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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1908
Page
3
The Barker company presents a fine program at the opera house this Saturday the 18th featuring Out of Work and Desperate a tale of a man out of work who seizes a sea voyage to escape abuse. Jack helps him and a cabin boy evade a brutal mate then cannibals before returning home. Admission 10 20 and 30 cents.
The notice urges choosing Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs or colds claiming it cures the most obstinate racking cough and expels the cold. It states the remedy contains no harmful drugs and is available at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
The Democratic committeemen will meet next Saturday at 2 o'clock at the J. J. and S. J. Kellogg office. The business to be considered is of much importance and a full attendance is imperative. A. J. Laird, Chairman. 51-31
Miss Carrie Harden of Bowling Green Kentucky testifies that kidney and bladder trouble caused much pain until Foley's Kidney Remedy. She reports relief after the first bottle and complete recovery after the second. Lemmon's Pharmacy distributes the remedy.
A big program of late moving pictures will be shown by this company at the opera house Saturday evening. Prices are 10 20 and 30 cents. See colored pictures with spectacular effects as part of the program. Make your arrangements to attend this attraction.
Mrs Joseph Semple and Mrs Mark Quinn of 419 East Front Street departed yesterday afternoon for Washington to visit friends for a short time, as noted in the Muscatine Journal dated April 14.
A 19th century note explains typewriters imitate Japanese ideograms, Arabic and Syriac scripts already used widely while Turkish script remains restricted by customs. Baghdad with 200000 residents reportedly has twenty machines. Syria, Ter sia, India use Syriac Arabic and French scripts. Chinese resists.
A colossal clock is to be erected on the roof of a Jersey City soap plant facing the Hudson. It will be the world’s largest, with a 28 foot dial and over 1,134 square feet of display area. The minute hand weighs a third of a ton and travels 23 inches per minute, lighting outlines will let people miles away read the time at night, and it will be regulated to Washington standard time.
Yale will offer twenty seven electives next year under a common head for a department of business methods. Courses cover banking insurance railroads and commerce with topics on nineteenth century commerce policy corporation economies morals in modern business management trade statistics and forestry management with Gifford Pinchot as instructor.
One of Ouida the late novelist's three dogs found beside her during poverty and illness to die near Leghorn. Ruffino died of starvation. Nerino and Titania were near death. They were sent to the British consul with Ouida's effects. The consul spared them, keeping one and giving Titania to Captain McLean of the Algeria. Captain McLean praised Titania's affectionate nature.
A poetic tribute by Jennie Porter Pardee in the New York Tribune laments the destruction of the Fifth Avenue Hotel in Manhattan on May 1. The piece mourns the loss of a historic landmark, recalling the hotel’s grandeur and long-standing place in American hospitality as it is torn down piece by piece.
Local notes report four expert artists visiting the Globe and getting long faces cleaned up. J. H. McCleary returns home to Crawfordsville from a visit, and Mrs. Thomas comes home after visiting relatives at Mediapolis. Mrs. George Maxwell returns to Crawfordsville after a day in the city. Miss Mida Dodds travels from Oskaloosa to New York via Crawfordsville. Carl Higgins Dora Montgomery and Joanna Kyle return home from Iowa City for a short university break.
The Barker moving picture show presents Francesca Di Rimini a tale of two brothers who fall for the same girl. The feature is part of a diverse program shown at the opera house this Saturday evening the 18th. Sherman McCreedy ill after return to town from Ainsworth. P M Powelson buys and plans remodeling residence on East Jefferson through Ashby agency for rental.
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