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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1909
Page
3
Advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar clears air passages and stops throat irritation. It says the cough disappears, inflamed lungs heal, and the cold is expelled from the system with a recommendation to refuse anything but the genuine in the yellow package from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Miss Inez Sweeney of Buckein, Kansas, who had been visiting here since Thursday night, departed for home Saturday morning on the Rock Island.
Mrs. Marietta Duvall traveled to West Chester on Saturday morning and will stay several days as a guest at the David Fisher residence.
Local notes detail numerous Sunday and Saturday travelers visiting nearby towns and returning home. Names include Lemley, Shearer, Stamm, Dupuis, Pearson, Burroughs, Beard, Rienier, Patterson, Moothart, Amlong, Johnson, George, Tidball, Scranton, Anderson, Dodds, Fretchin, McCullough, Custer, Plummer, Hanlon, Hightshoe, Todd, Needham, Harding, Lutz, Hopkinson, Bell, Lyman, Hartman, Ribbink, Thomas, Watson, Luce, Anderson, White, Gorham, and others with destinations like Cedar Rapids, Washington, Keota, Columbus Junction, Sigourney, Bloomfield, Ainsworth, West Chester, and Muscatine.
A brief item recalls a discussion or event titled third degree tonight. The note mentions no individuals or organizations beyond the event itself and emphasizes the planned or remembered occurrence without details.
James Clark won a 26 mile 385 yard marathon starting at the Thirteenth regiment armory in Brooklyn and finishing there after passing Sea Gate and Coney Island. He completed the course in 2 hours 45 minutes 52 and 3 fifths seconds from a field of 154 starters.
Wellington New Zealand February 15 fifty two bodies have been recovered from the wrecked steamer Penguin. Boats and rafts were overturned but rafts righted themselves several times. Survivors on the rafts reached shore showing rafts are more serviceable than boats in heavy seas near a rocky shore.
Washington report says Speaker Cannon will recognize Representative Hamilton to bring up the bill admitting New Mexico and Arizona as separate states. Governor Curry and prominent New Mexico citizens are in Washington to push the measure and urge passage.
John Brinton of Brighton visited relatives here and left for home Saturday morning. An advertisement claims pneumonia often follows la grippe, but not when Foley's Honey and Tar is used. The ad urges refusing substitutes and using the genuine yellow package from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Trusted remedy advertised for colic cholera and diarrhoea. Available from F L Stelte and Lemmon's Pharmacy in local listings.
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