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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1911
Page
4
Local notes show Mrs John Cochran and Miss Mary Martin visiting in town, with numerous ads for Vienna bakery and Lytle Bros garage. The Vienna hawks fresh cakes and candy while promos urge permits to smoke next week and highlight car sales and shoe shines.
Notices record Jean Huysmans Tailor near the Post Office and social visits by Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson of West Chester en route to Havre for their thirtieth anniversary, with guests from St. Madison. Also Keller Phillips store promotion offering a seven piece Saxony China set to customers and a note on the International Land & Investment company annual meeting in Omaha naming George H. Paul as vice president.
A storyteller recounts Oliver Goldsmith, called Dr Goldsmith, who aided a poor couple. He gave their starving husband money hidden in a box with a note to take one piece at a time, illustrating his generosity despite poverty.
Iowa City report says W. C. Wilcox dean of the college of liberal arts will be made acting president after President George E. MacLean resigns. Wilcox would hold the post until June 1912, with talks of a future chancellor for the three state institutions.
A vegetable stomach and liver pill promising reliable results with no griping. Merital Chocolate Granules billed as the pill that fills the bill and regulates stomach liver and bowels. Exclusive agents Lemon's Pharmacy.
Mrs. Charles Kline of Easton Pennsylvania praises Foley's Honey and Tar for curing coughs and colds. She states her family would never be without a bottle and urges refusing substitutes from Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co.
A fragment lists prices for fruits and Libbys items with figures like 20c 30c 25c 10c and 15c in 1956, noting varied costs and a mix of decimal formats, typical of a supermarket price listing from a mid century advertisement.
The three months old son of Mr and Mrs Asahel Robertson of Dutch Creek township died yesterday afternoon from grippe. The funeral will be held Saturday at 2 pm at the New Haven church with interment in the adjacent cemetery.
A. D McDonald of Fayetteville North Carolina credits Dr Kings New Discovery with saving two lives from frightful coughs. He says his sister and he recovered from consumption like symptoms after trying the medicine. It treats sore lungs colds hemorrhage la grippe asthma hay fever croup and whooping cough. Trial bottle free one dollar guaranteed by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
The Rev A H W Griffith of Texas assists in meetings at First Church while Rev F S McBride delivers a sermon titled The Source of Eternal Life from John 6 68 stating Christ holds the words of eternal life He outlines six fundamentals and notes steps to obtain eternal life Griffith arrives from Corsicana Texas attends service and evangelist with wide reputation.
The opening service featured song and prayer with a duet by Grace Hunter and Mr. Sawtell. Rev. Smith preached on Solomon’s wisdom, urging readers to seek God’s wisdom, fear God, and keep commandments, as life’s purpose beyond wealth or knowledge.
The piece contrasts ancient beliefs of weighing the soul with a feather and the Christian teaching that eternal life comes through loving God and keeping commandments. It notes Jesus urging surpassing Pharisaic righteousness and mentions an altar service invitation with several seeking prayer.
The afternoon service drew a well attended congregation as Rev. Smith preached on personal duty to further God’s work. He urged lay members to seek souls, invite neighbors, and actively participate between services to sustain revival and save souls. A closing prayer prayed for the mission of lay members.
Notice states a Sabbath afternoon preaching at three oclock at Walnut school house near Verdi. Rev. W. R. Sawhill will deliver the sermon and all are invited to attend.
Mary C. Abbott of Wolfeboro New Hampshire reports quick relief from rheumatic pain caused by uric acid not cleared by kidneys after three days on Foley Kidney Pills. She notes she could move freely and pains disappeared and recommends the medicine. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co. distribute it.
Announcement for Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M called meeting Thursday evening January 19 1911 for work on the master Mason degree. Mystic Workers regular meeting Friday evening all members urged to attend for special business by order of the Prefect.
On the Canary Islands the soil is so rich that it is devoted almost exclusively to vine and fruit cultivation. Most food consumed must be imported.
A fragmented score and dialogue lines appear to recount a busier scene with players Young Kenyon and Funk among others, plus a quoted exchange about a husband at a club. The snippets hint at a sports event and homeward arrival with brief banter.
We thank friends for kindness shown to our sister Miss Margaret Crawford during illness and at her death. — M. Crawford and family.
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