton, revealing Anderson's location and prompting a long awaited reunion note.
At a regular Wayne Literary session the club elected Leon V. Stiles as president and Harlow McConnaughey as vice president among others. The Portable Pantry Co of Cincinnati plans a county entry with Brooker and Coe to canvass every house. The item markets a kitchen pantry for storing flour sugar spices coffee and more. A rural mail route nine miles north is proposed. Reports cover snow delays travel and local visits with notes on licenses and civic orders. A new cook requirement for Iowa state troops is outlined by Adjutant General Melvin H. Byers.
Friday evening features an apron sale and an oyster dish served to the queen. Saturday afternoon offers pastries with baking demonstrations, plus music by Washington’s top musicians Donovan’s Orchestra in the evening. Volunteers bring cakes and pastries to Armory D by Friday after 11 pm.
Reports from Ishpeming Michigan a miner Alfred Tauthier killed by ground collapse at Lake Angeline mine the first fatality there in four years amid other mine injuries. Colombian government claims control of Cumana and suppression of revolt in Venezuela. Roberts Committee meets in Washington to discuss procedure. Welland Canal to close for season. Richmond Indiana police vow to end prize fighting after recent mills near city. Succi the famous Italian faster unmasked in Rio Janeiro with Dr Almeida proving fibrous meat method to prevent starvation.
The Illinois Steel plans Bay View plant upgrades costing 3 million dollars or more. Baltic Woolen Mill in Enfield New Hampshire reports a partial fire. A carload of cows moves from Big Bend Wisconsin to Skaguay Alaska. A Wisconsin general store burglary nets collarettes and jack knives worth 125 dollars. Dr B V Gregory once of Dousman Wisconsin is named US surgeon bound for the Philippines. Hoboken sees reform as a grand jury indicts the mayor and many officers for malfeasance and larceny. Senate Democrats block W D Bynums New York board of general appraisers nomination. A Pennsylvania railroad wreck in New Jersey kills Engineer Speigler and Fireman Henicker and injures Brakeman Zagbaum.
A St Paul dispatch reports Chippewa Falls Wisconsin and surrounding areas faced impassable wagon roads after Monday night storm. Wind at forty miles per hour drove snow to depths of six inches to four or five feet in places. City sidewalks required heavy labor to clear. Lumbermen cheer the thaw and plan crews to move into the pineries.
Labor Commissioner Cox reports nineteen large vehicle centers in Michigan plus thirty six smaller works with total capital of 3 672 200 dollars and last year output valued at 208 447. The sector employed 4 084 workers with a weekly payroll of 44 815 dollars. Average staff per plant is 37 across 2 054 employees, average age 20, 76 percent native born, and 490 have lived in the United States about 15 years.
The war office releases Gen Buller’s dispatch from Dec 11 describing Col Metcalfe and 500 of the Second Rifles capturing a Boer howitzer on a hill, destroying it, and Metcalfe breaking through Boers using bayonets. Casualties include Lt Fergusson and 11 men killed, several officers and 41 men wounded, plus 6 captured.
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