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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1911
Page
3
End the misery of dyspepsia today with a free trial box at the drug store. The tablets melt in the stomach, soothe inflamed tissues, and help the stomach digest naturally so you can eat freely and sleep better.
New York reports Miss Myralita Cutler the first ambulance nurse in the United States and assistant to Dr. Lorenz affirms Harvard Professor Dudley Sargent that women have greater physical endurance. She notes women stay calm on the operating table but grow peevish after surgery seeking constant nurse attention.
In the Ozarks Hiram Scranton of Clay City Illinois, plagued by consumption symptoms, found no relief until Dr King’s New Discovery. He credits it with saving his life and enabling him to work again. The remedy treats lung diseases and is sold with trial bottles free and a price of 50 cents or one dollar, guaranteed by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Chicago April 24 Carl A Badsing was found guilty of poisoning his second wife Mabel Reid Badsing by a jury in the criminal court after a one hour deliberation. Judge Kersten sentenced him to life imprisonment. A motion for a new trial was made by his attorney.
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a quick relief for catarrh. It instructs inhaling steam from boiling water with Hyomei and promises rapid relief of stuffed nose and related symptoms. It lists a 50 cent bottle and a complete outfit for $1.00 with a money back guarantee.
Clarence Dunham shared astonishing experiments with electric light to boost hen lay rates at a chicken show in Council Bluffs area. His hens began laying two to four eggs daily after intensified lighting, though several birds later died of stress. Dunham aims to speak to the local association to explain his methods.
The Commercial Club campaign succeeded in relocating the Adventist academy from Stuart to Nevada. The Stuart property will be sold and a new campus built at about $20,000, with occupancy planned for the next school year. The site lies west of the newer Adventist sanitarium near Lynn Street, facing the south end of the street.
Ida Grove Iowa April 240 County Auditor Warner compiles county crop statistics showing gradual farming changes with more wheat being raised each year more sheep being fed and more alfalfa produced in the area.
The county shows 4,100,571 bushels of corn and 2,059,53 bushels of oats for last year. Housewives collected 512,561 dozen eggs, plus 8,261 sheep and 11 cows milked. There are 10,010 horses, pigs, mules and 40,609 cattle with 15,300 cattle sold for slaughter. Shipped in for feeding details also noted. In Des Moines on April 24 the session nears end with possible vetoes on insurance law revisions due to wording issues and unsettled references amid ongoing debates.
A fifty one car train loaded with carpets moved through Clinton on the North Western railway Tuesday afternoon. It is described as the longest train ever devoted to transporting one kind of merchandise and possibly the longest single variety of wares carried across the continent from New York to San Francisco.
Keokuk Iowa signs a two year publicity plan with N W Aver Son of Philadelphia to advertise the city. The agreement, reported by Keokuk Industrial association president C R Joy, marks the firm’s first city advertising contract. Conover, western division manager in Chicago, closed the deal yesterday.
Root Juice has helped many since its launch three years ago for chronic stomach troubles weak kidneys and general debility. Readers are urged to visit Lennnon's Pharmacy to learn more about the medicine praised for relief from bloating belching heartburn sick stomach rheumatism and kidney complaints.
The council noted that the company delivers exceptionally abundant water and could supply better water than the city. The petition was referred to the judiciary committee for further study.
Mrs. Gertrude Marshall widow of J. W. Marshall executor seeks $15000 in a damges case against the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway Co alleging engineer Dugeleby caused a wreck on the Burlington street line in February 1911. She contends the locomotive was part of a faulty scheme built at the Valley Junction shop and was unfit for service.
Dr. David T Day of the United States geological survey told a Chicago audience that Illinois and California will be leading oil producers. He cited Centralia area development as a pivotal event and noted proximity to Chicago enables cheap piping to Whiting refinery, boosting California’s industrial potential through abundant fuel value.
Chicago owner Martin A. Ryerson has given a Muskegon burial plot near the center to the city with the condition that it be kept as a park. The promise came with a note about many famed chiefs buried there, emphasizing preservation of the site.
Rexall Store offers free trial of Rexall Orderlies claiming to relieve chronic constipation by toning nerves and muscles of the large intestine. The candy like chewables target bowels with neutral action on other organs and promise satisfaction with two sizes 1c and 25. Sold at Cook & Sherman at the corner of Square.
The Jefferson County Gas Oil and Mineral company asks a city franchise to lay water mains and supply Fairfield residents from a deep well on the town’s eastern edge. A test conducted recently prompted the petition, with potential impact on local water supply and competition in the city’s water business.
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