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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1909

Page

9

Maryland Senator Attacks Zelaya in Nicaragua Crisis

Senator Rayner of Maryland denounces President Zelaya calling him one of the criminals of the age and urges a resolution to authorize US action to apprehend and try Zelaya for crimes against American officers Cannon and Grace. The upper house expects passage with foreign relations committee report forthcoming.

Washington Zelaya Cannon and Grace Revolutionary Army Rayner Maryland United States Nicaragua Committee On Foreign Relations Lodge Cullom Senate

Mrs. Brokaw on Stand in Divorce Suit Cross Examination

Mrs W Gould Brokaw testified in Mineola Long Island during her divorce hearing from W Gould Brokaw. She named Christmas guests and the butler while denying cocktails cigarettes in her room and described her husband whispering about a woman at dinner. She said his room showed a drunken paralyzed state.

New York W. Gould Brokaw Mineola L. L Plantiff Brokaw

Taft Addresses Carnegie Hall at Methodist Jubilee

President Taft spoke to a vast audience at Carnegie Hall New York on the diamond jubilee of the Methodist Episcopal church praising mission work in Africa. He noted a campaign started in January raising 300167 dollars for church missions and declared church laborers as forerunners of civilization.

Carnegie Hall New York Methodist Church Africa Taft Methodist Episcopal Church

Mrs Crabtree testifies in murder probe at alley entrance

Mrs L W Crabtree testified before the grand jury investigating the Miss Anna Pelley murder she saw Will James the lynched man at the alley entrance where the crime occurred. The grand jury pursues Arthur Alexander's whereabouts the night of the murder. A monument fund for Miss Pelley stands near one thousand dollars.

James Cairo Ill L. W. Crabtree Grant Anna Pelley Will James Arthur Alexander

Farmer slain in sleep by feeble minded son at home

August Helmquest a Minnesota farmer in Arness township Douglas county was shot and killed while asleep in his barn by his son who also seriously wounded his brother. The slayer was arrested.

Alexandria, Minn Helmquest Arness Douglas County

Lovers Quarrel Ends in Self Inflicted Death

Eletha Edwards aged nineteen lies dying in Danville on December 14 after shooting herself amid a quarrel with her sweetheart. Police report a fatal self inflicted wound with details limited to the incident and relationship.

Danville, Jl Eletha Edwards

Foley's Kidney Remedy Praise From Claremont Customer

Mrs S Joyce of Claremont New Hampshire reports buying Foley's Kidney Remedy about a year ago. She says it cured a severe kidney trouble of several years and recommends the medicine highly. Lemmon's Pharmacy.

Standard First Man To Cross Channel By Balloon

In 1785 M Standard became the first person to cross the English Channel by balloon. For this feat Louis XVI awarded him a pension of 250 dollars.

M. Standard Louis XVI

Look Your Best With Bucklen Arnica Salve

Ladies seek flawless skin but pimples eruptions and sores spoil life. Bucklen Arnica Salve promises relief curing pimples sore eyes cold sores cracked lips chapped hands and piles. Available 25 cents at J E Lemmon's.

Bucklen J. E. Lemmon’s

Lecturer Promises Plain Talk to Plain People

A lecturer who advertised a plain talk to plain people reports that he encountered a mixed reception. The remark suggests some attendees were open while others were resistant to blunt diplomatic discourse.

Health comes before cure in costly modern living

The piece warns that many travel seeking gold while neglecting cold and throat illness. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective for colds and a guard against serious diseases, noting it is sold by F. L. Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy.

Chamberlain F. L. Stolte Lemmon

Denver Scientist Claims Limberger Cures Cancer

The Louisville Courier Journal notes a Denver scientist asserting limburger cheese cures cancer by targeting a specific microbe. The claim frames the microbe as a self-respecting bug and suggests the cheese undermines it, prompting the scientist to withdraw.

Denver Louteville Courier Journal

Night Watchman Recovers from Cold with New Discovery

W J Atkins, night watchman at Banner Springs Tennessee, contracted a severe lung cold from exposure. After failed remedies he credited Dr Kings New Discovery with a full recovery after one bottle. It promises relief for severe colds coughs and related throat lung issues with a 50 cent to 1.00 price and a free trial bottle guaranteed by J E Lemmon.

W. J. Atkins Banner Springs Tenn Dr. King J. E. Lemmon

Auction Draws Bridget Away From Dinner

In an exchange at the corner, Bridget explains there is an auction beyont the corner and she will stop there for a moment before returning to the head of the house.

Bridget New York Sun

Slow One Doctor Recommends Pneumonia Remedy

In treating pneumonia Dr. W. J. Smith of Sanders Alabama advocates Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the sole lungs treatment used and notes it has consistently controlled lung trouble. He and his family have used it for coughs and colds and he recommends it as superior. Sold by F. L. Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy.

W. J. Smith Sanders Ala Chamberlain F. L. Stolte Lemmon

Names Coincidence in City School and East Side Row

A New York public school reports a teacher with pupils sharing her name and a principal and janitor exchanging mail by mistaken identity. Separately on the East side a clergyman and the couple he joined in marriage share the same name.

New York

Land of Puzzledom Charade and President Puzzle

The excerpt presents No 474 Charade with a speaking puzzle about numbers and bread. No 475 President Puzzle asks solvers to begin at 1 and collect initial letters from each picture to spell a president’s name.

President Puzzle

Zigzag Puzzle of Common 5-Letter Words Points to General

A word-filled puzzle asks solvers to find five five-letter words matching given clues. When words align in a zigzag from the top left, they reveal the name of a noted American general who fought in the Mexican and Civil wars.

Great Britain

Homonym Riddle Recited by Two American Children

The text presents a playful exchange between two brisk American siblings claiming various experiences. The boy reports visiting a zoo and seeing two ees while the girl recounts trips to the country beyond Zion's church and asserts she has seen not two but a thousand erssees.

Pellmell Zion's

Anagram Puzzle Clues to a Lion’s Route

A poetic riddle describes a lion breaking free from a cage and keepers chasing the brute. The speaker would rather be somewhere unmoved by a fugitive animal, hinting at a solved anagram with the word LION and ROUTE and the need for ALL to take position in that route.

Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertises Deafness Remedy

A claim that deafness from catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies is presented. The ad offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and invites readers to request free circulars. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, markets Hall's Family Pills for constipation.

Hall F. J. Cheney & CO Toledo

Paradox of Men and Quality in Outcomes

A aphoristic reflection compares outcomes from the best and worst men. It argues that even the worst from the best yields better results than the best from the worst, yet achieving the best from the best while avoiding the worst from the worst remains the ideal.

Foley's Urino Laxative Promoted for Women and Children

The ad touts Foley's Urino Laxative as the best for women and children with a mild action and pleasant taste. It claims to cure constipation and contrasts with harsher purgatives like pills and tablets.

Foley Lemmon's Pharmacy

Puzzledom Puzzle Entries and Wordplay Series

A list of puzzles and solutions from Puzzledom including Word Square FATE AKIN TIED BENDS, Beheadment hedge edge brim rn, Transformations money honey and others, Paragram Novelties, Vaudeville puzzle Litto Peep sheep pens, Charade Sir veil lance surveillance, Mathematical Puzzle 1881, Enigma sewing machine, Pictured Word Overhanging.

Litto Veil Lance

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