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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1900
Page
3
Buy Our Flour Quality Best Prices Lowest Cream of the West and Cream Golden Patent Pride of Ilson. Buy Elwood Fencing agents for it. Buy Shelf Hardware Nails Screen Wire and more. Lawn Mowers Rubber Hose. Buy Gasoline and Oil Stores. Cash knocks Steel Ranges and Cooks at low prices.
A collage of short-city notes records residents traveling to Chicago Davenport Keota and Des Moines for visits business and study. Others announce egg pricing, honey shipments from Phoenix, a Rock Island stockyard horse sale, a photography gallery praised for quality and local library book returns. Cornelia Klass accepts a Chicago school post.
Geneseo resident George Labough draws state health scrutiny after visiting patients at the Smallpox hospital and roaming Geneseo streets. His anti state health stance has troubled authorities. Attorney General Akin urges quarantine action by local health officials amid appeals to Dr I A Ferry for guidance.
Chicago visitors James H. Page and Phil Jekkina witnessed a cub bear attack near Perry's farm, prompting ex-Mayor George Gallup to shoot the mother bear after Poage fought to fend it off. Poage saved by revolver fire. he was aided to a farm house and ferried to Rapid River. Separate items report league baseball scores and the Grand Rapids Bicycle Co. laying off most of its 250 workers with plant closure by August 1.
Local residents travel and visit others with mentions of Burlington Des Moines Muscatine Mt Pleasant and Okoboji visits. A special Hook and Ladder meeting is called for business. An appendicitis operation was performed successfully with the patient recovering well.
A brief explanation describes nerves as hungry when lacking vital power. It lists symptoms such as headache dizziness loss of appetite indigestion palpitation neuralgia sleeplessness irritability and general fatigue, then urges feeding the nerves with rest and proper nourishment.
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