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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1899
Page
4
An advertisement touts Karl's Clover Root Tea as improving complexion through strong digestion, liver and bowels. It claims direct action on bowels, liver and kidneys, with prices 25c and 50c from J. H Stewart, druggist.
Money to invest grows with property in Washington as values have doubled in ten years. The ad promises 15 to 20 percent returns on choice lots with small down payment and installments. It also notes available rent houses and builds.
The Howe v Van Winkle case and the Brownfield v railway matter went to the jury this afternoon at two o'clock after Judge Scott read instructions. Attorneys Henderson and Wicher argued for plaintiff and defendant respectively with Wright and MecCoid presenting their sides. The Geo Howe suit concerns fees for selling a farm and a jury is being impaneled.
Passenger rail ads offer one and one third fare round trip for Thanksgiving travel on the K and NW railroad line, signaling affordable holiday getaways.
Local notice from Thos Neiswanger announcing the purchase of the late Beasty coal and wood business. He pledges best fuel grades, low prices, prompt delivery, and careful attention to orders left at the office or by phone at Beasty's old stand.
A circulating report claimed Quigley of the Brighton schools had shot himself, but Brighton authorities denied any foundation to the rumor and called it a baseless rumor started in the afternoon.
The Took and Ladder company members visited the home of Geo Keister and his bride to present them with a handsome set of silver knives forks and spoons as a wedding gift.
Hawker Harry Moore of Wellman visits the city as a guest of friends. Pension increases for Recorder and Parker take effect from December 1898. Hook and Ladder company holds meeting tomorrow. Mart Kline from Cherokee greets friends and runs between Sioux City and Cherokee. Mrs. Henderson of Washington departs for Fairfield after a multieweek stay with Mrs. Burnside. B. Dewey returns from Mt. Pleasant after Southeastern Iowa Horticultural Society sessions. Muscatine to host next year. Reddie Kemble sends a Boer shell to C. J. Wilson with a curious label and a rumored prize inside.
The Cedar Rapids Route playing cards are described as finest quality with extra finish and sold by agents of the BC R and N Ry. Priced at tie per pack two for 25 cents or $1.50 per dozen, with postage paid by sending stamps coins or money order to the General Passenger Department Cedar Rapids Iowa. Edward Ritchie of Keota was an arrival on the Firefly this morning.
Dr. L. M. Johnston of Storm Lake Iowa died after accidentally ingesting wood alcohol at home. He identified his mistake, took emetics, but died within hours as his family and physicians failed to save him.
Markets across New York pause as the Produce Coffee and Cotton exchanges close from 2 to 4 pm in honor of Vice President Hobart. The day also reports a fatal B&O collision in Cumberland injuring engineer L R Kindle and fireman Louis Massey, while Egyptian forces defeat dervishes on the Nile.
H. M. Mize, leading Ainsworth merchant, and his son Harry are guests of local friends in the city today.
Last evening a baby boy died at his Heights home one week after birth. Funeral plans set for tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
An old article explains twice yearly Chinese graveside rites during April and October. Families burn paper goods to feed the dead and place roasted foods and drinks at graves. Offerings are consumed by ghosts while cigars are burned on the graves and living reconsume the essence later.
An April 16 comparison shows The Chicago Tribune printing more paid ads than The New York Herald. The Tribune led by over 10 000 agate lines, with 88 450 lines to the Herald 77 823 in main editions, and 86 760 with Herald supplements.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer vignette, Mr Stiverson guides guests to a basement furnace room. A tainted drink shown as cider vinegar exposes a ruse about hiding “real stuff” while the open register lets voices travel upstairs. The guests react with forced smiles.
An author answers prompts with sharp financial humor. The dialogue frames routines around gas and rent, bill collectors, and daily chores. The passage contrasts with a Boers anecdote cited in the Chicago News, highlighting domestic finance pressures.
Secretary Stone of the Board of Trade argues against legalized pooling as impractical. He favors competition as beneficent and irresistible, urging that such pools should not be tolerated or legalized.
General Frederick Funston denies recent accusations against himself Colonel Wilder Metcalf and Major Bishop calling them malicious lies. He recounts actions at Guiguinto Rio Grande Bagbag river and praises MacArthur Wheaton witnesses while denying bribery of reporters. Also notes a Terre Haute sale of Axmere horse for 5000 to Austria via Splan.
A midwestern newspaper note promotes Weeks Break-up-A-Cold tabs with no cure, no pay. Stewart's Pharmacy is listed as sole agents. The item also records Chas. Lombardo arriving from Valley Junction to visit his brothers before moving to Mason City and announces Prof. F. L. Clendenen's dancing lessons at Phoenix Hall starting Tuesday November 28.
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