Local Cane or Choice Not Coal for Cook Stoves Sale
John Shields and Son list local canes or chosen coal alternatives for cook stoves for sale. No additional details provided.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1902
Page
3
John Shields and Son list local canes or chosen coal alternatives for cook stoves for sale. No additional details provided.
Local notes report opening festivities at Parrish Savings Bank Store next Saturday with promises of a grand event. Nearby residents include Ainsworth visitors and travelers to Keota for Singmaster horse sale, plus Thanksgiving preparations at Means & Stichter's.
In patriotic recognition of the commands of our respected president and governor the Journal force will take a holiday tomorrow and will partake of the good things that are brought in by the neighbors for the satisfaction and delight of the gastric organs. Neighbors will kindly take note and govern them selves accordingly. There will be no Journal tomorrow Phanksagiving day.
Mrs. Oliver Crawford woke to noise in the coop and with Mr. Crawford chased and captured a thief. The thief, unnamed, was knocked unconscious with a club, then an opossum was placed in a barrel by the hunter. The item ends with a quirk asking if anyone has lost an opossum, suggesting it may become a Thanksgiving meal.
A Washington reader testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved severe back pain quickly. She cites family usage in Monmouth Illinois and urges others to buy from the Columbia Pharmacy in Washington. Price is 50 cents per box, Foster Milburn Co. NY sole agents.
Friday November 28 the largest extravaganza company yet arrives in Washington with 30 members in a private Pullman car. The Americans Abroad musical comedy features lavish chorus, latest electrical effects, and no intermissions due to its length. Tickets on sale now with expected heavy advance sales.
The record notes a delivery of one car of wood received today by John Shields and Son from an unspecified supplier.
Mrs John Teeter and Mrs Pr Jenkins hosted about thirty five Baptist church ladies yesterday to honor Mr Rev Lilley who will soon depart. Guests brought work and enjoyed a three course dinner served at five. Ada Jenkins assisted by Myrtle Sage Alice Rupp and Fannie Hadden served. Chrysanthemums decorated the tables.
J P Leonardy of Davenport receives appointment as regimental sergeant major of the Fiftieth Iowa regiment by Col Caughlin. He served in Co 1 during the Spanish American War and later in the Philippines for two years. The post is the highest non commissioned rank in the regiment.
Engineer Shaffer, held up on No. 11, arrived in Davenport for interviews with express officials after seeing a red lantern on a tie. No new suspects in the attempted cap ture. Thanksgiving services announced at Washington and Magnet Hall with multiple church notices and local travel to Chicago for the Stock Show.
Garfield Coal praised for furnace use and sold by John Shields & Son. Frank Wesson available for upholstering and repairs with a shop behind James Cowger blacksmith. Iowa Central railroad offers homeseeker tickets at one fare plus $2 to Minnesota and North Dakota, valid Tuesdays for 21 days.
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