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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1910
Page
3
A notice describes a shipment of liquor under the new liquor law, outlining regulatory requirements and inspection steps. The item notes compliance procedures for importers and retailers and emphasizes adherence to licensing rules and safety standards.
Officials across railways and express companies are alerted as a new liquor law takes effect. Sections 238 239 and 240 impose penalties up to five thousand dollars and two years in jail for improper shipment or handling of intoxicants across state lines or from foreign sources, including shipments to fictitious recipients.
An ad-style medical claim states deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It attributes most cases to catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for any deafness caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney and Company Toledo Ohio. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Mahara Brothers present a 20 artist minstrel review at the Graham with new scenery costumes and electrolite effects. William Owen stars in theatre pieces including As You Like It and The Merchant of Venice and will appear with the company at the Graham on January 8.
A box supper is planned at Glen Dale School House on Friday evening January 7 1910. A literary program will be presented. Ladies bring a box and a willing escort with pocket money to bid for the cake awarded to the most popular young lady. Irma M Wilbur is the teacher. TRY A JOURNAL WANT AD.
A 1909 vow proclaims to always do the best one can on life’s middle road. The speaker pledges consistency and effort over praise, claiming no man fails who consistently does his best, even as obscurity and hardship press in.
The Southeastern Iowa Teachers' association invites members to Ottumwa for its sixteenth annual session. The event runs Thursday through Saturday in April with an ambitious program and aims to attract a large turnout. Boosting officers include President Eugene Henery of Grinnell, Executive Committee Chairman Frank L. Smart of Davenport, and Local Committee Chairman A W Stuart of Ottumwa.
Public sale ordered after selling home farm to move to Washington Iowa. Two miles north of West Chester on Wednesday January 5 1910 at 10 a m. Seventy five head of horses and mules listed including eastern horses Chile feeders northern farm mares driving stock sired by Tom Johnsons Lavaron and Al Ganzoo two saddle horses and more.
Notes from multiple papers report visits by Clayton Brady and Nena Wilson to Washington, Ellen Ball's trip to visit Mrs. Miller, Hattie Wenger's return from F M Reels, Smiths' Christmas travels, J M Williams and Marietta Duvall's December 1 wedding and Illinois honeymoon, Mart White's Washington home sale and new build, a 15000 acre Nueces county land sale to F Z Bishop, and Cedar Falls travelers pausing in Washington before resuming travel.
A rural auction notice describes livestock and farm equipment for sale in Washington county. It lists 46 cattle including milch cows and Jerseys, 19 Black Aberdeen steers, 17 Shorthorn steers, hogs totaling 161 head with 92 brood sows, 35 market barrows, 4 dozen Buff Plymouth Rock chickens, 5 white turkeys, plus extensive farm machinery. Sale details include times, cash terms, lunch by local vendors, and free train pickup. Auctioneers are JOE A. LIMERMAN and ALES BROWN with clerk H DOUGHERTY.
An ad-like excerpt notes Foley's Kidney Remedy containing Hexamethylenetetramine as a uric acid solvent. It urges prompt use at irregularities and mentions favorable farm loan terms with a claim of doubled loan business due to saving customers money. Edmund D. Morrison signs the fragment.
A brief humorous exchange shows a chap who asks about tenure at a previous post. The applicant replies with seven years for both questions, producing a quip about honesty. The snippet reflects a light newspaper humor item from a Bits column.
The Rock Island introduces a revised time card effective tomorrow with trains renamed No 25 and No 25 and new west bound California service arriving at 4 02 a m and the east bound Bee at 10 30 a m. The west bound local will arrive at 9 30 a m as before.
A maxime attributed to Publius Syrus notes no virtuous man grows rich in a single moment. The saying reflects caution about rapid wealth and virtue.
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