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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1908
Page
2
There is widespread catarrh believed incurable until recently. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is advertised as a constitutional remedy taken internally. It targets blood and mucous surfaces and offers 100 dollar reward for cures it cannot achieve. Sold by druggists 75 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Miss Josephine Wyant of 212 West Fourth street left this forenoon on No. 1 for Washington Iowa to visit friends over Sunday. A E Mulhern of Crawfordsville was a city visitor Saturday.
The Burlington Evening Gazette reports numerous Saturday arrivals and Sunday visits. Residents from Haskins Crawfordsville Havre Wyman and Washington Iowa came through the city, with several locals spending the weekend at home or in town.
Mrs A C Williams of Backy credits Dr Kings New Discovery with curing a graveyard cough that plagued her lungs for years. She gained 58 pounds and restored health after using the medicine, which claims to heal coughs colds and lung throat diseases and to prevent pneumonia. Available at J B Lemmon's drug store 50 cents and 1.00 with a free trial bottle.
A judge found the defendant guilty of counterfeiting. The case involved distributing counterfeit money and substituting an unknown remedy for Foley’s Honey and Tar from Lemmon's Pharmacy, a claim noted for its harsh impact on patients with coughs and lung issues.
For sale. Extra good farms and town residence and business property near West Chester in Washington County Iowa within two or three miles of town. Also a first class elevator and coal business and six business lots. Contact J. D. Dayton West Chester Iowa.
Leo F Zelinski of 68 Gibson St Buffalo claims Bucklen's Amica Salve cured his worst cold sore after two daily applications and states every trace disappeared. Lemmon's drug store sells it with a guarantee for 25c.
Mrs. P. Maxwell learned Saturday of her brother Calvery P. Trebilcock's death in Hepler Kansas. She departed Saturday evening to attend the funeral, which was held today. Trebilcock had been ill for over a year. the Maxwells had just returned from Hepler at the start of last month.
Chicago readers of the National Dairy show program note a dairy maids chorus and calf exhibition alongside prize cattle parades and milking contests. A highlighted feature is the Kerry-Dexter herd shown by H. P. Crane of St. Charles, Illinois, described as the smallest in the world.
In Hammond Indiana a constable tried to fetch Mary Garrett of Indiana Harbor for court by swearing in his wife as a deputy. The subpoenaed witness refused to obey. On Saturday Garrett undressed and went to bed defying removal.
New York reports W H Hart will address the North Carolina society dinner, with remarks expected to focus on tariff ideas.
The forecast calls for Illinois and Wisconsin cold with probable snow. Iowa and Wisconsin cold with probable snow. Lower Michigan cold with probable snow.
A mail pouch believed thrown from the Union Pacific Denver express was found a half mile west of Bonner Springs. It was torn by wheels or robbers and no mail loss is confirmed. Swift & Co. directors seek a $10,000,000 increase in capital stock from stockholders.
Madison Dec 5. John Wiley of Milwaukee was elected captain of the University of Wisconsin football team for the upcoming season.
Seven frame houses and a two story business building fell to the Arkansas River as floodwaters mounted in Pine Bluff Arkansas. The swollen river continued to rise and under mined another dyke threatening further damage.
Butte Montana reports steel laying on the St. Paul road across the Rocky mountains will not resume until the snow thaws next spring.
In Bluefield on December 4 a gas explosion in an abandoned opening of a neighboring mine in Norwood, West Virginia, killed two Black men and left three Italian workers fatally injured. The incident occurred as gas escaped into the shaft where the men labored.
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