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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1902
Page
2
Dorchester Massachusetts resident Mrs Lois Cragg suffered severe lung trouble and obstinate cough. She credits Dr King s New Discovery for consumption with complete cure after doctors failed. Suitable for coughs colds throat and lung issues. Stewart s Pharmacy guarantees cure price 50c and 1 trial bottles free.
The East Side community converts to tent meetings after rains softened the ground at the Methodiat church site. Evangelist Evan gelio Smith leads a Colossians theme with emphasis on surrender to Christ. Evening services include a joint choir from First and Second U P and the Church of the Covenanters.
Over taxed organs cry out for help with dyspepsia pains nausea dirtiness headaches liver complaints and bowel disorders. Dr King's New Life Pills are gentle thorough and guaranteed to cure and sold at Stewart's drug store.
Special to the Evening Journal reports the Iowa River overflowing in Columbus Junction on July 10. The river stretches about four miles wide, flooding the fair grounds near the business district and forcing a horse to swim across flooded fields. The Gilbert House and Rock Island tracks are threatened as water levels rise with extensive property damage noted.
Relief for stching piles and eczema is promised by Dean's Ointment with claims of a permanent cure. Free samples will be available at Columbia Pharmacy on Saturday July 2nd.
Figures by A. W. Machen show the rural free mail delivery system expanded to 9 401 routes by July 1 1902 six years after the first route. Applications total 21 070 across counties with Iowa leading 945 routes and 32 more to start August 1.
An advertisement touts a skin itch remedy Dean's Ointment as absolutely safe and instantly effective. Free samples available at Columbia Pharmacy on Saturday July 12.
Reports across the state describe unprecedented damage with Des Moines south side wooded and residents evacuating by boat. Thousands of acres of grain perish, bridges wrecked, and livestock carcasses drift on the Iowa River. Skunk River continues to rise, raising fears of further flooding east of the Belt Line. In Henderson North Carolina Mr. J A Kelly credits Chamberlains Oolic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for quick relief in a prior ailment. sold by Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook Sherman.
Witnesses describe a heavy, booming noise after two fiery meteors streaked eastward across the sky. Thomas Chilcote recalls an explosion-like report, heard as if two cannon shots in rapid succession, inspiring wide comment among locals.
A note discusses kidney health slogans and a free distribution at Columbia Pharmacy on Saturday July 12. It warns residents about con artists at big shows and urges caution with bets and strangers awaiting in town while recalling past local deceptions.
The Iowa Central railway offers very low tickets to St. Paul Minneapolis and Minnesota resorts. Return valid until October 31 with usual low rates for health recreation or pleasure. Consult Iowa Central agents for details by Sep 2.
A dialogue fragment contrasts a genuine panama hat with cheaper imitations. The First Kid asks about a panama hat coat while the Second Ditho explains a real panama costs ninety one centa and mentions cheaper imitations exist.
Over two days complaints rise as freight from Chicago fails to arrive. Businesses report significant impact from the strike by freight handlers affecting deliveries and daily operations.
The editor cites the saying that judgment should focus on visible action and character, noting human imperfection and the use of remedies like Rocky Mountain Tea. The piece references J. H. Stewart as a voice urging caution in criticism.
New York July 1 R G Dun & Co Weekly Review of Trade notes general business patience across branches. Large interest payments indicate railways and industrials remain strong though labor unrest persists. Iron and steel see no重大 price shifts while textiles show steady to improved demand and higher grain prices lift corn and oats. First half 1902 commercial failures total 6166 with liabilities 500,074,800, up from last year though still better than 1890s.
In Hluffton Indiana George Highlin, a farmer six miles west, was drawn into a craps game at Ike Geh ring's saloon by Lee Shively and Shorty Teed. After an hour they won £60. Highlin invited them to supper, then bought a revolver and cartridges at WilliamsonBroa hardware. He forced Shively and Reed to disgorge their winnings with an ax handle, reclaiming his $60 lost and returning Reed $4. The gun was refused but the ax handle did the work. Highlin, a skilled craps shooter, claims they cheated.
The first Lawton bull fight drew about 5000 spectators and was free of cruelty with no animals killed. Governor Ferguson has been urged to intervene by John S. Haines of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, but Sheriff Painter says no cruelty or injury occurred and it is a showcase of cowboy skill.
In New Edinburg Cleveland County two boisterous Kilgore brothers Arthur and Garfield are killed after resisting arrest by Deputy MecRuth who fired after the Kilgores attacked him with knives. Ruth lies dying from injuries.
Mrs Margaret Lyman wife of George Lyman a Washington bookbinder drowned her 3 year old daughter Margaret in Mill Creek Brooklyn while visiting her mother Mrs Mary Farrell. A second child Loretta aged 1 escaped as the mother attempted to drown her too.
In Springfield Als July 5 Alfred Radcliffe a 10 year old boy hanged himself with a halter in a barn on his grandparents farm near Bath. He desponded after his father who lives near Chandlerville sent no money for firecrackers.
Mystery of a $685 800 general government payment to Indiana is resolved. The check arrived on time and reached Governor's private secretary Charles E. Wilson who delayed signing to avoid taking responsibility and kept it until the governor returned home.
Plainfield reports that Lewis H. Thomas, once believed slain by natives in the Philippines, is alive. He letters Robert Craig of Dunellen from Nagasaki dated June 6 saying he left the Philippines for Japan to see the situation and to return home.
Dispatches from Singapore report Vyner Brooke and 814 soldiers sailed June 10 to the Patang River in Borneo to punish head-hunters. By June 14 the flotilla dwindled to forty boats as fear and cholera caused many desertions. Over a thousand died by June 10 amid extreme heat, but Vyner Brooke and the remnant completed the mission and returned to Singapore.
Two women armed with a horsewhip and an umbrella created disturbance at St. Vincent's in Chicago while seeking the writer of two insulting postal cards about reputations. They broke a door panel. one woman allegedly struck Father Byrne with the umbrella, a claim denied by the priest. The women, possibly Mrs. M Buehrle and a Mrs. Mranek, spoke in a bent German English style and signed the cards with priests' names.
Chicago reports baseball results from St Louis Boston Pittsburgh and Chicago with multiple leagues. Springfield Missouri updates announce Democratic state judicial convention nominees Gavon D Burgess Leroy B Valliant James D Fox and re affirmation of Kansas City platford of 1900. Bloomington Illinois coal records show near 1 million tons hauled in June with 750000 to Chicago and rest to St Louis and Peoria amid strike fears.
Mrs. David W Guice of Hamburg Mississippi reports a liver and digestion cure after using Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets since May 1897. She claims rapid improvement by December and renewed ability to work with better sleep and circulation. She offers the Common Sense Medical Adviser free on request.
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