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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1900
Page
3
A collage of local notes shows Todd Stuart’s fresh bulk seafood and poultry ads and frequent visits by residents and visitors. The column mentions theater, travel, and community updates, including requests for a druggist permit discussion and civic notices amid daily town life.
Local residents and guests are listed visiting the county seat and nearby towns. I S Edmundson of Kalona and M W Bailey of Winfield are noted as visitors, with several others traveling to and from Columbus Junction, Coppock, and Kalona for business or social calls. The Old Arkansaw company advertises an airfield show tonight and tomorrow in Oskaloosa.
Local notice from The Evening Journal Local 6 ceny perling for information advertising. It warns advertisers that copy must be in by 10 o clock a m to insure change that day. Stewart's Pharmacy and Book Store promotes low prices on goods not kept elsewhere including Bibles, Masury Paints, Eastman Kodaks, and medical inhalers and germicides.
The Order of the Eastern Star will convene at 7 30 p m at the hall tonight for their regular gathering.
Local notes report flour at 80 cents a sack with limited quantity. Several residents, including Mildred Brock, Ed McCaulley and families, J A Cunningham and relatives, and Elma Morrow, travel or return from trips to Eldon New Sharon Chicago and New York. Joe Riner plans to move to the city after selling part of his farm, seen as a boost to local life.
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