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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1903
Page
3
Partly cloudy with possible showers tonight. East portion Friday will be cooler than the northwest portion.
Crawfordsville sees W. Ti. Riley as a morning passenger. Joan Babcock made a Chicago business trip yesterday. Frank Siberts of Iowa City visits the Dixon home. Mrs. Frank Critz and daughter from Riverside were in town yesterday. Maude Wilson of Keota attends the normal institute. Duncan's offers picture framing and weekly souvenir. Samson returns from Letts on business. Ten dre Benz introduces new white and black chip hats. M W Braniger of Burlington attends to city business yesterday. Mrs H C Hull and daughter Nellie of Crawfordsville visit yesterday.
Daily brief of residents traveling to visit relatives in St Louis Burlington and Winfield trips elocution work in Boston and at local millinery store reminders of sales at Stuart’s meat market and Baird Sons camping plans Cone Lake July period funeral attendance in Chicago Rocky Mountain Tea advertisement with skin care claim notes of arrivals and departures from Wellman Wellman attendees at normal institute and Columbus Junction catering for Evans Delzell nuptials.
A long list of local residents and guests visits, travels, and returns home. Notable mentions include Miss Florence Brinton visiting from Burlington, Judge A. R. Dewey on a Cedar Rapids trip, Rev. Mr. Masson improving from fever, and Gage Bros millinery man T. W. Ward calling on his trade in the city. The Maroon band plans a concert weather permitting.
A New York Evening Post piece recounts Mary a Catholic child in a children's hospital on Good Friday who disobeyed rules by staying mute in a corner. A nurse pleads for remorse and dining privileges but the girl shouts that she is keeping the silent hour.
The Evening Journal invites questions for publication and provides answers in this column. Notable entries discuss teaching certificates, proper dining etiquette, early rising, and literary tips. Read responses about etiquette choices and references to poetry and authors like Sophia Elsinore.
A curious column traces a minister’s past courtesy and a comic miscue with a soprano in a New England church. It also recalls a Harlem police station bath remark by a jailed hobo and jokes about a judge and a witness in a distilling case, ending with a countryman’s misheard marriage reveal.
A New York Times item recounts a cook delivering news of a sick father with a crumpled letter. The note ends with a macabre postscript about bringing the undertaker, reflecting a grim humor in breaking bad news gently.
A collage of features from Substitute and Virginian issues highlights Gray Cloak, Gordon Keith, and Leif the Lucky pieces. Cartoons by McCutcheon accompany notes on the Southerners Fel icitas and stories Under the Rose Wand of King Canute and People You Know.
A list of historic events marked as occurring on Friday includes nations, battles, discoveries, and famous births and deaths. It references Moscow Washington Shakespeare America Richmond Bastile Mayflower Queen Victoria Charles I Sumpter Napoleon Julius Caesar Marengo Bunker Hill Joan of Arc New Orleans and the Declaration of Independence.
Prices for junk and old materials. Deliver to A Heend on East Washington Street. Old iron buyer advertised. Humorous note about disturbed streets and future joy when work is finished, reflecting village improvement plans in Washington.
Antiseptic liniment advertised to heal cuts bruises and burns without maturation, claimed to speed recovery beyond normal treatment. Sold by Stewarts Pharmacy Cook and Sherman agents.
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