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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1910
Page
5
Local shoppers see doll sale on Wednesday and multiple Christmas candy displays at the Vienna. Numerous visitors and residents from Muscatine Chicago Detroit and Davenport stop by local stores. The city hosts sign installations and jewelry offers as Frey photography and Ross drug store promotional events unfold ahead of Christmas.
A folk tale about a wise man who identifies a camel by clues rather than sight grounds the piece. Then local social notes list coffee cakes at Vienna bakery and visits from Miss Pearl Montgomery, Miss Marie Jericho, Mrs. T Russell, and Alvin Cross with Leon Hammond visiting the Shelbarger home.
A complete dairy herd sale is planned for Saturday December 17 1910 starting at 1 30 p m in east Washington three blocks south of the Rock Island coal chute. Ten cows mostly fresh Jersey stock with the bull Mahaska and one two year old filly available. Terms cash or bankable note at seven percent interest from date of sale on amounts over ten dollars ninety cents. Auctioneer D F Macon with R E Dougherty as clerk.
Foley Kidney Pills are promoted as a tonic to restore normal kidney and bladder action. The ad claims quick results and correction of irregularities, attributed to Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co.
Special notice from Donald J. Ross at 6018 West Side Drug Store announces a one day sale on a limited doll selection. Dolls priced at 25 10 35 5 60 25 1 25 50 cents 5 86 7 SS will be offered for less than half price. Doors open Wednesday morning December 21, while supplies last.
Mrs. George Eckerman received word of the death of her brother M. G. McCobb of Reno Nevada from pneumonia. McCobb was born near Ainsworth and had long ties to this city. No further details available yet.
The Graham hosted the Capital City Amusement Co last night with a largely fair turnout. The purely vaudeville program featured the Reilly children Violet and Irene, Alves the dancer, the Franklin Kids, and York and King. Illness of the pianist and short-notice substitution hindered the show, but the audience enjoyed the acts and another performance was promised tonight. Prices ranged from 10 to 35 cents.
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