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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1906
Page
4
Missed city items and theater notices mix with a children story about a fish princess who chooses to have hands. The piece ends with a Worcester Post tale about a failed attempt to grant hands, leaving the princess with fins instead.
Special to The Evening Journal shows showers and cooler tonight with Sunday fair conditions across Iowa. The forecast addresses today and tomorrow and notes cooler temperatures and scattered showers in places.
A St. Nicholas piece recalls the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers who, fighting to the last, saved fragments of their regimental flag. Captured and imprisoned, about 500 men kept and guarded scraps of the banner, later sewing them into a nearly complete flag kept in Hartford.
A wife brings Greymair a bundle of clothes but he gathers courage to reveal he will change it. The wife asks if he changed it and he confirms he changed his mind. The exchange plays on a pun about changing clothes versus changing plans.
Quote from Dr. D Livingstone praises the first smile of an infant, noting its toothless gums and innocence as a natural appeal for love amid helplessness. The remark frames early childhood as a cherished, universal bond.
Local residents and visitors are noted in Keota and surrounding towns. A. Rust visits in the city, H. & Crawford return from West Miss, Katie Ritter leaves Harper, and Mrs. W. H. Selbert travels through en route to Keota. J. M. Bratton and Chas. Gorham fish at Columbus Junction, Elizabeth Thomas of Appleton visits W. H. Hughes before heading to Keota, with Misses Abbey Durst and Grace ikyers guests of Grace lKyers. Mrs. B. W. Nicola from Washington joins Gardner party for meetings and stays a few days.
Return Washington to Chicago tickets sold August 4 5 6 valid to August 8 and August 11 12 13 valid to August 22. Rate 88 38. tf H W Russell agent.
A dramatic tale contrasts a dyke breach in Holland caused by watchman neglect with a near fatal lung inflammation in Kenneth Meclver of Vanceland, Me. A medical miracle by Dr. King's New Discovery saved him after three doctors deemed him beyond help. Stewart's pharmacy offers 50 cent and trial bottle free.
Local shop Brown's Candy Kitchen at 106 North Iowa Ave features NONE SO GOOD treats. Mage themed candies attract curious visitors and linger near front display.
Oakland minister Rev Chas R Brown will lecture on the San Francisco earthquake Tuesday evening July 31 at the opera house. Admission is 25 cents.
Chas. Oswald of Rensselaersville writes that Bucklen’s Arnica healed Seth Burch’s severe neck sore. The preparation, labeled antiseptic and healing, is marketed to cure wounds burns and sores. Available for 25 cents at Stewart’s drug store.
Tickets for the Chautauqua are available at every bank for 1.50. After August 10 the price rises to 1.75.66
A Dublin Georgia resident extols Electric Bitters claiming they keep the void young and strengthen the weak. Mrs T H Brunson praises the tonic for relief from dyspepsia liver and kidney issues. Sold by Stewart's Pharmacy at 40 cents a bottle.
Ground trip price 14 dollars with return via Nickel Plate Road from Chicago. Travel from July 27 to August 28 with Chicago City Ticket Office at 107 Adams Street LaSalle Street Station. Officials note Depot in Chicago on the Elevated Loop.
Twenty eight two year old Missouri mules offered for sale by B H Dillon of Brighton Iowa. Seller will provide any number from one to twenty eight head to buyers.
An advertisement urges nations to fight the white plague and promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe, certain remedy for coughs and colds. It claims the genuine product comes in a yellow package and is sold by all druggists, contrasting with unknown preparations.
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