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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1906
Page
4
J E Lemmon touts Dr Howard's specific for constipation and dyspepsia at half price fifty cents down to twenty five with a money back guarantee. He notes sixty doses per vial portable size and claims strong relief from constipation headaches dizziness liver trouble and indigestion with a risk free trial.
Mrs B R Marshall traveled this morning aboard the Rock Island to Washington Iowa for a brief visit with relatives according to the Muscatine Journal.
The March issue of Good Housekeeping highlights None-Such Mince Meat from Merrill Co of Syracuse as a pure semi moist beef and fruit product with no artificial preservatives. The article lauds sanitary production and urges housewives to verify by purchasing a million packages monthly from grocers.
Local notices list numerous residents visiting or traveling to towns like Richland Cotter Titus Hedrick and Iowa City. People attend visits to relatives and court matters while bakeries promote cream sponge macaroons and pies. A Burlington visitor injures ankle at Crawfordsville and is treated by a doctor.
On the steamship Columbia from Glasgow to New York a four year old girl Mary Macdonald dies of seasickness. Her faithful collie Daisy leaps overboard to follow the body, while Ben thrashes and is dragged below.
Colorado Springs prepares a week long centennial fete for Pike's Peak discovery. 10 000 regular troops plus Indian representatives participate with a huge granite monument to Pike and a sham battle. 100 000 souvenir medals expected. events include parades polo golf auto runs and war dances.
Joseph Sourran, a Hindoo graduate of the University of Edinburgh, appeared penniless at the West Forty-seventh Street police station in New York. He was locked up for the night. He described himself as a homeless wanderer and declared he had nothing but his clothes and his soul when asked about a knife.
The Leeds branch of the Anticigarette league reports rising cigarette smoking among girls, especially in factories and warehouses, while many have joined a pledge to abstain from tobacco until age 21 for national good. The league now counts 4,600 pledged members.
John Reynolds of Avenue C was charged in Bayonne New Jersey recorder court with drunkenness after his wife Jenny reported him drunk. Reynolds claimed he merely dropped a collar button and searched an hour, saying he acted queerly from dizziness. The recorder sympathized and discharged him.
Sweet rolls and coffee cake at Johnson's. Many residents, including Mrs. M. J. Roberts and Miss Maude Nicola, visit city friends. Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. F H Ross travel and shop locally while others visit relatives in Keota and Cedar Rapids. Senior rhetoric by James Crump delights High school audience.
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