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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1910

Page

2

District Court Notice in Washington County Case List

Plaintiffs Grecia Wilkin and Mary Blickensderfer file a case against a long list of defendants including Abraham Miller Nellie Anderson A N Miller Sarah C Miller Jonathan H Wilson Thomas Miller Elizabeth Knox Ezekiel Steele and many Creath and McKenzie family names in a district court action in Washington County. The document enumerates numerous defendants and related parties in a civil proceeding.

District Court Washington County Owa Grecia Wilkin and Mary Blickensderfer Abraham Miller Abraham N. Miller Nellie Anderson A. N. Miller Sarah C. Miller Jonathan H. Wilson Jonathan Wilson Thomas Miller Thomass. Miller Alexander Knox Elizabeth Knox Ezekiel Steele Ezekiel Steel Nellie Anderson Wallace Issabella Steele Isabella Steele Willam C. Steele John J. Steele Elizabeth M. Steele Ifa A. Steele Phoebe McKinsey J. P. McKenzie John P. McKinsey Cyrus Peard Jonathan Hi

Uncertain health complaints and fatigue described

The text outlines symptoms of weakness and low energy including nervousness despondency and memory trouble. It mentions fatigue mouth dryness restless nights and irritability with physical signs such as sunken eyes pimples and a weak back. A note on urinary deposits and digestive drains adds medical concern.

Effects of Vice on Mind and Body Claim Cure

An advertisement lists ailments such as blood poison syphilis gonorrhea and seminal weakness as caused by vice or excess. It promises a positive cure for emissions nervousness dizziness defective memory and other debilities affecting mind and body.

Remarkable Healer Offers Aid to Doomed Cases

Eaptones in old cases neglected or unskillfully treated no experiments or failures. He undertakes no incurable case but cures thousands given up to die. Address.

Eaptones

Quieting title suit targets Washington Iowa real estate

Plaintiffs Grecian Wilkin and Mary Blickensderfer claim fee simple ownership of Lots Five Six Nine Ten in The Addition to South Washington Miller's Additions. They allege thirty years adverse possession and seek to bar unknown claimants and all adverse liens. Court warns unknown claimants to appear before noon on the second day of the January 1911 term or risk default.

South Washington City of Washington Iowa District Court Washington County Grecian Wilkin Mary Blickensderfer Washington

Local Man Reports Lumbago Relief With Foley's Kidney Remedy

J W Greer of Greenwood Louisiana suffered severe back pain and needed hypodermic injections. He says after using Foley's Kidney Remedy the attacks ceased and he is no longer bothered by lumbago. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co. managed the treatment.

J. W. Greer Greenwood Foley Lemmon McElhinney Drug Co

Explosion at New York Central power house kills twelve

Special to Evening Journal reports twelve dead and thirty injured after a gas and dynamite blast at the New York Central railway electric power house in New York City. Windows shattered, a trolley car was thrown onto a packed car, causing panic and about half a million dollars in damage.

Congregational Dinners at Four City Churches

The Presbyterian church held its regular communion yesterday morning the first with the new pastor Rev. V. Comin. Twenty eight new members joined as part of the post meeting outreach and a morning address urged sustained church work and weakness against temptation. The evening service followed.

Presbyterian Church V. Comin God

Age Revealed With a Tongue in Cheek Exchange

In Harper's Weekly, Kitte Fribley questions Miss Dobbson about age with candid humor. Miss Dobbson replies she is as old as she looks, prompting astonishment from Fribley at the apparent contradiction.

Miss Dobbson Kitte Fribley Fribley Harper’s Weekly

Force of Habit Flight Ends in Narrow Miss

A humorous exchange notes Ferguson nearly died trying to board a departing airplane. The Chicago Record-Herald quotes the exchange, recounting he broke his neck last night and failed to catch the plane by three inches.

Ferguson Chicago Record-Herald

Brain health query sparks a cautious patient call

A reader asks for a thorough brain examination and the physician invites bringing the item on the next visit for review. The exchange, styled as a humor vignette, reflects common medical consultation etiquette in newspaper dialogue.

Cleveland Leer

Bargains at the Opera House Offer Double Features Tonight

Puck quips about paying 50 cents to see High Life In New York and waiting to catch Low Life In Paris next week for a quarter. A cheeky theater note hints at bargain nights and rotating titles.

Hiram New York Oprey House Eben Paris Puck

Leaving us Bridget Mrs Rackbay-Why expressive note

A fragment from Harper's Bazar features Mrs Rackbay asking Bridget why she leaves and a Boston Cook remark about finding joy in life elsewhere, presenting a brief, fictional exchange.

Old Woman in a Shoe Complains Roomier Than Hobble Skirt

The New York Sun quotes an old woman living in a shoe declaring the space is roomier than a hobble skirt. Her remark echoes playful wordplay on fashion and housing.

New York Sun

It's Different in Life. A quip on real life romance

In the quote from Diana of Dreams by G. B. Burgin the author contrasts novels where heroes wait years for heroines with real life where waiting can be minutes or less, noting that excitement often cuts the pause short.

Realife Diana of Dreams G. B. Burgin

Baptists Rally for Japan Christmas Offerings and Ship Support

Church members nationwide join a Japan relief campaign with Christmas offerings to fund gospel work. A donor provides a small sailing vessel for island outreach. Captain Bickel leads the boat, with plans to add a steam propeller for more meetings. The evening sermon urges faithful stewardship and declares there is no neutral ground in serving God or Mammon.

United States Japan Bible School Bickel

New Years Dinners Planned by Local Churches

The First and Second United Presbyterian churches will revive their congregational New Years dinners on Friday December 30 due to Sabbath on January 1. Last year the event was skipped but committees were appointed in both churches to manage the arrangements. Reformed Presbyterian and Associate Presbyterian churches will also hold annual dinners this year but date not yet decided.

United Presbyterian Reformed Presbyterian Associate Presbyterian

Christmas entertainments at city churches this week

Churches in the city plan Christmas programs this week with trees and programs. The Methodist and First United Presbyterian groups hold events Friday evening, Second United Presbyterians on Monday, and Baptist children receive a Friday afternoon treat.

Methodist Sunday School First United Presbyterian Presbyterian Second United Presbyterians The Baptist Sunday School

Children Sermon at Second United Presbyterian Church

The Rev. W. R. Sawhill will preach a sermon for children at the Sec ond United Presbyterian church next Sabbath morning. The service is expected to be attended by all Sabbath school members and others.

Second United Presbyterian Church W. R. Sawhill

Timeliness and Reform: Ruskin Quoted on Moral Decay

The passage argues reforms work best when timely, noting partial decay can be cut away and errors corrected while corruption may become irreversible. It criticizes modern philanthropy for remaining passive until that point and letting the sick perish and the foolish stray, contrasting with efforts to raise the dead and reform the dust.

Ruskin

The Mexican Flag Origin in the Three Guarantees

The Mexican flag with white green and red signified religious purity unity and independence. Its origin lies in the Plan of Iguala issued February 24 1820 by Agustin de Iturbide who would become emperor of Mexico.

Iguala Agustin de Iturbide Mexico

Feet Talk of Travel and the Touring Car Dream

A short verse by Amos R. Wells extols feet as the ideal transport, praising their reliability and freedom from fuel or licenses. The poem contrasts feet with cars, imagining a future where the speaker can buy a touring car but still values feet for carefree, everyday journeys.

Amos R. Wells

Meaning Behind The Phrase Get Another Fellow's Goat

A Chicago Tribune quote explains the idiom get another fellow's goat as a simple way of saying someone intends to acquire a goat from another person. The professor outlines the humorous, convoluted explanation in a dialogue with his son.

Chicago ‘Tribune

Plain juror judges guilt by conduct not words

A juror explains his method: he watches the defendant and decides if he is guilty based on whether he has done anything wrong, regardless of lawyers witnesses or the judge. He declares he is a plain reasoning man who is not influenced by what is said in court. He concludes that if the defendant has done nothing, he is innocent. otherwise everyone in the dock is guilty.

Balance Due On Last Year's Subscription

The Country Editor complains of a small balance due on a subscriber’s last year’s account. The subscriber retorts, noting four bushels of potatoes sent as payment, while the editor explains a 10 cent per bushel drop occurred between billing and delivery.

L—Er Hoekorn

Do you think Miss Dobbleigh will be engaged next Thursday

A light dialogue in which Tompy asks Miss Dobbleigh about an engagement for next Thursday evening. Ethel responds she is unsure but hints a fair prospect if Tompy proves his effort, and Tompy proves capable. The exchange mirrors a society vignette from the Pittsburg Post.

Read the Journal Want Ads for Hidden Notices

Local readers are urged to check The Journal Want Ads for possible classified notices and listings. The paper hints at items, services, and opportunities that may appear in upcoming issues.

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