This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1905
Page
5
The County News presents local updates from correspondents on daily events including accidents, deaths, births, and marriages across communities. Readers learn what happened where and when as reported promptly by our news gatherers.
March 23 brief items from Ainsworth include Ab Anderson of Washington visiting the W. A. Walker home and Rev. D. E. Smith of Indianola giving a Palestine lecture at the U P church. Attendees at weddings and visits include J. M. Smith, Pearson Jackson, Nellie Clegg, M F and Everette Dennison, Flossie Fitzgerald, Al Cameron, and L Strain. A child of Ralph Nel and wife of Grace Hill died and was to be buried near Errimac today.
Miss Milnie Vacha visits home as sister Alma starts spring term near Nira on Monday. Charley Horeshowsky buys Mrs Hise property now occupied by Natz Escher. Mrs Almeda Bishop among the sick. Holub spends Monday trimming at Jos Lintz and James Shalla s. Milt Chapek rejoices over a new daughter born since Saturday. Mamie Bishop works in Washington. W E Auten rents Trunecek house. Grandpa Kos is not well. Frankie Tellin has a new artificial hand nearing perfection.
March 23 reports Rev. Baumgardner traveling to Letts for a U B church conference. Mrs. Baumgardner went to Muscatine for a missionary convention. Rev. Emerson, a former pastor, visited briefly and joined Mr. Baumgardner. Irma and Stella Crity visited Kalona. Mrs. Geo Godlove travels to Iowa City for an operation. Mr. Yoder of Sharon paid a business call.
Mrs. Niblock and Mrs. Graham entertained about twenty guests from the Care away club at the Niblock home in honor of Mrs. A. F. McClain. A pink and green program announced a musical and literary afternoon followed by a luncheon and a rug presented to Mrs. McClain. Also noted: local visits, a May wedding nearby, and the Wesleyan Quartet touring Centerville and Ottumwa.
H A Brown traveled to Washington Iowa yesterday to visit his daughter Mrs Marsh W Bailey. The Burlington Gazette notes the March 22 publication date.
Daily city notes show Johnson's bakery featuring nut fingers macaroons and kisses while Vienna bakery advertises fruit sticks and fresh cookies. Visitors include Ad Hulse Keota and Wm Garvin Morning Sun with numerous callers from Davenport Clinton and Blooming ton.
The article explains gritty butter caused by undissolved salt and its link to mottles. It notes that insufficient working or excessive salt can create gritty texture, but proper mixing saturates water and prevents mottling. It also observes salt's varied impact on saleability, with poorer butter sometimes selling better with higher salt, while flavorful butter needs less salt.
A simple bottomless box with a sash forms a portable cold frame. It can start plants two to three weeks before spring or transplant half hardened seedlings from hotbeds. Build from loose planks or stakes with a sash, sow radish lettuce and other hardy seeds, then remove the frame as weather warms.
Chicago dealers agree Burbank potatoes show superior selling qualities and stronger demand in western markets. Opinions vary on exact cents per bushel with Beauty of Hebron declining in popularity and grown less in states feeding the Chicago market compared with the 1890s.
Experts told the House Committee on the Irrigation of Arid Lands that private enterprise has irrigated about 9,500,000 acres nationwide at a cost of roughly $200,000,000.
A Long Island grower touts the Volga as a premier Russian cabbage, with leeks sown like onions and blanching to produce long white stalks. Nasturtium varieties display brilliant color, Nicotiana sanderae blooms in carmine red, and a garden wrinkle helps beginners by sowing quick germinators like radish or turnip to break soil crust before parsley.
Colonel John M. Fuller of Honey Grove Texas writes a letter claiming Electric Bitters cured his liver and kidney troubles after other doctors failed. He says the 60 cent bottle is the best medicine on earth and thanks the maker. The medicine is sold by J H Stewart druggist at 50 cents a bottle, guaranteed to cure dyspepsia biliousness and kidney disease.
A SAFE COUGH MEDICINE FOR CHILDREN is advertised highlighting Chamberlains Cough Remedy as safe and effective for colds croup and whooping cough. Sold by Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman.
Nickel Plate Road advertises through vestibuled sleeping cars and Sunexcelled Dining Car meals on routes between Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, New York, and intermediate points. Trains No. 2 4 and 6 offer through sleepers to Boston New York Buffalo Ft Wayne and more with Boston Shore and Lackawanna connections. Rates are stated as the lowest and tickets available via agent John Y. Calahan.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.