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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1907
Page
3
We urge customers to bring repairs directly to the department and tell the Shoemaker exactly what is wanted. The Shoemaker will advise when ready, reducing errors and speeding service. A new finished sole and heel machine improves quality. Frank L. Wilson & Co announce Mr. J W Warner leads the department with 15 years of experience.
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with showers in the east portion. Tuesday will be cooler with more changes in the east portion.
Miss Mary Tendre is sick. Dozens of residents including Mrs. Pratt of Havre and Miss Jennie Cook visit relatives and shop in the city. Numerous arrivals return home after brief visits or business in Crawfordsville, Keota, West Chester, Fairfield, Muscatine, Sigourney, and other nearby places.
After eight years of effort the East Tennessee Good Roads association wins funding and begins Greene county road work. Henry R. Brown notes $20,000 is allocated for grading, culverts, and bridges as crews build six miles toward Warrensburg and Mosheim to Romeo, with plans to extend thirty five to forty miles if successful. The project secures wider rights of way of forty to sixty feet and envisions bond issues to accelerate completion.
A Blooming ton special to the New York Evening World reports Illinois convicts at Joliet and Chester penitentiaries operate stone crushers to produce crushed rock for road construction. Joliet yields about 400 cubic yards daily, with plans to reach twenty cars daily. County and township units will receive free crushed rock. only freight costs apply. The state aims to sample road techniques including drainage tiling, central cone shaping, and three layered crushed stone as standard practice.
J. C. Patterson returned home Saturday night from Sigourney after a brief business trip. John Pleasant of Magnolia Indiana recalls a six year old lesson and endorses Dr King s New Life Pills saying they improve with continued use. The advertisement notes availability at Stewart s pharmacy.
Product claim from an ad stating Foley, Honey and Tar is not banned by the National Pure Food and Drug law, contains no opiates, and is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults. Sold by all druggists.
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