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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1906
Page
3
Special to The Evening Journal reports fair and cooler conditions with heavy frost today and tomorrow. Sunday is expected to be fair with warmer west portion.
Fresh coffee cake and homemade butter scotch headline Vienna bakery offerings this evening. The Plunger comedy night Tuesday features Cantor Caner's orchestra providing music with seats for 25 35 and 50 cents. Numerous residents and visitors, including Ed Mackey Louis Henss Pearl Gardner Ara Orris and Rev W G Thorne, are noted in a bustling city social column with travel to Keota Sigourney and Des Moines plans.
The article notes a hopeful prophecy of horse surpluses by 1906 failed as prices peak. Shippers chase scarce horses across markets while breeds like the German coach Arnulf gain prominence. Deals, breeder concerns, and new associations unfold from New York to Texas and Vermont, highlighting demand, supply, and breeding guidance.
The House passes a bill authorizing the secretary of the interior to withdraw and lease up to 3500 acres of public land in Stanley County South Dakota for ten years. The land would be used exclusively to pasture native buffalo for James Philip who owns a herd of just over 100 head.
Mrs Lucia Wilke of Caroline Wisconsin reports a 25 cent box of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured a running leg sore that troubled her for 23 years. The notice promotes the salve as a versatile healer and lists J H Stewart’s drug store as a supplier. A Prohibition County Convention is announced for next Saturday at 7 30 pm in the city hall to set delegates for the state convention in Des Moines and elect officers.
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