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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1906
Page
3
The evening forecast calls for generally fair conditions. Tonight will be slightly colder, especially in the eastern portion. Tomorrow is expected to remain fair with continued cool temperatures.
Miss Teresa Swift remains a graduate nurse listed with phone contact. Numerous residents visit Davenport Keota Ames and Burlington for business and study. A daughter was born to Carl and Mrs. Roberts but died shortly after birth. Miss Lucy Wilson sails to Auburndale Mass for Lasell studies. The ad lines promote furs and gun rentals and include several travel notes and weddings around Ainsworth Burlington Cedar Falls and Rock Island.
The article compares yearly petroleum production, noting the United States produced 117 million barrels of a 219 million barrel world total. It imagines vast scales, from a single equator around the globe to a tank and a lamp’s oil needs, and ends with a critical nod to John D. Rockefeller and his associates controlling the industry.
The note announces opening a storage room in the Donovan building with reasonable prices and asks patrons to leave orders at Conner and Schilling grocery. Miss Jessie E Sage says she will return to the city about February 5th to resume work, living with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Creath, phone 91.
Mrs Grant Shy of Springfield Illinois praises Bucklen s Arnica Salve as a cure for cuts wounds burns and skin eruptions stating it is an absolute housekeeping necessity. The product is guaranteed by J J Stewart Druggist at 25 cents.
Report of sales since December 15 by Staines & Gorham lists Samuel McKee forty acres sold to G W Duke, Andy Augustine twelve acres sold to De Stewart, Miss Martha Rudd one hundred sixty acres sold to Andy Augustine, Chalmers property in North Washington sold to Merritt Welch, plus a total of twelve hundred ninety acres of Missouri and Kansas land sold or exchanged.
The school board elected Miss Mary A Gordon of Des Moines to teach fifth and sixth grades at Wallace school succeeding Miss Rose Mintier who resigned. Gordon arrives in Washington tomorrow evening after five years teaching in Hawarden Iowa. The Presbyterian Ladies Benevolent Society plans a daylong meeting in church parlors tomorrow asking attendees to bring a dish for dinner.
The Court of Honor members announce a box supper tomorrow night and installation of officers. All members are urged to attend.
Washington Heights troupe to perform a minstrel show at Smouse's Hall Friday evening January 6 1906 starting at 7 30 Admission 10 cents Also note Clarence and Victor Sandy returned from a two week visit with their grandparents at Milo
One hundred dollars reward offered for any case of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. F Cheney and Co Toledo claim reliability and financial ability. Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists attest to Cheney's honesty. Cure taken internally affecting blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price seven cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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