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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1899
Page
4
All students entering the academy this fall will attend the winter term with no losses in attendance. More new students are being enrolled for winter as John Allen and wife depart for Libertyville then Loulder. Berdo and Rankin advertise a Cole air tight stove promising steady heat and fuel savings for winter.
The Sunset Park benefit at the Armory drew large crowds and cleared about $175 for city ladies. Vendors ran aprons from every state, with auctions, cake and doll sales, and booths for Mothers' Club, oyster, relic, and pastry tables. Donovan's Orchestra provided music as crowds shopped and were admitted by volunteers.
The Church of Christ Scientist holds 10 30 service with Subject Is the Universe Including Man Evolved by Atomic Force. Finer Baptist offers morning Burning Hearts In Christian Work and evening An Expensive Trip. Presbyterian holds morning and evening themes The Transforming Power of Christ and Gods Book of Remembrance. U P S meets at 6 p m. First U P services morning After the Reaping the Harvest and evening Mor monism a Menace to Morality.
A historic remedy claims world use for fifty years and reports curing many incipient consumption cases and aiding advanced stages. It promises refunds if unsatisfied and is offered by J. H. Stewart's drugstore with prices 25, 50 cents and 1.00.
An advertising brief announces Weeks Break-up-A-Cold-Tab at Stewart's Pharmacy as a sleep aid cure claim with no cure no pay terms and price 25 cents. The ad lists Stewart's Pharmacy as sole agents for the product.
Advertisement touts Karl's Clover Root Tea as purifying the breath through bowel action. Sold for years with absolute guarantee. Priced at 25 and 50 cents, available from J H Stewart, druggist.
William E Chilcote Sr of Chilcote and Cook dies suddenly of heart trouble at noon. Born February 22 1836 in Somerset Ohio he moved to Washington in 1856 and ran a drug store at the same corner for decades with his brother Dr A W Chilcote. He leaves a invalid wife three children and many friends and business associates. A better man never lived.
If Shilohs Cough and Consumption Cure fails to cure, return the bottle and receive a refund. Sold for over fifty years with this guarantee. Price 25 cents 50 cents or $1.00 at J H Stewarts drugstore.
The Passion Play of Ober Ammergau will be reproduced at St James Catholic church on Monday December 18. The entire play performed in Ober Ammergau will be shown by moving pictures making this a novel and remarkable entertainment for a well filled church audience.
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