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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1908

Page

5

Royal market offers fresh vegetables daily

A column item notes fresh vegetables available every day at the Royal market. It also records social snippets including Mrs George Yeager of Crawfordsville registering at the Rest Room, Chas Hahn traveling to Keokuk, and Miss Orba Mayer visiting Talleyrand area.

Royal Market George Yeager Crawfordsville Chas. Hahn Keokuk Orba Mayer John Henry Hame Talleyrand George Garvin Cedar Rapids Daniels West Chester Stuart & McCreedy Mutual Doors South P. 0

Early Ohio Potatoes Offer Superior Quality and Value

Claims the Minnesota Early Ohio potatoes are the best in town for yield and beauty. Asserts higher productivity and better overall potatoes than competing seed potatoes. States Minnesota potatoes are priced no higher than other Minnesota Early Ohio varieties that are inferior.

Minnesota

Early Ohies Offered at Low Prices

Local sellers tout “nice home grown” Early Ohies at very low prices in a brief classifieds-style notice. The ad highlights affordability and domestic origin, urging quick contact and limited availability.

Local News Briefs from The County News Ainsworth

April 21 item notes include Mr. and Mrs. Lindley Coon returning to Newton after visiting relatives. Reports the death of Mrs. Maud Huckaba of Keota and funeral attendance in Keota. Various residents, including Mrs. Chas McCreedy and Sherman, Mrs. Lizzie Supplee, Miss Mary Marr, and Mrs. W Trotter, travel to Iowa City or Washington for visits or funerals.

Lindley Coon Newton Maud Huckaba Keota Chas.McCreedy Sherman Iowa City Elizabeth Flanigan Wm. Hollen Rubio M. AL. Miller Washington Lizzie Supplee Mary Marr W. T. Trotter May Bell Cotter Tomlinson

Mrs Jane G Kerr dies after long illness in Iowa

Mrs Jane Gordon Kerr died yesterday afternoon at 1 30 at her daughter's home north of the city after a thirteen year illness from a tumorous growth and old age. Born March 4 1833 in Indiana county Pennsylvania she married Jonathan Kerr April 12 1855 and moved west to Illinois before the Civil War before settling in Iowa. Seven children survive including William B Kerr David Scott Kerr Margaret Jane Cook Ella M Kerr Laura Belle Minner and two deceased Lida and Plummer Kerr. Funeral today at 2 from the R P Minner residence with Rev W Fisher officiating and burial in the city cemetery

Jane Kerr R. P. Mintier Jane Gordon Kerr Indiana County Pennsylvania Jonathan Kerr Ilinois Iowa William B. Kerr David Scott Kerr Mexico Margaret Jane Cook Warrensburg Ella M. Kerr Laura Belle Minner Lida and Plummer

Crawfordsville Gossipy Notes and Local Travel Reports

In Crawfordsville on April 21 Mrs Rev W G Robertson returned from a five week stay at Glenwood Springs Colorado Farrel Huston resumed school in Iowa City after spring vacation G W Nickolaus and J R Rickey traveled to Washington in their auto BE J Davidson went to Washington on business Mrs Frank Strain and granddaughter Miss Georgia Gault visited Washington Robert McElhinney from Morning Sun was a business caller and Robert Moore with son Fred of Columbus City were visitors.

W. G. Robertson Glenwood Springs Colo Farrel Huston Iowa City G. W. Nickolaus J. R. Rickey Washington BE. J. Davidson Frank Strain Georgia Gault Robert McElhinney Morning Sun Robert Moore Fred Columbus City

New Vitality Promised by Foley Kidney Remedy

Readers receive assurances that friends will congratulate them on improved appearance after using Foley's Kidney Remedy which tones the system and imparts vigor. The remedy is claimed to cure backache nervous exhaustion and kidney and bladder troubles with a prompt start advised at Lemmon's Pharmacy.

Foley Lemmon’s Pharmacy

Carpet Cleaning Co Notice Seeks Orders From East Side

Send your carpets to the Carpet Cleaning Co. phone all orders to the east side restaurant No 73 or see Thomas Dewees and they will be promptly attended to Prices in grain 244 cents Brussels 3% cents heavy rugs 5 cents a yard We also pay drayage both ways Satisfaction guaranteed. 576

Carpet Cleaning Co East Side Thomas Dewees Ingrain Brussels

Harmeier Returns to University Work in Iowa City

KE J Harmeier left for Iowa City to resume university duties after a home vacation.

KE. J. Harmeier Iowa City University

Land agent heads to Kansas City for Standard Land Co.

G. A. Smith departed this morning for Kansas City to conduct his regular land party to the southwest in the interests of the Standard Land Co.

G. A. Smith Kansas City Standard Land Co

Mysterious Joliet Shooting Leaves Saloonman Dead

Arthur Yack, a wealthy Joliet saloon owner, lies dying from a chest wound after a mysterious shooting near the Commercial quarry. A young woman, giving a fictitious name, appeared distraught, claimed two would be robbers attacked them, then vanished as police searched for her and answers.

Joliet Arthur Yack Yack

Russian Expeditionary Force in Peril Near Belostvar

An alarming report from Tiff ls describes a small Russian expeditionary unit in Persia besieged by a superior Persian force of brigands and nomads. The Russians sought infantry artillery and cavalry reinforcements as floods hinder relief efforts.

Tiff_ls Persia Belostvar

Temperance saloons run by son of preacher in Minneapolis

Minneapolis on April 21 reports six temperance saloons run by J. E. Rogers, son of a Methodist preacher, denying liquor to drunk, intoxicated, or financially distressed patrons. Rogers says a decent bar run properly can be a force for good.

Minneapolis Nquor J. E. Rogers Rogers

No New Receiver for This Bank

New York April 21. Attorney General Jackson's bid for new receivers for the Oriental bank was denied by Justice Dowling in the supreme court. Dowling held the appellate division's recent decision upholding Justice O'Gorman's removal of Henry Schneider and the Carnegie Trust company as temporary trustees was conclusive.

New York Jackson Orinetal Bank Justice Dowling Supreme Court Appellate Division Justice O'Gorman Henry Schneider Carnegie Trust Company The Oriental

Seedless pear tree found by Indiana horticulturist Fran Osborn

Hagerstown Indiana April 21 Fran Osborn a horticulturist at Economy in this county reports discovering a seedless pear tree. The seedless variety produced its first crop last fall and bears large yellow fruit with red blush firm white flesh and fine flavor.

Hagerstown Ind Fran Osborn Beres

Henry Chadwick Dies at 83 Father of Baseball

Henry Chadwick 83, famed for shaping early baseball and known as the father of baseball, died in Brooklyn from pneumonia and heart disease. The Brooklyn resident was a noted writer on baseball topics and an authority on the game's rules, leaving a lasting impact on the sport.

New York Henry Chadwick Brooklyn Chadwick

Mme Gould to Take an Automobile Trip in Italy

Naples on April 21 reports Mme Anna Gould will arrive April 23 aboard the steamer Friedrich der Grosse from New York and then voyage north by automobile through Italy. She must return her children to Paris by May 1 per a French court order.

Naples Mme Anna Gould New York Italy Gould Paris

New Egg Gathering Record Reported at Low Point

Peoria April 21 gathering 10 000 dozens of eggs in one week set a new record. John Haverstahl at Low Point 1 received an order from Boston to rush the shipment and was given one week. The purchase price was 12 and a half cents.

Peoria John Haverstahl Boston

Judge’s Advice to Women Sparks Local Debate

Port Huron April 21 Police Justice Bene dict sentenced W J Morgan to pay 10 dollars and released his wife Violet from custody. Violet described as not demure, allegedly attacked Morgan by grabbing his neck and delivering uppercuts near the county jail, in a rare courtroom remark urging wives to defend against intoxicated husbands.

Port Huron Mich Benedict W. J. Morgan Violet

Death of E F Brockway Ends Des Moines Area Resident

Des Moines dispatch notes Brockway, a former local resident, died yesterday morning. The bulletin accompanies farm weather summary highlighting unusually favorable spring conditions across the state with above normal temperatures and light rainfall, promoting seeding, plowing, and crop prospects while reporting weaker stock conditions in northern counties due to scarce winter feed.

Des Moines Iowa Appanoose Des Moines River

Letts Man E F Brockway Dies At 75 A Temperance Leader

Letts Iowa April 21 E F Brockway stock raiser and prominent temperance advocate died at his home three miles south of Letts after a week long illness of heart failure He was 75 and survived by wife and three children Miss Alice Brockway Libbie Darrow and James Brockway state secretary of the Corn Belt Meat Producers association Funeral will be Wednesday at 10 from the family residence conducted by Rev Longnecker of the Methodist church Interment in Grandview cemetery Muscatine Journal

Letts Iowa E. F. Brockway Here Brockway Washington County Libbie Darrow Alice Brockway James Brockway Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association Muscatine County Mr. Longnecker Methodist Church Grandview Cemetery

Water rents due at F L Stoke drug store

Water rents are due and payable at the F L Stoke drug store on the west side square as formerly. Books will be left until May 15. Water consumers are requested to call prior to this date.

Thez F. L. Stoke Drug Store West Side Square

Foley's Honey and Tar Promoted for Cough Remedy

An advertisement urges choosing Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds saying it cures stubborn racking coughs and expels the illness without harmful drugs. Lemmon's Pharmacy is listed as the source.

Foley Lemmon's Pharmacy

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