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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1929
Page
5
The Delphian society will hold a gathering on Tuesday at 7 30. The 2Tsta club plans a meeting with Mrs Charles Casper on Wednesday afternoon in November.
Local clubs and church groups list upcoming gatherings for January including P T A Cones Will meeting at Jan 16, Sunrise social events at multiple church factions, and various ladies aid and missionary group activities with dates, hosts, and locations. Attendants urged to attend. New Year resolutions noted in roll call.
A fragmented report hints at science predicting an eel or sun related advance. It mentions forecasts that seem impractical, leaving readers uncertain about practical outcomes or dates.
A brief fragment notes a call for kindness and self restraint. The text mentions loving kindness toward fellow creatures and hints at personal reflection involving someone named Arthur.
In York Pennsylvania the murder trial reveals witchcraft elements. Blymyer and others are tied to occult practices with a hair removal ritual and a hole for the hair, officers confiscate charms and a notebook with three healing formulas. Blymyer studied the Long Lost Friend a magic text gaining local traction.
A fragment describes old practices for fire protection using maiden hair and burying it at doorsills, and remedies like tossing a maiden's garment into flames if a fire starts. It notes belief in these measures by communities including Rehmeyer and the Hess family and mentions a Shrewsbury farmer cured by a 80 cent warmer.
A garbled OCR passage hints at a dispersed historic event with names such as Phil ip and Wade, mentioning Flanders and a subject executed. Details are fractured and unclear, rendering precise events, dates, or places uncertain in this fragment.
Sergeant H. D. Bennett of the Davenport recruiting office announces the alistment of John J. Schneider of 214 Fast Jefferson Street Washington Iowa for service in the medical department.
Kamer Schneider of Be 113th cavalry Troop G Town National Guard at Washington was discharged from the Guard and is enlisting in the regular army as all service branches now accept open enlistment.
Advertisement touts Thoxine as a fast acting cough remedy from a famous physician. It claims to attack the internal cause rather than just soothe symptoms and offers a money back guarantee. Sold by McDaniel's as a safe family remedy with pleasant taste on first swallow.
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