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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1901
Page
3
Local ad notes second class mailed item from Washington Iowa post office. It boasts best statuary pieces produced, advertised at low prices as Christmas goods available in Washington with contact at 104 East Main.
Local items include visits and travels of residents such as C. M. Stinson in Fairfield and Col. W. B. Beil to Des Moines. Births and illnesses are reported with Jobo Squire improving and a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Lou Jugenheimer. Numerous notices feature sales listings, licenses to wed, and Christmas preparations including candy and bake goods.
A collection of short notes mentions Dougherty Bros. selling gloves, Alex Miller as a passenger with Aiden, homemade candy at Isen hart’s kitchen, Mrs. Miles Bradford recovering, Olenso Hotel shoe shiners run by Dave Ketper, Roy R. W. Taylor visiting Crawfordsville, Maud Moothart helping at Parrish savings bank, a sick child recovering from pneumonia, and Johnson the baker selling candies at low everyday prices.
Snow tonight and Thursday with rising temperatures tonight and across the east and south Thursday. Also notes about local cake, travelers and a health update on Robert Anderson of East Washington who remains bedbound and worsening. President Roosevelt discusses nature photography and game preservation emphasizing democratic support for wildlife protection and the shift from rifle to camera for wildlife records.
Fresh candies every day at Isen hart's candy kitchen. The testimony in the case of Owen McKevitt against Webb and Reed sub contractors was finished yesterday. Attorneys will argue before Squire McCall Friday. Buy two reserved seats for Hoyle's Chicago orchestra at 50c each with four free children's matinee tickets. Seat sale opens tomorrow at Carrie Pharmacy. A.J. Snell reports stomach pains and a lady friend recommends Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy which cured him after two doses. J. W. Geiger to speak to A. O. U. W. boys Friday night. Our candy is cheap and sweet at senbart's candy kitchens. A smallpox case in the concrete gang camp near Foley camp in Watch Creek township is mild with two guards on the road.
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