Mrs. Mabel Dewey Brooking Returns Home
Mrs. Mabel Dewey Brooking left Milwaukee last evening for her Pueblo home after spending several days with her parents Mr and Mrs A R Dewey. Daniel Graber of Noble was a city visitor today.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1905
Page
3
Mrs. Mabel Dewey Brooking left Milwaukee last evening for her Pueblo home after spending several days with her parents Mr and Mrs A R Dewey. Daniel Graber of Noble was a city visitor today.
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with probably snow west portion, colder east and warmer extreme west portion tonight, warmer east and central portions Tuesday. Washington forecast dated February 6 reports Special to The Evening Journal.
The Vienna bakery draws readers with raised doughnuts macaroons and fresh bakery goods. Local residents sample treats and travel to Keota Brighton and Des Moines for business or visits. Community updates mention Sam Grifith’s visit, Mrs Cocklin from Ainsworth, and several trips to Des Moines Chicago Muscatine and Washington.
James Sickler notified readers in Sicklerville of a swindler using aliases including Snider posing as an old traveling agent for Frank Leslie's magazine. He collected 2.25 from the Sickler family and 1.75 from several neighbors, promising a valuable premium and all along the river, totaling about 200 subscriptions before Christmas. A household reply denied affiliation, noting a standing reward for arrest and conviction. The suspect is described as 5 foot 8 inches, middle aged, with a glib tongue, and a 25 dollar reward remains.
Mrs Bertha Booth a trained nurse now settled permanently offers nursing and massage treatments. She can be reached at phone number 227 for calls and appointments warning of pneumonia cases and praising Chamberlains Cough Remedy with a testimonial from Ww Wilcox Logan NY and local pharmacy sellers Stewart s Pharmacy Cook & Sherman.
Iowa City Kalona and Washington interurban seeks city franchise at the March 27 election. Local promoters, many from Johnson County, back the plan as a boost to regional travel and economic growth. A letter from the Iowa City Witness urges support, while unrelated ads tout real estate and Bucklen's Arnica Salve claims.
This winter has been extremely hard on dogs with cold, changeable conditions. Last week two top dogs died of pneumonia, one owned by W A Rowe and the other by H Lobrer, as pneumonia and distemper spread through the dog population all winter.
Bashie B Lemley transfers four Havre lots to Lina F Booth and Lina F Booth transfers a tract in City to Bashie B Lemley for 1500 dollars. The transactions record a reciprocal exchange with stated price.
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh. It claims internal use improves blood and mucous surfaces, strengthens the patient, and offers one hundred dollars for any uncured case. Sentiments include testimonials and a mail solicitation.
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