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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1901
Page
3
Public notice outlines advertisement copy deadline at 10 o'clock a.m. to insure same day change. Includes rate grid and classing notes for second class mail at the Washington Iowa post office.
A bookstore ad promotes a wide selection at Stewart's West Side including magazines and the Hammocks line with claims of never being undersold. The note references The Crisis at Duncan's and provides the address 3616.
The city buzzes with shoppers and travelers. Todd Stuart's meats advertise dressed fish and cut poultry while locals like Frank Roberts Steve Nicola Ira Bowman Ethel Sprague and Ida Reinter are seen arriving and visiting. A lively queue of passengers heads for Burlington Crawfordsville and Chicago with news of trains and sales at the New York Store and Crawford Steam Laundry.
In hot weather, readers are urged to visit the Reynolds Gallery for comfortable portrait sessions during the cool early hours. Stewart's offers Rocky Mountain Tea as a brain booster while Mr and Mrs Scofield depart on an extended eastward tour by rail and boat. Ex-Congressman Sowers recounts Billy Mason story with a con artist in Chicago’s Auditorium lobby.
The annual Iowa Camp Meeting is in session at Clear Lake Iowa and runs until July 29 when the Northwest Epworth League Assembly opens and continues through August 8. A splendid program of speakers and entertainment is arranged with very low round trip rates via Iowa Central Route for individuals or groups of five or more. Write for booklet to Geo S Barry G P T A Marshalltown Iowa. Aug 8.
Mrs Mary J. Skegg, grand chief, will attend the Degree of Honor or Lodge on Thursday evening. All members urged to attend. Due to extreme heat, the Womans Relief Corps postpones meetings to the first Saturday in September. Nice young year at Todd Stuart's.
The Lansing Iowa Journal reports a family cure of a summer complaint in a child using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The piece urges readers to keep a bottle at home, notes no advertising by the paper, and lists Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook and Sherman as outlets for sale.
From August 1 to 10 the Iowa Central Railway will sell excursion tickets to Clear Lake at 540 pounds for the round trip from Brighton. Tickets valid for return passage through October 31, 1911. Ask ticket agent for full particulars.
F. BE Stewart, agent, promotes summer trips from Washington to Colorado resorts Spirit Lake Okoboji and other destinations on the Great Rock Island Route. Includes single and round trips at low fares with special dates in August and September, Pullman Sleeper service daily to Chicago, and tours to California, Des Moines, Louisville and San Francisco among others.
The Iowa Central Railway offers round trip tickets from Brighton to Clear Lake from August 1 to 10 at 8 50. Tickets are valid on sale date with final return by October 31, 1901. Allen the restaurant man reports heavy business as ice cream shipments continue.
An evangelist named Williams conducted meetings in Des Moines and preached on backsliders. The Des Moines Register quotes him expressing a desire for a large conversion and an epidemic to sweep away those converts, phrased as a controversial hypothetical.
Names of residents visiting relatives and traveling for business fill the list. Mr. and Mrs. Win Long send thanks for sympathy and help in their bereavement. Various residents from Oska loosa to Davenport and Mount Pleasant are noted in daily movements and visits.
J A Kelly recalls a dysentery episode similar to common experiences nationwide. He bought Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and used it per directions with entirely satisfactory results, noting quicker relief than prior remedies. Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook Sherman sell the product.
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