Wood Sawing by Frank McClean
Frank McClean advertises ready wood sawing service with prompt attention to orders and the telephone contact 54.66-end-fit.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1907
Page
6
Frank McClean advertises ready wood sawing service with prompt attention to orders and the telephone contact 54.66-end-fit.
Promotes cheap excursion tickets to South Dakota and the grain belt, touting government wealth production figures. Advertises Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad extension completion and a descriptive folder on request, with agents listed in Minneapolis.
An advertisement claims Dr Shoop Restorative cures stomach and kidney ailments by strengthening the controlling nerves. It asserts relief from dyspepsia and heart palpitations, offering free samples from Dr. Shoop of Racine Wisconsin and urging readers to write for them. Sold by J H Stewart.
Iowa Central Railway offers daily one way tickets to Joroa Oregon Washington British Columbia Utah Montana Wiaho and Mexico at $15.00 below regular fare through October 15. Agents or witness A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minnesota for details.
Miss Agnes Swift returns from Keota as E G Mason and A G Long depart for Des Moines for a brief business trip. Mrs J F Frain travels home to Wy man from Cotter after a day there. Laura Dupuis back from Keota via her mother Mrs Thos Dupuis. Journal notes Wm Davidson of Crawfordsville at 95 reading the paper and hopes to reach a century with vigor.
Patent Office reports several Iowa issued patents including window ventilator 864,792 by A. S&S. Meek Washington. wrench 864,882 by W. H. Brawley Davenport. vending machine 864,801 by J. W. Gillett and G. I. Martin Atlantic. stove pipe thimble 864,980 by C. T. McCarroll Ottumwa. elevated carrier 865,113 by William Louden Fairfield. furnace casing 865,123 by Charles Phelps Oskaloosa. thermostatic controller 856,711 by C. A. Dunham Marshalltown. flour bolting machine 865,346 by T. W. Graham Dubuque. and other filings including harness equipment and butter water tests across Dubuque Ames Ottumwa and Russell among various assignees.
New York based publisher t. S. Barrett plans a London daily modeled on American papers using trained American reporters. He argues English journalism is behind, reliant on slower telephones and slow reporting, and will target summer tourists before full setup. He will split time between London and Mexico City to seek patronage.
A Salina correspondent notes the motor replaces horse power on farms as farmers wives learn to drive. women use cars to market garden produce and visit neighbors, with one woman driving to town and tying a cow to the back of the car. Fifteen to twenty cars are owned in Saline county by farmers.
At South Norwalk boats from Hickory Bluff and Bell Island raced off for a summer celebration. The Sheveril beat the Osprey, earning Dr. Walter T. Stromeyer a round of affectionate congratulations from a dozen young women on the Norwalk yacht club float.
Ashlok of Elizabethtown Kentucky claims a new electric light lure will attract fish within fifty yards. A wire runs through pole eyelets to a hook level light powered by a portable battery on shore. When lowered, the light draws fish to the bait, enabling quick catches. Local buzz builds as the method awaits trials.
Local notes list Ainsworth visitors Dr A J Laird and Mrs M L Miller while Des Moines guest Miss Madge Scott visits. residents from Geneseo Oskaloosa Cedar Rapids Erie and Oakes arrive or depart. photo studio ads and social visits fill the day.
Holden and Rankin will speak next Wednesday at the Commercial club gym during the Farmers Institute annual election. The program starts at 1 PM after dinner and aims for full seating. All members are urged to attend and to join as members.
Dr A A Sandy has moved to the Mrs Rork property on East Washington Street and his residence telephone will be 473 The office and Dr H L Courtright residence numbers stay as listed in the directory
Lee Dowell came home Wednesday evening after a two week visit in Chicagoland and Des Moines.
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