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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1900
Page
3
The advertisement lists Buys Siwood Fencing and other items and invites buyers to purchase Shelf Hardware Nails Screen Wire and related goods from the agents. It markets Lawn Mowers Rubber Hose and Furniture at knocked down cash prices with prices marked plainly. It also touts steel ranges and cook stoves at unusually low prices.
The city churches marked Children’s Day with visiting ministers and varied programs. Presbyterians held a union evening meeting led by Mrs. Cunningham. performances included a quartet and singers. The Second U P church featured Rev. Lloyd Samson’s missionary sermon, Covenanter pastor Rev. Thompson’s opening psalm exposition, and church activities continued with Baptist Rev. Stubbert and A M E Rev. Ford delivering sermons.
Members of the Browning Camera Club will receive a prize valued at over $500.00. To obtain a club constitution, call Stewart's Pharmacy. The offered instruments are described as the finest yet produced, with Pho Rast man listed as the Kodak contact on the West Side Square.
A. Whitney Carr, NY philanthropist and former Riverside area resident, donated fifty thousand dollars to the State University of Iowa to fund scholarships for poor students. The 76 year old man, now ill with an incurable nervous disease, traces his roots to Riverside and Jordan New York, with his brother Chauncey living near Riverside. He says the gift comes after careful study to maximize aid.
The Iowa outlook calls for partly cloudy skies with possible showers in the extreme west Tuesday and warmer conditions in the north tonight. A separate ad promotes the Oxydonor cure for numerous ailments with at home or office treatments and no guaranteed payment.
The Hook and Ladder Company of Washington issues a challenge to either hose team to race in a hub and hub event on a Saturday evening arranged by the teams. Foreman FI. & L. coordinates the 2th S. W. Hour.
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