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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1912
Page
8
The Jersey cow sale planned for Saturday by It W Walter was postponed after shipment revealed tuberculin test papers were not properly issued by the Ohio veterinary. Walter will return about May 25 with healthy, guaranteed cows and a tested herd ready for sale.
The annual convention of the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church in the Muscatine district will be held at West Liberty on April 30 and May 1. Washington guests Mrs. Emma Anderson and Mrs. George Brinton join the program with devotion, reports, and addresses.
A dated medicine advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. It states a money refund by FE. W. GROVE and a 26 cent price on each box.
A humorous antiquated meditation on baseball praising the sport while poking at fans umpires and players. It notes the lucrative nature of pro careers and contrasts players with heavy humor about age and gambling card games. It comments on public attitudes and entertainment value in a light satirical tone.
The Rev. A. B. Smith, Methodist pastor, departs for Minneapolis to attend the United Methodist general conference as a Iowa Conference delegate. Services during May feature visiting pastors with union gatherings May 12 and 26 and daily prayer meetings led by local leaders.
Washington loses an 11 inning game to Winfield 8 to 7 at Winfield after a ga me marked by seventeen errors. Critz of Washington fanned ten and scored on a late miscall after Cru z stole second. Reece and Cotter drove runs for Winfield. Clapper and Goode starred for Washington in a lengthy, error riddled contest.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. The ad claims the medicine cures by acting on blood and mucous surfaces and offers $100 for any case it fails to cure. Includes testimonials and Toledo Ohio address.
Drugstore advertised PAZO OINTMENT promises cure for itching bleeding and protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. Text emphasizes guaranteed relief and refund policy with price 50 cents.
Lemmon's Pharmacy touts Monitor White Liniment as a fast acting inflammation and soreness reducer claiming about one third the time of usual treatment and calls it an unrivaled general household remedy.
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