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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1912

Page

8

Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound Endorsed by Lee Pharmacy

A. S. Jones of Lee Pharmacy Chico California praises Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound as an unparalleled cough medicine free of narcotics or harmful properties. He notes it is the only remedy he can recommend. The product is shown in a yellow package. Lemmon’s Pharmacy also carries it.

A. S. Jones Lee Pharmacy Chico Cal Foley & Co Foley Lemmon Rmacy

Humbert hails from New York complaining of American food

Pierre Humbert Jr a New Yorker and engineer arrives in Antwerp with wife and daughter claiming American food is impure and unsafe to eat. He criticizes New York storage and pure food laws while urging enforcement and jailed trust leaders.

Antwerp America Pierre Humbert, Jr New Yorker Lyle New York Humbert California Great American Trust

Pennsylvania Hibernians Open 48th Biennial Convention

In McKeesport Pennsylvania the forty eighth biennial state convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians opens with 700 delegates attending. The sessions are held at the new home of the McKeesport division of the order.

McKeesport Ancient Order of Hibernians of Pennsylvania Order

Merital Wair Tonic Endorsed by American Drug and Press Association

A promotional notice states the American Drug and Press Association authorizes its members to guarantee Merital Wair Tonic as a superior remedy. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises it with claims of uniqueness and invites customers to try a trial.

American Drug and Press Association Lemmon

The Cooling Moth Threatens Iowa Apple Crops

Ames Iowa August 19 Prof S A Beach head of horticultural work at Iowa State College says the codling moth costs Iowa apple growers more money than any other pest and many orchards suffer severe losses in the southwest. Entomologist R I Webster notes that spraying can control the pest and notes timing for a second brood spray, with southern Iowa needing it by early July and Story County by July 1.

Ames S. A. Beach Iowa State College Iowa R. I. Webster The College Experiment Station Lawa Mr. Webster Story County

Muscatine Hosts In County Veterans Reunion Delegation

The congregational church lends its space for afternoon and evening activities. The Commercial club provides a brass band and quarters for veterans and auxiliary societies. Pearl pin badges will be given to visitors. General Sehernes reports likely large attendance from Iowa and Tennessee. The club supplies wagons for rides and transport for invalids in the procession. All old soldiers Spanish War veterans Daughters of the American Revolution urged to attend. Muscatine touted as patriotic, seeking a delegation from Washington County.

Commercial Club Aisk GG. W. Sehernes Kelloge Iowa Muscatine Washington County

Meritol Rezema Remedy Ad Promotes Skin Cure

An old advertisement from Lemmon's Pharmacy urges readers not to neglect eczema and skin troubles and to buy Meritol Rezema Remedy for a promised cure. The ad emphasizes personal care and urges immediate purchase.

Lemmon

Indian couple killed by two engines near Tama

John Lone, 25, and Lucy Scott Lone, 18, Mesquaki Indians living near Tama, were killed when struck by two locomotives on Northwestern tracks. They had attended a circus in Marshalltown, then walked along the tracks toward the reservation. The engines ran backward. both victims were mangled. The couple married just three weeks earlier.

Tama John Lome Lucy Scott Lone Lone Marshalltown Wag

Freak Apple Tree Surprises Mt Pleasant Gardeners

A freak apple tree owned by Mrs. McNeil north of the railroad track produced four pear shaped apples growing directly from the trunk. Horticulturists and locals marveled as the fruit enlarged while the owner, fearing theft, harvested the odd apples before a photograph could be taken.

Mt. Pleasant

Iowa State College hires expert to boost apple growing

Ames is set to welcome Robert S Herrick of Colorado as a key extension department appointee. He will organize apple packing schools, teach growers marketing, and conduct lectures and demonstrations at fairs and horti cultural meetings. He will assist pruning and spraying practices and promote truck gardening development across Iowa.

Ames Lowa Iowa State College Robert S. Herrick Colorado Iowa

State Inspectors Likely To Inspect Des Moines State Fair Grounds

Des Moines reports a scare at Hingling circus prompts talk that state inspectors will conduct a thorough check of all state fair grounds and buildings. Officials want to identify any weak safety spots as crowds gather at pavilions and the race track.

Des Moines Hianagera Ake Au

Mountain climber in critical condition after West trip

Cedar Falls reported Dr. J Jensen, who recently returned from the West, is critically ill at his home with heart trouble brought on by overexertion. The physician had just completed a trip upward and plans for rest were noted.

Cedar Falls J. Jensen

Mount Rainier Climber Reaches Summit in One Day

A climber returning from Mount Rainier near Tacoma with William Sunday Jr. faced a three day ascent plan advised by the guard. Grave fears are entertained for his recovery after he was stricken while attending services last Sunday evening at the Danish Bethlehem Church.

Mount Ranier Tacoma William Sunday, Jr

Pension checks ready for mailing to Iowa Civil War veterans

Des Moines reports that over 30,000 Iowa veterans and widows will receive long overdue pension checks after the senate yielded to the house in the pension agency dispute. Dispatches from Washington say the checks are ready for mailing at all pension agencies.

Des Moines Iowa Senate House Washington

Gas leak traps five diggers in Knoxville sewer

Nova Kennedy, one of five men overcome by gas while digging in a Knoxville sewer ditch, remains in serious condition while four colleagues recover. A large digging machine tore open a gas main and the workers were overcome before reaching the surface. Helpers and three physicians revived them.

Knoxville Nova Kennedy

Western Old People's Home Opens in Cedar Falls

The Western Old People's home honoring the Pfeiffer and Merner families opened on Thursday in Cedar Falls. Evangelist Alliance of the West takes charge with Bishop Spreng of Cleveland overseeing, as many applications were received and carefully screened.

Cedar Falls Old People’s Home Henry Pfeiffer D. Merner Evangelist Alliance of the West Bishop Spreng Cleveland

Iowa City Boys Undertake Long Canoe Trip

Four venture some Iowa City boys Don Luscombe Arthur Bailey Paul Smith and Allen Smith left town for a canoe trip on the Iowa and Mississippi rivers two thirds of the way to the Gulf of Mexico. Don Luscombe and Allen Smith will return around September 10 while the others continue downstream likely shipping their canoe back from Memphis.

Iowa City Don Luscombe Arthur Bailey Paul Allen Smith Iowa Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Memphis

Gossip Sparks Tense Reconciliation Question

A fragment notes a remark about Adele and Mary causing uneasy tension as gossip circulated. The line suggests the remark gave them a choice in handling the rumor and warned them not to repeat it to each other.

Adele Mary

Saxo Salve touted for eczema relief for babies

In a promotional notice Sherman Bros. Drugists claim Saxo Salve stops itching and burning from eczema and rashes, absorbs into the skin to destroy germs, and promises satisfaction with a money back guarantee if not effective for eruptions and similar troubles.

Sherman Bros., Druggista Washington

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