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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1902
Page
2
The School Board held its annual meeting with Secretary Joe W. Morton presiding. All teachers were re elected except Miss Kila McNeil who did not apply. New and reassigned staff listed. vacancy from Anos Welle to be filled after June. Policy set on graduation plans and first class certificates.
A man posing as a Wallace circus agent toured Waterloo on May 2, visiting meat markets and feed stables to arrange for food supplies and then obtained small loans by telling hard luck stories. He claimed the show’s reputation and wrote up Waterloo papers to set June 3 as the appearance date. A tainted adroit pitch preceded a drugstore Bromo-Lax purchase offer.
A Washington dispatch notes the canal bill will face opposition yet remains pursued by the president. Public lands committees plan to shelve grazing lease bills, citing harm to small settlers and homesteaders, while Mercer earns a reputation as a defender of pork barrel projects. Senator Piatt draws extensive press interest for Cuban reciprocity efforts.
A Springville woman with whooping cough experience shares how to avoid dangerous outcomes. She reports her three children, including a three month old baby, all survived summer illness after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. She notes her oldest daughter eagerly asked for cough syrup between fits. The remedy is sold by Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook & Sherman.
R Phelps of Plymouth Oklahoma reports selling five bottles of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy to threshers who could not go farther. They resumed work next day without missing time, and the ad urges keeping a bottle at home with Stewarts Pharmacy and Cook Sherman selling it.
A quirky ad promotes Cascarets candy cathartic as a cure for constipation with a money back guarantee if CCC fails. Mentions Cdlenso Hotel shoe shining parlors and Dave Keltner as proprietor.
A discussion on thumb prints and lines argues that thumb marks do change with age due to skin wear and tool use. It notes thumb patterns can indicate paralysis risk and that thumb signals may reveal incipient insanity, guiding possible brain surgery at the “thumb center.”
May 1 The Marion Township Sunday School convention will be held at Eureka church Sunday May 4. The Epworth League of Eureka church plans a social at J F Simpson's home Saturday night. Dan Klopfenstein visited his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Harmon Petratz last week. Mr Klopfenstein plans to travel to Germany soon for McCormick machinery business. Ladies dress skirts cleaned and pressed at Pantatorium over Wells and McCulley’s.
List of rail fare rules and travel windows for national and fraternal gatherings. Includes details for National Baptist anniversaries in St Paul 1902, Elks Grand Lodge in Salt Lake City, G A R encampment in Des Moines, Travelers Protective Association in Portland, AOUW in Portland, YPU in Tacoma, Knights of Pythias in San Francisco, and Mystic Shrine in San Francisco with round trip fares and final return limits.
The warning marks the Cascarets Candy Cathartic trade mark C with a tail on the light blue enameled metal box. Each tablet bears the Cc stamp and is labeled C.C. Never sold in bulk. Sold by all druggists. Roc.
Advertisement seeks skilled workers for steady employment with good wages at the Benz Hotel. Call at 6652 A. L. Jackson for right parties. Contact offers are targeting qualified applicants.
The Iowa Central Railway offers a one fare plus two hundred round trip with sale dates May 18 19 20 and limited returns to May 29. Deposit ticket with joint agent at St Paul and 50 cent extension to June 3. Hear leading Baptist speakers and see programs on missionary educational and benevolent work. Apply to local agent or Geo S Batty G T A Marshalltown Iowa.
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