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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1909
Page
3
Fred Brennan of Alliance Nebraska died after a switching accident in the yards. Funeral rites were conducted by Father Walsh in Riverside. Brennan, 24, worked in the yards and died minutes after the crash, survived by his widowed mother and five sisters and three brothers.
A Marble Rock Journal report notes Edgar Reed has started a small singing business and raises a peculiar animal in the county. The creature weighed about twelve pounds at a week old and reached roughly three feet in length from ears to tail, with a future to grow as Reed feeds it.
Today feels warmer than yesterday with highs near 90. A fair breeze is expected to ease the heat if it continues.
A user from Oak Grove, Ind. Ter. praises Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as never failing to cure. The commercial traveler brandishes the product as essential for trips and notes its availability through F. L. Reed and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Mrs. Lester Arnold and her children Jen Robert and Charles along with Bert Old of Mt. Pleasant are visiting at the home of their sister Mrs. Wilber Miller for several days.
Washington dispatch reports Republicans rushing the tariff conference bill while noting opposition and prayer sparing. It covers how bills are signed and approved, Wilson bill history, and speculative talk on William Jennings Bryan’s Nebraska senate bid versus Bailey, plus agricultural notes on the crow’s surprising virtues.
Vienna West Virginia woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after years of illness. The ad touts the remedy’s roots, lack of narcotics, and claims of widespread cures for female diseases with testimonials and free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
A Clark University study by A J Kinnman compares human and rhesus monkey thinking. The monkey learns to open a locked food box by motion patterns, not by grasping the key as an instrument, illustrating divergent concepts of knowing.
New moving pictures at Airdome to night and tomorrow night. Admission five cents.
Two shows once led by Col. William F. Cody and Major Gordon W. Lillie merge into an allied entertainment combining Far East and Far West acts. The act features living depictions of historic eras with diverse performers from buffalo bill to Arabian acrobats and Dervishes.
The 1909 Washington County Chautauqua opens tomorrow with a Rounds Orchestra concert as the first attraction. Daily programs include Dr Albert Bushnell, Prof John Griffith, and Prof W C Wilcox, followed by Senator Gore speaking on Social Duty.
Mrs. A. M. Trimble of Chariton and her daughter Mrs. Miller of Leon returned home after a short visit at the L. J. Cherry residence. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Brinton came back Saturday from a trip east to Chautauqua dates in Indiana. They enjoyed two shows at Waveland and large crowds in Columbus Junction.
A pastor and his wife visit a widow with a lively boy. The dialogue turns on her intelligence and attitude, as the wife notes she is strongly negative, since every remark to the boy begins with Dont Johnny.
A Kansas City Journal item records a brief exchange where Mrs. B asks if she would be forgotten if he dies and Mr. B replies he would not, noting the doctor warned he will suffer from dyspepsia for life.
A Kansas City Journal item notes a man found a dollar and heard praise, yet shattered his eyeglasses while stopping to pick up the bill. The brief says the lucky pick up turned unlucky due to the damaged glasses.
An idealist urges owning up to statements you regret while Senator Sorghum counters that admitting self-doubt after an apology only deepens regret. The exchange probes accountability and remorse in public discourse.
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