Notice to Advertisers on Ad Display Deadlines
Changes of display ads must arrive by 10 o clock the morning of publication. Late copy may not be placed. Advertisers are urged to submit the day before when convenient.
View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.
Start Free Trial
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles
Articles on This Page
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1911
Page
3
Dr King’s New Life Pills Restore Health in Alabama City
Falls victim to thieves in Coal City Alabama where a man’s health suffered twelve years from liver and kidney trouble. Dr King’s New Life Pills stopped the malaise and he is well now. Used for constipation malaria headache dyspepsia. 25c Lemimon’s Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Bends
Coal City
Ala
Dr. King
Lemimon
Directory notice urges orders for new telephone list
A notice from Dr. W. Mannhardt of the Washington Telephone Company urges subscribers to place orders for the new directory before completion. Changes should be reported to the manager to ensure corrections.
Great Automobile Race Cape Town to Cairo Begins
Cape Town prepares for a historic 5800 mile motor race to Cairo. Capt. Bentley leads a British car with a motorcycle relay, while a German army auto starts two weeks later. Rockefeller fuel powers the trek through equatorial jungles and Nile railheads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
South Africa
Cairo
Egypt
Bentley
John D. Rockefeller
Africa
Fifty Years Ago Today In Civil War Era Peace Talks
A Washington peace conference gathers thirteen free and seven border slave states at Virginia's request. Delegates meet as Unionist officials to discuss a formal peace proposal amid the ongoing sectional crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia
Confederate States of America
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Montgomery
Ala
Howell Cobb
United States
South
Fire at Blenheim Palace Gallery Destroys Marlborough Paintings
Fifty years ago on Sunday February 5 a blaze gutted the Blenheim palace picture gallery in England. The fire consumed celebrated works including Titian canvases and a large Rubens production. Extreme cold swept the country with New York at 2 below zero and Watertown, NY at 40 below. Virginia reported 16 to 20 below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blenheim Palace
England
Duke of Marlborough
Rubens
New York City
Watertown
N. Y
Virginia
Wanted notices and light gossip in a late edition
A collection of short advertisements seeks a nurse room for two gentlemen a furnished apartment a code or dog for sale organist and boy help and a lost umbrella. The Washington Star quote recalls the late John G Carlisle at the opera with jokes about divorces and society headlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highgate
John G. Carlisle
Manhattan Club
Piano Tuning Service Available This Week
Hi F Funk the piano tuner will be in the city this week with high grade work guaranteed. Leave orders at Haight's hotel for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi. F. Funk
Haight's Hotel
Fort Pickens reinforced as Brooklyn arrives off Pensacola
Fifty years ago today February 6 reenforcements arrived aboard the sloop of war Brooklyn off Pensacola for Fort Pickens. The fort remained in Federal hands through the Civil War as President Buchanan warned South Carolina Fort Sumter would be held by the United States government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Pensacola
Fort Pickens
United States
Buchanan
South Carolina
Fort Sumter
Amusing Snippets From 19th Century Dialects and Ads
A collage of humorous exchanges and misreadings from late 19th century papers includes comical language on borrowed cooks, cold manners, New Year costumes, and a misgiven color blindness tale. Also cited is a London magazine prize for unintentionally funny advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Contagious Blood Poison Promises Cure With S S S
An 19th century medical notice touts Contagious Blood Poison as spreading through the blood and causing ulcers rashes hair loss and nail decay. It warns against mineral remedies and promotes S S S a vegetable serum that cleanses the circulation and restores health with home treatment information from The Swift Specific Co Atlanta Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, Co
Funeral for Mrs. Mary Crawford Held at Home
The funeral service for Mrs. Mary Crawford took place at 2 30 yesterday afternoon at the Hugh Mc Causland home on South Avenue RD. Rev W O Fisher led the rites with assistance from Rev H V Comin. Interment followed in City cemetery with pallbearers Howard Sweeney Archie Sweeney Will McCausland William Groendycke Will Eldridge and Karl Eldridge.
Closing Out Sale At Mrs. Chas Meyer Farm
A public sale of horses cattle hogs sheep grain and farm equipment to be held at the Mrs Meyer farm near Washington Iowa. The listing includes 23 draft horses many mares of various ages and weights plus two yearling draft colts and geldings. 41 head of 2 year old steers. 2 grade Short Horn cows. 24 Oxford Downs ewes. 5 500 bushel yellow dent corn. and assorted machinery. Terms: ten months on bankable notes at 7 percent with cash under $10. lunch by Ralph Scott. Sale begins 10 am with viewing prior to sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Chas. Meyer
Washington
West Chester
Wellman
Kalona
Lexington
David Rittenhouse
Shetler
Poland
China
Shaffer
Oxfords
Deere Gang
Deere
Rock Island
Ralph Scott
H. B
RL. Quinn
D. F. Macon
Act
R. E. Dougherty
Lindsey Funeral Service for Mary E Lindsey
The funeral for Mrs. Mary E Lindsey was held Saturday at 10 AM at the residence five miles north of the city. Rev W O Fisheg conducted the service and burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers were George Foster Boyd Foster Ed Gallagher Will Todd Oscar Davis and George W Reed.
Funeral service for Mrs Sophia Lohrer held at home
The funeral of Mrs Sophia Lohrer was held Saturday at 2 30 PM at the family residence 921 West Madison conducted by Rev H V Comin. Interment followed in Elm Grove cemetery with pallbearers her four sons a grandson and a son in law named Zeigler Lohrer Webb.
Seven Years of Misery in Sikeston Woman Says Pinkham Helped
Mrs Dema Betune of Sikeston Missouri shares a seven year bout of illness including months bedridden severe backache and headaches. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health enabling her to work garden milk a cow entertain guests and resume normal activities. The ad touts the remedy as the most successful for female complaints including displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities and nervous prostration and urges others to try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Dema BeTuune
Lydia E. Pinkham
Foley's Honey and Tar advertised for coughs and colds
Lemmon's Pharmacy promotes Foley's Honey and Tar for croup bronchitis hoarseness and lagrippe coughs with no opiates and urges no substitutes. Meritol Tonic Digestive marketed as a rejuvenator and system cleanser says it improves digestion and cleanses the system while claiming to revive energy. Includes local representatives and press association mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley's
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Meritol
Lemmon
American Dr and Press Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hanan
Frank L. Wilson & Co
Shallenberger
Chicago
Washington, Colenso Hotel
Shailenberger
Bright
W. E. Shallenberger
Lake Avenue
Ills
Drexel
Jim
J & BK Moos
Jack
Binksy
Jorrocks
Willoughby
Little Binks
Harper’s Weekly
Everybody's Magazine
London Mall
Kolosick
Kolosick Bros. Stock Remedy CO
Wasteengton, Lowa
Keck Floral CO
Black Hawk
Mason Transfer & Storage Company
Washington, Iowa
Search the Washington Evening Journal Today with a Free Trial
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Washington Evening Journal?
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
Browse Newspapers
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
By Location
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
By Date
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
By Publication
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.