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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1909

Page

3

Funeral Notices and Local Recollections From Elm Grove

Funeral for Mrs. J M Mace will be held at 11 tomorrow from daughter Eva Wallace’s home near Lexington with interment in Elm Grove cemetery. Postponed earlier due to two daughters’ delay. creditors note and other items include Foley’s Urine Laxative endorsement and local travel of Mrs E E White to Crawfordsville to care for a ill relative.

J. M. Mace Eva Wallace Lexington Elm Grove Cemetery Anna Smith Cary Nebr Alice Meeks Pawnee Oklahoma

Repair Your Furniture Service Ad

Phonet M. D. Manshower offers furniture repair and upholstery pickup at No. 05 and will return finished pieces. Contact details appear in this local notice.

M. D. Manshower

Local residents visit Havre and surrounding towns

W M Matthews visited Havre Saturday while Orville Turner stayed at Coppock over Sunday. Emma Hesser from Crawfordsville spent Saturday in the city. Stella Berry returned Friday from Valsey to spend Sunday at home. G W Gelwicks travelled to Geneseo Illinois Saturday morning. Ed Bowman returned from Chicago with spring goods. John Wooley passed through Saturday evening from Crawfordsville on his way home from Iowa City. Oren Helwick travelled to Muscatine for a day with sister Anna L Stevenson. F M Crawford headed to Ainsworth to visit his ill brother David Crawford. Helen Young and Jessie Ringland of Winfield left for home with J A Young tonight. The ad notes cosmetics harmful. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea offered. George P Palmer left Saturday for Crawfordsville to visit relatives. he turned eight today. Foley's Honey and Tar advertised as spring cold guard.

Orville Turners Coppock Emma Hesser Crawfordsville Stella Berry Valsey G. W. Gelwicks Geneseo, Illl Ed Bowman Chicago John Wooley Iowa City O. E. Griswell S. Ferguson Joe Zingg Myra Ezra Wenger Wayland Oren Helwick Muscatine Lemmon’s George P. Palmer Mr. Palmer

The Talk of an Income Tax in the 1900s

Washington notes on the income tax debate tied to the Wilson Gorman tariff legacy. Aldrich and Bailey push for consideration. court changes tilt opinions on constitutional tax viability while Congress contemplates reforms and census staffing sparks.

Supreme Court E. H. Harriman Washington Cannon House Senate Aldrich Bailey Texas App Uted Elkins New England Assocites Hale

Opening Day Sparks Season in Baseball Capital

Washington prepares for a doublebill as the American League begins play with Washington against New York and Boston meeting Philadelphia in Philadelphia. President Taft is rumored to attend the game. The national league also opens with New York Boston Cincinnati and Chicago hosting visitors.

Washington Itg New York Philadelphia Senators Taft Cincinnati Reds Chicago Detroit Cleveland St. Louis Boston Brooklyn Pittsburg

Interschool Rifle Competition Opens Nationwide

Washington reports the first national interschool rifle shooting contest under the National Rifle Association. Public and private school teams compete for the Astor trophy, a gallery championship prize to be held for twenty years and awarded to the school with the most victories.

Washington National Rifle Association United States Astor John Jacob Astor New York

Amateur Boxers Event in Boston Mechanics Hall

Boston hosts a two night amateur boxing championships under the Amateur Athletic Union rules with top US fighters entered. The Boston Athletic Association oversees bouts in Bantamweight to heavyweight with solid gold championship medals for class winners.

Boston America Mechanics’ Hall Amateur Athletic Union Boston Athletic Association

Man shoots three, then poisons self after attack

Horace Schwartz opened fire at his wife’s refuge, wounding her, her brother, and neighbor Phineas Spain. He then drank carbolic acid to kill himself. Mrs. Schwartz is in critical condition while the other men are not seriously hurt. Schwartz was jailed.

Estopinal Louisiana Edwards Georgia Heflin Alabama Hughes Georgin Macon, Dublin and Savannah Macon Dublin Hutchinson Horace Schwartz Phineas Spain

Funeral of Ethan Allen Hitchcock in St Louis

The body of Ethan Allen Hitchcock former secretary of the interior arrived from Washington where he died Friday. After services at the Second Presbyterian church the burial took place this afternoon at Bellefontaine cemetery.

E. A. Hitchcock St. Louis Ethan Allen Hitchcock Secretary of the Interior Washington Second Presbyterian Church Bellefontaine

Yves and Shrubb Matched for Fifteen Mile Race

Henri St Yves the Frenchman who won the recent international Marathon derby has been matched to meet Alfred Shrubb of England in a fifteen mile race at the American League Park on April 24.

Yves Shrubb New York Henri St. Yves Alfred Shrubb England American League Park

Missouri Rate Hike Hearing Deferred

The hearing of the injunction suit against eighteen Missouri railroads to block a threatened passenger rate increase to 3 cents per mile has been postponed for several days in Jefferson City on April 12.

Missouri Jefferson City

Local Social Notes From Keota And Surrounding Towns

Miss Celeste Criz was a Keota caller Saturday. Walter Nicola of Riverside was a city visitor Friday. Charles Brown and Gib Bailey own two fine saddle horses. J B E Wellman and John Yoder of Kalona were business callers Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Twinam of Stanfordsville called in the city Saturday. Mr and Mrs B A Lewis of Oska loosa visited the A Van Sickle home over Sunday. Jack Wilson returned to Chicago Thursday after visiting the Mount home. Mrs C E Mercer and son Philip returned Friday from Oska loosa after visiting the Wilson Mercer home. Miss Wilma Row returned Saturday from Iowa City where she attended teachers' convention. Boyd Smith of Keota was in the city Saturday to take charge of a saddle horse shipped from Mexico Mo and arrived here Saturday. Mrs R R Smith and daughter Alice of Muscatine and Mrs Me Daniel of Davenport spent Saturday with their sister Miss Anna Miller. Miss Edith Bailey after a week's visit with her mother left Saturday for Ft Dodge to resume teaching. The most healthful upbuilding medicine known to science Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea 35 cents Lemmon's pharmacy. Grover Booth arrived Friday evening from Davenport after graduating from Brown's college and will work in Clinton Iowa as stenographer and book keeper.

Boyd Smith Keota City Mexico Edith Bailey J. M. Bailey Ft. Dodge Hollister Rocky Mountain Lemmon’s Grover Booth Davenport Brown's Business College Clinton Iowa

Muscular Rheumatism Relieved by Liniment

More than nine tenths of rheumatism cases are muscular from cold or damp and require no internal treatment. Chamberlains Liniment provides quick relief with a free application. Internal medicines are warned against for chronic muscular rheumatism. For sale by F. L. Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy.

Chamberlain F. L. Stolte Lemmon

Rocky Mountain Tea Ad Promises Clean Health

An old advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a daily cleanser for the stomach bowels blood liver and tissues and lists a price of 35 cents with a call to choose tea or tablets.

Hollister Lemmon’s

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Frank L. Wilson F. G. Fritts Oneonta N. Y Foley E. E. E. White A. T'winam Dougherty Brothers Clothiers W. M. Matthews Havre Foley’s Lemmon’s Pharmacy McElhinney Drug Co Pacific Coast Walmington Oregon Sunset Magazine Far West Sunset Travel Club Flood San Francisco Cal Harriman Roosevelt Ayamias Club Congress Harriman Talking Machine Civil Service Commission Fairmont W. Va Curtis Smith Watson Black Hand Society Fox & Dewey Celeste Criz Walter Nicola Riverside Charles Brown Gib Bailey J. BE. Wellman John Yoder Kalona Boyd Twinam Stanfordsville B.A. Lewis Oskaloosa A. van Sickle Jack Wilson W. AK. Mount C. E. Mercer Philip Wilson Mercer R. R. Smith Alice Me. Daniel Anna Miller Pharmagy Independent Wall Paper Co Silas Ross Oxfords J. A. Harwood Pauls Lumber Co Charley Washington National Bank Washington, Iowa
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