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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1901
Page
3
Local notices report smoke and shopping ads for Puritan cigar at five cents and Bon Ton meals. Numerous brief items note visits, arrivals, and departures including Miss Lou Arthur, Mrs. Smith, Geo. Foster, and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Glick. Purchases and appointments include William H Graham buying a corner lot, J B Crail’s stock trip, and D S Cole photographer plans through month end.
G Logan Payne has not yet purchased a half interest in the Iowa City Republican. He may make the deal and could become advertising manager of a leading state paper. A Johnson lemon pie vanished from the office sanctum amid reports of a pie trade surge the next day. H M Eicher, Washington attorney, visited town and spoke of alleged practices by Washington with Railway Commissioner Palmer to affect Milwaukee routes. Palmer’s gubernatorial run would be risky.
Lumbermen report a shift in outlook with more building activity expected in the city. The Heights top the list for new structures while several other areas will receive attention. Improvements in Washington over past years continue, with next fall promising further growth. Burnham's Golden Buck earns local regard as the beatle cigar in town.
Gelett Burgess selects an original plot for his story A Man's Part to appear in The Ladies' Home Journal. It centers on a sweetheart a conflagration a telephone and a sulky repentant suitor. Monday and Tuesday night clubs will present at the Phanix tonight.
The shooting gallery closed and the Hunter Bros headed to Burlington for the month. Prizes from the last contest include glass balls won by Bert Ragen and Bert Ragan for fountain target and pistol events. Bert Ragan also claimed swinging target. Ed Swift took a swinging target and Frank Dolese scored the target. Also note a home drafting instruction offer with Emery Jeck at 8008 Marion Street Washington IA 2716.
R R Wilson recounts the origins of the Homestead Law and the legislative career of its author Hon Mr Grow, paired with a sketch of Beatrice Nebraska’s first homesteader Dr David Freeman. J O Hara Cosgrave surveys Alfred Harmsworth’s aims for Literature for the Millions and notes a set of presidential inauguration incidents. O F ps de is again in town for sewing machine and organ servicing at Baird and Johnson’s Grocery. Telephone 181. F Haight.
A Topeka letter notes local belief in Osteopathy with mention of Dr. A T Still and passage of osteopathy bills in Kansas. The document also cites ad items for Rocky Mountain Tea and Eucaline as a dentist and physician endorsed antiseptic mouthwash. Trade and local notices appear alongside a house-build plan by Dave Stuart and a draftsman listing.
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