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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1911
Page
6
Sweet peas promise beauty and fragrance for long seasons and demand top quality seed. Edgar A Higgins offers eight half ounce packets of named varieties postpaid for 25 cents, plus extra orchid flowers Countess Spencer White Spencer Asta Oba and more. Orders before February 15 receive Paradise Spencer as a bonus.
A Real Tonic Meritol Tonic Digestive is composed of hydrastis gentian pepsin senns India root and other valuable ingredients. It is a perfect general tonic that tones the system aids digestion improves appetite and cleanses the system of impurities. Get a bottle today and see how quickly it will make you just as good as new. Lemmon's Pharmacy exclusive local agents Washington Iowa.
An old advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Pills promising to cure backache strengthen kidneys correct urinary irregularities build up worn out tissues and eliminate excess uric acid to prevent Bright's Disease and Diabetes with sale through Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co.
A collection of quoted lines: Judge Baldwin on law's clarity with a hat in court and Coke’s retort. Mayor Reyburn on hard times and a broker's misfortune. a joke about a tourist seeking the south wind and a landlord noting its direction.
An old ad claims nervousness and disturbing dreams stem from stomach indigestion. It promotes a 50 cent box of Mi-O-NA stomach tablets sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy with a money back guarantee for relief in minutes.
Four brothers Earl Stafford of Maysville Missouri Harry Krebs of Walnut Illinois William Malin of Little Sandusky Ohio and C Chandler of Oklahoma City are now living in the West and Southwest. Their parents died in childhood and the siblings were legally adopted by different families nationwide.
Seventeen London thoroughfares formerly named Charles street were legally renamed today creating mail delivery confusion, especially in Westminster where five streets carried the old designation. The first Charles street kept its name while others received new titles as the city continues to eliminate duplicate street names.
London reports Rabbi Lipkin of South Africa presented King Edward biography of 80,000 words in minute script. The work, when viewed from a distance, forms a portrait of the late monarch.
William Stark a saloonkeeper spent a year in jail rather than pay alimony to his divorced wife. He was committed Jan 19 1910 for failing to pay a hundred dollars. A grand jury committee visited him and Stark said he would stay in his cell until rotted rather than comply with court order.
Commodore John Barry Ryan of the U S aeronautical reserves, son of financier Thomas Fortune Ryan, directs a project to equip each state and territory with at least one military aeroplane. The completion target is January 19, 1912, aiming to create the largest aerial emergency fleet in the world within a year.
Gen Robert E. Lee's birthday was observed today by Confederate organizations across the South. The anniversary is a legal holiday in Georgia and several states including Florida North Carolina South Carolina Virginia Alabama and Arkansas.
Des Moines reports Edgar H. Smith of Adams county will introduce a house bill prohibiting sale of intoxicating liquors within five miles of state universities at Iowa City and likely all state educational institutions. He cites strong sentiment against wider limits.
Fort Dodge reports that on February 5 the Methodist churches across the United States will designate a Dol liver Memorial Day. Congregations will collect funds to support the erection of the Doliver Memorial in Fort Dodge, honoring a revered church member and honoring his father, an early circuit preacher.
Creditors of M. Stern and Son wholesale and retail millinery filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition in federal court. Liabilities are listed at 5 000 dollars but believed to rise to 75 000 dollars. No public statement of assets. The firm is one of the oldest in Des Moines.
In Fort Dodge Iowa on January 19 a group of professionals fell for a publishing scam. Agents offered discounted books if they signed recommendations for a showcased edition. The received volumes proved of inferior quality and the contract left no loophole for victims.
Detective Sweeney returned from Chicago with David Foster a Chicago traveling man wanted for passing a bogus $60 Hotel Julien check. Foster had moned a store lease and a stack of candies and cigars, then cashed $40 in change.
ORGANIZE CO-OPERATIVE STORE Fairfield Jan. 19 The second meeting for organizing a co operative store drew a large attendance in the armory. The plan includes a grocery and provision store and meat market to be run on a cooperative basis. The committee’s report was approved and it was authorized to add help and prepare articles of incorporation for submission next meeting.
A lone bandit held up and robbed six people at a East Ottumwa grocery store on Monday night. The crime occurred in Ottumwa with six victims reported and authorities investigating the incident.
A thief calmly searched customers’ clothes and fled with 22 dollars in cash and a gold water item after an early evening robbery. He vanished after exiting through the store door, leaving no trace of the suspect.
Forty five Jackson school pupils in Muscatine Iowa were barred from class by the board of education due to scarlet fever contagion fear. Nellie Lurgess, 14, hosted a Friday night gathering at her home and on Saturday fell seriously ill, prompting exclusion of the entire class.
J S Clark of Moline identifies the woman found floating near the Union depot as his sister Arminta Grace Clark of Fayette Iowa. He says she had hospital treatment in Kirksville Missouri and was to meet him in Ottumwa to travel home to Fayette where their father is dying. He rejects suicide and believes death resulted from another cause.
Iowa Falls Jan 19 indications show Steamboat Rock may gain a water works system powered by the Iowa river dam. An engineer has presented residents with the proposal to develop electric power at the dam site.
Mrs. Crockett of Jeffersonville reports dramatic relief from sore feet after a second TIZ treatment. The ad claims one week of use cures foot pain and promises continued relief, urging readers to buy 25 cents a box from druggists or direct from Walter Luther Dodre & Co. Chicago.
William Enelert owner of the Bijou theatre plans a new vaudeville theatre in Iowa City costing 25000 dollars. He will build on the site of a property he recently paid 12000 dollars for.
An ad style notice argues mothers are to blame for thin ailing children and promotes Vinci cod liver and iron tonic by Cook & Sherman Druggists Washington Iowa. It cites a Durand Michigan case of a nine year old girl improving on Vinci and offers a money back guarantee.
Washington Jan 19. The Colville Indian reservation north of Spokane will open over a million acres to homesteaders after allotment. About 2 250 allotments will be issued to Indians who receive roughly 300 000 acres, leaving 1 100 000 acres for white settlers. Indians favor grazing and farming lands, with timber lands largely left. Allotment work will speed to completion and the remaining lands will open soon.
Mrs. Charles Kline of Easton Pennsylvania testifies that Foley's Honey and Tar cured several family members of bad coughs and colds and she keeps a bottle at home. Lemmon's Pharmacy and Mecklhinney Drug Co. are noted in the ad.
Uncle Allen Sparks comments that judging a man by his habits may be misleading and that some men are better than the cigars they smoke, illustrating moral nuance through a casual remark.
A stomach and liver pill marketed as a pure vegetable, reliable remedy that regulates the stomach liver and bowels. Lemon's Pharmacy is listed as exclusive agents for the product.
An old time prescription updated into a ready made product Wyeths Sage and Sculptor promises hair darkening and growth. Sold in druggists for 60c or 1.00 per bottle and available direct from Wyeth Chemical Co New York. Mc Elhinney Drug Co recommends and sells it.
An advertisement promises a medicine free approach to indigestion by conditioning the stomach to work properly, claiming no diet restrictions and no digestive medicine. Sold by Cook & Sherman.
Notice by F. Haight that he continues to sell the same sewing machine makes and offers supplies and repair services. Customers can call 589 Black or visit the store just north of First United Presbyterian Church from 1 to 3 on 11.
An 8 lb can of apricots priced at 45c leads a market ad that promotes large clean sealed oysters and old farm made sausage and mince meat. Beef pork veal and lamb are advertised as cheaper than elsewhere with The Big Market touting only the best products.
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