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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1906
Page
3
Special to The Evening Journal reports a two day Iowa forecast. Threatening conditions expected tonight and Saturday with likely showers or snow flurries in eastern and southern areas and a slight drop in temperatures.
Local notes report visits and arrivals around town including S H Ross from West Chester, Miss Edgington from Ainsworth, and many others. Johnson's bakery promotes Dowle Brillianceen candies and pies with lines urging readers to buy now. Several residents return home after shopping or business trips, including Al McElwate from Brighton and J H Grush from Winfield. The Washington bankers attended a meeting in Burlington before returning home. Rev. O L McCleery departs Crawfordsville for St Charles Minnesota after taking a new charge.
Journalettes describe a Des Moines visit by Fred H. Smith and Little Henry Livingston with the writer. They discuss Little Henry's pajamas praised for their unique design while mocking the capitol wall painting and noting Henry's stubborn insistence on wearing them at night despite family pleas.
A vintage advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages by a constitutional approach. It touts internal use, blood and mucous surface action, and offers 100 dollar reward for any case not cured. Includes testimonials and Toledo Ohio address for Cheney & Co. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Patent notices list multiple Iowa residents and assignors with patent numbers and article topics such as milking apparatus dump wagon baseball glove card-mounting road-wader gear washing machines drainage tile protectors ice velocipede mine shaft door air brake mechanism nut lock and band cutter. Also a public service note urges keeping Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy on hand for coughs colds and croup in children with a promotion by Cook & Sherman and Stewart's Pharmacy.
A clipped sale page lists substantial discounts on coats, dresses, bedding, curtains, blankets, rugs, and underwear. Items include ladies and misses coats, lace curtains, wool blankets, table linens, gloves, dress shirts, fur scarfs, night robes, wrappers, and umbrellas with prices from under one dollar to several dollars.
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