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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1903
Page
3
Keokuk County News reports farmers in the county, lured by a growery agent selling dirt cheap groceries, bought heavily then received stale, damaged goods. They condemn the sale and urge supporting home merchants to avoid grafters and bad merchandise.
A芳ronic direaser claims a drugless painless treatment that provides permanent relief. Patients are invited for free consultations at Mae Dewros Motel Stevenson Point We with hours 10 to 1 and 1 pm.
At Columbia Missouri Mr Cole married Miss Winters prompting lighthearted comments. The Chicago Tribune calls for ten word comments while Hawkeye jokes about saving the Coles for other Winters.
Miss Sarah Smythe returns from Wapello. Harvey Sullivan of New York visits the city. Mrs. Al Cocklin and daughter from Ainsworth guest friends here. Mrs. Arch Tyler travels to Muscatine to visit relatives. Miss Elsie McCobb to West Chester to visit sister Mrs. Eckerman. Mrs. Cora Webb returns from Shenandoah after weeks with sister Mrs. Roy Farris. Mrs. J. A. Crawford and children visit friends. Paul Allen returns from Muscatine sick with malarial fever. Mrs. G W Heiderman of Tren ton Mo visits parents Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Guze man. The Rev. and Mrs. Groesbeck and others depart from Baptist missionry conference in West Chester. Note on California travel noting about 100000 people go there yearly as many stay long or visit to escape northern cold.
The peculiar cough indicating croup is well known to mothers of croupy children. Do not waste time testing untried remedies. Give Chamberlains Cough Remedy as directed and all symptoms will disappear. For sale by Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman.
Time cards will change effective late January on the Rock Island and Burlington lines. No. 15 Chicago mail remains crowded. several morning and afternoon trains are rescheduled or cut, with mixed trains shifting times. Engine updates and track work are planned, including a potential double track and ballast improvements between Davenport and Trenton.
Disjointed verses and snippets weave a collage of jokes poems and chatter. Names places and dates blur into a collage that hints at humor and courtly talk across regions and eras.
In a Virginian senator's recall at the Astor House a Civil War era classroom tale unfolds. A slave boy answers his name as varied by family loyalties with Abe Lincoln and Jefferson Davis cited, while neighbors call him Mose, illustrating divided allegiance and family quarrels.
In a dialogue from the Oakland Tribune two detectives recount a 200 mile rail journey with a desperado leading to a confession. One detective handed the suspect a cigar which prompted the confession after he smoked it and believed he would die.
The narrator recalls a quirky exchange as Flutterby ponders a question while his wife demands answers at 3 a.m. She jokes about his drinking or multiple marriages, highlighting a humorous domestic moment from the Washington Times.
Daily verdicts of comfort from Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a treatment for Burns Scalds Cuts Bruises Ulcers Fever Sores Eruptions Salt Rheum Boils and Felons Corns and Warts. Best pile cure on earth. Only 25e at Stewart's drug store.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a health tonic for stomach and liver and claims cure of kidney troubles nervous disorders and malaria. Also notes Rock Island’s new Chicago station building nearing completion expected occupancy in May and costing about 3 million as a large terminal and office complex.
A continuous comedy with plenty of specialties plays at the Graham tonight with fast paced humor and eager crowd appeal. Prices range from 2e to 45c for admission.
Maud Ballington Booth, noted American orator, will lecture at the Graham theater Monday evening January 26. Her talk titled Lights and Shadows of Prison Life supports prison reform, with proceeds devoted to the cause. Tickets available from C. H. Wilson for this lecture or remaining course.
Mrs N A Webster of Winnie Virginia writes the remedy cured her two year sick headaches completely. The pills also relieve constipation and biliousness. 25 cents at Stewart’s drug store.
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