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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1906
Page
3
The forecast for Iowa calls for snow and a colder night with a cold wave in the northeast portion. Wednesday will be generally fair with colder conditions in the east and south portions.
The page compiles numerous brief items: Geo H Paul returning from Keda, Blair’s upcoming bellwether sale, Johnson’s bakery touted as best in the city, and various residents visiting relatives or traveling. Mentions include Havre, Columbus Junction, Ainsworth, Davenport, Des Moines, and Fairbury with society notices and civic notices sprinkled through.
Readers are informed Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive remedy for catarrh, a constitutional disease, to be taken internally and said to cure by boosting blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer a $100 reward for any case not cured, with testimonials available and Pills for constipation.
A collage of jokes and anecdotes from Harper's Weekly Woman's Home Companion Puck and other periodicals. Topics include social life in the South, marriage and divorce banter, dancing, fashion, and comic misadventures in daily scenes.
A country gentleman asks about his Irish servant Pat on a stable turret. Pat explains the mistress wants a carriage drive, but harsh wind from the east prompts him to tie the weathercock with string to point southwest for her ride, hoping she returns safely.
Clyde Fitch discusses The wit of France noting it cannot be transplanted here and is wicked. A French joke about a governess and wife follows. Howard Carter reports a Pekin Iowa call stating Adam Lewis, long ill with consumption, is not well.
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