25 Jul 1894
Page 1
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1894
Page
1
A mix of labor unrest notes, travel, real estate, and local incidents spans cities. Reports include walkouts by summer workers, miners' strike fatalities in Birmingham, enrollment updates, visits, excursions, property purchases, and a deadly accident involving a tailor.
A varied page fragment features Smoke Bath's Havana Buds enameled bath tubs and Smith's Laundry. Also promotes a first-class tricycle through Dr. D. J. Dewey and offers work to Inez Riley to assist in a business during seizures.
A peculiar historical note tells of Miss Lillian Wiggle Tongue believed to resemble a young girl though she is twenty summers old and married for many years. Her eyes and cheeks are bright, her figure described as well fed, and the spread hints at a husband who trades with crowds.
Real estate and loan notices advertise si acre prairie farms at 35 and 40 dollars per acre with possession this spring and easy payments, plus a two story eight room house with two lots for 1600 dollars. Several other farm and trade options within reach are listed for quick take.
A Hastings citizen quotes a humorous “Wanted” note about a yard-cleaning big cat. The Public Journal of Hastings also promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a $100 offer for cures and various drugstore endorsements, including R. C. Taylor of Murfreesboro and E. N. Foster.
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