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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1900
Page
3
A collage of social calls and travel reports from Osage County highlights residents visiting Davenport Dallas City and Burlington. Clerks and professionals including architect Howard Hahn and doctors, teachers, and ministers depart or arrive for long or short stays. Local business ads promote cigars and rockers as others plan summer visits and attend commencements.
The Evening Journal reminds advertisers that copy for changes must be received by 10 o clock a m to be eligible for that day’s publication. This deadline ensures timely processing of ad edits and featured placements.
Prices lowest on Cream of the West ersey Cream Golden Patent Pride of Buy Our Flour. Quality best Jere Buy Elwood Fencing, agents for it. Buy all shelf hardware nails screen wire etc. Lawn mowers and rubber hose you must have. See ours.
A vintage advertisement touts a refreshing sanitary soap priced at ten cents. It claims to care for babies and adults, softening and preserving skin, and urges use in every nursery.
Rev B E S Ely, pastor at First Presbyterian, received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Coe College in Cedar Rapids Iowa. The surprise honor highlights his eminent qualifications and long association with the church. Ely previously lived in Washington Iowa for about nine years within the same synod.
Local residents visit families move back and forth with news of guests and trips. O K Brown travels to Kansas City for business while Hawkeye No 1 holds a meeting in the A O U W Hall. Mrs. Wells of Sac County visits sister Mrs. Craigg. Sam Watters returns from Des Moines. Miss Lottie Meacham arrives home from Colorado Springs. The Fortnightly Club gathers June 16 at 2 30 with Mrs Bh W Nicola. many residents attend weddings, relocations, and local events. An item notes Joseph Knight Huston marriage rumors in Centerville Citizen and an Oxydonor ad promises cures with home visits.
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