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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1906
Page
3
Weather forecast for Iowa today and tomorrow. Fair tonight and Wednesday, colder east portion tonight, warmer Wednesday. Special report from Washington D C notes regional variation and overall mild trend.
Local brief notes report visits and travel by residents from West Chester and surrounding towns. Joan Hi Stewart travels to Des Moines. D. H. Logan visits West Chester. others return from trips to Keota Fairfield and Davenport. Box supper at Salem schoolhouse Jan 18 to benefit the library. Bertha Reiner on vacation from Mutual telephone office.
Several thousand dry oak fence posts remain available at 5 to 12 cents each. S44 Frank Stewart. Also notes on ice production with eight to nine inches thickness and ample supply for refrigerators next year as ice men harvest from the slough. Iowa worm powder sold by Marbourg & Helwick. 46-tf
Be. Hooper of Godford Tennessee writes of Mrs Mollie Holt who nearly died from a lung infection. Doctors feared death as coughing produced pus though Dr King’s New Discovery was given and she improved rapidly. Now she is healthy. available at J Stewart's Druggist with a 50 cent to 1.00 price and a free trial bottle.
Collier's essay argues that intercollegiate sports rarely pose exceptional danger compared with other youth activities. It contends that enthusiasm narrows to university matchups, reducing broad athletic participation and turning outdoor sport into a spectator spectacle. It urges returning to universal athletic involvement rather than gladiatorial university contests.
A dynamite blast at Alvin Nelson's hardware store in Mackay, near Boone, Iowa, destroyed the building and killed the proprietor. No other injuries were reported as the explosion was heard for miles.
Oskaloosa city council grants five year tax abatement to Anderson Bros for a new independent sweet corn cannery. The $25,000 plant will employ about 100 workers seasonally. construction to start in spring after their tomato cannery success.
Montezuma Iowa January 16 Judge John T Scott declared that no sums may be paid to an administrator as premiums to a foreign bonding concern acting as sureties. The bench of Judges Clements Preston and Scott conferred before announcing the decision.
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Charlies Truesdale arrived from Aurora this morning and was laid to rest in Elm Grove cemetery. The father could not attend due to Mrs Truesdale's condition. J A Moorehead and his children Martha Margaret and Mildred left for Ottumwa to establish residence there.
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