16 Nov 1894
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1894
Page
1
A busy page notes people traveling and visiting in Keokuk and Washington counties. It mentions Smith's Laundry, a sale at Rey Reynolds Wells Co., marriages and licenses, a moved safe to Crawfordsville, and a Rogers-like heat water device proposal for trains, plus weather updates and upcoming operatic events.
An old time advertisement urges buyers to save by paying cash rather than using credit. It warns that prices vary by grocer and lists example cash prices for crackers, flour, onions, oil, coffee, tobacco, vinegar, and chocolate, pushing customers to compare and choose the cash option.
A, two blocks west of Hale's Elevator, Ilard Coal area in LaSalle lists multiple cement and lump products including Delta Lump Centerville Lump Evans Lump and Utica and Louisville cements. Per ton prices range from 7.75 to 8.00 with plaster and brick products also offered and ordered via Windsor Grocery city office.
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