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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1906
Page
3
Special to The Evening Journal reports snow or rain likely tonight and Thursday. Warmer conditions in the east and colder trends in the northwest tonight, with temperatures turning colder again Thursday.
Numerous short items report a nurse Teresa Swift and other locals traveling visiting relatives and attending church revivals. It mentions bakery items at Johnsons, box supper and library fund raising, plus multiple social calls, travel to Kalona Pekin and West Chester, a marriage license in Wayland and loans for Washington county farms.
Mr and Mrs John McCune and children of Washington Iowa who had been visiting with his mother on Sixth and Des Moines streets returned yesterday to their home Dr E R Jenkins and wife of Washington have returned home after a few days visit with her sister Mrs H E Freeman Gate City
Mrs. Grant Shy of Springfield Illinois endorses Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a guaranteed cure for cuts wounds burns and skin eruptions. The advertisement notes the product is a household essential and sold by J I Stewart Druggist for 25 cents with a guarantee.
Local agents received notice to accept no more deadhead matter and patrons who sent small packages deadhead will have to quit the practice and pay for all parcels. The sweeping order affects nearly all railway express companies and is expected to raise annual business by at least $1,000,000.
Bert Helscher arrives from Keota to visit friends. Mrs A Van Sickle and daughter from Oskaloosa. Laura Dupuis from Keota for Buster Brown. Mrs T W Brown to Brighton after city visit. Elsie Smith from Rubio visiting Mary McAtlin. J P Ank returns to Crawfordsville after business. W W Cherryholmes goes to Fairfield and then to Buffalo. Mollie Cherry returns from West Chester. Mr and Mrs J M Stewart Jr from Ainsworth as overnight visitors. Kate Buckley resumes duties at New York store. John T Malin returns to Cotter after business. Bert Tracy family return to Brighton. About forty attended Buster Brown. Coffman Dupuis Smock from septa witness show. Methodist church sale at Reynolds furniture next Saturday. Mrs Charles Huffman from Iowa City visits sister in Ainsworth.
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