Nickel Plate Travel Offer to Boston for Christian Scientists
Chicago to Boston and return fare twenty dollars with a June 28 open return. Tickets on sale June 25 to 27, deposit with Joint Agent in Boston grants extended return to August 1 for a 50 cent fee. Stopovers at Niagara Falls allowed. Three daily trains with sleeping cars and dining service. Reservations by John Y. Calahan, 1143 Adams St. Room 2s. June 26.
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Nickle Plate Road
Boston
N Ra Falls
Nickel Plate Road
John Y. Calahan
Adams St
Rail fare to Boston and back via Nickel Plate Road
Train ticket offer: $19 round trip to Boston with $2 membership fee. Tickets on sale July 2 5 for travel July 2 5 and return by July 12. Optional extended return deposit by Sept 1 with extra charge. Superior train service and dining car meals on American Clubs to Plan with prices 35c to 1.00 and a la carte service.
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Boston
National Educational Association
Nickel Plate Road
Ualahan
Cone Saent
I. Roam
Beating winter in warm states by year round production
The speaker argues for relocating stock raising to Alabama or Florida to avoid winter costs, enable continuous output, and exploit cheap range. He cites cheaper beef and sheep production there, with velvet bean and cassava as key feeds, urging readers to pursue further study of the subject.
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Alamo
Florida
Alabama
Chautauqua Assembly Seeks Extra Train Coaches
The Washington Chautauqua Assembly transportation committee secured extra railroad coaches for the opening July 1 period. Rock Island lines will add coaches on trains 7 and 5 4 and 3 to serve travelers from Muscatine Columbus Junction Ainsworth and other towns. Freight trains 62 63 will carry two additional cars for Fairfield Brighton passengers. Extra service planned June 30 to July 4 with further additions on Sam Jones and Lieut Hobson days. The Burlington will provide extra cars. Milwaukee may not be ready.
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Transportation Committee of the
Washington Chautauqua Assembly
Rock Island
Chautauqua
Chicago
Muscatine
Columbus Junction
Ainsworth
Fairfield
Brighton
Washington
Sam Jones
Hobson
Jones
Burlington Road
Avent Pax
Milwaukee
Sells & Downs Show Arrives in Washington for Friday
The Great Sells & Downs tented show completes arrangements to exhibit in Washington on Friday May 2. It boasts six to eight acts across three rings and mid air performances, with two shows on Friday May 20, aiming to please a cosmopolitan audience with multiple simultaneous feats.
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Sells & Downs
Washington
Horder
Negro labor camp breaks up west of city
The Foley camp on the cut-off was dispersed last evening as the final group of about twenty negro workers departed on the Burlington for Grandville to join the Milwaukee road. Five women and one infant were in the party. Some women and workmen carried musical instruments and kept camp life lively each evening. Two freight cars loaded with mules and traps were sent at the same time.
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Burlington
Grandville
Milwaukee Road
Babe
Alumni Banquet Highlights Keota Event
The Keota alumni banquet was held in the opera house with a program including Miss Margaret Stewart of Washington performing a select reading. The event featured old gold and blue decorations for the class of 1903 and seating for 115, followed by notes of a Riverside vs Washington baseball game upcoming with admission at 10 and 25 cents.
Dr Kings New Discovery Cures Lung and Throat Ailments
Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption is advertised as a sure cure for lung and throat troubles with testimonials from Mrs B VanMetre of Shepherdstown West Virginia. The ad touts relief from bronchitis croup and whooping cough and offers trial bottles free with full price options. It mentions Dakota Gold Drop flour agency handled by Mr Webb and the Blue Front Feed Store backing the sale with a satisfaction guarantee and return policy.
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Dr King
B. VanMetre
Shepherdtown
W. Va
Dr. King
Stewart
Dakota Gold
Webb
Blue Front Feed Store
Alumni Banquet And Meeting At Washington Academy
Alumni of Washington Academy hold a Friday evening banquet and annual meeting at the academy. Program includes speeches by Rev W P Johnson and Elizabeth Glenn Beamer with music by the Mandolin Club and Aurora Literary Society. Various solos and readings feature professors and local figures with readings on higher education and student life.
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Washington Academy
the Academy
S. W. Livingston
Miss Corawall
Clifford Thorne
Fisheries
Norman Scofield
Prof. Luce
Iowa City Students Stir Up Animals At Circus
A crowd of about 500 Iowa City students harassed the Gollmar Brothers circus elephants by stoning them during a parade. Keepers used whips to restrain the animals, leaving several students with whip marks. The incident casts a negative light on the local school and its reputation among parents.
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Iowa City
Gollmar Brothers Circus
Washington
Iowa City University
Weather summary for week ending May 25 1905 Des Moines
Week of May 25 1905 in Iowa shows continued wet and cloudy weather with heavy local downpours delaying core planting and field work in central and western districts. Mississippi river counties benefited from timely showers softening clods aiding plowing and planting. Warmer moisture improved northeast east central and southeast districts. Missouri river area faced the heaviest rain with wind hail and lightning causing some damage and likely reducing corn acreage. Germination of corn satisfactory and stands excellent. oats prone to rank growth on rich soils. general crop outlook hinges on return to normal weather.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mississippi River
East Central
Missouri River
Doctor’s 50 Cent Cure for Ulcerated Stomach Patient
Dr. T. G. Merritt of No. Mehoopany Pa reports a patient with violent hemorrhages from stomach ulceration improved after using Electric Bitters. The patient began improving immediately and has had no attack in 14 months. Electric Bitters sold for 50c at Stewart's Pharmacy and are guaranteed for dyspepsia indigestion constipation and kidney troubles.
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T. G. Merritt
No. Mehoopany, Pa
Stewart's Pharmacy
Notice High School and Academy Graduates
The Journal lists calling cards for commencement program inserts with up to date sizes, types, and engraving. An anecdote from Ti Turner of Dempseytown, Pa is included, praising a tonic. Stewart's Drug Store advertises Liver Stomach and Bowels remedy as vegetable and gentle.
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Dr. King
Ti. Turner
Dempseytown
Stewart
Extra coach equipment for Chautauqua Assembly trains
The railways will supply additional coach equipment for the Chautauqua Assembly. The trains carrying this extra equipment are listed in another column. Friends of the Chautauqua are urged to advertise these accommodations widely. W. Allen, Transportation Committee Chairman.
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The
Chautauqua
W. ©. Allen
Transportation Committee
Transferable Tickets for Washington Chautauqua Assembly On Sale
Transferable tickets valid for ten admissions for the Washington Chautauqua Assembly will be sold here at two dollars each. Application available at the city banks.
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Washington Chautauqua Assembly
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertises One Hundred Dollar Reward
An advertisement from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable case. Endorsers West & Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin certify the firm’s trustworthiness. The cure is taken internally and claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, price 7.50 per bottle, sold by druggists. Hall's Family Pills recommended as best.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
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White Oxfords
Mercer & Chilcote
Gorner
Postoffice
Kaye & Lytle Telephone
East Side Square
PARK
PesseviTress
Nasinil Ule KR
Tauqua Assembly
Riverside
Riverside Bill
M. Lombardo
OAPE
J. B. Lemmon
Prop
Columbia Pharmacy
Southeast Cor. Square
Crop Bulletin
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
A. N. Alberson
STECK
Nice
H. F
Steck’s
West Side
Lowa
Harwood
South Side
Beldings
Belding
New York
Kneght
H. Knecht
Washington National Bank
Washington, Iowa
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