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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1906
Page
5
Washington secures a clean first game win as both teams field strong play and balanced scoring. The matchup shows early momentum with solid defense and coordinated offense from Washington.
Anderson hurled twelve Ks for Washington in a 5 3 victory at Sigourney. Benton and Bell doubled for Washington, while Needham, Jessup and Benton led Sigourney with key hits and seven errors by Sigourney marked the costly miscues. Attendance was 200 as Hawkeye band greeted the visitors home.
Small lost item notice offering a reward for a P E O pin left at the office. Also a wanted ad for renting a gasoline stove with three or more burners for two weeks and inquiry at Journal. May include carpet cleaning ad and a testimonial for King’s New Discovery with local names and prices.
An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a universal restorative. It cites S. A. Brown of Bennettsville South Carolina claiming wife saved from dyspepsia and torpid liver after years of suffering. The tonic supposedly cures chills fever malaria biliousness backache kidney and bladder disorders. Sold with guarantee by Stewart druggist at 50 cents.
For July Fourth the Iowa Central will sell round trip excursion tickets to all points within 250 miles from selling station at a fare and one third. Tickets on sale July 3 and 4 with return limit July 6, 1906. Call on agents for particulars. July 4.
A June bride prefers dining in from a restaurant but if a flat is needed she demands only Anderson's Coal be provided, noted by Marion T. Anderson who is listed with phone 176.
Community notices report a birth to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Godwin on June 22 and a wedding of J F Burbaum to Etta Wooley with a large guest list. Local visits, travels, illnesses, and social events fill the column, noting trips to Iowa City, Washington, and Crawfordsville along with several family updates.
Attendees included young people from Cotter Crawfordsville and Washington at the band concert held here last evening. Rev Hailey appeared on the program as part of the anniversary events.
Willis Morgan of Rural Route 1 Concord N H says two years in Cuba and two in the Philippines left him prone to colds. He credits Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption with keeping him in perfect health and calls it best for coughs colds bronchial troubles and all lung diseases. Guaranteed at Stewart s pharmacy. Price 50c and 1 00 trial bottle free.
Miss Mildred Stewart daughter of Dr and Mrs W Stewart had a fall while repairing a recently purchased home on West Main Street. She was frightened but not seriously injured and may have attempted a high dive according to friends. The article also mentions The Great Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Show at a nearby horse fair with a large exhibition of 500 breeding specimens and various horse breeds and carriages.
An excerpt urges use of Dr King's New Life Pills as the best gentle regulator for stomach and bowels. It warns that neglecting clogged bowels and a torpid liver leads to chronic constipation and promotes the supposed benefits, with Stewart the druggist guaranteeing the product at 25 cents.
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