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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1907
Page
2
W R Lytle superintendent of Columbus Junction schools resigns after three years to take charge of a large implement business in Regina Saskatchewan Canada. He will depart when the current school term ends and was well liked in the Junction schools.
A historical notice warns against using catarrh ointments containing mercury and cautions theft of a wheel from a porch. It endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as a mercury free internal remedy and urges buyers to ensure genuineness and to consult physicians.
The Iowa Central Ry offers round trip tickets to Los Angeles and San Francisco from April 25 to May 8 with return by July 31 at one fare. Travel can go via any direct route out and return via a different direct route with stopovers allowed. For details contact agents or A. B. Cutts in Minneapolis.
In DuQuoin Illinois April 25 the where abouts of P H Strawhun secretary treasurer of the district miners organization who disappeared Saturday morning at Cairo remain unknown. It emerges Strawhun drew 1500 of miners union funds Friday before traveling to Cairo and reportedly lost heavily in a gambling game. A theory he was murdered is weakened by his coat and vest found on a river bank with a Cairo to Carbondale ticket and papers. Mark Twain’s Double Barreled Detective Story is denounced as literary junk by Detroit Comptroller Joy criticizing city library purchases.
Earl Dales aged 17 a Brown's Business college student collapsed and died during a ball practice at the fair grounds park. Physicians cited heart trouble and overexertion as the cause.
Cedar Rapids Gazette reports a national movement among Methodist ministers seeking a voice in choosing presiding elders. They urge annual conferences to elect elders, removing appointment power from bishops, with Baltimore 1908 General Conference expected to consider reforms.
Experienced shop offers mower sharpening at 40 cents. Visit Forgey and Mayo at 93b Forgey & Mayo for service and demonstration.
Ella Slayton of Noland Ark writes that health costs 25 cents in a malaria district like a box of Dr King s New Life Pills. The pills cleanse gently and impart new life and vigor to the system. 25c satisfaction guaranteed at Stewart s pharmacy.
Colonel Gresham, a stockbroker turned farmer, is drawn into a bizarre plot by his gardener who claims to have finally grown four colored apples. The plan hinges on using the colonel's blood and side whiskers as the catalyst, leading to a violent confrontation in the barn. The gardener is restrained, and the colonel ultimately loses his prized whiskers and the dream of four colored apples.
Fair tonight with chances of showers Saturday afternoon or night. Warmer tonight and in east and central portions on Saturday. Forecast issued for Iowa from Washington DC with special to The Evening Journal.
The Dalrymple Comedy company brings its seventh annual tour to the Graham Opera House and Washington for the first time. Led by Mina Griffin the troupe includes fourteen performers with vaudeville acts and Brydon's day circus as intermissions. Opening as The King of Tramps the four act comedy drama promises steady entertainments and a strong repertoire. A stray bakery note appears in line near end.
A pamphlet promotes Orive Laxative Fruit Syrup as a cure for chronic constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels to restore normal bowel action. It claims the product does not nauseate or gripe, is mild and pleasant to take, and urges refusing substitutes, sold by all druggists.
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