Prices for staple goods in a dated market listing
A brief price list shows tomatoes kidney beans string beans peas lima beans succotash per can eight cents and notes rising costs. The tone reflects a local period market update with concise figures.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1901
Page
4
Luxuries at The Windsor Grocery Delights Shoppers
The Windsor offers a variety of grocery novelties that are not essential to meals but enhance the dining experience. Items priced at 10¢ 20¢ and 15¢ illustrate the small luxuries available to shoppers.
Travel and Excursion Offers From Rail Lines
Advertisements announce round trip fares with two dollar surcharge and tickets on sale Sept 26 28 and Oct 16 with agent F F Roland for routes via C R P and special visits to San Francisco Minneapolis and Buffalo Pan American Exposition and New York options. Iowa Central Railway promotes home visitors excursions to Indiana Ohio Kentucky on Sept 17 Oct 1 and 8 1901 with schedules and ticketing through Geo Stty GP and T A Marshalltown Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Minneapolis
Minn
Buffalo
New York
Points East
Iowa Central Railway
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Peoria
TP & W
Iowa Central
Geo Stty
Gp&t A
Marshalltown
The Yachts Race Off New York and Democratic Convention News
The yacht race reports the start times of Columbia and Shamrock and a tight early lead with shifts in distance as wind falls. A Democratic convention in Wayland selects A R Miller as editor chair and Alfred Hillhouse as secretary plus credentials and nominating talks for senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
A. R. Miller
Mr. Davenport
Mt. Pleasant
Alfred Hill
Journal Office Applies Wood Cords to Subscription
The Journal reports the office will use several cords of wood as payment toward subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Thanks for kindness after loss of loved one
Mr and Mrs E R Lease and John K Poster express heartfelt gratitude to friends for numerous kindnesses shown during the long illness and after the passing of their loved one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Lease
John K. Poster
Keota News Social Ties and Moves
Roscoe Tiffany returns to Keota after visiting friend Earl Erdice and Dave Peterson learns the blacksmith trade with G M Welsh. Mr. and Mrs. John Welsh of Columbus City visit son G. M. Miss Etha Baird goes home to Washington after days with relatives. Mrs. M. G. Rush heads to New Mexico with stops in Missouri and Kansas. U P church youths hold a Tuesday social at the Matthews home with many in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alneworth
Roscoe Tiffany
Keota
Earl Erdice
Dave Peterson
G M. Welsh
John Welsh
Columbus City
G. M
Etha Baird
Washington
M. G. Rush
New Mexico
Missouri
Kansas
U. P. Church
J. O. Matthews
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Promised Blood Purification
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a superior blood purifier for ailments linked to impure blood from heavy foods and hard work in forests. It claims cures for eruptions, pimples, eczema, scrofula, rheumatism, and more by cleansing poisons, with testimonials and an offer for a medical adviser book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Murphy
Onda
Lost and Found Fragments and Notices
A column lists lost items including a gray plaid shawl and a shrine pin, found items such as a stick pin with skull and crossbones, and requests to leave items at the Journal office. Also notices of rentals, travel, and social events plus brief local social updates from Newton and nearby residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Ginginger
Washington
Rock Island Depot
Journal Office
Preventive Anthrax Vaccine Harms Cattle In Barrington Area
Hundreds of dairy cows around Barrington thirty miles northwest of Chicago die after vaccination points used to prevent anthrax. Farmers face losses, carcasses burned, and a drug company may compensate, while grain traffic drops as railroads adjust to the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairies
Barrington
Elfring
Pile Cure Offered with Positive Guarantee
J. H. Stewart advertises a free sample pile cure with a positive guarantee and no cure no pay policy priced at 50 cents. The pitch promises curing many piles with each package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rector
J. H. Stewart
Werley and Maddern Merry Makers Close Graham Theater Run
After three nights in the city the Werley and Maddern troupe closed their engagement at the Graham Theater with The Real Mrs Brown. Performers’ voices occasionally slid and audience missed lines, but the performance still pleased the fair red audience and was praised as a first class attraction for a repertoire company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werley & Maddern Merrymakers
Graham Theater
Mrs. Brown
Town Lot Sales Drive Growth Along CR&N Minnesota Extensions
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway plans to sell entire towns Reading Wilmont Lis more Kenneth Walters and Conger including all unplatted land to private buyers to stimulate steady growth. Prospective purchasers are advised to contact the Town Lot Agent Tos. H. Brown Gen Townsite Agt CR&N Ry Sioux Falls SD for terms and openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway Company
Minnesota
Reading
Wilmont
Lismore
Kenneth
Walters
Conger
Tos. H. Brown
Cr&n R’y
Sioux Falls
Shields and Son Coal Offered in Canton Oskaloosa and Delta area
Beacon Eldon Centerville Keb promotes soft coal and hard coal blends with Delta 3d Vein in Illinois Canton Illinois Douds Station Oskaloosa list. Customers may leave orders at Columbia Pharmacy or call 30 676 John Shields and Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Canton
Douds Station
Oskaloosa
Columbia Pharmacy
Tel
Jofn Shields & Son
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Karbuski
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Dowie
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Patten
Knight
Zion
Dowle
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Charles Henrotin
Iowa
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University of Paris
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University of Chicago
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