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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1900

Page

2

Don’t Miss A Good Thing Grocery Ad

Local grocery promotes fresh tables and fruits with a promise to sell any item you want. Emphasizes reliable service and high quality offerings in a convincing sales pitch.

Beauty tips and cures in a midwestern ad page

An old ad column touts Clover Root Tea for digestion and liver health, a cold remedy Break-Up-A-Cold Tablets, and pharmacy contact Stewart’s Pharmacy. It notes Iowa Legion of Honor meeting notices and a Mother’s Mutual Benefit Band meeting with Dr Ida Dailey talking home treatment for children’s diseases. It closes with a poultry ad mentioning Topp Stewart.

Karl Price J. H.tewart la Grippe Ewill Stewart's F. A. Baughman South and Green S Reets Iday Ida Dailey Topp Stewart

Stewart Stoves and Ranges Marketed as Supreme

The advertisement proclaims Stewart Stoves and Ranges as unmatched in quality and design, branding the name Stewart as a synonym for perfection since the brand's early days.

Stewart

Free Complexion Beautifier Promotion and Fire Department Meeting

An 1870s style notice advertises Dwight's Complexion Beautifier offering a free full size box to readers who send address and 10c for postage. It also mentions low price supplies from Chemical Oil Painting in Huntington and a called fire department meeting at Fire Hall on Tuesday night March 13 for important business.

Evening Journal Dwight D. W. Custer & Co Huntington W. Va Fire Department

Woman Shows Nerve Feigns Sleep During Burglary

Mrs McDaniels daughter of Mr and Mrs Joiner near Janesville Wisconsin kept her calm as a burglar bent over her pretending to sleep. She alarmed authorities after the thief left, tracing him five miles to town via clear snow footprints. She identified the suspect by strong whisky breath and provided a detailed description. The thief stole $25 a silver watch and clothing.

Janesville Wis

Ice and coal business change in Washington

Tom Neiswanger has purchased the ice business of John Shields & Son and the associated buildings near the Narrow Gauge tracks in southeast Washington. He also continues the coal operation at the Beasty stand, planning a summer ice delivery route and guaranteed weight and customer satisfaction.

Tom Neiswanger John Shields & Son Neiswanger Washington Coppock Mr. Netswanger Jourman Tom

Shiloh Consumption Cure Guarantee and Social Visit Notes

The advertisement promises a two thirds consumption cure bottle refund if no benefit is seen, with prices 25 50 cents and $1. J H Stewart druggist sells it. Miss Pearl Dunbar and about twenty young friends from Greece Hill enjoyed sleighing and a party with Miss Nina Isep hart at her South Lowa ust home, departing late. Supervisor H T Reynolds visited Coppock for business.

Shiloh J. H. Stewart Pearl Dunbar Greece Hill Nina Isephart South Lowa Ust

Guardsmen to receive Krag-Jorgensen rifles for next encampment

Captain W. Brookhart of Company D says guardsmen will be issued Krag-Jorgensen rifles in the near future. Congress and the state legislature have acted this winter, with laws likely to increase guardsmen pay to ten cents per hour for drill. The unit aims to be in first class shape by the next encampment.

W. Brookhart Congress

Local and Personal Young People Go Coasting at Sunset Park

Sunset Park hosted a large coasting event with hundreds of attendees and varied sleds from wash boilers to dish pans. The event featured a glee club social at Miss Ollie Dixon’s home with about twenty members and an East Washington street reception by Mesdames C. J. Wilson and Frank Brindley drawing two hundred city ladies. Win Smouse arrived from Des Moines as coasters enjoyed easy sleighing on frozen ground and a scenic route from the old haunted house to the park road.

The Academy Ollie Dixon C. J. Wilson Frank Brindley East Washington Street Wilson Brindley Katheryn Sunset Park Turo

Coon Hollow to Be Staged by New York Company at Graham Theater

Warren Moone, manager, announces a Friday performance of Coon Hollow by a strong New York company at the Graham Theater with the same scenery and effects as in New York. The production follows successful southern plays including Alabama At Piney Ridge Veins of Tennessee and A Romance of Coon Hollow. seats are now on sale and praised by the Burlington Hawkeye and others.

Gratam Alabama Piney Ridge Tennessee Coon Hollow New York New York City Fourteenth Street Burlington Hawkeye Warren Moone Mer Graham Theater

Nominating Caucus Set For Smouse Hall Tomorrow

A caucus will be held tomorrow evening at Smouse's Hall to nominate three candidates two for school directors and one for city treasurer.

Smouse’s Hall

Bold editorial qualities praised by Chicago Times-Herald

The article lauds boldness honesty and intelligence as essential for editors. It notes rising circulation and readers’ pride in owning the Chicago Times-Herald. Geo Stewart to advertise the Stewart Steel Range and will speak through the JOURNAL ang le superior qualities.

Chicago Times-Herald Geo. Stewart Angle Superior Stewart Steel Range

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Simpson Arnold Madras, &c Mercer & Chilcote Sol. Rich & Co A. N. Euwer Iowa Legion of Honor Stewart Steele Feigns Belleville, Mich Detroit Sanitary Company French's Landing Charles Wollenburg Romulus Marvin H. Chamberlain Detroit Stephen Wilson H.T. Reynolds Krag-Jorgensens Several Journal Glee Club Win Smouse Des Moines Coon Hollow Graham P. S Crosby J. A. Cunningham Parquet Marshall Lour
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