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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1911
Page
2
Regular mid week services in the new church this evening feature a talk on the characteristics of a sound member. The session covers faithfulness discipline and community engagement, with emphasis on personal growth and service within the church.
The note from Fox and Dewey expresses gratitude for loyal endorsement of their high class lines and business methods over the past year.
January events include the county school opening after vacation and Miss Liliam Bancroft’s return from Burlington. Rev. E. B. Albright resigns as pastor. Mr. and Mrs. Will Ward celebrate their fifteenth wedding anniversary with games, refreshments, and a playful airship tale. A cut glass water set was given as a token of friendship.
Grace Hill notes list visitors including Lou Beittel of Chicago and Emila Buxbaum visiting relatives. Social items mention a successful Ladies' Aid chicken pie supper and various local visits by residents to family in Muscatine and other nearby towns.
Crawfordsville notes report Mrs. J. T. Clark came home after a weekend in Muscatine and Mrs. Huff returned from Washington. Mrs. Myrtle McCleary went back to Fairfield after a short stay with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Milton White returned from Washington, W. A. Harper visited from Washington, and John Wonderly resumed studies at Monmouth College after holidays.
A period piece extols sleep as a universal tonic, praising one night of rest as worth more than any medicine. It contrasts serene slumber with guilt from past misdeeds, suggesting conscience can spoil sleep if one recalls moral failings from the day.
Rev and Mrs A B Hightshoe traveled to Chicago last night for hospital treatment, while Thomas Ferguson of Lenox Iowa journeyed to Washington this morning after a short visit here.
Local notes from Keota recount Myrtle Edgington resuming duties as public school teacher in Aberdeen South Dakota. This brief column lists visits by Grace Hunter Mary DeVoe I A Nash and others, plus a funeral observed for George Hoyt with Rev J F Robertson officiating.
Ainsworth residents visit relatives in Des Moines Muscatine and Ames. Travelers include Leo Adams Jesse Pearson and Mrs PF D Harding. A pair of hogs frightens a team injuring a baby. multiple residents visit and depart for homes with family and business trips noted.
Ross Benson visited relatives in this neighborhood last week. Donald and Ina Mitchell of Ainsworth spent part of last week with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hillhouse. Mrs. Ira McKee of Nevada Missouri is visiting at the John and Silas Caldwell homes this week. The annual New Year’s dinner was held Saturday at Pleasant Hill church with 114 present. Mr. and Mrs. Roll Gamon entertained relatives at a New Year’s dinner Sunday. Eva McKee of Missouri was a guest from a distance. Oscar Gardner and Gela Miller were visitors in Crawfordsville Friday evening. Rosa Lehr of Ankeny Iowa is visiting the Benson and Nicholson homes this week. Julia Ferguson and daughters Murriel and Virgile returned from Ft. Madison. Walter Gardner and Ode Ferguson returned from Knoxville Tennessee. Will Stafford lost a horse last week.
L. McConnell of Elmira New York writes that five bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy cured a bad kidney trouble and proves it the most reliable kidney medicine she has taken. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McKinnie Drug Co. distributed the product.
Regular meeting and installation of officers announced for Friday evening January 6. All members urged to attend. By order of the President.
An advertisement touts Meritol Cough Remedy as a top choice for colds hoarseness and related ailments. It claims the product is harmless and opioid free available at Lemmon's pharmacy and allied drug association members.
The McKihhinney Drug Co advertises ZEMO as a cure for pimples blackheads dandruff eczema prickly heat rashes hives ivy poison and other skin or scalp eruptions with a full refund if not satisfied. First application provides relief and persists to destroy germ life, leaving skin clean and healthy.
Cut prices on all mens and childrens suits overcoats pants shirts underwear hats and caps with first come first served at Dougherty Bros. Local shop sale drives urgency and highlights broad inventory reduction.
A Real Tonic Merital Digestive is composed of hydrastis gentian pepsin senna lodia root and other valuable ingredients. It tones the system aids digestion improves appetite and cleanses impurities. Get a bottle today at Lemmon's Pharmacy exclusive local agents Washington Iowa.
Mrs. Alva Kilgore and baby of Beckwith visit the Water House home. The young people enjoyed a series of parties and spreads during the holiday week. Will Kearse returns to Coatsville Missouri with A. J. Morgan visiting relatives for a week. H. L. Sargent and Mr. Bradley of Centerville were business visitors here last week Wednesday.
Merital Chocolate Granules marketed as a purely vegetable stomach and liver pill that won’t gripe. Claimed to regulate stomach liver and bowels with reliable, certain effectiveness and presented by Lemmon’s Pharmacy as exclusive agents.
Special report recalls a violent quake felt across Russian Turkestan between 4 and 4 30. Thousands feared dead as fissures opened in the ground. In one city about 23 000 people affected with most stores and homes ruined. Nine other towns reported destroyed. A rush sale followed with clothing and undergarments offered first come first served.
The article argues that pottery making remains a man craft despite technical progress. It notes that handwork governs quality, tools are simple or crude, and machines cannot match the discerning touch needed for diverse materials.
A humorous domestic ostrich laments after losing his tips and jokes why the S. P. C. A. does not push for anti-tipping laws. The light note mocks animal care practices with a wink at policy debates.
Describes a Washington era themed New Year’s reception with room dressed in colonial decor. Guests role play historic figures, minuet dancing led by hosts, selective dining room honors, bells and silver stars, wax candle lighting, and red white blue ribbons to evoke early America.
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