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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
3
Cheap for cash 314 H. P. gasoline engine offered for six months use. Former owner has switched to electric power and now sells the engine at a fine bargain through the 1866 Iowa Gas and Electric Company.
Public sale of household goods to be held Saturday at 3 p m at the northeast corner square. Items include bedroom suit bed springs mattress parlor chairs couches dining table center stand two rockers reception chairs Indian stool 24 yards carpet heating stove oil stove canned fruit and kitchen utensils. Auct D F Macon 1921.
C R Kluger of Lemmon's Pharmacy endorses Foley's Kidney Remedy after kidney trouble improvement. He credits four bottles with restoring health, backache relief, and better complexion and recommends the remedy to others. In Russia coffin colors vary by status with pink for children, crimson for married women, and brown for widows, black not used.
Former city resident D H McKee discusses Southern ties in an interview published by the Davenport Democrat. He shares memories and observations reflecting regional connections and personal history.
D H McKee vice president of the German Savings Bank returns from a Southern trip. He discusses the future of the South, law and order, and labor conditions amid night riders and attacks. The party visited Lamb-Fish company mills in Mississippi and observed timber and cotton industries in the delta region.
Colonel W P Hepburn shipped from Clarinda Iowa a barrel of choice Jonathan apples grown by D B McCalla on Orchard Hill Fruit Farm Harlan township as samples of the county crop. Each apple wrapped for safe delivery by express to the White House Washington DC. McCalla produced about 600 bushels of Jonathan apples this year.
New subscribers may receive the November and December issues of The Delineator at no cost. The magazine, priced at 1.00, is touted as the world fashion authority with Paris editions and contributions from New York fashions Paris letters and the Kleinschmidt illustrations. The offer covers fourteen months for one dollar and urges immediate subscription.
Advert shows Foley's Honey and Tar claimed to cure coughs strengthen lungs and expel cords. Promotes genuine yellow package sold at Lemmon's Pharmacy. City bus line urges calls to Phone No 1 to leave orders with Frank Rogers with street and number.
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