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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1912
Page
8
Chicago January 2. H L Burnette and John Taylor, followers of John Alexander Dowie, predict the second coming of Christ will occur in Zion City during the current year. Eli jah the Second is cited as part of their forecast.
An advertisement vows to pay all medicine costs if Rexall Orderlies fail to relieve constipation and offers the product exclusively at the local store. It touts the tablets as safe for children and the elderly, with varying package sizes and a price of 25 to 36 tablets. A Lake County proclamation references a prophecy about the coming of Christ in Zion with healing and gospel preaching.
New York January 2 W E D Stokes millionaire hotelier and prosecutor in the Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad trial shows marked improvement. He has been critically ill from a kidney ailment and physicians say an operation will probably not be necessary.
A cricket club's winter gym and ju jitsu instructor are at the center of a humorous tale after a cricketer arrives with a bandaged head claiming a youth struck him. The instructor quips that ju jitsu should handle any situation, while the cricketer admits the injury came from a brick dropped from a third floor window.
A Cedar Rapids gathering of men and church committees for a Men and Religion Forward Movement convention meeting tonight at 7:30 in the Baptist church with an eight o'clock business session. Speakers include eight leading ministers and laymen. convention runs January 7 to 9 at First United Presbyterian and related venues with plans for extensive outreach and a large out of town attendance.
The excerpt blends humorous pieces about hens with an account of a Cedar Rapids boys work convention led by Rev. Walter White and speakers like Dr. J. A. Marquis. It notes venues, sessions, and the Washington convention dates January 7 to 9, listing participating towns and a self contained event outline.
Kansas City authorities begin the third trial of Dr. Ben nett Clark Hyde for the murder of Col. Thomas H. Swope with typhoid germs and arsenic. The case ties multiple Swope family illnesses to alleged poisoning linked to Hyde.
An old advertisement offers a $100 reward for a catarrh cure that fails. It credits F J Cheney and Co of Toledo and cites endorsements by Walding Kinnan Marvin and D Hall’s Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy. It notes price per bottle and urges testimonials.
Two Iowa men, D A Laughead and W W Stuart, passed all civil service tests for the custodian engineer job at the new municipal building. Laughead led with a 91.5 average. Stuart posted 84.6. The Des Moines council will pick the winner from the two, both described as temperate and studious.
A desperate Baltimore woman, unnamed, writes to Franklin Square hospital doctors asking for aid by selling a finger, foot, arm, or leg. She describes severe poverty after former good standing and seeks a prompt answer, insisting her name remain confidential.
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