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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1901
Page
3
Washington Iowa notice states location at 8 O Barden store on the south side of the square in the city, indicating a public or official action concerning property or business.
Weather outlook from Wasineron DC calls for generally fair weather tonight with colder conditions Friday. The piece also reviews The High Rollers Extravaganza Company at Graham, noting light acceptance of the operetta with praise for Howe and Scott and Pat White, while chorus girls and overall production receive mixed remarks. The column ends with a bakery plug for Johnson's fresh home made candies.
Washington's football eleven were to travel by the Firefly to meet the Wapello Indians on the gridiron at Wapello this morning. The expected lineup includes Nelson at center Dodd at quarterback Wallace and Hout at backs with Bidwell at fullback and Reister at right end. Roy Patterson refereed. Hardware bargains advertised at Nicola Hardware and Furniture on the south side.
This item lists Friday lectures by Frank C Bruner Jol Bain H V Richards Frederick Truman and Frederick Musical Oo with dates from November to January. Season or single tickets for the lecture course are available at Wilson Beamer Hardware Store, handled by H Wilson.
J H Stewart offers a hemorrhoid cure promising relief with a positive guarantee no cure means no pay. Sample offered free for 60 cents per package.
On Thursday evening November 7 the Big City Show presents Lost in New York with a full slate of specialties. Hear Baby Abbott perform new songs and enjoy the clever child talent.
An advertisement touts Smith's Sure Kidney Cure as the only guaranteed remedy with a money back refund if not fully satisfied after one bottle. price listed as 50c.
Seven years pass in devoted portraiture work praised for artistic skill. The enduring popularity of portraits by RLYNOLDS is noted as especially gratifying to art lovers and supporters.
Mrs. M. Klass and her son Max arrived home yesterday evening after a visit at the Buffalo exposition and Niagara Falls in Chicago.
Police found a secret cave beneath a vacant Lincoln avenue lot labeled Home of the Webster Avenue Braves. Detective Mills and Officer Beck followed a boy into a hole covered by earth where cigaretter butts, carved benches, and hatchets with red paint indicated a hidden hangout.
The undersigned will not be responsible for any debts incurred by subcontractors or their agents or laborers, nor those of our own agents, unless on regularly written and properly signed orders. Frick & Johnson Contractors by J H Frick President.
The piece argues health depends on proper feeding and cultivation of the body like corn. It cites Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets for digestion and blood quality, includes testimonials, and notes Masonic charity discussion in Iowa with Bishop Coxe remarks. It closes with an ad for Boston brown bread at Johnson's bakery.
Three farm properties offered by BF. Dison & Co. include 860 per acre for a half section near a depot on the C RL P railway with fair improvements, 4120 acres in Oregon township near Cotter and Alosworth at 965 per acre, and 319 acres in Marion township with three barns, a near-new house, a windmill and a well. Terms: one third cash or equivalent, balance on long time, 5 percent interest, payments of 100 each on interest days.
Rev. A J Wheeler author lecturer and traveler will give lectures November 16 18 at the opera house to raise funds for a free school for men and boys Craigeclare N His topics include What are you going to do about It Abroad with a Live Yankee and a Sabbath address The program notes a double dissolving teleopticon and a small admission charge on Monday reserved seats 30 cents Saturday and Sabbath free
The big scenic show Lost in New York returns to Graham on Thursday evening November Teb and promises all new specialties. Seats go on sale at Carria Pharmacy Monday with the house hoped to be filled after the prior run here two weeks ago. Respectfully Warren Moor Mer Graham.
Burglars broke into the Robert Grifith file office in Brighton Iowa on Tuesday night Oct 31 and removed several tools. No suspects or traces have been found. The report notes no further leads or identifications at this time.
The Journal office reports a program to supply readers with a few cords of wood as part of subscription perks. The offer ties to home heating needs and local supply arrangements.
Local notes record bu siness visits by Cedar township figures H T Reynolds Dwight Waterman and A Ritchie in Delta and city. Todd Stuart and Johnson's bakery advertise lamb macaroons and oysters. A class musicale hosted by Miss Sage airs a p leasant program. Stewart's offers Rocky Mountain Tea 35c. Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul workers uncover bones at Muscatine believed to be ancient Indian remains.
Secretary Hay plants a ceremonial tree on the plaza south of the state war and navy department building as part of an old official custom. Other brief items note Chilean finance budget balance, a mining cave-in rescue effort, heavy artillery in harbors, a Leipziger death, a fatal collision near Washington Pennsylvania, Dutch women appealing to Queen Alexandra for the Boers, and a push to rename the Philippines the McKinley archipelago.
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