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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1905
Page
3
Increasing cloudiness with probable snow Wednesday and west portion tonight. Slightly warmer tonight. Special to The Evening Journal notes the forecast for Iowa for today and tomorrow.
Local brief items include Cream rolls at the Vienna bakery and frequent visits and travels of residents such as Chas Ragan Frank Gray J W Lantz and Ed Jones. Various social calls church notes and dental and oil company activities accompany community updates from January era Iowa city society.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a pure tonic effective against malaria and ague, claiming a curative influence that eliminates the disease from the body and avoids quinine side effects. A Texas resident testifies his brother recovered from malaria fever and jaundice after using the remedy sold at J H Stewart's drug store for 50 cents.
Rural carrier Charlie H Darbyshire asks old patrons on Route No 2 to repaint their obliterated mailbox names to aid proper mail distribution.
On January 12 at the John G Stewart farm seven miles south of Washington a sale of multiple items includes twelve head of cattle. The catalog lists a black cow years old and fresh soon, a red cow five years old and fresh soon, a red heifer two years old ready to freshen, a heifer calf, eight spring steers, all in good order and fed with grain.
An advertisement claims Chamberlains Cough Remedy is perfectly safe for children with coughs colds and croup. It warns against giving medicines with injurious substances and lists Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman as sellers.
The trustees of Coe College in Cedar Rapids report Prof. William Wilberforce Smith has accepted the presidency but will begin after the current school year due to his duties at Berkley school. Acting president Prof. S W Stookey will continue in charge until then as the college aims to become Iowa’s leading denominational school.
Daily enacted in thousands of homes death claims victims to consumption or pneumonia. Coughs and colds properly treated avert tragedy. Oaklandon Ind. resident cites wife cured by Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. One dose relieves, guaranteed 50c and 1.00 by J H Stewart. Trial bottle free.
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