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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1906
Page
4
Vierna invites attendees to an evening gathering featuring a selection of cakes cupcakes and hermits. Local bakers showcase assorted pastries in a cozy cafe setting with a focus on casual bites and friendly conversation.
An old ad promises one hundred dollars for any catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It quotes F J Cheney and company with endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin Toledo and claims the remedy works internally through blood and mucous surfaces.
Passengers traveling east from Chicago to Fort Wayne Findlay Fostoria Cleveland Erie Buffalo New York City Boston and points east can choose the Nickel Plate. Three through trains daily with through day coaches to New York City and modern Pullman sleeping cars. Lowest rates no excess fares. Dining car service with club meals priced 35 cents to one dollar and meals a la carte. Tickets via Nickel Plate. Chicago depot LaSalle and Van Buren streets and city ticket office 111 Adams. For details contact John Y Calaban General Agent 131 Adams St Room 208 Chicago. april 30.
Glenn Essley died this afternoon about 1 30 at his home one mile west of Coppock. He was between fourteen and fifteen years old, the youngest son of Mr and Mrs M Essley and one of seven children. The cause of death was Brights disease. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
A fire alarm sounded just as reports came in near the Roberts building opposite M I Anderson's coal office. Daisy Startsman of East Orange arrived for a family visit with Dr J H Hull and relatives. Also noted are local business and baseball youth highlights.
John Morton a 45 year old tailor claiming Chicago as his home died in the county jail after a burst of epileptic attacks. Physicians estimate he endured 300 seizures from Sunday night until his death with hours between attacks of ten minutes.
Attorney Joseph A Weil representing many Peoria County taxpayers has begun a test suit in circuit court to challenge the constitutional validity of the revenue law provision that exempts capital stock of manufacturing corporations from tax assessment. The case will proceed to the state supreme court for final determination.
The Associational B Y P U meeting at the Baptist Church closed after a session rich with devotionals, music, and talks on youth roles. Rev. Judson Kempton led the final address on Hercules and leadership, drawing parallels to Theodore Roosevelt.
A farmer’s brief on the Rhode Island Red describes its hardiness across climates, robust growth to broiler age, and strong egg output averaging 430 per year. It highlights favorable carcass weight, superior meat flavor, and top market prices in Newport and Boston. The piece cites I K Felch and John Crowther from Orange Judd Farmer.
The Honor Bright tomato features a color progression from light green to waxy white then pale yellow and rich red. It is a long keeper with yellow-ripe fruit suitable for barrel shipping and several weeks of storage in a cool place. Flesh is tender and melting when ripe and it makes excellent preserves.
Funeral services for Miss Olive Deuel will be at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the residence on South Iowa Avenue, conducted by Rev. W. C. Allen of the Covenanter church. Interment follows at Elm Grove cemetery.
A New York area farmer reports success with transplanted Prizetaker onions. Ground enriched with manure and fertilizer, seed started in hotbeds or outdoors in March, plants moved at bulb size to rows eighteen inches apart and four inches in rows, with thorough culture. If conditions are favorable, large, mild onions fetch high prices.
Mrs Beatty’s boarding house, closed for two weeks, will reopen next Monday offering top board in the city for 83 a week and inviting general public patronage.
A rental notice offering five well appointed rooms with a bath for immediate occupation. Inquiries are to be made at the office.
J. C. Arthur of Indiana notes a simple method to treat smut in oats. Sprinkling seed oats with one pound of formalin per fifty gallons of water wets them until nearly moist, then cover and wait two hours before sowing or drying for future use.
Go to Lemley’s for homemade cider vinegar and 68-2b Peanut bars at Brown’s Candy Kitchen. Rev Elias Handy returned from Letts after speaking at a Sunday school convention. Dave and Lizbeth won honors in Missouri with a show on The Plunger Tuesday evening. Seats on sale 25 35 50. Lon Conger and Mrs. Conger plan to move to Dunsmuir California with Miss Bessie Conger accompanying them for a visit.
An advertisement discusses childlessness as a marital hardship and promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as remedies. It claims the product restores health, aids infertility, and notes transparency of ingredients. Buffalo clinic availability is referenced.
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