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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1902
Page
3
A brief promotional note asserts unparalleled perfumes at Stewart's West Side Pharmacy, highlighting a wide selection and exclusive scents for shoppers seeking top quality fragrances.
Partly cloudy with showers tonight and possibly in the southwest portion. Saturday cooler. Washington DC June 6 special to The Evening Journal.
The city saw visitors from Des Moines and West Chester and reports of social visits, weddings, and school events. Citizens like Mrs. Strain, Miss Rowan, and Rev. Davidson stop by, while local shops promote Mull's Grape Tonic and Martinez items.
The Farmers and Merchants State Bank is organized with Chas Chongemach as president and D McLaughlin as vice president. S A White and Edgar Wilson serve as cashier and assistant cashier, with directors including J 0 F Weade H McGollam J T Matthews Sam J Thompson and S W Brookhart. Operations begin soon with vault and room preparations. The bank aims to be Washington’s only state bank under state supervision, allowing real estate loans up to 20 percent of capital. The Nickle Pirate show also visits the city with a large elephant Gypsy involved in performances tonight.
Mrs A M Shields of Chambersburg Pa recounts severe sickness due to Hay Fever and Asthma. She credits Dr King’s New Discovery with a complete recovery after six months and endorses it as the safest cure for throat and lung diseases. Trial bottles free at Stewart’s Pharmacy.
The family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kind help and loving sympathy shown during the illness and death of their husband and father.
A bustling update of residents' travels and visitors. Mrs. Sam Gardner heads to West Chester. Mra M KE Logan travels to Hoone to visit relatives. Hertha Kimia visits the Keck home. J W Jones of New York and Mrs Schick tour the Craff dry goods area. Nellie Bartholomew's graduation season draws kin. The piece notes theater, sales, and a church couple's arrival for Sabbath.
An advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills to cleanse the system and improve digestion with claims of lively livers and active bowels. It is placed in Stewart's drug store and mentions Mrs Jobo Iden's illness with stomach catarrh and weeks of medical care.
A West Virginia man cured of a hopeless cancer by Electric Bitters and Stanklen's Amnica Salve is cited as proof of a medical advance. The tonic is said to expel poisons and heal blood diseases, skin eruptions, ulcers, and sores, with the salve sold at Stewart's Pharmacy for 25 cents.
The guards will not meet tonight but will meet tomorrow Saturday night at the Armory at o'clock sharp. The meeting aims to complete the organization and elect officers.
Bargain business opportunity in Crawfordsville Iowa offering sale or rental of a meat market. Bid or proposition welcomed and Franklin Harper Thompson solicits inquiries at Crawfordsville Iowa with Thursday fish sale and town peddling announced on the public square at ten o clock.
In Moultrie county two farmers from influential families clashed on a rural road near Cave. Prank Harpin was shot in the body by Prank Dortenstein and driven to his home in a paralysed condition. Dortenstein fled toward Sullivan to surrender to authorities.
Albert Weisentorn, a well known resident of Grand Rapids Wisconsin, committed suicide at his home on June 6 after several days of despondency. His wife sat on his lap when he raised a revolver and shot himself, the blast igniting her dress.
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