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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1908
Page
3
Local residents from Keota West Chester Brighton and Marengo visit Washington Havre Davenport Monmouth and Dav enport while others plan a Bethel church box supper. The notices list multiple families and holiday travel over Christmas with small social updates.
Miss Minnie Davidson rode to Brighton Saturday morning while Emma Wonderly from Crawfordsville shopped in the city. Harvey Wagner of Keota arrived Saturday and spent Sunday here. Mrs. Henry Mast and son Paul visited from Crawfordsville. Mrs. L. A. Madden and family stayed Friday. Mrs. N. S. Miller and Lucy celebrated Christmas at the Bent home. Mrs. M. D. Yard and Alice shopped from Crawfordsville. John S. Wilson and three children stayed in Vinton, Iowa with the Palmer family. Marriage licenses issued to Boyd C. Humble Edna M. Shearer and H. H. Bennett May M. Varney. Shirley Clark and Gladys Clark from Brighton arrived Saturday and visited the Fox home. Mattie Martin and Clara returned to Havre after visiting Conesville. Miss Blodwin Jones returned to Burlington after a brief city visit with Katherine Berdo.
Newton O Loughlin buys 60 acre farm on Washington city eastern border for 18000 dollars paying 10500 cash with the remainder in a swap of his 378 acre Farson area farm. Exchange to be perfected March 1. Land values near Washington have surged to 300 dollars per acre with no sign of a stop.
Advertises Pazo Ointment as guaranteed to cure itching bleeding blind or protruding piles within 6 to 14 days or a money refund provides a 60 cent price claim.
A regular meeting is scheduled this evening in Castile hall with full attendance of the brothers encouraged. The notice lists J. C. Ford and C. C. as signatories.
Miss Dade B Shearer arrived home Wednesday night from Greencastle Indiana for a holiday vacation with family and friends in the area.
Mrs A C Williams of Backy credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing a grave-yard cough that resisted medical help. She says the first dose brought relief and she gained 58 pounds as health fully returned. The medicine, claimed to hold a world healing record for coughs colds and lung throat diseases, is sold with guarantee at J E Lemmon’s drug store in 50c and 1.00 sizes with a trial bottle free.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union has secured Rev D J Masson for the last meeting of the year. He will discuss why women should work to destroy the liquor traffic in the Sabbath school room at the First United Presbyterian church on Wednesday at 2 30. The notice invites all who oppose the liquor trade to attend.
The church session elected officers for the coming year at the First United Presbyterian church with Sabbath school approval yesterday. Superintendent Charles Corette. assistant superintendent Howard Laughead. secretary Miss Mary Steck. treasurer Frank Taylor.
Miss Augusta Linberg leaves for Des Moines for a few days. Miss Litta Huston returns home to Fairfield after Christmas. Joe Melinsky travels to Pleasant Plain for New Year’s visit then returns to Freeport Illinois. Mr John Heaton heads to Webster for a week with relatives. E C Shelangouski returns from Washington to Riverside after Christmas visit. He visited with Leo Shelangouski and Frank Melinsky.
Due to Mrs. Black illness the Washington Hair Dressing Parlors will be closed until further notice Miss Motts will provide home service by telephone at 495 green Miss Alma McCutcheon will arrive this evening from Des Moines to visit her parents Mr and Mrs J A McCutcheon in north Washington
Miss Lena Maxwell of Crawfordsville was in the city Saturday.
A court found a defendant guilty of counterfeiting involving counterfeit money. The case involved substituting a worthless remedy for Foley's Honey and Tar in a sale at Lemmon's Pharmacy. The ruling highlights the alleged deception and illegal practice.
Mrs. Orville Elder left for Cedar Falls Saturday morning and plans a stop in Cedar Rapids to visit her sister before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. Asa Jeffrey of Ainsworth stayed Friday with W. R. Jeffrey in south Washington.
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