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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1903
Page
2
The remedy is praised as a universal bowel complaint treatment and widely trusted for summer diarrhoea in children. Sold at Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman, noted as a life saving preparation for many children each year.
The Chautauqua Association Hacks depart from the Eichelberger Grocery corner. Buy tickets at the Eichelberger Grocery. Go early to ensure service. Avoid the last minute rush or you may be left behind. Tickets cost at the Eichelberger Grocery.
An antiseptic liniment named Chamberlain's Pain Balm is advertised to heal cuts bruises and burns rapidly without maturation. The product is for sale at Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman.
Ottumwa mourns J C Manchester a prominent local figure and brigadier general of the Iowa National Guard who died Sunday night aboard a train near Albia. The obituary notes his service and local prominence.
Obituary notes James Harvey Lewis died while visiting Carlsbad New Mexico for health. Born in Indiana, he came to Washington County around 1845, practiced law in Washington, later ran a Nira business, and farmed near Nira. He leaves wife, four sons, eight siblings, and several grandchildren. Funeral to be held at his Heights home.
The article surveys linen as dress material with embroidered white gowns and varied colors, box-plait skirts, and outdoor wear. It notes Pongee fabrics, Murray & Lanman Florida water, lace in millinery, automobile hats, and evolving sleeve and glove fashions with names like Kate Bruce and Eleanor.
Installation services were held at the First United Presbyterian church with a Keokuk presbytery commission conducting. Rev Brownell presided delivering a sermon from Judges 7 7 on divine leadership. Dr Davis of Ainsworth gave the pastor's charge and Rev Stevenson addressed the congregation. Members welcomed Rev Ross with the right hand of fellowship.
A crowded program lists 8:00 p m Choral Class with D C Jones and 9:00 a m Bible Class led by D Gordon. 10:30 a m Lecture by Mrs Bing ham on Great Pictures. 3:00 p m Music by the Dixie Jubilee Singers. 2:00 p m Reading by Mrs Lulu. 3:30 p m Cooking School by Miss. 5:00 p m Round Table at Miller em. Music by the Dixies. Lecture by DeWitt Millers titled The Self Sufficiency of the Republic.
Ed Kuneth of New London is the probable successor to E G Fox as Burlington agent. He has been offered the agency and will likely accept, relieving Mr Fox at the end of the week or early next.
The past week was favorable for field work and crop advancement despite below normal temperatures. Wheat oats and barley show especially good conditions while corn planting and cultivation proceed with little moisture disruption and progress near the ten year average. clover hay yields are heavy and fruit crops including strawberries potatoes and garden crops show promise.
A Atchison Globe piece offers humorous, pointed aphorisms on love, work, manners, aging, unions, and social behavior. It contrasts perceptions of men and women, cautioning about curiosity and affection, and ends with a critique of a man’s infidelity versus his forgetting her in drink.
The schedule lists Choral Class at 9:00 a.m. led by D. C. Jones, Bible School by Db Gordon, a Tri County Spelling Match, an O. J. Kern lecture on Centralization of Schools, a County Spelling Match, DeWitt Miller lecture at 3:30 p.m., Dixie Jubilee music, a Round Table by O. J. Kern at 7:30 p.m., and readings by Lalo Tyler Cates.
In Centerville Iowa on June 30 Billy Sunday meetings yielded 219 conversions, totaling 15 for the series. A crowd of 1200 attended one session with 155 conversions. A free will offering raised 1000 for Sunday the evangelist, whose earlier foot race in Muscatine saw 500 wagered and led to his rise in baseball and later evangelism.
The Globe Barber Shop promotes a cool, comfortable haircut and shave experience on East Side Square at 14 06 Mart White Prop. The ad promises quality service and a friendly atmosphere for hot summer days.
A brief item states there will be no meeting in July and names RK Dougherty and Foreman as involved or referenced participants.
Hall's Catarrh Cure offers one hundred dollars for any deafness case caused by catarrh that it cannot cure. Claims focus on inflammation of the Kusiiachian Tube, with nine in ten cases linked to catarrh. Mrs. Harlan Dawson travels from Colorado Springs to Gerlaw for James Dawson funeral.
Decatur Alabama resident Mrs 8 Hi Newson describes three years of severe indigestion and stomach disorders. She credits Electric Bitters with immediate improvement and full recovery. The medicine is recommended for liver kidney stomach and bowel troubles and costs 50 cents. Stewart Druggist guarantees it.
The body of Joseph DeForest, Davenport clergyman, who died in a San Francisco hotel, is not yet scheduled for funeral services. He had been conducting services in the oo church at Washington Iowa, and was on a business trip to the west. The Davenport Times notes the remains likely arrive Thursday and a funeral time will be announced.
William R. Benkett, chairman of the national executive committee, issues a call for a national convention of the United Christian party on May 1 1904 in St. Louis to nominate presidential and vice presidential candidates on a world wide platform for Christian unity and pledges to unite in the name of Jesus Christ a woman is suggested for vice president
The Iowa Central Railway announces special summer excursion rates from Brighton for June 1 to September 30, 1903. Destinations include Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo at 22.75 dollars. Glenwood Springs 34.75. Salt Lake City and Ogden 35.75. plus favorable low rates to Deadwood Lead City Hot Springs and Custer. Diverse routes and stopovers offered. For folders and rates contact Iowa Central Railway, A. & Cutts, G. P. & T. Areapolis, Minn.
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