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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1911
Page
4
William Jones and others visit the city on Saturday for business or social reasons. Theatre ads promote The Missouri Girl at the Graham with Hal Reid's Cow Puncher in a later show. Mrs Sawhill and others travel to Des Moines and Des Moines college preacher visits are noted.
A king offers riches to the brother who completes three tasks. The two older brothers fail and turn to stone, while Dummling gathers pearls with the aid of saved ants, retrieves the castle key with a duck, and identifies the youngest princess with bees. He marries her and earns the throne.
A promotional note claims a product can restore animal health by acting on the stomach liver and kidneys. It asserts the supplement tones vital organs purifies blood and boosts vitality enabling thriving on any food. Assurance of satisfactory results is offered even when other remedies fail.
Harry Montgomery leaves yesterday for Kansas City en route to the Gulf Coast region. Miss Henrietta Mangold departs for Kansas City after visiting friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Young travel to New Boston Iowa after a week with relatives. Miss Charlotte Cunningham of Ames heads to Vinton after weeks with relatives. Mrs. W F Curtis becomes clerk at Snouffer Hughes and Co. store and will alter in the ladies wear. The Doughertys with pneumonia show slight changes in condition today.
O F Kaight announces he continues selling sewing machines of the same makes. Supplies for all machines and repair work a specialty. Orders or repairs by calling 589 Black or visiting the store, first door north of First United Presbyterian Church. Open January 11 to March 11.
The government thermometer showed yesterday morning at just above zero and daytime highs reached only 16 above. This morning the reading stood at 8 above.
We bought too many toilet sets for our holiday trade and placed these goods on sale in our south window at one-third off. A grand opportunity to obtain a beautiful high grade set at a very low price from LEMMON.
The Missouri Girl features Zeke Dobson as a unique rural character, a bright honest country boy whose natural dialect and actions provide true to life humor. In city scenes his clumsy city mistakes and quips about urban folks elicit comedy while remaining grounded. Admission ranges 25 35 and 50 cents.
Hal Reid's drama The Cow Puncher plays at the Graham on Thursday night January 19. The western tale features heroine Geraldine Graham an eastern college girl fitting into a western Arizona ranch with comedy pathos and sensation. W F Mann producer presents an excellent cast with scenery and electrical effects. Tickets priced 25 35 and 50 cents.
A stomach and liver remedy promising reliable, vegetable pills without gripe. Merital Chocolate Granules claim to regulate the stomach liver and bowels and deliver desired results. Lemon's Pharmacy lists exclusive agents.
A timely notice in this season’s cold and hoarseness period promotes Meritol Cough Remedy as a safe non opiate option. Lemmon's Pharmacy endorses it as a reliable choice for cough relief.
A playful line notes that when a wife buys a pony coat it becomes a horse on her husband, using wordplay to tease marital roles and fashion choices.
A Fayetteville reader credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving both she and her sister from frightful coughs. They were told one had consumption, but the medicine cured them. It is described as best for sore lungs and bronchial troubles. Trial bottle free, $1.00, guaranteed by Lemmon’s Pharmacy.
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