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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1906
Page
3
A Commercial club meeting drew many fans to discuss prospects for a new season. John H. Steck was elected president with M. T. Anderson as vice president. Fr. L. Wilson served as secretary and treasurer but will be replaced. An organized group plans to raise a season fund and may book home talent shows.
Weather forecast informs Iowa residents of today and tomorrow's conditions. Special to The Evening Journal reports expected temperatures and precipitation patterns across the state.
A collage of light anecdotes features a Scottish minister finding a parishioner on a morning walk, a court officer querying experts, a man who collided with a steam roller, and a traveler recalling first earnings. Also notes a schoolmaster supervising arithmetic while a pupil nibbles a tart.
Teeter and Lathrop credit the Alex Stephens sale last Friday at 82 800 dollars, 500 above expectation. They praise the auctioneers as courteous, gentlemenly, and capable of merit. Lathrop, with 22 years crying sales, is expert in stock values and judging qualities. Teeter is well connected in the county and knows more people than any other man in the area.
The page records several short items from residents and businesses. Mentions include L. L. Sitwell gate the 13th, various visitors to Des Moines Fairfield and Knoxville, horse sales at Kinross and Libertyville, a closing out sale near Sigourney road on February 7, and a testimonial praising Electric Bitters by Rev J C Warren of Sharon Baptist Belair Ga.
Teeter and Lathrop auctioneers offer a public sale on the farm five miles west of Washington on the Sigourney road, four miles southeast of West Chester, Friday February 9, 1906 at 10 am. Items include three mules, forty one cattle, sixty hogs, hay, straw, farm machinery and tools, with credit terms for larger sums and cash discounts. Mrs Christina Meyer and A J Dawson, clerk, 3-2b.
February 15 to April 7 reduced one way fares to California Oregon Washington British Columbia Utah Montana and Idaho from Iowa Central Ry. Rates set at 15 dollars below regular. Wednesdays include tourist cars to Los Angeles and San Francisco routed via Kansas City and Santa Fe System. Call on sgt for freebies or address A B Cutts 2 Torr Ais Minneapolis Minnesota feb20.
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