15 Jul 1896
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1896
Page
1
An advertisement urges readers to consult physicians druggists and friends about Shilohs Cure for Consumption. The product is offered for sale by B C Carris & Co with recommendation.
Co D marksmen held an early morning shoot with targets 200 and 300 yards distant. The scoreboard lists shooters including Fred H. Smith Jas T Burnham L K Armstrong and others posting varied scores. Mrs M E Glover, who recently visited her sister Mrs Sue Lytle, returned to Keota this morning.
Death occurs at six a m after a long illness. City notes mention minor events and upcoming Company D shoot today. Local readers are urged to support the paper while noting plans to improve with foreign dispatches. A cotton patch scene is described with Mr Wagner testing cotton seed from Florida and planning another season.
Mrs Nicolaus Smith an elderly long time resident died at 6 30 AM after six weeks illness. She came from Knox county Ohio about forty years ago and leaves a husband four daughters and two sisters. She was a First Presbyterian church member. Funeral by Rev Stark from her West Washington home tomorrow at 2 20 PM.
Ed Knox and family were away when sparks from a passing engine likely started the blaze that destroyed the barn. In a separate incident Kek Loher injured his eye yesterday afternoon when a hammer struck his right eye while driving a nail. Doctors fear possible loss of sight as swelling and pain persist.
An advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for an uncured catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes testimonials for B J Cheney and Co and mentions distributors West & Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin. Also notes price 75 cents and that testimonials are free. The snippet adds a railway agent anecdote about reporting future events and an upcoming lunar eclipse.
Eighty excursionists left town early yesterday and were joined by as many more reaching Burlington. The Ottumwa steamer Bell departed at 9:30 and reached Fort Madison by noon. Most visitors toured docks, picnicked, and enjoyed the river view while the crowd was canvassed about local politics and prices.
Des Moines reports a cool dry week with daily temperatures about 8 degrees below normal and only trace rainfall. Harvest prospects vary with oats and barley damaged by rust and lodging, while spring wheat and corn show better condition though pastures potatoes and minor crops need rain.
Community notices list W A Anderson seeking county recorder on Republican ticket. Mention of Methodist Sunday school excursion to Coppock on July 28. Miss Sayles and Miss Isreal visiting, Ladies Minstrel parade at 4 30 pm Friday. A H Waterhouse in Grand Island Nebraska visits Clay, son and daughter's travels noted. Wolf bounty paid to William Greendyke. Home Seekers Excursion plans to Kansas and Nebraska with round trip price one fare plus 2 00.
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