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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1910
Page
5
Local and personal notices announce The Fair promotions and daily visits from residents. Shippers show carloads of fine horses, potatoes, and stoves while merchants advertise bargains and discounts to attract holiday trade.
The United States noncontiguous trade for the just finished fiscal year totaled 190 million dollars, up from 35 million in 1897. Shipments to Porto Rico Hawaii the Philippines Guam Midway Tutuila and Alaska amounted to 75 million outward and 96.666 million inward. Trade exceeded the prior year with the Philippines enjoying tariff free merchandise interchange.
The first U.S. locomotives came from England via Horatio Allen in 1820 or 1850 with one trial on the Delaware and Hudson at Carbondale, Pa. The West Point foundry built the Phoenix and West Point engines for the South Carolina railroad, and the De Witt Clinton marked New York’s first locomotive run. The Robert Fulton, later renamed John Bult, was the first imported engine to the Mohawk and Hudson line.
The piece profiles Lopez the Paraguayan dictator during the 1865 70 war with Argentina Brazil and Uruguay. It notes his extreme methods including executing officers for alleged disloyal speech and harsh discipline for comments deemed insufficiently confident in victory.
A Halloween party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Griggs featured jack o lanterns and autumn decor. Guests toured a ghost filled area, enjoyed games and music by local performers, with prizes and a luncheon boosting the society treasury.
The Missionary Society meets at Mrs. Hannah Durst's home Wednesday at 2 PM. Fortnightly Current Events group meets with Miss Minnie Conner Tuesday evening November 1 at 7 90. Mrs. Howard Wilson hosts the Priscilla club tomorrow afternoon. The Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church gathers Tuesday at 2 50 at Mrs. Milan Shields's home on North Second Avenue.
Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises HYOMEL for catarrh at 50 cents per bottle, with a 1.00 inhaler outfit for non owners. The ad claims quick relief, antiseptic healing, and a guaranteed cure with repeated use.
If it is true that the world has gone to the bow-wows and vice and corruption prevail, why do our penitentiaries fail to attract those who call themselves honest. The question probes moral standards and the efficacy of reform institutions in a skeptical era.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh, a constitutional disease, by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The ad claims a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure and urges sending for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists at 75 cents plus Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A garbled notice indicates officials ordered officers and public workers to abstain from wine use while on duty. The fragmented text references discipline or enforcement actions affecting builders, managers, and staff connected to public works.
Fragmented dialogue references antiques and social chatter. A cryptic exchange mentions a Grand Rapids antique and a rustic table with brass knobs, with playful banter about plans for the evening and possible fun.
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