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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
5
A compact digest of local events reported by correspondents. Community notices cover gatherings, appointments, and notable happenings across multiple towns, highlighting how residents engage with civic and social activities during the day.
John Shradel visited friends in Iowa City while Mrs. A L Jordan returned from Webster. Burt Flynn traveled to Wellman on business. Mrs. W McLaughlin and son Donald visited her parents in Thornburg. Lucy Bouquet returned to Iowa City after a stay in town. Rene Schnoebelen arrived home from a Kan sas business trip. The Rev Mr Daly speaks on the Nameless Boy at St Marys hall. Mrs. Chas Cummings came back from Des Moines to visit her aunt.
Lena Gray of Ottumwa visits aunt and father in Brighton as they meet after thirteen years. Various residents return from visits, travel to Des Moines and Batavia, and news of a marriage between Fanny Dayton and Van A. Brol liary.
Dec 2 residents include Miss Alta Sample visiting with grandparents, and Geo Whetstine hosting dinner for Melvin Whetstine family. Inturbarn road surveyor Mathias Sample active. Ora Starr returns to Washington academy. Charles Hamilton at Cedar Rapids business college. Bonded items mention neuralgia, marriage announcements, Rosa Dawson's home visit, and local performances at the depot and opera house.
Frank Hamilton returns from Chicago. Amos Hull and wife and Mrs. Hulls mother visit the Hamilton home. John Werkle opens a box ball alley near Topping restaurant. Struble and wife, Nic ola and O Flarity and wife travel to Chicago for the fat stock show. Mrs. Joel England visits Tom Riordan home near Lexington. Mrs. Gardner hosts the W H M SS. L G Murphy attends and speaks. The Wellman Scofield library receives a portrait of Hiram Scofield and other donations. Warren Palmer family visit Otto Klockente ger. Mamie Turnipseed returns from Lone Tree. Alma Sigler and Mr Mape wed. they will farm locally.
Joe Simerman spent last night in Washington. D. R. Munro visited Fairfield on Thursday evening. The Ladies Aid society holds an all day meeting next Monday at Mrs. Will Shaw’s home. David Fishburn returned home from Chicago yesterday.
Mr and Mrs John Anwy and children Mrs Roy Twinam Will Reid and Mrs Lena Maxwell traveled to Washington this morning D L Baird of Fairfield stayed overnight Mrs John Briley returned from Columbus Junction R S White and S K Orris returned from Chicago Miss Lora Harrison visited Oska loosa Mrs W P Davidson bought a new piano Presbyterian services at 11 and 7 M E services at 11 and 7 U P services at 11 and 7
A Technical World Magazine excerpt observes junk dealers driving profits via scrap iron. It notes banks finance stock in trade as secure collateral, since junk piles persist, rarely move, and remain in demand across foundries and metal works, yielding steady profits for operators and lenders.
The Department reports a Barcelona based scam where swindlers write to distant U S relatives about a deathly Cuban prisoner and a darling daughter, promising inheritance if funds are sent for a secret valise. The scheme, run for nearly twenty years, uses a priest as courier and relies on fake news clippings to lure victims.
A humorous note from Chautauqua where a handsome male instructor listed his marital status as Yes when asked if married or single. The incident arose after female students pressed the secretary to checkFiles for the faculty records.
An advertisement argues that Rexall 93 Hair Tonic can eradicate dandruff and prevent baldness with a money back guarantee. It claims the remedy grows hair even on bald heads, cites a test showing 92 of 100 cases success, and invites readers to visit Cook & Sherman Rexall Store at the corner to try two sizes priced 50 cents and 1.00.
India may start an indigenous industry to press edible cottonseed oil. About 1,500,000 tons of cottonseed are available annually, making India the second largest producer of raw cotton after the United States.
The McElhinney Drug Co announces they now carry Zemo the remedy claimed to cure keratoma pimples dandruff blackheads and all forms of skin or scalp disease. Zemo is described as a clean external liquid that provides instant relief and destroys the germ causing disease to leave healthy skin. The firm offers proof of many cures made with Zemo.
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