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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1900
Page
2
Auction sale advertises 200 pieces of muslin underwear mainly gowns. Items staged in three lots with wide hems and durable lock stitch gowns. Lot 1 priced around 48 cents, Lot 2 features trimmed gowns up to 150 dollars value, Lot 3 offers Swiss cambric and muslin gowns at about half price.
Washington residents will hear Hon William E Ewing speak at 8 p m Friday at the opera house on Christian Science the religion of Jesus Christ Admission is free Judge Ewing is noted as a reasoner and long time advocate of the subject H E McCollum departed for Chicago and then Ohio with a horse shipment today
City council debates sewer contracts for north and south lines with bids read and differences over filing clarified. Action postponed to tonight to allow bidders to amend and relet while yard and sidewalk grades are surveyed and a park street vacation contract is approved.
A gendered ad essay argues that marriage and motherhood shape a woman's future. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for irregularities and ailments of the female organs, citing a Dallas, Missouri testimonial and offering a medical adviser book for stamps.
An advertisement promotes Dwight’s Complexion Beautifier as a pure harmless toilet prep. It offers a free full size box to each woman who sends her address and a 10 cent shipping fee, with one free box per address, to D W Custer & Co Huntington W Va.
The public parade starts at 11 am on July 4 with a cash prize of 83.00 for the top mask novice. The winner earns about 300 dollars to spend on the Fourth as an easy chance to win.
An advertisement offers a 25 cent Break-up-A-Cold-Tab from Stewart's Pharmacy with a cheerful refund promise if the product fails to cure.
G Logan Payne returned home suffering illness while traveling in Virginia. His physician advised hospital care, but he chose to come home where his father Dr. Payne of Richland is nursing him. We hope for his quick recovery.
Delber Montgomery, a student at Alleghany Seminary, has been named one of the Purdy prize winners and will receive fifty dollars. The endowment funds six annual awards of three hundred dollars each for top cassmanship. Montgomery ranks very good in language and literature and is praised by the JourNAL for his merit and worthiness.
Dr A Stevenson of Franklin township and son of James Stevenson will wed Miss Margaret Erskine of Tarkio Missouri tomorrow at four o'clock. The couple plan to reside on a Franklin farm and begin married life among friends who extend best wishes.
An East side advertisement from Marr Wurre promotes the Globe’s hydraulic chairs and courteous treatment. It promises good work, clean towels, fine tonics, and inviting service at 6.105 Marr Wurre, Prop.
Des Moines notes indicate slightly below normal temperatures with favorable field conditions for oats wheat barley and flax. Rainfall was uneven but beneficial overall, with heavy downpours causing some floods on bottom lands while reducing drought risk in other areas. Corn progress is good with clean fields. southern oats and wheat show damage from breuth and light harvests. Hay crops will be light though central and southern haying continues. Potatoes and garden vegetables thrifty. July travel specials announced for Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway to 200 mile points with return by July 5. Prohibition convention rates Chicago June 27-28 via Cedar Rapids route.
The retailer announces a sale of the entire line of shirt waists with a “cool selection” for tomorrow morning. They claim a finest and prettiest assortment ever brought to the city and urge every lady to notice.
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