Showers Tonight Then Cooler Sunday
Weather brief notes showers tonight with a chance of Sunday sun. Cooler conditions expected on Sunday especially in the west portion tonight.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1902
Page
3
Weather brief notes showers tonight with a chance of Sunday sun. Cooler conditions expected on Sunday especially in the west portion tonight.
A mixed national and local items page notes Nina Reeves visiting Verdi, a large horse sale planned by Singmaster & Sons in late November, and fruit fame with a giant eleven inch circumference pear. It covers travel to Iowa City for a football game, church notices, member meetings for Cyrus chapter Royal Arch Masons, and multiple local visits and social updates.
Jim Brockway star guard of Town’s champion eleven arrives from Aineworth to join Brockway’s training as the varsity prepares to meet Minnesota. Coach Knipe imports new guidance to boost line strength and revive team spirit for the season’s big test. Also notes include W F P Brinton’s massive genealogy volume on early settlers and the death of Mrs. Mary Bailey aged 88, stepmother to Mrs. L. Wesson.
A dramatic vignette portrays Aldate and a woman, each confessing deep but restrained love after a week together. He presents a diamond pin, she hesitates, saying it would be improper to accept gift beyond flowers or candy from a man she has known a week. The scene shifts to a humorous domestic moment with a Japanese tea steward in Brander Magazine, where Ocha misreads English and serves twenty apple pies to a tea party.
A roundup lists numerous visitors and residents across nearby towns. Names include A J Rankin, S A White, Rev. Davis, Mrs. Fulton, Mrs. Hrokaw, Mrs. Derby, Mrs. Anderson, Kathryn Wilson, Grumbling, Miss Della Figgins, BF Brown, John Wolfe, J J Young, J J Young and J G Young headed to Pasadena, Fred Abrahams, Misses Hardie and Dwinnie Rankin, William Nicholson, G M Welsh, Miss Walker, Nellie Wilson Colby, Marjorie, Cora Mae Ball, Mrs Ben Romig, Rev W G Thorne, and F E B Swift, with travel to Keokuk, Grinnell, Iowa City, Muscatine, Muscatine and Grace HM noted.
J C Mount of Three Mile Bay New York ran a ten penny nail through the fleshy part of his hand while opening a box. He applied Chamberlain's Pain Balm and later, to his surprise, the pain and soreness disappeared and the injury healed swiftly. For sale by Stewart's pharmacy Cook and Sherman.
Alfred Bee of Wel are Texas details how biliousness and a lime back left him unable to eat or sleep. After using Electric Bitters he reports better sleep appetite and renewed strength. He urges others to try the product and notes availability at Seat Stewart's pharmacy.
Engineer D C Kyle came home yesterday from the east after a three week visit. He stayed with relatives in Columbus and Nenia and spent ten days in Washington DC. He was impressed by the capital and said the president is well and he moves about lively though he hobble on one foot.
Davis Kentucky druggist C T Smith reports Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds as the fastest selling article in six years of business. He cites cures for throat and lung diseases and notes satisfaction guaranteed with trial bottles available. Nearby Mr and Mrs Lisle Morehouse celebrate a cotton wedding anniversary with a knotted comfort gift and a pleasant evening.
The Iowa Central railroad will sell tickets to bona fide homeseekers at the rate of one fare plus two dollars to points in homeseekers territory in Minnesota and North Dakota on any Tuesday for a period of 21 days.
A directive from Baird & Johnson warns that all unpaid accounts will be placed with a collector after November 1. The message emphasizes immediate payment to avoid added costs and legal collection actions.
Frank Wesson offers upholstery and repair work with a shop in the rear James Cowyer blacksmith shop. A fine line of samples is available and calls will be made if you wish. City bus line prompts orders via Hotel Allen phone No 1. Frank Rogers will promptly attend to them.
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