Pleasant Plain council acts on Milwaukee railway deadlines
City council adjourns to extend the two year deadline for the Milwaukee railway to complete its line through the city. Delays due to wet weather push back construction of the cutoff by over a year. The council also discusses moving the southeast plant pumping station and funding, paving square with Purington Brick blocks, and hiring a night assistant at Water Works.
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Milwaukee Railway
Rock Island
Oxil
Richer & Wilson
F. BK. Swift
Purington
McCarthy Stone Co
Davenport
Water Committee
Academy Cupola
Chautauqua
Fire safety ordinance bans wooden buildings in Washington Iowa blocks
A 1905 ordinance by the City Council of Washington Iowa prohibits wooden structures on blocks seven eight nine seventeen and nineteen in the Original Flat. It requires brick or iron walls with fireproof roofs and empowers the fire marshal to remove noncompliant buildings and demolish wood structures during fires.
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Washington
Iowa
State of
Washington County
City
A. N. Alberson
High School Notes Recap of Year End Activities
Students face final exams next Wednesday and Thursday with seniors leaving soon. The Senior sendoff included readings and a “Dead Letter Office” paper as the High School Debating Club wrapped up its term with extemporaneous speeches. The club's seventeen members valued lessons in public speaking and quick thinking, anticipating continued interest next year.
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Jane Yockey
Will Lodders
Life of Bismarck
Alice Schirmer
Mable Buckley
Ray Latchem
High School
Great Sells & Downs Shows Tour Praised In Omaha Bee
The Omaha Bee notes the Great Sells & Downs Shows touring the West impresses with a massive, elegant, multi section parade and new grounds. The review highlights novelty features, packed tents, and a top tier circus program. The show will exhibit in Washington on Friday May 20.
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The
Omaha Bee
Jrst
Omaha
Sells & Downs
Washington
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Advertisement Claim
One hundred dollars reward offered for an incurable catarrh case. J Cheney & Co. of Toledo endorse KF J Cheney claiming honesty and financial reliability. West & Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin endorse. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
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Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
KF. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Mt Pleasant Olds and Winfield Interurban Railway Plan
Mt Pleasant News reports preliminary steps toward building a trolley line from Mt Pleasant to Olds and Wayne with possible connections to Wayland and Winfield. The proposed line named The Mt Pleasant Olds and Winfield Interurban Railway could extend north toward Washington area towns. A meeting is held to decide on action with hope for a summer Chautauqua operation.
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Mt. Pleasant
Olds
Wayne
Wayland
Winfield
Washington
Lowa
Washington Maroon Band to Perform in Crawfordsville
The Washington Maroon Band formerly of the high school will present a concert at the Columbian Opera House Crawfordsville on the evening of May 30. Arrangements are under way for a splendid entertainment.
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Washington Maroon Band
Old Fligh School
Columbian Opera House
Crawfordsville
Reliable Cholera Remedy Promoted for Local Use
A column urges keeping Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on hand due to the high risk of death from colic or cholera morbus in many neighborhoods. The ad claims the product has saved lives and eased suffering for news people and others, noting it is sold by local druggists.
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Chamberlain
Dr King’s New Discovery touted as cure all lung illness
Mrs Bo VanMetre of Shepherdstown West Virginia testifies that one bottle of Dr King’s New Discovery cured her severe bronchitis after a year of failed remedies. The ad claims efficacy for croup whooping cough grip pneumonia and consumption and offers trial bottles free with regular sizes priced at 50 cents and 1.00.
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Dr King
Bo VanMetre
Shepherd Town
W. Va
Dr. King
Stewart
Thanks for Sympathy and Help in Our Loss
The Wesley family express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for heartfelt sympathy and aid during the illness and death of their son Albert.
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Albert
Transferable Wash ington Chautauqua tickets offered
Ten admission transferable tickets for the Washington Chautauqua Assembly will be sold here at 2.00 each. Applications available at city banks.
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Washington Chautauqua Assembly
High School and Academy Graduates
The Journal offers calling cards for commencements with up to date sizes styles and engraving ideal for programs and invitations to send to relatives and friends.
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Wtf
Chautauqua Tickets On Sale At Local Banks Now
Tickets for the Chautauqua are on sale at all city banks and can be secured anytime. Buyers are urged to act quickly to avoid crowds later and take advantage of the presently low price of 68-20. The notice promotes Rocky Mountain Tea priced at 35 cents as a cheerful tonic.
Startling Test Shows Electric Bitters Cure Ulcerated Stomach
Dr T G Merritt of Noena Pa reports a patient with violent stomach hemorrhages from ulceration improved from the first dose of Electric Bitters and has had no attack in 14 months. The remedy is guaranteed for dyspepsia indigestion constipation and kidney troubles and sold for 50 cents at Stewart's Pharmacy.
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T. G. Merritt
Noena Pa
Stewart's Pharmacy
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Gorner
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Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass
St. Louis
Mo. 1
Rotel
Colenso
H. Turner
Dempseytown
A. M. E. Church
Ladies of the Church
Milwaukee
Pleasant Plain
Waterloo
Hugh I. McCleery
Columbia Pharmacy
J. FB. Lemmon
Prop
Cor. Square
Nye
Kat Allen
Mt. Pleasant Company
Mrs. Louis Wesley
J. H. Stewart
STECK
Nice
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West Side
Oxfords
Harwood
Gouth Gide
Honor Bright
New York
Knight, the Tailor
H. Knecht
Washington National Bank
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