26 Nov 1895
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1895
Page
1
Real estate ad listing two farms of 200 acres and 60 acres with fair improvements, wells, orchards, and tilled land priced at 52.50 and 55 per acre. Locations 24 and 44 miles from rail, plus a 200 acre farm near 14 miles, two story house, barns, fencing, and orchard. Another farm two miles from Washington at 60 per acre. 67 farms on list. Openings and closing market notes included.
Despite bad weather a large Graham audience heard Henry Watterson editor of the Louisville Courier Journal discuss Abraham Lincoln with praise for his closing remarks. Public opinion split on Watterson and Gen. Gordon.
Health officials quarantine two families after Scarlet fever symptoms appear in the city. The disease is described as very mild, perhaps scarletina, with one case linked to the Jenkins family formerly near M. H. L. Walters. Authorities stress caution to prevent spread. The item lists numerous local social notes and visits among residents.
Private dispatches report a brutal storm sweeping Eastern Iowa into Illinois with Davenport’s snow double local levels, wires down between Davenport and Chicago, trains delayed, and markets stymied. Chicago sees rain turning to bitter cold while icicles tower from rooflines in Washington.
Robert and William McCall of Crawfordsville Iowa tour the Pacific Coast visiting Suisun Sacramento valley and other California locales returning home via the southern route. They meet County Recorder J. S. Brown and editor, reminisce about early life and friends, enjoying a springtime moment in Solano County.
Auntie West who resided with Kobt West in Ainsworth all her life died Saturday and was buried yesterday. County Supervisor elect S. D. Carris and wife from Dublin were guests of their son Ed yesterday.
The advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh at all stages and by constitutional treatment. It states the cure works through the blood and mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars to any case it cannot cure, inviting testimonials and detailing Toledo, Ohio contact and drugstore price.
Members of the P. E. O. chapter are asked to leave their Thanksgiving offering with Ida Roberts before Wednesday at four o'clock. The notice specifies delivery at Ida Roberts's location 2-240.
On November 27 and December 11 1895 the C R I & P Ry will sell special home seeker excursion tickets at one fare plus 2.00 for round trip to Texas Arkansas Oklahoma Indian Territory south Missouri Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana Tickets valid for return until December 31 1895 For details contact M Gouin Ticket Agent at 39 1f.
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