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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1906
Page
2
The Journal marks six years under current management with reflections on newspaper work and its role in shaping knowledge. The piece discusses hash of daily incidents, learning from printed pages, and the value of various sections from poems to puzzles. It notes a new seventh year and a stoic view of future emergencies.
T C Platt announces that the United States Express Company will open offices in London at 57 Haymarket and in Paris at 4 Rue Scribe on May 15 1906. The offices will serve American tourists with mail rendezvous telegraphy and information and will handle all further express and freight business to Great Britain and France beginning June 1906.
The body of Miss Elizabeth Ogden, who drowned Friday night in the Iowa river at Iowa City, was found around 8 pm about a mile downstream near the water works. The face was black and the body badly decomposed from drifting and prolonged exposure. No funeral arrangements have been made.
The Columbia pharmacy offers Hyomei, a medicated air cure for catarrh with a money back guarantee. If Hyomei fails to cure when used as directed, the buyer pays nothing. The standard outfit costs one dollar and includes inhaler, dropper, and Hyomei, with extra bottles at 50 cents.
The Brinton Show by W. F. Brinton & Co. played last night to a strong audience, repeating the Saturday program with Brinton presenting all new pictures. He begins a summer tour later this week with several one night stands billed and promises his best show yet.
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