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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1903
Page
2
Davenport Iowa plans the largest carnival in the region during June 22 to 27. The event, organized by the Merchants Association, features the Gaskel-Mundy circus acts and offers excursion rates by rail and boat.
Transferable tickets for the Washington Chautauqua Assembly and for ten admissions will be sold here after for 2 dollars each. Apply to the banks of the city. 6-tf
An advertisement claims deafness caused by catarrh can be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure with a promise of one hundred dollars for any uncured case. It explains the ear infection origin as inflammation of the Eustachian tube and urges readers to procure circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
The body of Earl Skinner who drowned in Mexico Missouri Sunday evening arrived by the Firefly with the undertaker. His funeral was at United Presbyterian Church with Rev A M Stevenson officiating. Interment was in Keota cemetery. Skinner died after attempting to rescue two other boys in a pond. one boy was saved while Skinner drowned.
At the state encampment in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin on June 10 the Wisconsin G A R endorsed General John Black of Chicago for commander in chief.
Notice for the regular meeting of Chapter No. 98 Order of the Eastern Star to be held Thursday evening at the Masonic Hall. Members are requested to be present. 98-21.
The Pleasant Hill Christian church will hold its children day exercises next Sunday evening at 7 o'clock, with all invited. A Bohemian patient operated on for hernia at the John Goode hotel is recovering well and should sit up tomorrow, with two to three weeks before returning to work. He is learning English rapidly, owns aBohemian phrase book used by doctors, and remains cheerful with six siblings back home.
The bulletin restricts clerks from any side line of employment while off duty and bars them from holding office, though they may invest in enterprises. Clerks are urged to use off duty time for study or rest and avoid additional business activities. A souvenir framing offer appears in the end.
An old man tells a tale quoted by the Atlanta Constitution about a fifteen foot snake. The speaker questions whether the snake would strike only if cornered, while another person jokes whether the old man is naturally born or influenced by a long drink.
Miss Landes engages audiences with clear, businesslike answers at the Washington Chautauqua. Her presence sustains enthusiasm as lectures on Domestic Science continue, The Winfield Kansas Assembly Trevald notes.
A refrigerator car left the rails yesterday near Winfield, blocking the track after wandering several yards crosswise. Train crews worked through the afternoon and night to rerail it without assistance from downstream, resuming regular trips this morning. Several passengers spent the night in Winfield awaiting service.
The seller touts Highland Park lake ice as absolutely pure with no sewage input and naturally sterilized. Rock Island pond ice is tinted with germs and suitable only for cold storage, priced at 200 per hundred. Delivery price cited as 306 per hundred.
F G C Jaquith of Inland Michigan touts Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as best selling and most satisfactory medicine he has ever sold. He guarantees every bottle. Available at Stewart’s Pharmacy, Cook and Sherman.
The funeral will be held tomorrow at 9 45 from the home of the deceased's parents Mr and Mrs Charlies Skipton 54 miles northwest of the city Interment will follow at Eureka cemetery.
Philip and Rodney Crail mourn the loss of their nine year old dog Brownie who died Tuesday evening after being struck by a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway construction train. The pet had been a close companion to the Crail boys for nine years and is deeply missed.
Come and bring all your friends June 30 to the opening of the Clau tauqua and hear at 2 p.m. that peerless orator William Jennings Bryan. He is here only this one day and will possibly be the only opportunity you will have to hear this matchless speaker in Washington. At 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 30 Ice Cream Allen's.
City ordinance prohibits moving any building on streets without a mayoral license. Applicants must apply to the Mayor and arrange wiring changes with the Electric Light Plant. Fines up to 100 dollars and jail time apply for violations. Effective after publication, 1903.
An artless maid asks for the secret of conversation. The sage assuming his teaching pose says to listen. She responds that she is listening, and he repeats the cue that listening is key to agreeable talk.
Mrs. Hl Newson of Decatur Alabama endured three years of severe stomach and bowel pain. Doctors and remedies failed until Electric Bitters, which she credits with an immediate improvement and complete recovery. The tonic targets liver kidney stomach and bowel troubles and is sold for 50 cents with a druggist guarantee.
Chicago figure Jane Adams, listed among America's notable women, headlines Chautauqua Woman's Club Day in an event Friday July 3 at 2 pm. The feature promotes her work and the Rocky Mountain Tea product. a local Philadelphia Press quip questions church fundraising discretion.
The Washington Iowa City Council establishes a sewer from 400 feet below the brick sewer to the corner of West Adams Street and South Ave EB, running 1100 feet with inch pipe. Estimated cost 275.00. Adopted and appears June 1903. Mayor Alberson, City Clerk Hugh H. McCledery.
The Washington Iowa City Council resolves to establish a new sewer along West Washington Street from the southwest corner of lot 5 block 6 Western Addition to near out lot No 2. An 8 inch sewer pipe will be cemented and constructed. estimated cost 840 dollars. Adopted June 10. Alderson attests, McCleery signs.
The ordinance defines a sewer lay along West 5th Street in Washington Iowa beginning at outlot No 8 in Margaret M Youngs Second Addition and extending to the southwest corner of lot 7 in block 5 about 400 feet. It specifies a 4 inch tile sewer with an estimated cost of 25 dollars. Adopted June 1 2003 by A N Bergson and Hugh St McCleery.
The scent package is enough for usual occasions and the family bottle priced at 60 cents provides a year’s supply. All druggists sell them.
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