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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1902
Page
3
Washington July 22 Special to The Journal The forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday with occasional local thunderstorms. Warmer temperatures are expected in the northern portion tonight.
The Presby excursion leaves Thursday August 7 by Kh and W route to Burlington and down the river on the Ottumwa Helle. Three hours in Ft Madison for visiting friends and a fun trip advertised as one of the jolliest excursions from Washington with $150 round trip. Also notes local politics with Frank Neal as a Republican candidate for county auditor and updates on Mrs Kephart awaiting her son James H Calhoun's remains from cholera in the Philippines. Also includes a letter from Nate Jones about son Charley’s farming near Stuttgart Arkansas with bumper crops, hay, and prosperous conditions.
An assortment of local ads announces ice cream from Allen’s and Isephart’s, bread from Johnson’s, coal delivery by John Shields & Son, and a pine-room house for rent. Includes telephone number 275 and delivery notes across Centerville. A fire department notice calls a general meeting for Tuesday evening with all members requested to attend.
Local items report visiting friends and neighbors from Wellington to Monmouth and Wellman. Notes include Frank Neal visiting Brighton, Ray White's illness, and Miss Eva Shaw returning from Ottumwa. The column mentions Miss Ella Montgomery’s trip to Monmouth and families planning visits, plus a drilling meeting for A. O. U. W. members and a rain report for the area.
A man named Dollar picking cherries at What Cheer was blown from a tree by a gust. He received a check upon landing but found he was damp with dew when he protested. His injuries paused his work, yet he had funds to hire the Express for the crop. A Topeka man mailed a curious gift to a bride with a garbled note about a cross between a harpoon and a hay fork. An upcoming excursion to Ft. Madison is set for August 7 under the Presbyterian church group, with round trip at 150. Several racing results and entries close date are listed, with multiple horse pace and trot times and purses shown.
Mrs Lews Cragg of Dorchester Mass endured years of severe lung trouble and an obstinate cough. She writes that doctors and remedies failed until Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption cured her completely. Sufferers from coughs colds throat and lung trouble need this grand remedy. Cure guaranteed by Stewart’s Pharmacy. Price 2 and 1 trial bottles free.
The article notes brutal rain in 1902 era recollections and cites Tacitus Hussey on Iowa floods. It records Little Louise Montgomery’s fifth birthday party on Monroe Street with about 35 guests, games, luncheon, and many gifts. Mr and Mrs James Miller hosted a noon dinner for Rev Charles Smith with ten guests.
Iowa Central Railway offers special low round trip and one fare plus two dollar rates for travel from all points to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Salt Lake City Ogden and Hot Springs Deadwood Lead Custer in the Black Hills with multiple travel windows from June to September 1902. Stop overs allowed and tickets valid to October 31 1902. Information via local agents or A B Outts GP TA Minneapolis Minn. eow until 9 15 02.
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