City Bus Line Ad for Orders via Hotel Colenso
Call up phone number one to the hotel Colenso and leave orders. Frank Rogers will promptly attend to them.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1903
Page
4
Call up phone number one to the hotel Colenso and leave orders. Frank Rogers will promptly attend to them.
A grab bag of home cooking tips for boiling eggs without cracking, adjusting gravy salt with brown sugar, mellowing strong onions with a turnip, cooking limited oysters, and aging mincemeat. Includes peanut salad with olive oil and celery, and a brief jab at a governess dialogue.
An advertisement extols Dr Fenner s Kidney and Backache Cure as a favorite prescription from a kidney specialist. It links kidney dysfunction to various ailments and urges readers to obtain the medicine and literature from Dr M M Fenner in Fredonia New York.
William Clyde, 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Clyde, died Saturday afternoon from an internal hemorrhage after a 24 hour illness. He collapsed in a wagon while returning from unloading corn with his brother near the Scoteh settlement eight miles from Keota. Funeral held today at 11 from Seated Presbyterian Church, Rev. W. R. Crowler officiating. Interment Center Cemetery.
Miss Alice Hites of West Chester Iowa died yesterday noon from hemorrhage of the brain. She suffered a broken limb two weeks earlier but death was not caused by the accident. Survived by her mother and three brothers Henry Moses and Harvey. Funeral at 10 a m Wednesday from West Chester Baptist church. Interment New Haven Cemetery five miles southwest of town. Raised doughnuts at Johnson bakery tomorrow.
The local Knights of Pythias announce a work night tonight seeking full attendance. J. L. Breokhart is listed in command with C and C roles.
J M Maxwell of Crawfordsville returned from Ames with first premium for best corn in the state after competing with over 100 samples. Edmund Morrison left for Des Moines to finish his law course and depart Marsh Bailey law office after 2 1/2 years.
Notice announces future Temperance Meetings will be at the Methodist church due to cold Armory conditions. Meetings will continue through Friday night. Urges everyone to spread the word about the change and to attend at L-30 tonight sharp.
The funeral service for the late J W Thompson was conducted yesterday at Richmond Methodist church by Rev Filmore. Burial followed in Richmond cemetery with many floral tributes including a wheel of flowers symbolizing family history. Pallbearers listed as Fred Bartholomew Abe Smith Isaiah Oldfield D Byers Thos Schulty and TD Work.
Services in the A M BE church drew strong attendance yesterday and will run through the week. Mrs Wright, an evangelist, is a powerful speaker and is stirring deep interest among church members and attendees.
A congregational meeting is set for Wednesday at 2 PM at Second United Presbyterian Church with a sermon by Rev H H Brownell from Keota. Listings note two houses for sale nearby and inquiries to Lisle Morehouse. Also mentions Mr Harry Moore of Wellman in town on business and a funeral in Valley for Mrs John Jams. The twentieth century reading circle meets tomorrow evening with Mrs Letitia Palmer on West Washington. Dr Lemon hosts a small gathering tonight on East Washington with dinner at eight.
Mrs N A Webster of Winnie Va reports Dr King’s New Life Pills removed two years of sick headaches. Also claimed to cure constipation and biliousness. Available for 25 cents at Stewart’s drug store.
Classifieds list a house and lot for sale by Feb 20 with partial payment. a Jewett typewriter offered at a bargain with a desk. a schoolgirl needed for after school work. inquiry for half interest in a grocery business in Washington. a lost watch with an amethyst set to be left at the Journal office. and all ads reference Journal office postings.
A Philadelphia physician advocates replacing leather shoes with wooden sabots to avoid diseases caused by tight leather footwear. He emphasizes sabots keep feet dry, prevent cramping, and cost about 30 cents a pair for his family.
A New York reporter describes how British Columbia Indigenous groups hunt deer with systematic windward flanking. Teams divide valley ends, sweep toward the center while imitating an owl, driving deer toward a kill zone for weeks of meat. The method reflects practical knowledge and minimizes effort, contrasting with fishing abundance in salmon rivers.
In a playful exchange set in a town shop a shopper asks the price of socks. The saleswoman states twenty five cents a pair and the shopper glad hands the cash, remarking about the hurry and noise of the cash register.
The text notes Io credited with the electrical battery discovery, citing experiments prompted by a convulsive frog and wife’s observation. It states 1701 as the year the foundation of the galvanic battery was laid by Galvini.
In a brief noted exchange, Borem remarks on luck and availability while Miss Pepprey confirms a familiar tale. The Philadelphia Press records the banter as a light social moment.
A fragment shows a dialog where one person urges resilience despite an inability to marry, while the other responds that the burden lies with facing creditors rather than the world. The exchange highlights financial distress versus personal commitment.
A compilation of brief maxims from Cicero Mazzini Guville Bovee Rochefoucauld Powell Amiel Longfellow and Penn. The quotes cover liberality labor learning memory judgment ambition justice and obedience, presenting concise observations on human conduct and ethics.
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