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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1905
Page
3
Special to The Evening Journal reports heavy snow tonight likely, followed by fair weather Thursday. Colder in the northwest tonight and the east portion Thursday.
Johnsons offers chocolate bisque and macaroons while Baxter's Elevator stocks plenty of Cobs and other goods. Local residents arriving and visiting include Wm Beamer from the west and Jack Wilson of Chicago. Public bathrooms and laundry services are advertised along with undertaker J M Harris. A new nut singer debuts at Johnsons and Parker’s rival drama is praised for realism and stage snow effects in Way Down East style production.
A mosaic of brief quotes from various newspapers features witty exchanges on divorce talk calisthenics in Sunday School and casual observations on neighbors fashion and vaudeville. The tone blends humor and social commentary with light parodies and character sketches.
Two boys were held at gunpoint by an unknown man in the Rock Island yards as they headed home. The robber demanded their money. the boys surrendered coins totaling five and sixteen cents, and the victims asked that their names be kept private.
One hundred dollars reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsed by Walding Kinnan Marvin and others. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo offer the cure, claiming internal absorption and blood/mucous action. Testimonials and price 75 cents per bottle. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A description from a Philadelphia Bulletin about a round faced man in a round hat ordering soup in round dish rounds of beef potatoes and dumplings followed by roly poly Dutch cheese apples and declaring it a square meal The piece contrasts simple tastes with the idea of checks and endorsements from the Cleveland Plain Dealer dialogue about gambley checks and endorsement culture
Harry C. Brown portrays Col Bonham in Arizona at the opera house Tuesday January 17. A veteran of Company M, 2nd Massachusetts U S W, he served in the 1st Brigade 2nd Division 5th Army Corps and fought at El Caney and San Juan. He survived yellow fever after El Cobre Hospital, weighing 104 pounds.
An advertisement asserts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is absolutely harmless for children and safe for coughs colds and croup. It warns against dangerous medicines and notes the product is for sale at Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman.
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