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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1902
Page
3
Special to The Evening Journal reports the Iowa forecast for today and tomorrow. Partly cloudy with possible showers Tuesday. West portion tonight. Warmer Tuesday.
Local notes recount visits and daily life with Allen the candy man and ice cream maker offering the sole cream sodas. Several residents travel from Crawfords Ville Ottumwa Davenport and Keokuk while others return home from Fort Scott Wynona and Sioux City. A bakery orders for the Fourth of July are noted along with tornado insurance advice from J W Morton.
Arch ie McCulley of this city placed second in the Des Moines Amateur Shooting Tournament held last week, scoring 139 of 150. O W Rudd of Des Moines won with 145. McCulley’s strong performance surprised fellow contestants and drew high notes on the quality of shooting. The Long Tree Reporter also cites Gal lagher murder details from Lone Tree.
An Elizabeth West Virginia physician reports a dramatic cure for incurable cancer using Electric Bitters and Kunklen's Arnica Salve. The remedy is claimed to remove bile, kidney and microbe poisons and heal blood diseases skin eruptions ulcers and sores. Bitters priced 65 cents Salve 25 cents at Stewart's Pharmacy.
The Chronicle of Augusta praised Wallace Circus Band as the best yet, with 44 soloists led by Jonson and Krooson cited for excellence. S. A. Wheelwright received leave of absence from S. S. Association of Washington county to visit Des Moines Sioux City Toledo and Grinnell while on vacation. His crop report says most counties are wetter than Washington and none look better.
A parent credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with averting pneumonia and multiple croup episodes during a bout of whooping cough. The editor H. J. Strickfaden of World Herald Fair Haven Washington endorses the remedy and notes it is sold by Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook & Sherman.
Dr. Harper returned home Saturday from Des Moines after attending the Osteopathy Association meeting and Still College of Osteopathy commencement exercises. A Kirkwood banquet Friday night served ninety eight. The college graduates eighty seven this year and three hundred attended the association meeting.
A brief notice states we will be on the public square with fresh fish for sale at ten o'clock every Thursday and will peddle the town the same day. Signed Svirr, M&Few.
The article notes plans for a July 4 celebration in Burlington and Winfield with a new line called K & N Wity wide track for ride attempts starting June 20 and July 1. Fare for the Toyship is one and one third. return by July 4. Fox is agent with Mrs Lila Whitemore and family traveling to Iowa City to host future student boarders. Keck and Sproul families prepare for a cottage outing near Lake Okobo. An athletic club named Tri-City Athletic Club will open in Rock Island, with its first event a football show Monday evening.
The Iowa Central railway will sell excursion tickets to pointe within 200 miles at one and one third fare. Tickets go on sale July 3 and 4 with limit July 7. Apply to local ticket agent for further information.
The Christian Union of the First Dotted Presbyterian church invites members to a social at Miss Artie McCulley’s East Mate Street home this evening. R N Bevill from Old Town Va reports happiness after arnica salve cured his daughter’s scald head. Stewart’s Pharmacy advertises arnica salve for piles bruises ulcers eruptions and other ailments.
The C with a tail marks Cascarets Candy Cathartic, stamped c.c.c. on each tablet. Sold in boxes only, not bulk, and available at all druggists. Box is light blue enamel metal.
A 19th century ad promises about cleanse and digestive benefits. It touts lively liver function and active bowels with a fine appetite. The product is priced at 25 cents and sold at Stewart's drug store.
A descriptive booklet covering Spirit and Okoboji Lakes in northwestern Iowa along the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern line will be sent free on application to Jno G. Farmer, AGP&TA, BCR&N Ry, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The booklet includes Minnesota and Iowa game laws, and notes boarding houses hotels and cottages available around the lakes.
A brief notice states a butcher will pay specified prices for poultry delivered in Washington during a period leading up to and including the Fourth of July. It lists terms for delivery and payment, indicating a seasonal buying drive by a Washington-based buyer.
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