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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1911

Page

5

Local Poultry for Sale and Community Notices

Local notices report pure bred Buff Plymouth Rock hens and cockerels for sale by Mrs J P Thomas with contact details. Event notices include Eve lyn Bargett Concert company first lecture course tonight at the Graham. Various visits and travel notes mention Mrs Charles McCreedy at the George McCreedy home and Mrs D A Moore returning from Allerton.

Plymouth Rock J.P. Thomas Evelyn Bargett Graham

Royal Market Offers Sea Fresh Oysters and More

Local notes describe big seal shipped oysters at the Royal Market and a bustling Fair with German loaves and assorted bakery items. Visitors include J C Caner Louis Baird Bruce Good Hal Reister who attended a church fair in Ainsworth last night. Local shops tout hardware stove pipe robes and winter goods with prices and calls to visit.

Royal Market J.C. Caner Louis Baird Bruce Good Hal Reister Ainsworth

Eagle dance draws crowds and local ads highlight shops

The notice lists events and advertisements from a small town scene. It mentions an Eagle dance Saturday evening, Horace Victor Benjamin performing in Graham, and various shops like Darbyshire Drug Co and The Fair selling candies, chocolates, and accessories. Residents such as Mrs. Milt Godfrey and Mrs. R. Laubaugh are noted with social visits.

Spark the egg stealing dog tale in midwinter country home

Spark the dog steals pantry eggs from Agnes and Isabel in a country house with chickens and a pony. The girls suspect various culprits until the father tests Spark with eggs and catches him in the act. Spark learns that taking eggs is wrong, ending his egg theft.

Shepple Shepple Jack Evelyn Shepple Frankie Green Bruno Spark Agnes Isabel Gretchen Mr. Cuddy Johnny Short Sparkie

Bagon Sale Listings Note Bacon Prices

Local brief lists bacon at 16 cents 15 cents and 12 cents per unit in a small ad style notice. The fragment cites price points without additional context or store name.

Marines Landed to Protect Foreign Concessions

Marines landed to guard foreign concessions as rebel factions threaten Hankow. Artillery occupies hills while authorities move to secure foreign interests amid ongoing unrest.

Foley's Kidney Remedy versus a Hopeless Case

Hon J E Freeman says he suffered severe kidney trouble and could not work. One large bottle of Foley's Kidney Remedy cured him and he has not been bothered since. Sold by All Druggists.

Ark J. E. Freeman Foley

Almost the Limit by Doubtful Worries

A scene unfolds as two women debate another’s habit of overthinking about trifles. One questions the worry, while the other defends it, calling it excessive self-scrutiny that weighs on her like a heavy burden.

Rexall Hair Tonic Promises New Growth For Bald Heads

An advertorial claim touts Rexall 93 Hair Tonic formulated with Resorein Beta Napthol and Pilocarpin to cure scalp germs, nourish hair, and stimulate new growth. It promises bald men a chance at regrowth with a personal money back guarantee if unsatisfied, with availability at the local Rexall Store Cook & Sherman.

Rexall Cook & Sherman S. W. Cor. Square

Administrators Sale of Wieland Farm Real Estate

The estate of the late G. F. Wieland sells at public auction at 10 a m on Tuesday Oct 17 1911 on the farm 3% miles southwest of Riverside. Two 80 acre and 160 acre tracts under cultivation with barns wells and orchard plus three timber tracts and a 10 12 and 2 % acre lot all suitable for pasturing. Terms to be announced sale day. J A Knittel C V Dautremont admins Col G R Workman auc.

Jos. Wieland Riverside G. F. Wieland J. A. Knittel V. Dautremont G. R. Workman

Land and Stock Public Sale in Iowa Estate Settlement

A public sale in Iowa on October 19 1911 begins at 10 am to auction stock including sixty cattle one hundred fifty hogs and three horses plus farm machinery. Immediately after the stock sale the Memorial Miller farm of 320 acres near Washington Brighton and Verdi Station will be offered as 160 unimproved acres 180 improved acres or as a single parcel with a nine room house barn windmill and multiple outbuildings. Terms apply.

Memorial Miller Farm Washington Iowa Brighton Verdi Station Verdi Rock Island Thomas Bros Austin Sutherland H. T. Reynolds

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