Advertisers Must Submit Copy by 10 A M for Daily Change
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1902
Page
3
Local notice requires advertisers to send their ad copy by 10 o clock in the morning to ensure same day publication. The rule emphasizes timely submission and outlines the deadline.
The notices highlight Stewart's Pharmacy pricing and Johnson's Bakery sweet rolls and pies. Several brief items report arrivals and travels of residents, illness updates, and social events including a Fraternal Aid meeting and Dan Sherman's comedy show.
Crawford set title Jan 16. Ferguson and wife of Washington visited J A Ferguson yesterday. Oliver Thomson of Wayne traveled to town Thursday. Mrs William Sherwood visits her daughter Mrs George Yeager in Keota. S W Neal of Washington visited between trains Wednesday. J Henry Crooks in Chicago this week. W M Welch went to Washington for court. Infant of Mr and Mrs J H Cherryholmes very ill. Rev and Mrs K E Thompson attended Back Miller nuptials in Wyman. J B Crooks and wife returned to Washington after a brief visit.
Johnson the baker will stock a fine line of cakes pies and all bakery goods for tomorrow’s trade. He emphasizes sole focus on baking and promises top quality and attention to public wants.
Advertiser offers to purchase old houses for relocation and to handle all manners of securities including promissory notes and farm loans. Also provides real estate loans, abstracts of title, and title opinions with ten years of experience.
To Graham patrons the notice urges signing the subscription list at Carria Pharmacy for Chas Frohman's David Harum production in Washington. The decision deadline is Saturday evening and guarantees are required for the show to be staged locally.
The High School band boys announce a concert on the 21st with eight numbers. The Minanon Quartette will sing and Mise Hallie Berdo will recite. Solos will be performed by Will Langenberg, Lena Maxwell, and Tulu Warner. Ada Jenkins will accompany. Attend the concert.
City Council of Washington Iowa adopts a sewer project running 500 feet along East Van Buren from South Second Ave to Lot 6 Block 1 Chilcotes Addition. Uses 6 inch sewer pipe cemented, estimated cost 80 dollars, approved December 2 1901 by Mayor Wilkon and City Clerk McCrenry with signatures.
Jan 16 ABE. Love who has been visiting his brothers returned to his home in South Dakota this morning. Mrs Martha Henderson and daughter Miss Ora of Washington are the guests of Mrs G M Welch.
A letter from Joel Dement of Inwood credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with saving his son from a fatal croup attack. He purchased the medicine from A. B. Steere in Goodwin and, after giving it as directed every ten minutes, the boy expelled phlegm and recovered. The note mentions ease of access at Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook Sherman.
The Great Northern Express is expected to assume control of express business along the O B Q lines after April. Observers note Hill management already shifts engines to the St Joe branch and that the Great Northern Express is absorbing traffic from lines under Hill control. Reports also suggest Hill plans to run his own sleeping cars over the Burlington.
Admission to the High School Band Concert is 250 for any seat. Seats go on sale Saturday at Carris Pharmacy.
On the first and third Tuesdays of January and February 1902 the Iowa Ventral will sell homeseekers' excursion tickets to points in Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Texas and elsewhere in the south and southwest at one fare plus 200 for the round trip with final return limit of twenty one days. The Iowa Central route is the acknowledged short line to the north northwest west south and southwest and has first class equipment through chair cars and sleeping cars with that time. It lands the homeseeker in the best sections. For full information call on ticket agents or address Ger S Barry G P & T A Marshalltown Iowa.
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