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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1908
Page
4
Reports from The Hague say Dutch warships off Venezuela captured the coast guard vessel 23 Mayo. The Mayo crew was landed on the Venezuelan coast.
The Rev. W. R. Sawhill left this morning for a several day trip to Stanwood, Iowa, to visit friends.
Jury selection continues in Finishing New York for the trial of T Jenkins Hains accused with his brother of killing W E Annis. Defense counsel John E McIntyre says Hains will testify and reveal Fort Hamilton events. Evidence may include a Mrs Claudia Hains confession and letters from Thornton J Hains to Captain Hains.
George L. Lilley governor elect appoints Theodore Roosevelt Jr to his Connecticut staff as major and aide-de-camp. Roosevelt, from Thompsonville, is training in the carpetmaking trade.
A boiler exploded at a Minneapolis cement factory injuring fifteen people, with one dead. H Richardson of Brighton was in the city and had just returned from Excelsior Springs with Mrs Richardson who will stay for her health.
Walnut school pupils plan an entertainment Friday evening the eighth. All are invited with Aidene Rich mentioned. Miss Jessie Neiswanger traveled to Crawfordsville last night and will stay several days. Christmas shopping hinted at Lemmon's jewelry store for gifts.
Mrs M McRaney of Prentiss Mississippi declares all hope was lost after three months bedridden with kidney and bladder trouble. She counseled doctors failed relief until Foley’s Kidney Remedy. After two bottles she felt renewed and urges suffering women to try it. Lemmon’s Pharmacy market statement.
J R Johnson of Austin Texas traveled to Washington yesterday before departing for Burlington. Miss Fionia Lamphere left for Lincoln Nebraska via Burlington to visit relatives for an indeterminate stay. Hoarse coughs and colds risk pneumonia but Foley's Honey and Tar soothes membranes heals lungs and expels the cold, Lemmon's Pharmacy promotes it.
Mrs. D. F. Sayre and her young daughter arrived Saturday evening and left Sunday for Crawfordsville. They visited the Abraham Beenblossom home during their stay.
A local defendant is found guilty of counterfeiting. The report notes passing counterfeit money and references a counterfeit substitute for Foley's Honey and Tar at Lemmon's Pharmacy as part of the cited case.
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