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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1900
Page
2
A retailer touts a clearance of 24 latest styles bought cheaply and offered at about 40 percent of original price. The stock includes fifteen children jackets ten apes twelve collarettes with the same discount applied.
Neighborhood notes report a rumored wedding in Crawfordsville and multiple local moves and social events. It covers Rev E H Thompson meetings, family travel, church services, and a St James church wedding of Thory Holmes and Julia Brennan with a reception planned.
$200 reward offered by Rev B Jacobsmeier and St James parish for information leading to the discovery of the child's mother or the person or persons leaving the child at the Sisters of St James school on February 1 1900. Information to O E Brown Washington Iowa.
Roadmaster Robert Shields reports a large gravel pit discovered at Harvey Iowa. The firm plans to employ workmen and extend a mile track from the pit to the Branch roadbed to transfer gravel to the main lines. The gravel is described as excellent material for railway roadbeds and highly valuable to the company.
The gallery price for A Poor Relation stays at 25 cents as usual. The fragment notes the standard price and hints at a continuing listing or sale in progress.
The K P Lodge held a meeting with work in the second and third degrees and several new members initiated. A social luncheon followed and attendees included visitors from Wellman, Brighton, Wayland, Riverside, West Chester and Jackson Allen. The piece ends with a Rocky Mountain Tea endorsement.
Mrs Pauline Parker, formerly of Mt. Pleasant, died in Havana on the 3rd of this month from yellow fever. She was over eighty and visited Mt. Pleasant frequently. One daughter married to Capt Clark of the Hist served in Santiago de Cuba. Funeral services will be held in Washington, D. C.
A short note from Nora Morts in Washington, Iowa, offers dressing and cleansing of the hair with invitation to call or send a card after returning from Chicago.
The advertisement promises a refund if Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure fails to cure, with prices 25 cents 50 cents and 100 dollars. Sold for over fifty years on this guarantee at J A Stewart's druggist. Miss Clara Scranton returned Saturday evening from a visit at Keota.
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