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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1908

Page

2

Schildkret Orchestra to Perform at Lecture Course

Pleasant View Fruit and Poultry Farm proprietor G W Dodder of Washington Iowa advertises the Schildkret Hungarian Orchestra as the next lecture course attraction on January 4 with ticket prices 10 35 and 45 cents. A Texas paper praises a San Marcos performance noting the ensemble's mastery and audience connection led by Mr Schildkret with requests as encores.

Pleasant View Fruit and Poultry Farm G. W. Dodder Washington Iowa Musicc Texas San Marcos Tex Advocate Normal School Ellery Schildkret

Two Sisters Put On Trial Today In Fatal Shooting Case

In Media Pennsylvania two sisters Mrs Florence Erb and Mrs Catherine Beisel face charges of voluntary and involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Captain J Clayton Erb at Red Gables Village Green Delaware county. Beisel claims self defense while Erb alleges no complicity.

Media J. Clayton Erb Israel W. Durham Pennsylvania Florence Erb Catherine Beisel Captain Erb Red Gables Village Green Delaware County Mrs. Beisel Beisel

Foley and Orino Laxative advertised for constipation relief

The ad promotes Foley's Orino Laxative as a cure for chronic constipation and a regulator of the bowels to act naturally, implying no need for continuous purgatives. The note mentions Lemmon's Pharmacy in Iowa City and Mrs Ady Meekleown visiting her parents, with a garbled line about Applegatez going to Titus.

Foley Orino Lemmon’s Pharmacy Ady Meekleown Iowa City Mrs. Haney

Literary Program at Gray School House

The Gray literary society presents a Friday evening program on January 1 1909 featuring Declamation by Howard Davison and Edith Thompson, Song by Mary Brown, Dream by Lafe Stout, Music by Miranda Brothers, Jokes by Karl Libe, Pen Sketches by Ruby Thompson, a fifteen minute recess, another Declamation by Howard Miller, a joint act Long by Mrs Libe and Dessa White, Debate on the love of money and crime with teams Libe Brown Bloomquist Stout, a Paper by Alma Miller, and the Finis.

Gray School House Gray Literary Society Howard Davison Mary Brown Lafe Stout Edith Thompson Miranda Brothers Karl Libe Ruby Thompson Howard Miller Long Libe Dessa White Frank Libe Walter Brown Charly Bloomquist Amos Stout Alma Miller Finis

Woman credits Foley's Kidney Remedy with relief from illness

Mrs. M. McRaney of Prentiss Mississippi says three months bedridden with kidney and bladder trouble found no relief from two doctors until Foley's Kidney Remedy. After two bottles she felt like a new person and urges other women to try it. Lemon's pharmacy.

American Political Science Association Holds Fifth Annual Meeting

Washington reported the American Political Science Association met with James Bryce presiding. Professor Henry Jones Ford of Princeton University argued that similarities between ancient and modern bosses grafters and spoilsmen show a universal principle that like causes produce like effects.

Washington James Bryce American Political Science Association Henry Jones Ford Princeton University

Night Riders on Stand in Union City Trial

In Union City Tennessee on December 29 the sudden illness of defendant Arthur Clear halted proceedings. The state rested and the defense called two defendants Bud Morris and Sam Applewhite who testified about their movements the night Captain Ranken was murdered. The defense plans to have all defendants testify.

Union City Tenn Arthur Clear Bud Morris Sam Applewhite Ranken

Fifty-Two Pound Jockey Wins at Emeryville

In Oakland California on December 29 Robert Harrington a fifty two pound boy rode Em eryville aboard Em and Em a 30 to 1 shot owned by James Coffey. He pressed the pace from the start and surged to the front in the final drive to win.

Oakland Cal Robert Harrington Emeryville James Coffey

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The Schildkret Hungarian Orchestra J. Clayton Erb National Stein-Bloch Kuppenheimers Ee Brent East Side Arthur Cloar Santa Shri Risit Ass Edwin Griffith North Side Square Washington, Iowa U. S. Kelly McSoo Sloe Pauls Lumber Co
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