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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1909
Page
6
Regular P E O chapter meeting at Miss Louise Danning home and a sleigh ride ending at Dempsey's Lunch. Yeoman lodge elects officers and hosts luncheon. M B A meeting lists officers and initiates three candidates. luncheon follows. Attendees include Ainsworth Homestead figures and Mr Robertson district deputy.
Court of Honor members are asked to attend Friday evening for important business by order of the chancellor. The Benevolent Society of the Presbyterian church meets Friday at 2 30 p m with Mrs Carl Roberts. The Woman s Mission Circle of the Baptist Church holds an all day work meeting in the church lecture room on Friday Dec 17 with afternoon missionary tea and mite box opening. First United Presbyterian Prayer meeting is at 7 pm to enable attendance at the Farmers Institute lecture.
Mrs Brysen and Mrs Hebner receive honorable appointments as Washington la figures are recognized by the Evening Journal readers for community service and leadership roles. The notice highlights civic involvement and the honoring of titled individuals in local society.
Mrs. Jennie Berry, national president of the W R C, appoints Mrs. Nora Bryson as a national aide. Bryson leads I G White Corps Chapter 45 and is highly regarded by members. The note also mentions further related details from the organization.
The Washington Telephone Company notes peak daily connections just before Christmas as households rely on the phone to manage holiday plans. The system promotes telephone use to spread Christmas cheer beyond city limits, with a call to action to use 600 for a telephone.
Mrs Blanche Hebner appointed as aide on the staff of state president Mrs Marie L Basham, illustrating how Washington is remembered when honors are distributed.
An old remedy returns in vogue as sage tea mixed with sulphur is marketed as Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur. The product claims to darken hair, stop shedding, and promote growth, sold by druggists or direct from Wyeth Chemical Co. McElhinney Drug Co. is listed as a special agent.
Advertises Perry Davis Painkiller as a valuable item for mothers to keep for accidents in the nursery. Recommends mixing a small amount in sweetened milk and water for breast pain and baths to clear clogged milk passages, urging readers to ask for a new 35c bottle.
Advertises PAZO OINTMENT promising cure of itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or a money refund. Claims 60 cents price.
Lambert and Cady announce a sale at Joe Kaufman’s Keota Iowa feed yards on Friday December 17 1909 at 11 a m featuring 75 head of horses and mules including 12 head full blood Shire and Percheron mares 40 head of high class draft horses and mares and a few driving horses with the rest being good mules aged 2 to 8 years Auctioneers A C McNurlin and clerk J G Ranous listed.
I will sell at public auction at my place 5 miles northeast of Washington on the east Richmond road. On Wednesday Dec 29 1909 at 10 o’clock a m. Seven horses three cattle farm machinery and tools including a manure spreader wagon binder mower hay loader disc plow corn planter seeder sleigh harness seeds and more. Terms 10 months credit on sums over 10 with note and security 7 percent interest. cash under 10 and 5 percent discount for cash on sums over 10. Auctioneers Kallaus Macon. Clerk Dougherty.
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