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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1903
Page
4
Call up phone number one at the hotel in Colenso and leave orders. Frank Rogers will promptly attend to them. L. D. Higgins returned this morning from Fb. Scott.
John Shields and Son advertise Bea con coal claiming it burns clean with a hot steady fire suitable for steam and furnace use. They promise little ash and no clinkers, touting consistent quality and strong customer praise from buyers.
The county board granted the petition of H. PD. Luers and others to vacate a portion of a road. Twenty feet of the east side of the road for half a mile was unused and will be used in place of the west side. The board continued approving bonds and handling annual first-of-year matters.
Advertising notice states Bucklen’s Arnica Salve relieves burns scalds cuts bruises ulcers fever sores eruptions salt rheum boils felons and removes corns warts and piles. Claims it is the best pile cure on earth and sells for 25 cents at Stewart’s drug store.
The opera house hosted the Tenth Annual contest with pupils performing works by Porter Moreland Cocklin Wolfe Erdice Stephens Thompson and others. Ella Porter won first prize Myrtle Moreland took second with judges Ruth Evans Wyatt Sprague and Rev. W R Williams.
Fred Jones sustained a mashed right hand when a railway iron trapped three fingers a few days ago at the railroad yard. He is recovering well. A household goods sale on the square drew a good crowd despite cold weather. Numerous locals and visitors were noted at social calls and arrivals around town as trains ran on schedule with minor delays.
Classified notices show a Mason and Hamlin organ to be sold after inquiries at the Journal office. Also advertised is a bargain sale of general merchandise at Sigouney via L. Higgins. Additionally a request seeks five or six good wood s from a timber site seven miles from town in Stewart.
The piece promotes Electric Bitters as a health remedy for stomach liver and kidney function. It claims purification of blood improvement of appetite and cures for kidney troubles female complaints nervous diseases constipation dyspepsia and malaria with vigorous health and strength following use. Sold by Stewart druggist with guaranteed quality.
An advertisement states that all suits or overcoats ordered before February 1 will receive a discount of a certain percent. Found in an 1880s era shop notice by F. H. Sandvos.
Miss Clara White traveled this morning to Muscatine to spend Sunday with friends, arriving to enjoy a social weekend.
Mrs. Eaton of Grinnell returns home after a visit with her parents Mr and Mrs J S Allen and a few weeks' visit by Miss Eva Allen.
A brief jab in a Philadelphia Record item features a wise guy claiming honesty is the best policy and a simple mug retorting that conclusion followed after trying both. The quip highlights a streetwise exchange in a crime or urban humor vignette.
A historical discussion explains storms arise from atmospheric heat retention and can reach high cold zones even near the equator. They deliver air and warmth, occasionally puncturing upper layers to restore balance, and are described as essential to health and life like earthquakes reshape the crust.
A column explains that any clear tone glass can shatter when a loud voice is directed at it. By checking tone with a moistened finger, the performer shouts an octave higher than the glass to break it as air waves overpower the glass’s strength. Thinner glass breaks more easily.
Lady Anne Berkeley of York was granted judicial rights by the king in Henry VI era. She sat as judge and ordered a commission to pass sentence on a hunter who killed her deer and plundered her park, reflecting royal confidence in women's virtues.
Chicago report details Joseph F. Willard and his wife’s elopement and marriage, her claim to talent, and wish to pursue acting. She forfeits a Texan wealth, a Waldorf Astoria stay, and an heiress claim, amid family anger and past Willard marriages and kidnappings.
Winnie Virginia resident Mrs N A Webster reports two years of sick headaches eased by Dr King s New Life Pills. The advert promises cure for headache constipation and biliousness with 25 cent relief at Stewart s drug store.
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