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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1909
Page
4
There is a vast difference between current up-to-date drug stores and old methods. Our duty and pride drive a well equipped store in this region. Prescription filling is a specialty with pure drugs and a private recording system to prevent errors. Prices are modest.
Baltimore April 24 The first race at Pimlico today marks the start of the eastern racing season. The meet runs through May 12 with unusual interest as Pimlico is the only U S track permitting open betting attracting followers from across the country.
Fred H. Smith, treasurer of the George H. Paul Land Co.,享 celebrated his thirty-fifth birthday with co workers in the Paul offices. The day featured numerous packages, a dinner at home with Mrs. Smith, and the presentation of an oak rocking chair. A lemon tied with blue ribbon revealed a diamond ring, the final memorable gift as colleagues toasted him for his cheerful energy and business spirit.
Frank H. Leonard of Brooklyn gave the annual Christian Science lecture to a small attentive audience hosted by the local church in the opera house last night. Robt. Louden of Fairfield introduced him as a welcome and introductory speaker. Several out of town attendees joined the audience from Fairfield Oskaloosa and Cedar Rapids.
Emmet T. Wickham announces a Masonic school of instruction starting Monday evening and ending Wednesday evening. All members are urged to attend if possible.
Clark Hoskins of Brighton has been spending a few days in the city and was a passenger for his home this morning.
At the regular meeting of I G White post on Tuesday evening a committee was appointed to arrange Memorial Day on May 31. The appointees are John Alex Young 8S A White Col W B Pell S W Neal and J H Stewart for 60-2 efforts.
Max Kurtz called at Ainsworth today. Miss Lottie Jarvis visited Winfield. Mr and Mrs J A Ferguson were Havre callers. M B A members urged to attend Tuesday initiation. Clarence Stephenson rode to Eldon for an over Sunday visit with his family. Mas ter John Boileau accompanied his mother Mrs G W Boileau to Columbus Junction for a Sunday stay with her ill mother Mrs E J Wilson.
A Dublin gentleman recounts a four year old boy Willie joining his parents for a visit to Glasnevin Cemetery. The child fears but bravely accompanies them, later asking why he must return home, revealing a child's quiet courage before death. The tale highlights a rare display of heroism in the face of mortality.
Join D Rockefeller, the oil magnate, has become a skilled golfer and says Forest Hill near Cleveland must be stiffer. He plans to add ten bunkers now and more later, spending long hours each summer driving balls. He told his superintendent to have the course ready early and to make it stiff.
A Boston petition seeks legislative incorporation of a company to build a Masonic temple in Jerusalem, birthplace of Freemasonry. Promoters favor a Solomon era design to honor the craft with the temple managed by the proposed corporation as details for purchasing the site are pending.
A campaigned effort from Adamsville Tennessee aims to erect a memorial church on the Shiloh battlefield site. The project seeks a cost of at least ten thousand dollars with a permanent donor register to be kept on display for visitors.
Scotland and England agree to forget past grievances and erect a commemorative monument on Flodden field to honor the courage of their 1513 ancestors. The battle, a clash where firearms counted little, saw both sides influenced by King James' chivalry and English longbow superiority.
F Piter in New York Sun notes a humorous comparison between the national opening and the infamous Black Hole of Calcutta, asserting the knothole in the fence is far more popular as a jest.
Washington April 24 After 24 hours of counting the Daughters of the American Revolution split the biennial election with Mrs. Matthew T. Scott of Illinois winning president general by 436 votes to 428 for Mrs Story. Mrs Andrew Tulley of this city was elected vice president general in charge of organizations amid a noisy scene.
Cipriano Castro arrived in Paris supported by attendants and stayed at a modest hotel. He blamed the United States for measures against him and claimed to be a victim while defending weak rights in Europe and at The Hague.
Taken as directed, it becomes the greatest curative agent for the relief of suffering humanity ever devised. It's Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea, the surest remedy. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. Lemmon's pharmacy.
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