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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
6
The piece touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a durable, honest tonic with printed ingredients, praised for aiding weak stomach, liver and blood issues without alcohol. It contrasts with fleeting rivals and notes Pleasant Pellets as an early liver remedy still in use, urging readers to insist on genuine products.
Keota May 28 Special Local interest centers on a new fire proof schoolhouse to be finished by fall It is the second such building in Iowa Burlington has the other The basement will be hollow blocks with cut stone facing and chocolate brown brick exterior The interior includes twelve rooms two corridors and amenities like a steel ceiling and prismatic lighting The school board is praised for rapid, selfless work with no anticipated criticism
Local brief notes list shows at Fox and Dewey and N S S S 10 high class moral shows next week. Various residents travel to Des Moines and Keota on visits and trips. Local ads promote goods including shirts, stoves, lard, wash goods, and medicines.
George Brewington, a local horseman, was badly bitten by a horse owned by Doctor Heck. The horse punctured through arm muscles and he was taken to Doctor Royal for treatment. His condition improved after treatment.
The narrative follows two travelers aided by a woman named Hagar as they escape pursuit. They hide in a cellar passage and a connecting cave, sleep on a straw bed, and rest on corn bread and water before resuming their trek northward, facing ongoing danger to reach safety.
A Confederate escape narrative recounts a harrowing forty eight hour hunger trek behind enemy lines near Wolf River. After evading pursuit and foraging bark and roots, the narrator and comrade Dave are spotted by cavalry and saved by Union soldiers in blue. The piece notes heavy losses, with only thirteen of sixty five returning. It closes with an advertisement for Foley's Kidney Remedy from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
The clipping notes Heinz Brothers free shows daily with ads for Snouffer Hughes Co. ginghams at 10 cents a yard, visits by local residents including Snouffer Roy Wells and Miss Jessie Anderson, and a carload arrival at Mason Transfer & Storage. It mentions Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and pharmacy names Lemmon's and McElhinney. The date range June 2 to 6 is referenced for the Heinz Brothers performances.
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