Iowa Weather Forecast Tonight And Saturday
The forecast for Iowa calls for generally fair weather tonight and Saturday. Expect warmer conditions in the central and eastern portions tonight.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1903
Page
3
The forecast for Iowa calls for generally fair weather tonight and Saturday. Expect warmer conditions in the central and eastern portions tonight.
A compilation of local movements and visits includes Mrs. Anna Hart with friends in Winfield Miss Edith Riley visiting her sister in Hedrick and Mrs. Henry Guck returning from Davenport. Numerous journeys to Burlington Richland Crawfordsville and Oskaloosa are noted along with a Rock Island agent meeting and a July picnic at Wilton Junction.
Local notes report Plenty Lee Cream at Means and Stichter's and changes to a Rock Island line near Skunk River toward Brighton. National Reform meeting plans with Prof J B Dill. Campbell to Fairfield. corn area down 13 percent with 77 percent of normal yield.
Greensburg Indiana hosted Miss Applegate at a South Marion Avenue gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs Claude Lemmon. The event featured a Soap Contest poems about Olivia soap won by Thea Samson and a city spelling game with prize books. The Lem Cherry family hosted relatives for dinner and Modern Woodmen lodge members held a post meeting banquet at a nearby deli.
In West Holdredge at the W. A. Stiles home last Wednesday evening a quiet ceremony united Herbert I McDowell and Lillian Haggett with Rev. A P Beall officiating. The bride recently moved from Washington Iowa and is sister to Mrs BE Craig. The groom formerly lived in Washington. The couple plan Holdrege as their permanent home.
A note explains a newborn at Rev. W. R Sawhill’s home on West Washington. Sam McCleery returns from Chicago with a stock shipment. Company D men train for a state range event at Cedar Rapids. Eva Moon visits from Vinton with Mrs Ward. The Miller and Campbell families plan Lake Minnetonka outings. Latta returns from Casey after work in Illinois. Crops predicted short with rains brightening outlook. Brattons back from lakes near Spring Park. Davenport hosts seventeenth annual city bankers convention July 20 29 with speakers Fowler Cummins Hamlin. Yoger arrives from Des Moines to St Louis to inspect school buildings. O Laughlin hears Eve Dunning and husband safely reach Edinburgh Scotland.
This long feared infant illness is treatable with Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil as directed. Sold at Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook & Sherman.
Dealers announce they are taking orders for hard coal and will stock only the best grades. Prices are guaranteed until September 1 and are offered by William A. Whiting.
Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman offer a buy back guarantee for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy claiming no risk to the buyer. The advertisement touts the remedy as the most successful bowel complaint treatment and the only one that never fails. It promises refunds if customers are not satisfied after use.
Advertiser guarantees no price rise for hard coal until September 1. Coal will arrive in August fresh from the mine. Order now for fresh coal, noting August delivery and fixed Aug price.
The account portrays a vast cavalry clash with 6 000 horsemen advancing against 5 000 riders as drums bugles and shouts erupt. Front lines surge, sabers flash and clash, and riders fall amid dust and flying stones in a vivid, brutal wartime tableau. General John B. Gordon is noted in the fragment.
The Atchison Globe offers humorous reflections on kindness money marriages and family quarrels noting small ironies like scrambled eggs and restaurant meals versus at home costs. The tone is light and domestic with social observations.
A Philadelphian paper carries a brief tale by a ten year old girl about the Revolutionary War. The child recalls Washington gathering troops to Valley Forge and soldiers facing hunger, prompting Franklin and France to aid, leading to victory over Britain.
One of the world's largest bells, the Gloriosa, hangs in Cologne Cathedral. Cast from twenty two French cannons captured in the Franco Prussian War, it was presented to the cathedral by the Kaiser. The bell bears German arms and two inscriptions, one praising divine mercy for victory and the other proclaiming the emperor's glory and prayers for peace and prosperity.
In a London Telegraph excerpt Patrick enjoys a promised present from his employer as a reward for a year of theft. The jovial exchange features Pat’s belief in doing his duty and the employer’s generous gesture toward the thief.
A witty London Tit-Bit quip shows a fortune teller telling a gayly dressed girl her husband will be poor unless she adopts more economical dress after marriage. The line plays on gender and social expectations in a playful exchange.
A compact counsel urges careful, decisive action with grace and firmness. The guidance prioritizes measured negotiation, firm stance when needed, and courteous handling of opposing views to achieve outcomes.
A short quotation asserts that each man’s duty is to preserve his life, reflecting Emersonian individualism and moral responsibility.
Dr King’s New Life Pills touted as transforming weakness into energy and draining into mental power. Sold by Stewart’s Pharmacy with a price of 25 cents per box.
Frank Ferguson warns that a rocking chair taken from his porch Tuesday night July 21 must be returned at once or a search will be conducted.
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