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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1912
Page
2
The piece accuses the court of acting without Congress by using injunctions to create a de facto legislature and an interstate commerce authority. It mentions Fox & Dewey selling footwear and urges readers to watch windows for new stock and repairs.
Many people can have healthy hair with Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy. The preparation claims to remove dandruff, cleanse the scalp, promote hair growth and restore color, offered at fifty cents a bottle by McElhinney Drug Co and other druggists.
An old advertisement touts fake LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets with a promise to cure a cold in one day. Druggists refund money if it fails and E. W. GROVE is named on each box. Price listed as 25 cents.
A compact roundup of community happenings across the county highlights local events and day to day affairs. Social gatherings, public meetings, and notable small town activity provide a snapshot of regional life.
Local notes record J W Kirkpatrick and Cedar Rapids relatives visiting over the weekend. Hlomer Tedford and wife return from Columbus Junction. Mrs. Rogers and Ferne visit Mrs. Enos Miller. Mrs F D Snavely and Maxine stay with mother in Burlington. Aura Turnipseed returns from Monmouth. Rev R L Patterson to start revival at M E church. Masons host wives and O K S for a joint installation and banquet Jan 2. W Q V club hosts turkey dinner at Sanders home. Death reported of Mrs Harry Jones of North English, daughter of Dr J R Downing. Mrs J F Kirkpatrick hosts family dinner. Ed Kelso and family visit Lone Tree friends.
Wyman Wyman reports Burlington visits with 8. B. Harrison a Burlington visitor on the prior Saturday. Mr and Mrs W F Orbin spent Christmas at their son C W Orbin's in Burlington. C Matthews and wife and Eva spent Christmas with W B Matthews in Winfield. Arnold Schroeder left for Buffalo NY to spend weeks with family. A Sewell was in Washington between trains. M B Jones and wife spent Christmas with his brother J H Jones. T Riley Equitable Life district agent reviewed local business. Mrs J kh Davis and sister J B Dodds and Eliza Cannon were Washington visitors Saturday. Frank Boyd and wife shopped in Washington. Metzger Bros shelling corn again this week. J F Frain and Thos Lantz attended Masonic lodge in Winfield Friday night.
Dated January 1 1912 obit notes stroke death in evening and wife’s death in 1895. Survivors include daughters Lillie Stone Reynolds Moore Patterson Smith Nelson Barnes plus sons James R Sherman Harry A and R. Sherman. Funeral at United Presbyterian Church Ainsworth conducted by Rev H T Jackson with burial at Ainsworth Cemetery.
In Nira Nira on December 30 1911 Leonard Geyer suffers knee injury under a doctor's care. Howard Zillmer is ill. Jim Hanley and family Peter Hanley and Curt McClellan from Washington spent Christmas with the Hanleys. Will Evans visits from South English. Chas Green hosts Christmas dinner. Don Bull and wife of Missouri visit relatives. their daughter Willy wed December 11 1911. Mrs Katie Evans visits Vera Adams. Hunter McClelland spends Thursday in town.
Edward Wright White born May 2 1880 in Lawrence County Pa died December 28 1911 at his daughter Mrs L C Moore's home in Reynolds Ill after a Christmas Day visit. He left school at sixteen then worked hard, farmed in Washington County before moving to Ainsworth and later Reynolds. He married Louisa Cunningham October 22 1857 and spent four years in California's gold fields after 1852 journey via the Isthmus.
Local notes list residents and visitors departing or visiting nearby towns including Des Moines Burlington Chicago Cedar Rapids What Cheer Montgomery City and Washington. A New Year dinner at the M E church honored Mr Rowe with a fur robe and Mrs Rowe with a purse of money. S D Carris notes a 30 year streak of ice work could resume due to cold weather.
Glen Laws of Galesburg Illinois arrived Saturday night for a visit at the Scott Rogers home in Crawfordsville. Mr and Mrs W J Patterson of Pittsburg Kansas left this morning for unspecified travel.
The ad urges immediate home use for cuts bruises sprains and wounds claiming instant relief and unrivaled pain killing and healing effects.
Phrases claim Merital Pile Remedy quickly and permanently relieves piles whether acute or chronic. The advertisement urges sufferers to try the product, endorsing it as effective after other treatments fail and recommending Lemmon's Pharmacy as the source.
Leroy B. Nason of North Windham planted in Windham lily ponds a pint of seeds of the lotus of the Nile Nymphaea cerulea sent by J Hampton Boyd a professor at Chicago University The lily is famed for enormous size and beauty with blossoms up to eight inches across
Local ad promotes Frey’s Studio of Quality at 6615 Frey’s, urging families to gather for a group photo or individual portraits. It touts prints and the studio’s quality, inviting callers to view examples and consider trying a journal want ad.
Chicago notes for January 1 1912 show markets opening weak with light prices from 5 75 to 6 15 for light cattle and 5 85 to 6 25 for mixed packers. Beves and sheep hold steady to slightly higher while western cattle and lambs display varied gains and losses across categories.
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