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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1902
Page
3
Washington May 2 Special to The Evening Journal forecast calls for generally fair conditions in Iowa tonight and Saturday with occasional thunderstorms.
Decoration Day approaches and Glenna Alles is ill with catarrhal fever while the community gears up for the home talent production Little Women. Duncan makes picture frames and W E Chilcote plans a modern residence paint job as Colenso Hotel operates shoe shining parlors. A marriage license was issued yesterday to Hugh H McCleery and Viola Hamilton.
Aurora area notes announce the home talent production of Little Women on May 30 at Swift's Hall with admission 20 cents. Various locals pass along news of Mrs. Mathis’s return, Crary’s travel, and community events including school concerts and bids for a new high school building.
Circulars distributed and posted promptly with samples delivered. Work guaranteed. Address LD. L. Goodwin, Washington, La. Sami.
H R Phelps of Plymouth Oklahoma reports selling five bottles of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to threshers who kept working without missing time. The ad urges readers to keep a bottle at home and notes Stewarts Pharmacy and Cook Sherman carry it.
The Hot Springs in Arkansas draw thousands from around the world to its restorative waters. Season began January 1 with government oversight ensuring moderate charges and good treatment. The Iowa Central Ry. offers the quickest route for western travelers with very low round trip rates. For details contact A. B. Cutts in Minneapolis.
The Bachelor Maids Club gathered last evening at Miss Verne Ashby’s South Lawn avenue home. After business, members socialized, and plans emerged for a Cream Social talent show at No. 0 school house on Friday, May 2, to raise funds for a library benefit.
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