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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1901
Page
3
Public notice from Washington postal office states second class matter and emphasizes advertisers must submit copy by 10 a.m. to insure same day changes.
A retailer advertises significantly lower prices on book supplies while asserting quality remains high compared with competitors. The promotion emphasizes value for educators and students seeking affordable materials.
Dr J A Marie dentist and other locals report small items. Todd Stuart offers large Baltimore oysters. Bun Shields returns home from the southwest. Sam Watters leaves for Davenport. Prof Dodds rides to Wyman. Miss Southwick visits from Crawfordsville. Nicola Hardware closes stock to make room for furniture and undertaker services. W M Campbell and BR Nicola plan home moves and emphasize a large furniture stock.
Local residents and visitors are listed: John Steele visiting Ainsworth on business. Dr Ida Bailey made a professional visit to Crawfordsville. Mr and Mrs Del Bickford arriving from Albia to visit relatives. Flo McChesney returning home from Cotter after finishing fall term. Mrs Jobn W Teeter and Miss Cora Porter went to Brighton. Leta Stewart returns to Laconia for the day with relatives. Mrs Doutremont of Riverside mentioned among the day’s notes. The Singer Sewing machine office is at Nicola and Harmon shoe store, phone 331.
A Trinity Chapel benefit in Graham featured Ma Hazzard and her daughters in a lively burlesque arranged by Lainie Higgs. The one act farce My Sister Elizabeth's Chance preceded the performance, with a large audience and a total seat take of 108 dollars.
A. Simmerman sent a carriage load of fine horses to the Bultdo market this week. Lenox guests include Mies Mary Allen and Mra Hugh Wilkin visiting sister Mrs. Jacob Simmerman. County Superintendent Miss Hughes visited local schools earlier in the week. Epworth League gifted a new clock to the church last Sunday.
An advertisement promotes Smith's Sure Kidney Cure as the only guaranteed remedy. It claims a full refund from the druggist if one bottle does not satisfy, priced at 50 cents.
Farmers note corn running about 40 bushels per acre. Mrs A Miller of Washington visits sister Mrs T E Me Millan. Robert Blick and Mrs George Neisley of El Reno Oklahoma visit Jacob Bick near Grace Hill. Four teams haul lumber for Milwaukee road project west of there. Advertisement promises refund if not satisfied after one bottle, 50c.
The Morning Sun News-Herald reports residents returning from travels including Mr and Mrs J P McCulley from East Main street, Harland H Dawson from Colorado Springs, and Lloyd Latta from Keokuk. Capt J S Gray plans to move January 1 after remodeling Washington home and Mr and Mrs James Swift return from Buffalo.
The Wabash offers excursion Chicago to Buffalo and return at six dollars for tickets sold Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays until the Exposition closes. Valid for five days from sale. Travel on daily trains only in io coaches or free reclining chaircars. Inquiries at the Pan-American folder and the city ticket office 97 Adams Street Chicago.
Individuals T L Emry and William Disberry traveled for business with Emry in Fairfield and Disberry to Burlington. D F Berry of Wayland visited friends in town yesterday.
Oct 25 reports J K Cook returns from Huntaville Ohio where he spent a month with D M Young in Winfield. Edward Mcauley and Elizabeth Scranton visit from Washington while W E Logan Cal Gormley and J C Cunningham depart for Buffalo for the Puro American exposition. A telegram says Mrs John McCleary’s mother is seriously ill in Bannock Ohio. Mrs McCleary heads there. A surprise party honors Blue Mound Kansas resident Mrs Katherine Walker on her 6th birthday, marking her former ties to the town.
The Evening Journal prints a weather forecast for Iowa. Generally fair tonight and Sunday with partly cloudy east portions. Tonight colder and east portion Sunday.
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