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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1909
Page
3
Reports from the county describe daily life events, community activities, and notable social happenings. The column highlights local gatherings, arrivals, and brief updates from area towns and residents.
Jan 14 born to Mr and Mrs J Wiles a daughter. Taylor Stout and wife called on Washington relatives Saturday evening. Howard Stewart a Oakland teacher visited Ainsworth Wednesday. Dave Davison’s supply tank froze and he built a tire to thaw it, the tank caught fire but Roy Davison saved it. A H Brinton called at the T Stacy home. Mrs Lew Gudgell of Galesburg is visiting Richard Gudgell.
Jan 14 Keota briefs note Gertie Buntenbach staying with sister near Brighton. Local buyers pay 55 cents a bushel for good corn. Elmer Adams delivering mail for McClellan. Evangelistic work and church events dominate with Rev. Fred Berry leading Baptist services and E A Hulse’s evangelistic tour through Burlington Rock Island Barron and Muscatine. Various visits and departures with neighbors and relatives described.
Mr Hulse and Mr Fales were at Eureka for work. The ice harvest has begun in the neighborhood. Herman Butenbach serves on the Washington jury this week. Frank McKune is acquiring a larger gasoline engine as the small one lacked power for the wood saw. Grosscup Brothers are putting up ice today.
The workman arrives to install the town clock in the schoolhouse tower but is delayed by missing clock weights not yet arriving. School opens next Tuesday and the new building will be dedicated next Monday afternoon. Ellis street possession is set for the first of March. Mr Hulse plans to build if a desirable location is secured.
January reports describe Matt Redtinger's sale drawing a crowd and plans to move near Washington. Jim Hanley visited Charles Rowe in Keota. Farmers begin ice stockpiling while Ervin Robinsons live with his brother Jim. Will McClelland battles flu. John Davidson visited Wellman, and Ed Matthews moved to his father's tenant house.
The article argues alcohol is a necessary preservative in medicines and claims Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound contains 18 percent alcohol. It asserts the remedy is reliable for women’s health issues and compares consumption to beer and tea spoonful to tablespoonful doses.
The Holy City a religious drama by Clarence Bennett is to be staged at the opera house on January 22. The production has won approval from thousands of clergymen of all denominations for its reverent treatment of a sacred subject.
Local notices report Palace Bakery offering a line of cakes and cookies while advertising top prices for hides furs and junk. Multiple residents including Josiah Harding Nansee Bet and B I Wilson are noted as visiting or traveling through the city with various errands and departures.
The piece reviews a 2 year old law removing internal revenue tax from denatured alcohol and notes farmers expected cheap on farm production but prices remain too high for fuel use. It cites French small distillers and warns U S conditions differ, delaying practical domestic adoption.
E J Oswald of the Maryland experiment station studied manure fermentation and animal digestion to gauge weed seed vitality. Results show that six months in barn yard piles poses little risk, while carload pile handling offers slight risk. Germination rates for seeds fed to steers averaged 12.8 percent top dressing, 2.3 percent plowed under, and 8.1 percent on pasture, suggesting well rotted manure destroys weed vitality.
A department of agriculture bulletin recommends paving gutter bottoms and sides with brick or field stones on steep graded roads to prevent washout. It advises side ditches three feet from the road edge with at least half a foot fall per hundred feet, wide bottoms, broad flaring sides, and frequent outlets or underground pipes to manage water flow.
East siders use baby carriages for market hauling and shopping, piling potatoes greens and goods from nearby stores. Boys gather lumber from demolition sites for transport, while cars carry laundry coal and even become fuel when worn out.
The notice describes applying blotting paper soaked in a strong solution of sellpeter dryft burned to a three inch square on a plate in a sleeping room. It claims to provide quick relief to those suffering from asthma.
Hyomei an inhaled eucalyptus antiseptic claims to cure catarrh asthma croup sore throat coughs colds and grip. Lemmon’s Pharmacy offers a money back guarantee if not cured after a fair trial. Complete outfit with inhaler priced at 1.00 and refills 50 cents.
The D of H plans a shadow social at the A O W hall on Saturday night January 16 inviting A O W members and pencil holders. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is advertised for burns wounds and skin issues with quick relief and 25c at J E Lemmon's.
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