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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1911

Page

8

Improvements At South Iowa Avenue Telegraph Express Offices

Plans to modernize the Western Union Telegraph and United States Express offices on South Iowa avenue include a new plate glass front, separate offices for Western Union and the Express, new desks, repainted walls, rewiring, new lights, a hard coal stove, and a rear loading entrance. The project costs between five hundred and six hundred dollars and will begin immediately.

Union Telegraph Company United States Express Company Iowa Avenue Col. S. W. Brookhart W. J. Shearer Western Union H. L. Parrott Express Company Telegraph and Express Company United States Lindsey Tussler The FF. Serfass Chicago

Foley's Kidney Pills advertise cure for backache and urinary issues

A vintage pharmacy ad promotes Foley's Kidney Pills claiming to cure backache strengthen kidneys correct urinary irregularities build up tissues and remove uric acid to prevent Bright's Disease and diabetes. Refuse substitutes. By Lemmion's Pharmacy Drag co.

Bright Lemmion Drag Co

New Discovery Cures Coughs Says Fayetteville Reader

A. I. McDonald of Fayetteville N C writes that Dr Kings New Discovery saved him and his sister from frightful coughs and suspected consumption. The medicine is praised for sore lungs coughs colds and bronchial troubles with a trial bottle free and a one dollar guarantee by Lemons Pharmacy.

Lemmon's

Uncertain Romance Tests Fatherly Consent

A dialogue notes a young couple seeking marriage approval. The father consented to the match but instructed the suitor not to bring future troubles to him, highlighting a strain between affection and parental guidance.

Sobey

LaGrippe Relief Ad Promises Quick Cough Cold Help

Foley's Honey and Tar offers relief for la grippe coughs and stuffy colds. It claims to expel the cold from the system without opiates, and is promoted by Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co.

Foley Lemmon McElhinney Drug. Co

Humorous Snippets From Periodical Quips Across Society

A collage of light humorous exchanges and jokes from early 20th century publications. Bits include marital sparring over savings, hospital humor, parental banter about canned sardines, classroom candy talk, a child’s train analogy, a baby medicine joke, rail conductors’ quips, and a fiancé’s ring surprise.

Rumpus at American Pearl Button Plant Ends in Assault

A disturbance at the American Pearl Button company plant Saturday afternoon led to the assault of foreman Ni. Von Bernuth by a cutter. The works shut down and the cutting department rehired or discharged. eleven employees were let go, about thirty-five retained or rehired. Management vowed to stamp out drink and rowdyism, with new hires chosen for good standing.

American Pearl Button Company Ni. von Bernuth von Hermuth

Foley's Honey and Tar Cited By Pa. Family

Mrs. Charles Kline of Roston Pennsylvania endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as a reliable cough remedy and says her family has been cured of coughs and colds. She avoids substitutes and notes she keeps a bottle at home. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co. listed.

Foley Charles Kline N. St. St Roston Lemmon McElhinney Drug Co

Regular meeting notice for Orion Lodge No. 75

Regular meeting of Orion lodge No. 75 is scheduled for Monday evening at 7 30. All brothers are urged to be present. Utz C 5S. Thomas C C.

Orion Lodge Thomas

Unexpected Sympathy at Morning Café

A patron complains of slow service after waiting an hour, while a waiter responds with polite apology and patience. The scene captures a tense exchange over perceived delays in seating and serving patrons.

Cife Is Music and Life As a Rich Strain

A concise quotation presents music as life’s rich strain, suggesting a realm too fair to be. The line echoes Curtis’s view on art and existence.

Curtis

Meeting on Tolstoy Estate Purchase in New York

Representatives of five leading agricultural implement makers meet in New York to discuss Charles R. Flint’s proposal to buy Tolstoy’s Russian estate. Flint plans a 150 acre Tolstoy settlement and funding for an agricultural school hospital and library from an international fund on the remaining 600 acres. He would erect a showroom for American machinery and farm the land to show Russian farmers higher yields and lower costs. Flint has met with the Czar in private audiences and is known in Russia.

New York Charles R. Flint Wall Street Leo Tolstoy Flint Michael Kouminsky Tolstoy

Mines at Last Worked Out

The Freiburg silver mines in Saxony have closed after seven centuries of operation marking the end of a long mining era in the region.

Freiburg Saxony

Quieting Title Suit in Washington County Iowa

In the District Court of Washington County Iowa March Term 1911 the plaintiff W Brinton sues Jonathan Wilson et al and unknown claimants. The petition seeks to quiet title in fee simple to Lots Two and Three in Clock Eleven in Wilsons Addition to South Washington Iowa and to bar all adverse claims. The court warns defendants to answer before the second day of March Term otherwise judgment will be entered. Publication ordered in Evening Journal Washington Iowa.

Washington County Iowa W. Brinton Jonathan Wilson Jonathan H. Wilson Alice Wilson Jonathan C. Conser William Sinsabaugh Elizabeth Sinsabaugh A. B. Dicken Hester W Dicken Peter Bogue Mary Bogue Mary M Bogue Eusebius W. HH Ashby Eucebus Ashby Elihu Lewis Amanda Lewis Lewis Bradford Ll. S. Bradford Elizabeth Bradford Royal G. Brown Norman Chipman Pratt & Co Reuben F. Riley Rachel A South Washington City District Court Wilson & Wilson Evening Journal K. Kk. Willco

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