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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1909
Page
3
Chas. D. Gorham of Garden City Kansas advertises money to loan on land with first mortgage at 7 percent interest. He guarantees prompt interest and principal payments and says he will not recommend a loan unless he can support it.
A nostalgic fragment describes a life giving current and a pleasant warmth fueling nerves and appetite. It mentions Hol lister's Rocky Mountain product priced at 35 cents, with tea or tablets and Lemmon's pharmacy as context.
In San Francisco on April 5 attorneys in the Patrick Calhoun bribery case began the thirteenth week seeking a jury. A court injunction halts searches of United Railroads offices as Judge Murasky weighs contempt claims against three DA staffers and a police sergeant. The trial has set records, with 2,150 summoned salesmen and six jurors impeached or discharged after acceptance.
The U S government’s effort to prove Standard Oil of New Jersey restrained trade nears its end as argument opens in the circuit court. Testimony spans 25,000 pages across New York Chicago and more with Rockefeller and other executives testifying. Judges Adams Vandeventer Hook and Sanborn preside with Kellogg Morrison and Graves for the government and Miller Rosenthal Priest for Standard Oil.
After a sensational circuit court trial in Deadwood South Dakota a jury acquitted Jerry Johnson and his wife of robbing a department store safe in broad daylight. Johnson was formerly a politician in Denver.
In Tarrytown New York on April 5 an automobile traveling at about forty miles per hour rammed into a tree killing Charles Lindey a New York chauffeur and seriously injuring John D Marquis also of New York both occupants of the car officials said.
A Springfield North Carolina merchant credits Dr. King's New Discovery with saving his son from a hopeless consumption. After three weeks of use the boy recovered fully, and the ad proclaims the remedy infallible for coughs colds and serious lung diseases with prices 60 cents and 1 dollar and a free trial bottle.
Frankie Casey visited Kalona on Saturday. J P Wallace of Haskins came to town Saturday. F M Jones traveled for an over Sunday visit. G B Campbell was a Chicago bound passenger Saturday evening, planning a week there. Curtain stretchers at the fair noted.
Mr F G Fritts of Oneonta New York praises Foley s Orino Laxative as mild pleasant and effective for constipation and liver trouble The ad promotes Foley s Orino Laxative as good for women and children and a spring medicine Lemmon s Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co endorse the laxative and Foley s Kidney Remedy as a tonic aiding kidney function purifying the blood and restoring vitality with pleasant taste and spring use.
A brief item notes carpet tacks and pullers on display at The Fair. The entry lists items associated with the event and mentions the fair setting in a concise catalog-style line.
A brief note urges shoppers to compare prices and goods across stores. It emphasizes careful evaluation of value and quality while avoiding impulse buys. Local merchants cited as sources for price ranges and product availability.
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