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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1905
Page
6
A collection of Jewish funeral customs and jokes, including a tale of a green Irishman sent to supervise a funeral and the reward for the corpse, plus a cheeky poker anecdote about a one eyed cheater and a threat to shoot the other eye. Additional quips note home ownership and marital jealousy with quick punchlines.
A woman with a satchel negotiates fare on a car ride then repeatedly handles a purse and satchel in a sequence. The passage shifts to a Kentucky mountaineer who fled a train, claiming the locomotive would have caught him if he had chosen plowed land, provoking the engineer’s anger.
A string of light humor and misheard lines appears from a 19th century column. A Mills Hotel bath joke yields playful banter between Abey and a friend about age. A pun about a lad and a stepladder appears. The note then shifts to a cannibal chief and a misprint about life’s trials with a telephone call and a San Francisco lawyer. Central telephone humor closes the piece with a wife resolving the call.
A brief remark shows a dialog about a wife’s return tied to money. The line mentions a sum of a thousand dollars and a publication tone from Life. The text is fragmentary and lacks clear context or events.
Cottage prayer meetings of the Methodist church will be held this week at several homes around the city. This Thursday evening at Mrs. Sam Wolfe's home, two blocks south of the Stevenson Hotel. Friday evening at Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Sigler's home, near Wallace school, and at Mrs. Er. N. Wright's home near Milwaukee station. Rev. I. B. Schreckengast is pastor. The temperature dropped to 10 below overnight and rose to about six by morning.
Harriet Howard of New York describes skin trouble cured by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve after other remedies failed. The salve, a quick healer for cuts burns and bruises, is sold at J Hi Stewart’s drug store for 250.
An advertisement urges overworked winter stomachs to take Mi o na tablets before meals to relieve indigestion heartburn and gas. It promises restored energy better sleep and improved digestion with strong dealer guarantees from Columbia pharmacy.
Manager Brady’s press rep touts Way Down East as a classic still pulling solid demand. Three touring companies are booked for three years, with repeat patrons and first timers alike returning for the rural drama. Brady maintains high-quality productions to sustain the show’s bankable popularity.
One hundred dollar reward offer for incurable catarrh. Endorsements from Walding Kinnan and Marvin of Toledo vouch for F J Cheney's integrity. Claims internal remedy works on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Rates list travel to Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana and many Texas points in return trips. Pecos Texas and Carlsbad New Mexico trips priced at 23.00. El Paso Texas return fare listed as 624.50.
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