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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1903
Page
3
Fair tonight and Saturday. Warmer Saturday with the west portion warming further tonight. This report comes from Washing ton D C and applies to Iowa for today and tomorrow.
Local notices list Allen's oyster purchase, Johnson bakery treats including Ost Cream, 2elf Chocolate eclairs and marble cake, and Means & Stichter's Plenty Ice Cream. Several residents arrive and travel for visits, business, and events. a Havre school box supper raised 35 dollars.
A collage of lighthearted clippings from Cleveland, Chicago, and New York papers describes playful misunderstandings and social gaffes. Snippets include a flirtatious exchange about a new auto, a playful misread caption by a cleric, a dramatic tree bolt in a Kansas cradle scene, and a donkey delivering a humorous ad-remark in Oklahoma.
A playful, scrambled reminiscence features Lena feeding ducks and a crowded scene in Manhattan. Will Chamberlain and Senator Thomas Platt appear as figures in a birthday moment with reporters. The senator quips about Flo as an egotist and the lure of praise.
A rural morning scene features Lena in a blue gown strolling along a path while the narrator tends water for cattle. Ducklings tumble nearby as Lena passes, creating a quiet domestic moment.
Master Buea, six, has sung publicly since age four in Indianapolis and performed with lodges like Red Men and Eastern Star. His parents have signed him with the New Orleans Grand Colored Concert Company for the 2008-04 season amid strong salary and care guarantees. He is praised as a soprano prodigy rivaling Blanchard Kavanaugh, who earned 8000 per concert at seven.
Local sale notice lists items under special prices for The Little Homestead with bargains on snow storm scenes and fire tools. Warren Moore requests notification from anyone possessing fire tongs shovel poker or an old style whatnot. Also promotions for new palms ferns bulbs narcissus hyacinth and tulips at 225 W Washington St BE. C Keck.
The g cant meckane is enough for usual occasions. The family bottle contains a supply for a year. All druggists sell them.
The New Orleans Colored Grand Concert Co. appears at the Graham for one performance Friday evening in October. Prices listed include gallery 25 cents, children 10 cents, parquet 50 cents, balcony 60 cents, dress circle 75 cents. No high or special prices noted.
Rock Island line announces fall to California with first sale Sept 15 and last Nov 3. Fares from Chicago 33, Peoria and Rock Island 51, St Paul and Minneapolis 32. From Cedar Rapids 31.70, Des Moines 20.26, Missouri river points 25. Other Rock Island routes available. Through tourist sleeping car service promised. Lowa Central adds winter service to Southern California starting Sept with schedules from Albert Lea to Los Angeles, fare 15 less than usual. Agents for details listed.
Notice to Subscribers calls for reports on delivery service flaws by carrier boys. It also advertises a home visitors excursion to Louisville and Ohio west of Sandusky Columbus Washington D. C. Wilmington Cincinnati with a one and one third fare round trip. Sales dates Sept 1 8 15 and Oct 6 with return within thirty days. Further information available at the office.
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