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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1903
Page
3
Special to The Evening Journal reports showers and thunderstorms for today and tomorrow in Iowa. Warmer conditions expected in the northeast portion tonight.
Personal notices list many residents embarking for business trips and visits to Eldon Richland Havre Oskaloosa Crawfordsville and Cedar Rapids. Names include Miss Dot Keister Mrs Mary Bailey Joe Benz and Miss Ida Noble among others with several relocations and license to wed announced.
A compilation of local notices includes hay and poultry offers, sales at Duncan book store, a home mission sale at A N Alberson grocery, graduation events, Masonic and club notices, visits by Chicago and Pennsylvania guests, and news of a proposed city hospital in Washington with banker Charles Keck donating property. The item also notes Mrs. Miller and others traveling for academy events and various community updates.
In every neighborhood deaths from colic or cholera morbus rise, medicine is hard to obtain, so a reliable remedy is crucial. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is praised for saving lives and easing suffering. Sold by Stewart's Pharmacy Cook & Sherman.
Iowa State College's Department of Mining Engineering and Geology outlines summer field work in surveying and geology. Aims include surveying coal and gypsum mines, mapping mines, and a Des Moines River geology study with participants from all class levels. The party begins June 1 from Ames, camping near Coalville along the Des Moines River.
Mrs McCall's carries children's, misses, and ladies headwear with a two week clearance. Prices are reduced on new summer novelties including flowers and draperies. The store advertises low prices to attract shoppers during the period.
The Citi Zens Savings Bank in Washington Iowa will pay four percent interest on all certificates of deposit written for six months or longer. issued May 26 1903 by cashier I M Sproull.
When grip and colds are common readers seek remedies. Joseph J. Williams of McDuff Virginia credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with curing a deep lingering la grippe after other preparations failed. For sale by Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman.
Sorrowed Smlea revisits a scene where pumpkins transform into a golden carriage but the fairy godmother prefers to avoid automobiles. Cinderella asks if the fairy will join, and the fairy declines, citing self protection while noting autos are now common.
A collage of remarks and quips from Philadelphia Press Chicago Journal Philadelphia Catholic Standard Cleveland Main Dealer and Chicago Record-Herald features banter about boarders wealth optimists and a breakfast name invention. Notable lines include reactions to a new boarder and playful exchanges among travelers.
A 19th century note urges barefoot walking to improve health, arguing exposure to earth currents strengthens the race and alleviates rheumatism. It promotes ditch or furrow soil lies for five minutes to an hour and claims shoes cause ailments. Also advertises Dixon & Co. farmland listings in Washington county and a carrier negligence notice.
Call up phone number one at the hotel in Colenso for bus line orders. Frank Rogers will promptly attend to all requests.
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