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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 08, 1906

Page

5

Wanted By Chicago wholesale and mail order house assistant manager

Classified notice offering a permanent position as assistant manager with weekly salary and expense advances. No investment or experience needed. Include self addressed envelope to Cooper & Co at 132 134 Lake Street Chicago. Also a separate item seeks a man and wife to work on a farm for one year with suitability notes about a man with a small family.

Sequire Journal Office Chicago Cooper & Co Lake Street Leod -Fit

Pain Balm and a Sailor's Promise Comic Tale

An ad notes Chamberlains Pain Balm for backaches and offers quick relief with flannel wrap under its use. A humorous tropical dialogue follows about a sailor torn between a promised wife and a flirtatious companion, humor-tinged and suggestive of moonlit romance.

Rev G Voorhies Visits Bethel Area in Haskins

In early February Rev. G Voorhies visited the Bethel church neighborhood with stops in Haskins. Local residents Fred Fischer and W F Logan joined various visitors from Washington Bloomfield Wayland Ottumwa and Kansas for social and family engagements. A surprise gathering welcomed the Wittiig family at their home west of town as they prepare to move to Wayland with Dr and Mrs F E Bittler and others attending.

G. Voorhies Bethelchurch Fred Fischer Washington Ladies’ Aid Society John Wittiig Wayland FE. G. Bittler Joe Witting Musselman

Visits and Illnesses Mark Busy Washington Line

Miss Grace Penn arrived from Washington to visit sister Mrs. Chas McCreedy. Mrs. J W and W Eh Crawford returned from Fairfield. Mr Andrews returned to Cambridge Ill. Mrs. J G Wilson and S R Miller visited at the Trotter home. J W Rush came back from Columbus Junction. Mrs Jas Strain Sr fell ill with a ruptured blood vessel and is critically ill with death expected. Dr J H Hull from Washington was a professional visitor. Mr and Mrs W L Strain traveled to Washington by day to tend his mother.

Grace Penn Washington Chas. McCreedy Mmes J. W W. Eh. Crawford D. L. Baird Fairfield Mr. Andrews J. W. Martin Cambridge Ill J. G. Wilson 8. R. Miller W. L. Strain

Community notes from town and surrounding area

Feb and Mrs John Witting Jr arrive from Lessig Ohio to farm the old home place west of town. Misses Mary and Ada Reubsam depart for Wyman then Winfield for a cousin’s wedding. Mrs Kila Walker visits Mt Pleasant this morning. Roy Twitam welcomes a new baby boy yesterday. Revs W N Votter and Lloyd Tennant attend district conference in Burlington. Mrs John Paschal hosts husband’s 58th birthday with neighbors and rocker token. Rev W G Robertson arrives from Swanwick IL. Mrs McCleary recovering well after surgery in Iowa City. J G Maxwell travels to West Chester. Harry Paschal visits county seat. Miss Jessie Crooks arrives today.

John Witting, Jr Lessig Ohio Mary Ada Reubsam Wyman Faye Weigman Winfield Kila Walker J. L. ‘Tennant Mt. Pleasant Frank Young W. K. Woole Clarke Eckerman Will Vansant John Cochran James Loney W. G. Robertson Swanwick McCleary Iowa City

Missionary preacher visits and wedding at bride’s home

Rev G H Kemp of the Methodist church married Melvin Hell and Miss Bessie Dunshee at the bride’s Severty-six township home. Rev W R Striyer preached here last evening. Baptist ladies meet this afternoon with Mrs J I Dayton. Fred Haight of Muscatine called on business. Baptists buy new telephone for parsonage. Yellow fever germ noted and King’s New Life Pills advertised at 25c.

W.R. Striyer Washington G. H. Kemp Fred Haight Muscatine Missionary Ladies of the Baptist Church J. I. Dayton Methodist Church Melvin Hel Bessie Dunshee Severty-six Township New Haven Prairie Flower West Chester

Rev John Hanks resigns from Eureka circuit pastorate

Knoxville clergyman Rev John Hanks has tendered his resignation effective immediately due to health. The Eureka Pleasant Plains circuit, serving three churches and a monthly Richmond service, will be led by Rev W R Stryker for the remainder of the conference year starting next Sunday.

John Hanks Knoxville Eureka Hanks Pleasant Plains Richmond W. R. Stryker

Regular convocation of Cyrus chapter on Feb 4 1906 7 50 PM

Regular convocation of Cyrus chapter will be held Friday evening February 4 1906 at 7 50 sharp for work on Past and Most Excellent Masters degree. Three candidates. Full attendance urged. vu A Dewey H P.

Cyrus Vu. A Dewey H. P

Reverend Warren Praises Electric Bitters as Godsend

The Rev J C Warren pastor of Sharon Baptist Belair Ga says Electric Bitters cured his lame back stiff joints and physical collapse. He details remarkable improvement after two bottles walking three miles in 50 minutes and feeling strong again. Sold under guarantee at J H Stewarts drug store. Price one.

J. C. Warren Sharon Baptist Church Belair Eiedric Bitters J. H. Stewart

NOTHING SMALL ABOUT AER

Mra. Fred erick Wendt of Kawkawlin has been arrested after police observed her taking gloves from Bothe's store on a Saturday evening. Officers traced a rig containing mittens, gloves, overshoes, pipes, sacks of corn wear a buffalo robe and otter articles all from a single outing. Her son admitted none had been paid for. The Wendt home yielded more plunder deemed distributed to merchants. The mother of many children was jailed and a plan for her care remains unresolved.

Ray City Mich Frederick Wendt Kawkawlin Gleason Bothe Wendt

TROUBLES OF THE CASTELLANES

Strong efforts to end the divorce suit begun by Countess Bont de Castellane fail to date. An attempt to secure the countess consent to a separation without abdication is unsuccessful. The case likely moves toward the traditional period for hearings, with a three week timetable noted. French law limits appearances to essential evidence and preserves property after a decree. A divorced woman cannot remarry within ten months of decree, and an appeals decision must be lodged within six days.

Taris Feb Castellane Bont de Castellane

Mayor Beall Proposes Bill On Foreign Born Citizens

Alton Illinois mayor Ed Pitt Beall announces candidacy for Congress and backs a plan to require citizens who abandon parenting duties to leave the country. He emphasizes increasing American births as essential to national stock and references the niece death by own action as a serious but secondary issue.

Alton Edpitt Beall Congresa Congress

Funeral arrangements for King Christian of Denmark

The coffin will be placed before the Roskilde Cathedral high altar at the start of the service and carried to its resting place on the east side. A massive oak coffin bears two bronze Bible-inscribed plates and the king's monogram. Wreaths arrive daily as royal visits continue and subscriptions fund a golden wreath by schoolchildren.

Copenhagen Christian Roskilde Denmark Chapelle Ardente Amalienborg

Mandamus Denied for Mayor Dunne in Chicago case

The Illinois Supreme Court refused to issue a mandamus to force Mayor Dunne to enforce the Sunday closing law for saloons in Chicago. Corporation Counsel Lewis challenged the petition’s admissibility, and the court ruled it had no jurisdiction.

Dunne Springfield Chicago Supreme Court Lewis

Reprieve Granted for Mrs Tota in New Jersey Case

Governor Stokes of New Jersey grants Mrs Antonette Tota a sixty day reprieve to permit her counsel Mrs Quackenboss to present additional evidence for a possible new trial. The action follows a pardons board resolution.

Mes. Tolla Trenton N. J Stokes Antonette Tota Quackenboss

Britain’s Trade Rises Fast in January

Board of Trade figures show January imports reach 267,500,000 pounds and exports 153,750,000 pounds. The increases translate to about 28,500,000 and 28,900,000 in value, marking record highs and continued growth for London trade.

London S.board of Trade

Miss Alma Jay Returns to Floris Kindergarten

Miss Alma Jay arrived from Floris Iowa to resume her duties in the town kindergarten, signaling a return to teaching after a break.

Alma Jay Floris Iowa

Mrs Mayor Leaves for Columbus Junction to Visit Relatives

Mrs Mayor departed last night for Columbus Junction to visit relatives for the next two or three days.

Frightfully Burned Man Healed by Arnica Salve

Chas W Moore a Ford City machinist suffered a severe electric furnace burn on his hand. He used Kucklen’s Arnica Salve and quickly recovered. The ad proclaims Arnica Salve as a premier healer for burns wounds and sores available at J H Stewarts drug store for 2 cents.

Chas. W. Moore Ford City Kucklen J. H. Stewart

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