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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1909
Page
8
Local farmer Sam Anderson praises Root Juice and Oze It Pain Oil after relief from years of rheumatic pain and back trouble. He bought six bottles and liniment after initial improvement and reports lasting cure. Sold by J. E. Lemmon at one bottle or three bottles for 2.50.
R G Jones left this morning on the Burlington train bound for Dallas 8 D where he will spend about two weeks on business.
Calon A M Turner acts as authorized agent for the Singer Sewing Machine Co offering new Singer machines to customers. Contact details appear in the note.
A Springfield merchant reports his son diagnosed with consumption was deemed hopeless by two doctors yet after three weeks using Dr King’s New Discovery the boy recovered. The testimonial asserts the remedy fights coughs colds and serious lung diseases. Trial bottle offered.
John Jacob Effort died last night at his home near the city after a long paralysis illness that began in 1906. He was 86 years old and survived by six children. Born in Charleston South Carolina on November 27 1822 he married Nancy Armstrong in 1842 and lived in Illinois Iowa and finally Louisa County. The Presbyterian was a member. Funeral at 1 30 Thursday from the Effort home with Rev J C Abels officiating. Interment in Elm Grove Cemetery.
Jay Saunders residing southeast of Brighton brought several horses to the city to dispose of. Mrs A DeMarco and her son Frank of Texarkana Texas were summoned to Pine Island Minnesota due to the sudden death of brother James La Rock. They left on the early train. William Louis and Oscar Jugenheimer traveled to Sigourney for the funeral of Mrs Paul Seeber this afternoon. Mr and Mrs Paul Jugenheimer of Davenport were en route to Sigourney to attend the same funeral. Mrs Seeber is sister in law of Mrs Wm Jugenheimer Sr who also proceeded to Sigourney yesterday.
Describes imminent deposition of Sultan Abdul Hamid and a likely rise of Mehmed Rechad Effendi. Reports about garrison reallocations, a court martial, and calls by senators to abdicate under ecclesiastical law. Refugees from Deurtyu allege 100,000 Armenians besieged by 50,000 Moslems with dire starvation inside.
President Taft and cabinet members attend the Union League Grant birthday banquet in Philadelphia with figures like Secretary Wilson and Postmaster General Hitchcock. General Frederick Dent Grant also attends while Vice President Sherman misses due to Brooklyn engagement. The city flags the president’s visit as he enters by rail with cheers.
Mrs. Margaret Munro, formerly of Seventy Six township Iowa, died in Omaha Nebraska yesterday morning at age eighty five. Born in Edinburgh Scotland she came to the United States at eighteen settling in Pottsville Pennsylvania before moving to Iowa in 1868. She leaves four surviving children David West Chester John Spokane George and Mary Omaha plus ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements call for burial in the city cemetery beside her husband after a Second United Presbyterian church service.
Solomon W. Reed died April 17 after a three month decline. A veteran of Gettsyburg and Malvern Hill, he served in the army for three years four months and lost part of his right hand. He taught for 34 years, married Elizabeth Palmer, lived in Pennsylvania Iowa and Missouri, and had a daughter Laura Bell Reed who married James Q. Fairbanks. Reed was a faithful United Presbyterian and a lifelong Republican who never missed a vote. He died at 75 with his family near, and Capt John Matthews Post G A R conducted his funeral with honors.
Mmes M E DeLong and Daisy McFarland of Crawfordsville pass through en route to Ainsworth for a day trip. Rev Father J M Walsh travels to Marengo for a few days. W L Dusenberry leaves for Bloomington to coordinate a Gulf Coast excursion. Chamberlains Colic remedy promoted by Lemmons Pharmacy.
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