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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
5
New York reports Broadway bars and cabarets struggle after prohibition tightens. Bartenders fear bankruptcy as demand for cocktails vanishes, prices rise and eateries shift to food service, with owners hoping for repeal or new profitable ventures.
W C Ramsey secretary of the state will address the convention explaining the new automobile law and treasurers duties. The state convention of county officials meets in Muscatine August 19 and 20 with prominent speakers aiding the event. Coinciding with this will be the treasurers auditors and recorders associations convention.
Advertises Zemo medical ointment sold at drug stores for 35 cents or one dollar for a large bottle. Claims instant relief from itching and speedy healing of eczema blotches ringworm rashes and other skin diseases. Describes Zemo as non greasy easily applied and affordable with distribution by EBW Rose Co Cleveland O.
A special program marks the occasion with a watermelon feast featuring melons grown for the event by Theodore Drake a farmer living near Muscatine.
Arrangements are being perfected for a cooperative oil filling station at Winfield Iowa near the Farmers National Bank. It will be financed on a cooperative plan with gasoline and oils sold at low prices and investors receiving a liberal interest. The plant will cost about 5000 dollars and be modern in design as the first such venture in the state.
Aug 7 Iowa records the first aeroplane wedding as Miss Marjorie Colby wed P Oleson of McGregor. Oleson carried his bride away in an airship to be married at Sheffield. George Seales of Waterloo flew to Clear Lake for a weekend visit with his wife and daughter at the Oaks hotel, noting a one hour trip against a strong wind.
R P Felton, representative for the Lake Itasca Dubuque division of the Mississippi River Scenic Highway association, visited McGregor to push marking and improvement of the highway from Lake Itasca to New Orleans, with plans to mark the entire division to Dubuque this summer. He joined North Iowa Pike boosters from South Dakota and Iowa towns along the route.
Oscar Lawler a victim of the Los Angeles bombing spent his boyhood in Marshalltown Iowa. Born in the city forty four years ago he grew to prominence as an assistant attorney general under Taft and later a Southern California district attorney. The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce has offered fifty thousand dollars for the conviction of the perpetrators. His legal battles with the MacNamaras are noted as a possible motive for the attack.
The War Department loosens terms for surplus subsistence stores and enables shipment on consignment to municipalities unable to buy by charter. Mayors or local officials supervise distribution or appoint agents. Prices, terms, and minimum quantities are set with designated surplus property officers in major U S cities.
An irritable disposition is linked to indigestion. A man with good digestion is usually good natured. For indigestion or constipation, Chamberlain's Tablets strengthen the stomach and ease bowel movement. Lemmon's Drug Store.
Amusements note that Tom Mix never misses and his latest Fox photoplay "The Wilderness Trail" from Williams’s Can fur trapping tale is touted as the best yet It features Colleen Moore as the lead and will be shown at the Fox Friday auction.
An impressive cast and a lively program feature snow scenery unmatched on screen and two fierce Tom Mix fights. Charles Kenyon wrote the scenario and Edward J. Le Saint directed. Billy West appears in a two part comedy to round out the program.
Memorial Hospital Mount Pleasant Iowa reports favorable nationwide updates as more patients from across the country seek or require surgical treatment, reflecting ongoing improvements in patient care and facility services.
A Dupuyer Montana hotel man F H Dear recounts four years of successful use with Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy and recommends it to friends. Lemmons Pharmacy and druggists everywhere advertise Advyt.
Separation from family and heavy expenses weigh in favor of a proposed Henry County memorial. Mount Pleasant offers Saunder Grove park as the site. Physicians support the plan and a special election is expected next month.
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