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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1911
Page
8
The funeral for Cora Alice Rector twelve year old daughter of Owen W Rector will be held at 3 00 tomorrow with D I Coon officiating. Interment will be in the city cemetery. She died at 2 45 this afternoon after illness with lkitis and had been improving yesterday morning while resting by a window.
An advertisement touts HYOMEL as penetrating antiseptic air to kill catarrh germs. It claims effectiveness for asthma croup coughs and deafness with direct mist exposure several times daily. The Lem Pharmacy offer includes extra bottles and a money back plan urging safe use without cocaine or harmful drugs.
At Dranesville near Leesburg Virginia a Pennsylvan ia reserve corps brigade under Colonel BE Ord defeated Confederates led by Colonel J E B Stuart with over 250 killed and wounded. Canada ordered 40000 militia to be ready for service at a day’s notice in event of war with the United States and England.
Cora Rector, oldest of five children Lara Lillian Raymond and Russell, died yesterday after noon just before 3 o clock. Born November 12 1899 at Bennett HI she attended Presbyterian Sabbath school and Heights graded school. The Rector family moved to Washington January 27 1911 from DeKalb Illinois where Mr Rector led the gas making department at Iowa Gas and Electric.
A Richmond Times Dispatch note recounts a joke overheard on West Franklin Street. Two Black women discussed travel, with one quipping she would not go to North Carolina because it is so close to South Carolina.
A household alarm describes the loud hoarseness of croup and praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for children. H. W. Casselman of Canton New York reports it as priceless and keeps a bottle in the home. For sale by all druggists.
A Seattle woman who wrote to the Gotham days ago requests rooms at Siam Hotel far from the cafe so she cannot hear the music. The orchestra leader also contends he is an artist.
Foley Kidney Pills promise rapid relief for kidney and bladder disorders. Sold by all druggists.
In New York a Sunday rainy day prompts storekeepers to designate Monday as Change Day. They must supply large amounts of change to cover big Saturday night labor payouts and Sunday nonspending.
An advertisement claims Merital Pile Remedy quickly overcomes piles whether acute or chronic and offers permanent relief when other treatments fail. The notice from Lemmon’s Pharmacy urges sufferers to try the product.
The London Gazette states that A Conge d Elire must pass the great seal to empower Christchurch and Oxford University to elect a bishop for the see of Oxford. A light remark from Mr d Elire compares his many seats to a keeper at the zoo.
A New York judge in a lighthearted tale recalls visiting an acquaintance in New Jersey and sampling applejack. He describes a surreal, intoxicated misperception where trees appear to bow and wave while winds sing, ending with the judge praising his “nicer bunch of trees” upon returning home.
Meritol White imiment promises to take the pain away with a remedy available at Lemmon's Pharmacy. The ad notes Pharmacy location and product positioning for relief.
A student visiting his best girl botched a Virgil lesson after reading a romantic line. He translated fairly well for a moment then stopped at I put my arms around her and admitted that was as far as he got. The instructor quipped that that was far enough.
An ad recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to combat illness when exposure leaves you wet and cold. It advises soaking feet in hot water before bed to ward off a severe cold, noting Lemmon's Pharmacy as the seller.
A two column St Petersburg editorial on Representative Sulzer's 1911 proposal endorses no new restrictions for American Jews while highlighting Russia's sovereign right to admit or exclude. It notes trade figures showing bilateral ruble values, warns repeal would hurt the United States, and urges unity with Russia in customs policy.
Cherokee Bill a Grand Junction Colorado native aged about 114, cited by the US census as America’s oldest man, says he will retire after a century of work. He claims to have 300 pounds of gold worth about 75000 to 80090 dollars cached in his shack, earned in last fifteen years from Leadville Cripple Creek and Grand river mining. His sole name is Cherokee Bill.
Clay product manufacturers hold an exposition at the Chicago coliseum from March 7 to 12, 1912. They aim to cut annual fire losses of about 400 million dollars, promote sanitation, and push for permanent homes rather than rentals. Architects may win prizes for suburban cottage plans. many unexpected clay products will be shown.
The essay argues the Empire rose from a need for strong central power after Rome’s civil strife. The republic’s desolation and desire for peace led Romans to accept Caesar’s absolute rule, with Brutus and Cato dissenting but few others opposing the revolution.
The Cline Brothers announce a public sale on December 28 1911 at 11 o clock on their 200 acre farm seven miles southwest of Washington. The sale includes 25 horses 66 cattle 140 hogs hay corn seed and farm implements plus household furniture and other items. The farm and improvements are offered with specific mortgage and payment terms and possession after January 1 1912. Lunch by Ladies Aid society. Auctioneers Austin Sutherland H T Reynolds.
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