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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1903
Page
2
The Washington Chautauqua promotes ten lessons in choral work and other attractions for youths under fifteen at seven cents. Tickets are available at city banks with grounds for camping and delivery to homes, urging families to attend and secure seats before prices rise.
Track layers near Beard school house continue work as fifty men operate a laying machine that sets ties and secures rails. A hundred men level the grade and spike rails while ballasting proceeds several miles east. Rails expected to reach Washington early next week.
A vintage health ad claims Dr King’s New Discovery cures lung and throat troubles. Mrs VanMetre of Shepherdstown West Virginia credits a bottle with curing her bronchitis after a year of unsuccessful remedies. The ad touts use for croup whooping cough grip pneumonia and consumption and offers trial bottles free with a 500 size bottle priced at $1.00 from Stewart Druggist.
The M D Yard sale at his farm near Crawfordsville yesterday drew a large crowd and raised about 3200 dollars. Cattle fetched high sums with one cow selling over 100 and another near 245, Horace McMillan of Cedar Rapids bought several cattle. A bull was injured when excited and likely must be killed. another bull suffered damage. Will Riley, Dave Rittenhouse, and Howard Jeffrey had a minor collision on the drive to the fair grounds. No bones were broken.
The issue blends a Washington weather bulletin forecasting disturbances across the U.S. into editorials praising Mary Baker Eddy’s gift to Concord Christian Scientists. It highlights forecasts from Foster, dates from May, and plans for a granite Gothic First Church of Christ, Scientist in Concord with a $120,000 donation, blueprints, and trustees.
The note praises a donor for a $100,000 gift to erect a beautiful church in the Capital City. It notes the congregation has outgrown Christian Science Hall and building will begin soon, with Concord citizens welcoming another fine edifice in the Capital City.
Mr HI Burbage a Greenville student of law suffered four to five years of a persistent cough that worried him about consumption. After trying Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy he notes a remarkable change and says two bottles of the twenty five cent size permanently cured him. Sold by Stewart's Pharmacy Cook & Sherman.
In Keota rumors spread of a fourth bank. Local residents push for expanded banking facilities, hoping to elevate Keota as a growing financial hub in the state.
The short line to the East and the service equal to the best. It runs three through daily express trains with vestibuled sleeping cars and American Club Meals priced from 25 to 100 cents served in Nickel Plate dining cars. Chicago depot Harrison St Fifth Ave. City offices 111 Adams St and Auditorium Annex. John Y Calahan General Agent 113 Adams St Room 298 Chicago. May 30.
A reader from Dempseytown Pa praises Dr Kings New Life for nightly use during adolescence claiming it revitalizes the liver stomach and bowels. The ad touts vegetable composition and low price. It notes Stolwart’s Drug Store and Des Moines rug firm advertising services and R I P A N S Tabules as doctors’ recommended remedies.
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