20 Mar 1894
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1894
Page
1
Community notices report Majestic water heater promotion and half fuel savings, local visitors from Des Moines and Chicago, seeds sale, health updates, a self-inflicted death of Ex-Sheriff Johnson, building plans, and several church and social items. The snippet also mentions a freak calf with hair lip, Arkansas? Jack from Spain, and an Oriental Soap advertisement.
The council adopted a new year plan approving a city building for storage needs and did not accept the Everson proposition. S. A. Coffman is new marshal. M. C. Cavender remains street commissioner. Committees are named for sidewalks streets ordinances public grounds finance miscellaneous fire sewer and water. Local merchants will close early on April 1 for a sale and a Detroit man is noted for marrying twenty six Michigan women.
LD S Cole receives a large solid silver medal from Aristotype Co at the World’s Fair for excellent work on their paper. A Chicago man buys the World’s Fair greenhouses to promote cactus growing and aims to make Chicago a world center. Monkeys once hindered his apple crop and were given to Italian organ grinders. Also mentions deafness cures, catalog ads, and laundry rates with travel notes from Kansas to California.
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