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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1908
Page
6
Mae Abbott scores a great success for Davenport with a refreshing play noted by Herald on September 14.
City council member M. O'Reilly Forgarty of Kingston Jamaica West Indies testifies to the benefits of Uberlain's Cough Remedy. He says one bottle relieved a persistent cough and he plans to obtain another. Cook and Sherman distribute.
The piece traces John A Johnson from St Peter editor to Minnesota governor and national figure. It cites a boomerang circular about his father as the flashpoint, his two term rise, tax reforms, labor mediation, and a political contrast to Lincoln while noting his plain origin and anti snob stance. It also cites a Cincinnati Post feature praising Cooper and his stomach theory with testimonial letters.
A Minnesota story traces John Johnson, once a country editor in a Democratic district, rising after early hardship. His Swede immigrant family faced poverty as his father died in the poor house. John quit school at twelve to support six siblings, delivering papers and working in a grocer and drug store while his mother stopped washing.
The play My Dixie Girl appears at the opera house Tuesday evening January 7. Mae Abbott stars as Dixie delivering emotional scenes and swift Bowery slang that delights audiences and shifts to humor.
Mr. McDonough of Oskaloosa, a University of Chicago student, spent Sunday as a guest at the W. W. Cherry residence.
Mr and Mrs Henry Stormfeltz and their children Luther and Mrs Justin Fuller from Princeton Missouri visited the A G Cunningham and Lloyd Lytle homes. Harry Stormfeltz of Detroit Michigan also spent the day with relatives.
A union prayer meeting of all churches will be held at the First United Presbyterian church next Wednesday evening at 7 30 led by Rev G D Rogers. The subject is The Church Made Truly Glorious from Ephesians 3 20 21 and Revelations 2 7.
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