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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1903
Page
3
Stewart's West Side Book Store reports a fresh stock of public school books ready for teachers and students. Local vendors note ongoing restocking and wide classroom selections across core subjects and grade levels.
Ainsworth local notes record visitors and arrivals from Crawfordsville Des Moines Keosauqua and other towns. Residents like Mrs M A Jones Mrs S W Neal and Miss Della Patton travel or fall ill while others return from Des Moines Havre and Columbus Junction.
The president Earling special with Assistant GM Underwood and other officials ran from Ottumwa East to Muscatine this morning to take over the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul cut off before turning it over to operations. Ballasting near complete. trains to haul sand as needed. Depo t brick walk crew laid off awaiting brick delivery. One car load laid. BY OFFICIALS
Fine repai r and wagon work offered by Messrs Cowger Hoger and Jones invites the public to patronize them for vehicle repairs blacksmithing and tool sharpening. They guarantee satisfaction and are located on the first corner south of the Post Office at 681 Cowger Hoger Jones.
Ira Haines and family and Mart Casey and family attended a birthday picnic yesterday in a grove near the Simerman residence in West Chester. About 500 invited guests gathered to celebrate. Mr. T. P. McReynolds and wife of Wellman visited at the G. G. Sigler home, then planned a lengthy Monmouth, Illinois, stay with daughter Mrs. W. M. Lewsadder. McReynolds, a longtime Iowa resident, was born in Henry county in 1838 as Washington state developed from a two-house town.
Ed Fox displays a wireless telegraph replica sent from a Columbia training vessel to the Brooklyn Navy Yards. The deciphering proves difficult for Morse-only readers, as the record resembles pre-key direct strip notation with dots and dashes.
Supt Nelson reports James McKenzie from Des Moines at county farm in very poor health and unlikely to recover. Detective P J Phelan helped in Billy and Minnie Evans cow theft case. Visitors at Illinois picnic and Columbus Junction fair noted. prairie chicken hunters bag six birds.
Partly cloudy tonight with cooler conditions, especially in the central area. Friday looks fair with a general drop in temperature across the state.
Affected by a sprain, quick application of Chamberlain's Pain Balm can speed recovery. Full healings claim under a week, sometimes three days. Sold by Stewart's Pharmacy Cook & Sherman. Nickel Plate Road offers daily express service to New York City and Boston with first class cars and dining. Chicago ticket offices listed.
In brief advertisement language the copy touts a remedy for irregular living and associated ailments. It claims strict law of nature, warns against abuse, and promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a gentle, thorough re-adjustment for constipation headaches or liver trouble. Sold for 250 at Stewart’s Drug Store.
Doctors find that the g cent package suffices for ordinary needs while the family bottle provides a year’s supply. The product is available from all druggists.
An advertisement touts the Globe barber shop as the finest in the county with a promise of new and clean facilities and courteous treatment. A testimonial from J. J. Havens of Versailles Ohio credits Electric Bitters with restoring his health after kidney disease and declares his recovery underway. The note ends with a health claim and a druggist guarantee.
Elaborate settings and rich costumes mark the new romantic play A Gentleman from Gascony directed by M. W. Hanley and Son. The production is praised as among the season’s best on the road and a career highlight for the management.
The Iowa Central will start its regular winter tourist car service to Southern California on Oct 21 and continue each Wednesday during the season. The car departs Train No 2 from Albert Lea at 1 30 p m and stops at Mason City Hampton Eldora Marshalltown Grinnell Oskaloosa and other points before arriving in Los Angeles about 6 00 a m Sunday. Fares shown include 6 00 from Albert Lea and 5 50 from Marshalltown for double lower berths with full rates and reservations through agents or A B Catts G P and T A Minneapolis Minn.
The Iowa Central Railway announces summer excursion rates from Brighton for June 1 to September 30, 1903. Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo rate 22.75. Glenwood Springs 34.75. Salt Lake City Ogden 35.75. Deadwood Lead City Met Springs Custer at 50.00. Diverse routes and stopovers offered. folders and rates available from Iowa Central agents or A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis Minn.
The ladies social of the Presbyterian Church will meet with Mrs J A Williams Friday afternoon at 2 50. A full attendance is desired. Miller brothers will make cider every Wednesday at their home on the Winters farm four miles southwest of town.
Iowa Central will run its annual Time-Visitors Excursions to Ohio and Indiana on Sept 1 815 and Oct 6. Tickets go on sale on those dates with a thirty day return limit from sale. For rates and details contact A B Cutts G P and T A Iowa Central Ry Minneapolis Minn.
One way rate with two dollars additional for round trip tickets on sale the first and third Tuesdays of every month. Return limit twenty one days from sale date. See ticket agents of Iowa Central for information or address A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minnesota.
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