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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1903
Page
3
The following forecast for Iowa warns of threatening and colder conditions tonight with a cold wave affecting east and central portions. Friday is expected to be fair.
Short items note personal trade at Allen's and meals offer with small margins and rapid turnover. J D Daniels advertises services for all kinds of work. Morning Sun business visit by W R Beamer. G B Eckerman of West Chester in city yesterday. Court Reporter Robinson returns home in Oskaloosa by Firefly train.
Local notes record the birth of a son for Mr. and Mrs Jas Kephart eight pounds born yesterday. Other items note travel, sales, moves, visits and social events around the area including Ed Walther selling a residence and various residents traveling to Crawfordsville Morning Sun and Washington.
A Reading resident praises Mr. Gee Baer for his philanthropy and labor support in Creston. He cites a three million dollar locomotive works project and worker wage improvements, defending Baer against negative depictions and noting his housing efforts for laborers.
Chairman Downie says Eva Steen of Knoxville will be brought to Des Moines next week for a medical examination to decide if she should be sent to a state institution. Contributions for aid come in liberally with a $50 check received from Pennsylvania yesterday.
A town resident Mrs BE Hell testifies to relief from backache and kidney pains after using Dean Kidney Pills. She bought the medicine at Columbia Pharmacy, praising its quick effect and urging others to try the home remedy sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co. price 50 cents per box.
Miss Alice Ray McCutcheon and Mr. tarry Reister were secretly wed last evening at the McCutcheon home on West Madison Street. Rev. Joseph DeForest officiated at six o clock with only the couple’s parents present. A wedding dinner followed as friends extend hearty congratulations.
Edward Shepherd of Brighton and Clara Hyde of Jefferson County were married yesterday afternoon by Squire Folger. The couple will reside in Brighton and received warm congratulations from the community.
Free admission for ladies at Carris drug store tickets secured before 6 p.m. for the Warner Comedy Company stage performance titled What Happened to Smith.
The Washington Manufacturing Company installs 20 Singer sewing machines and plans to begin operations within a couple of weeks. About 23 girls will be employed to start.
Tommy asks if the bottle holds hair oil but Mercy answers it is liquid glue. The boy jokes the glue may be why his hat won’t come off, revealing a playful domestic moment.
Mrs N A Webster of Winnie Va writes that Dr King’s New Life Pills wholly cured her long standing sick headaches after two years of trouble. The remedy also eases headache constipation and biliousness available at Stewart’s drug store.
Warner Comedy Co presents the funny What Happened to Smith tonight at the Graham. Ladies receive free Carris tickets before 6 p m for this evening only.
A vivid fishing scene follows a skilled angler as he hooks a large eight pounder near lily pads. The bass fights fiercely, the crew struggles to land it, and the boat finally secures the beauty after a tense half hour.
A vivid reminiscence by J. T. Trowbridge in Atlantic describing a winter hearth ritual. The father carts a snow-heavy backlog, arranges andirons, fore and back sticks, and raked coals, keeping a fire alive through harsh weather and even summer nights.
On May 1 1627 eight immigrant ships waited in the Thames when Oliver Cromwell and his cousin John Hampden were stopped by royal soldiers. The king barred departure, preventing a crucial exodus that Macaulay linked to averting the civil war’s alternate history.
An attache of a religious bookstore deflects an insinuation about a rose on his coat. He declares he gathered the rose from his own vine and fig tree, revealing his Scriptural life and a hint of misfit in his passions.
A witty exchange about warm water pipes sparks a humorous debate in Philadelphia. The Bachelor wonders why some flats lack heated plumbing while The Benedict notes the issue targets married men. The Benedict says wives keep husbands in hot water.
A brief glimpse yesterday shows a man reading a new novel and appearing absorbed, according to the Atlanta Constitution. The scene underscores the book’s impact on its audience.
One hundred dollar reward offered for a catarrh cure that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. Testimonial signatories from West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin endorse the firm F J Cheney & Co Toledo for reliable business, with Nall's Catarrh Cure sold at 75 cents per bottle and testimonials available.
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