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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1906
Page
3
Weather forecast for Iowa indicates fair tonight and tomorrow. Tonight will be warmer, followed by cooler conditions on Thursday.
Roundup of small notices and promotions including Red Band Coffee at Windsor Grocery, Alex Stephens stock sale details, and local social updates. Mentions visitors Geo Jempsey in Columbus Junction and S M Swartz from Philadelphia. Also promotes Fred Parker's A True Kentuckian show at the Graham with seats at Columbia Pharmacy.
West Chester businessman Geo Eckerman of McFarlane Eckerman Co traveled through town en route to Keokuk for company business. Mrs Patterson and Flora Helle returned from Monmouth after attending the funeral of Mrs Dr Crawford. Joe Benz left for Minneapolis after a month at home and noted as a telegraph operator for Great Northern Railway Co.
Mrs. Jennie Duncan of Haynesville Maine age 70 claims Electric Bitters cured her chronic dyspepsia of twenty years. The advertisement credits the tonic with healing stomach and liver issues blood disorders general debility and bodily weakness and notes a 50 cent price and guaranteed sale at J H Stewart's drug store.
LOW RATES WEST AND NORTH WEST from February 16 to April 7 by Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Seattle and other West and Northwest points Half rates for children of half-rare age Liberal stopovers allowed on all tickets Tickets good in Tourist sleepers For further information contact nearest ticket agent or F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago
The Iowa Central Railway announces weekend excursion deals through March 31. Half rates after noon Saturdays within 150 miles, return by Monday morning with a 75 cent minimum. One fare plus 2 dollars for 75 to 150 miles, five day limit, and special one way fare for shorter trips. Applies to cities with major attractions and all local line stations.
A collage of humorous clippings touches on Miss Mary Ann and a kitchen kiss seen through a keyhole, Mrs. John B P Newman’s kindergarten plans in Jerusalem, and a Methodist convention dinner tale. A doctor reassures a sleep talker his condition is not alarming.
The passage presents a joke setup about a sea lion with no mate and a bemused Irish keeper feeding it fish. A humorous exchange follows with Punch and Miss Fluey commenting on Grinly and jokes about being taken seriously. It shifts to a Tales from Le Journal Amusant translation involving a patient and a doctor discussing fever in a light tone.
A boy defends his use of profanity, saying he learned it from Tommy Ibogan, as a kindly stranger admonishes him that swearing is wrong. The exchange highlights a moment of street language clashing with social expectations in a Cleveland setting.
In a cautious exchange the First Lady asks about the train to Greenock and learns from seventeen porters, twenty three passengers, and a few guards that the train would take them there, providing reassurance.
Mrs. Kratchett-Bridget warns of a suspicious man who visited last night. Bridget recalls the visitor’s comment about her, while the caller remarked similarly about Bridget’s mother, prompting unease in Philadelphia.
Mark Twain reflected on early neglect and later prosperity in a dialogue with William Dean Howells. He noted thrift from hardship, joked that indecision about spending his last nickel led to wealth, illustrating the humorist’s view of luck and merit in success.
One hundred dollars reward offered for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney Co Toledo and Kinnan Marvin Wholesale Druggists Toledo endorse the firm as honorable and able to fulfill obligations. Cure taken internally, priced 75 cents a bottle. testimonials free. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Journal note reports Mrs Mollie Holt near death from lung infection after forty eight hours bedside watching. At urgent request Dr Kings New Discovery was given and she recovered fully becoming healthy again. Advertisement for cough and cold remedy selling 50c and 81 00 at J H Stewarts with trial bottle free.
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