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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1908
Page
3
A note mentions picking up candy at the Star tonight with fresh salted peanuts and almonds at the Vienna. J. B. Eckerman returned home to Havre Saturday evening. Miss Lou B. Johnson, after three weeks with relatives in Keokuk, arrived home Saturday evening.
Mrs. Harry Owen of Haskins spent Saturday here. Ben Gray arrived from Ainsworth Saturday evening. Mrs Henry Green and sons returned from a visit at R. S. White in Crawfordsville. Mrs. David Thompson went home to Ainsworth after attending the funeral of Mrs. Margaret Wallace. Candies at Vienna and steaks at the Royal are noted in town chatter.
Important notice urges choosing Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds claiming it cures obstinate racking coughs and expels the cold from the system with no harmful drugs. Lemmon's Pharmacy recommends insistently.
Ace Olds traveled from Havre to Ainsworth Saturday evening and returned home. Nellie Adams left for Waterloo after visiting the C. C. Long home. Earl and Gertrude Chilcote came home this morning from Gladwin where they had spent a few days with friends.
Funeral services for the late Mrs Margaret Wallace were conducted Saturday with full attendance expected at the regular post meeting tomorrow Tuesday evening.
Opie Read lauds Dr John Merritte Driver as a powerful orator after hearing him at a Garrick Theatre Sunday in Chicago. He calls Driver impassioned, truthful, and among the platform’s most impressive speakers. Driver spoke at the Graham on April 20 with tickets available at Lemmon's pharmacy. Also notes cautions about mercury in catarrh remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills.
Inventor Fred Bangerter unveils a brass noiseless smokeless gun claimed to discharge two million bullets each hour with no recoil or overheating. Army officers visit for a Sandy Hook trial as Russia and Britain show potential interest, while the U S government may acquire the device.
Fresh meats vegetables and fish advertised at the Royal. Tue dinner features hot Boston Brown Bread at the Vienna. Local residents travel for weekend visits and attend funerals. Mrs. Adams and Miss McCreedy return from Thornburg and Letts after family losses. The Sawhills return from Stanwood Iowa on business. Foley's Urine Laxative touted for women and children as mild and pleasant. Lemmon's Pharmacy.
A monument will be erected at Holdens Creek Virginia to honor Francis Makemie founder of Presbyterianism in the United States in 1706 and the first moderator of the general presbytery.
Davenport weekend events are noted with local arrivals from the Misses Meacham, Conner, Kendall, Klein, and Mrs Rehmel returning by the Firefly after a teachers convention. Eggs from Premium Buff Cochin and Brown Leghorn stock offered at N S Shoe store, with 37-tr ust Eggs advertised. 39-61 Clark Carson rode to visit over Sunday.
O S Woolever of LeRaysville New York proclaims a twenty year health sentence ended by Bucklens Arnica Salve which he says cured bleeding piles. The salve is advertised to heal the worst sores boils burns wounds and cuts in the shortest time. 25 cents at Lemmons Pharmacy.
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