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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1905
Page
6
A promotional notice announces a week long sale on Dry Goods and holiday lines to clear stock by January 1. Items include cloaks, furs, handkerchiefs, umbrellas, rugs, handbags, gloves, neckwear, night robes, skirts, quilts, table linen, aprons and silk underskirts with substantial discounts and bundles for Xmas gifting.
Promotional clippings advertise Mexican drawn work doilies centerpieces lunch cloths and silks with Monday to Saturday specials for dress goods and wool or silk dresses. Emphasis on Christmas gifts and refined fabrics.
Box supper and social hosted Friday evening at Prairie Flower schoolhouse sec 22. Located 81 miles northwest of Washington. Everyone invited. Wolfe, teacher. 61-41.
This message promotes a headquarters offering practical men’s gifts like neckwear jackets mufflers suspenders vests handkerchiefs umbrellas jewelry suit cases. It urges choosing wearables that enhance wardrobe and comfort rather than pricier, less useful items.
Des Moines reports state pure food committee urges strong action after findings that lard sausage and various foods mislabel and adulterated. Governor Packard and Dairy Commissioner Wright back a draft law from older bills, with directors endorsing the measure. Findings cite adulterated candies extracts vinegars jellies jams honey and buckwheat flour.
The text warns that catsups and prepared foods often use inferior stock preserved with harmful chemicals. It notes sugars are adulterated with glucose or corn sugar and that mustards and ground spices are major profit sources for food adulterers.
A major blaze in Muscatine Iowa partially destroyed the Vail building the citys largest at 630 PM Sunday. Loss estimated around 25000 with 8000 insurance on the building and contents. Fire blamed on a defective chimney and damaged the A O U W lodge rooms second floor Commercial club billiard tables and bowing alleys on the first floor stored flour also ruined.
William Ritchey of Fairfield attempted to reboard Burlington train No. 9 after forgetting an item. He fell from the moving train onto the platform, injuring his head and nose. He was later sent to Mt. Pleasant hospital for the insane.
A Sunday afternoon blaze in Estherville, Iowa, caused about 40 000 in damage with unknown origin. The Bartlett block suffered 16 000 losses, Peterson block 12 000, Bries Furniture 14 000, and Newberry Mercantile 20 000, with insurance covering roughly two thirds of each. The fire was one of the worst in years and was first seen in the basement of the Newberry Mercantile store.
Morning Sun Iowa reports Thomas Wilson's arm was torn off by a corn shredder while he worked. Surgeons amputated the limb below the elbow. Geo Potter of Ottumwa visited the town yesterday and departed for Oskaloosa after calling on his trade.
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