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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1912
Page
2
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy claims to restore hair color and strength in days. The product combines Sage with Sulphur and aims to prevent dandruff itching scalp and hair loss. A fifty cent bottle is sold by druggists with a money back guarantee if not as represented. Special Agent McKinnoney Drug Co.
Alpine Aerie No. 1943 invites visiting members in good standing to attend the monthly meetings held the second and fourth Wednesday evenings. BE. G. FOX, W. P. R. C. DuBOIS, Secy.
Aw Valley Forge Camp No 868 holds weekly meetings every Thursday evening at half past in North Side Square. Neighbors are welcome to attend.
Mason ic Fraternities Washington Lodge No 26 AF and AM regular meeting first Friday monthly C A Dewey W M J W Morton Sec Cyrus Chapter No 18 RA M regular meeting second Friday monthly UC Hull ILP J W Morton Sec Bethlehem Commandery No 45 KT regular meeting third Friday monthly Wyatt B Marbourg EB J W Morton Sec Washington Chapter No 98 CE fi regular meeting second Thursday monthly Mrs J B Kunath W M Mrs Myrtle Bragg Sec Visiting fraters welcome.
Mr and Mrs Charlie Casper visited at Albert Lint a s Sunday. Mrs Rose Hines spent several days at the Matucha home at Washington last week. James Sirten of Richland moved on the route. Miss Jennie Dunbar of Brighton began the spring term at White Hawk on Monday. The river is low enough to allow the carrier to serve the entire route again.
The coming marriage of George Waldschmidt and Albana Ehl was announced in St Marys church Sun day. Mrs Benson, mother of J S Benson, died here Sunday aged 78 from paralysis. Funeral held Tuesday at Grandview. Mrs Faber who died in Iowa City had funeral services at St Marys church Wednesday morning.
Wellman Amos Hull passed away at his home in Wellman Saturday night after a long illness. The funeral was held there Monday at 2 p m with interment in Wassonville cemetery. The service was conducted by the G A R, of which he was a member.
Dr and Mrs C W McLaughlin and son Charles, with Miss Carrie Hamilton of Washington, visited Crawfordsville. J B Crooks of Washington stayed with his son J H Crooks, and Marvin Dawson also visited. Alice Hobart traveled to Winfield for her father’s birthday celebration. Capt Harper is reported ill at his daughter’s home in Hedrick. Mrs J M Maxwell and daughter Gladys, and Mrs R S White traveled to Washington. J G Maxwell and wife returned from Colorado Springs after months away.
A boy named Freddie wishes to be Billy Smith who has fewer comforts and less privilege at home. His mother counters with Freddie’s advantages, while Freddie longs to wiggle his ears like Billy. Separate items note club meetings, sick lists, auction sales, and humorous stray stories.
Community updates relay illnesses and recoveries. Jerome McGann visits sister Mrs Schwartz in Keota while Ada Schwartz stays with them. Glenn Knupp improves from pneumonia with nurse Miss Brookhart. Roads, farming activity, school restart, and church services described alongside several visits and local trades.
A Parisian Sage advertisement claims the product removes dandruff and stops hair loss, refreshing the scalp and revitalizing hair. Lemmon's Pharmacy guarantees relief for itching scalp and faded hair, with a testimonial from Mrs Anna Brown of Rockville Conn praising its效果.
An unsigned dialogue hints at a proposal between Tilburton and Miss Topkins. The tone suggests a social outcome seen as unlikely or similarly doomed, comparing it to a lighted match meeting an iceberg.
Mrs. Nina Clampitt sues Dr. Harry R. Enlow and Dr. Elizabeth Tompkins for damages claiming paraffin injections left her face hideous and possibly cancerous. She says she is too ashamed to see friends and cites a 1909 letter from Dr. Enlow claiming the operation made her look ten years younger.
London April 11 immense crowd expected in the house of commons tonight as premier Henry Herbert Asquith presents the home rule bill. He is slated to speak for two hours with Sir Edward Carson and A Bonar Law leading the opposition. Ramsay MacDonald to follow John Redmond. debate likely protracted and closed by Sir Augustine Birrell.
Ed mund Montgomery a Muskegon Michigan businessman died after falling from an observation platform of a north bound Illinois Central train near Madisonville Kentucky He and his wife were returning from a winter Florida trip when the accident occurred.
Bay City Michigan April 11 announced that Secretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel has canceled his engagement to speak today before the Republican state convention. No reason was given.
The estate of late American artist Edwin A. Abbey has been sworn in at a London court. The total value is reported as 24 240.
Market data from Chicago shows receipts of 19 000 today with 12 743 carried over from yesterday and 15 000 expected tomorrow. Prices vary across categories with cattle and sheep showing mixed prospects and porkers and pigs in lower to mid ranges. Wheat and other commodities are listed with open and close figures and dealer notes from Lamson Bros. & Co. correspondent in Chicago.
A brief remark notes women now operate Milwaukee elevators under city licensing. The line plays on uplifting sentiment attributed to a suffragette, saying it is time the girls got a lift.
Brief dialogue vignette shows a husband and wife exchange a witty exchange about his silent compliance. The man jokes he answers to his wife to avoid suspicion that he has fallen asleep, revealing a playful, domestic rhythm.
The exchange notes a mother professor praising the child Arthur as a violinist. The professor quips she likes how he puts the fiddle back into the case.
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