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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1913

Page

3

Ballad of Beauregard and a Charleston Duel

In Charleston during a tense eve at a grand ball, Lieutenant Kerchival West and Edward Thornton clash over Mrs. Haverill as the city braces for Sumter. A midnight duel settles the score while secrets about Frank and a fragile romance ripple through the night.

Edward Thornton Miss Gertrude Ruffin Beauregard Sumter Gertrude Hiere Thornton Jenny Buckthorn Thornton Robert Ellingham Teoknt Kerchival West Tie Colonel Haverill Charleston Kerchival West Keredival West Mr. Thornton Haverill West Kerchival Ashley Ellingham House Pinckhey’s Forts Johnson Mol Trie Ellingham Dr. Ellingham Lieutenant West Madeline West Mrs. Haverill Gertrude Ellingham Bob Ellingham Austin Nas Mr. West Doctor Anderson Robert Kerchial Bayou Sam Pinckney Kerchivat Frank Cassie

Charity Sisters Escape Fire at Convent in Davenport

Thirty two sisters of charity narrowly escaped death by suffocation when a basement fire trapped them at the Immaculate Conception academy in Davenport Iowa early Sunday. The old frame structure adjacent to the fireproof Schland dormitory housed the sleeping sisters and many were overcome by smoke before the blaze was discovered.

Davenport Sisters of Charity Immaculate Conception Academy Schland

Vinel tonic promises strength and recovery remedy

A Boston lawyer tests Vinel cod liver oil and iron tonic for his 76 year old mother noting extended walking ability. The ad offers a money back guarantee if it fails to build strength and restore health, with Sherman Bros. Druggists in Washington Iowa also advertising Saxo Salve for eczema.

Vinci Boston Vinel Sherman Bros. Druggists Washington Iowa P. S Advt

Revive Income Tax in the Legislature

Hartford Conn Jan 8 The chief measures to come before the biennial session of the Connecticut General Assembly opened today include employers liability workingman compensation industrial insurance registration of legislative agents repeal of the personal tax law revision of state backing laws liberalizing Sunday laws and bills to promote welfare of women and minors in industrial and mercantile establishments. Another effort will be made to obtain ratification of the amendment to the federal Constitution for an income tax.

Hartford Conn Connecticut General Assembly

Hyomet inhalation remedy for cold claimed by Lemmon's

An ad promotes HYOMET as a safe cold remedy from Lemmon's Pharmacy. Instructions urge boiling water and inhaling vapor for five to ten minutes, claiming quick relief with no harmful drugs. It markets this treatment as economical and widely used, noting a fifty cent bottle price.

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