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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1911
Page
8
A brief ad states no medicine is needed to digest food, only a remedy to condition the stomach. Miller's Cypepsia Cure claims to cure indigestion by enabling the stomach to perform its functions without restricting diet. For sale by Cook & Sherman.
Foley's Honey and Tar offers quick relief and expels the cold from your system. It contains no opiates and is safe and sure. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co. are named as suppliers.
Will Harwood purchases a half interest from his father, renaming the firm J A Harwood & Son. The store will operate unchanged with Will managing during Mr Harwood and Mrs Harwood's monthlong vacation to Hot Springs Siloam Springs Sulphur Springs and other points. Established 1875, the business has been a top local shoe retailer.
Dr Nicholas Murray Butler was elected chairman of the board of trustees of the National Education Society at a meeting in New York. He faced opposition from Dr Eva Flagg Young, Chicago public schools superintendent. The dispute may be discussed at the July annual meeting in San Francisco.
The report states that only twenty of every hundred candidates for the London police force pass the entrance examination. It highlights a low success rate among applicants and notes the challenging nature of the test.
A public sale will be held 3 miles north and 1 mile west of Washington on Tuesday January 31 1911 starting at 11 a m. Items include 4 horses 16 cattle 70 hogs farm implements chickens and more with terms cash for small bills and cash or bankable note for larger sums auctioneers J F G M Stewart Charles Brown and clerk Ralph Dougherty lunch provided 20-24-27
An interview in New York features Miss Lillian Tod the aviation pioneer stressing patience and self belief. A joke about a Long Island gardener and a palm reading anecdote from Tit Bits adds humor to her portrait.
A bill seeks a six mile limit to protect schools, while a Great Record S A Boy establishes a new college skating record with a perfect score.
Waterloo reports that half of Hardin county introduced a bill prohibiting liquor sales within five miles of the state college the state university and the State Teachers college. The measure faces strong opposition in Iowa City with business leaders voicing concern. Ames Cedar Falls and Waterloo lie outside the five mile limit from Cedar Falls.
Des Moines Iowa January 24 five hundred delegates by prohibitory amendment association convention will open a campaign of education with literature and speeches citywide to end saloons Clinton Howard of Rochester New York will speak Tuesday night Bat ten Des Moines is association president
A Wyoming cowboy visits Owen Wister in Philadelphia and admires an opera hat that springs open. A porter disarms a bandit on a sleeping car with magazine guns. Jokes on doctors onions and love quiz a matronly woman, while a baby uses Webster's Dictionary as a high chair joke drops from Toledo Blade.
Calvin E. Williams of Iowa City now with S A I set a perfect 100 in the standing shoot against North Georgia Agricultural College. He tied for first with Arthur Aronson of Minnesota at 193 points in grand totals as Iowa broke its team record with 1 873. Aronson shot 100 in prone.
President MacLean of the University of Iowa has been invited to deliver a Washington’s Birthday banquet address by the union league club of Chicago where former President Roosevelt will speak.
Temperance workers report encouragement and a solid list of names for withdrawal affidavits after a saloon petition was filed. They keep withdrawal numbers confidential to prevent saloon interests from acting before the supervisors canvass.
Ike Stern head of a large wholesale millinery house may pay a portion of creditor claims and resume control. Edwin A. Hespacher, former assistant manager, is receiver appointed by Judge Smith McPherson. A creditors meeting will be held in Judge French’s federal building office this week.
Call up phone 589 Black and leave orders which will be promptly attended to by Frank Rogers from lve street and number.
Mrs. Charles Kline of 8th Street Easton Pa reports several family members cured of coughs and colds by Foley's Honey and Tar and says she never is without a bottle. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co. offer substitutes.
Regular meeting of Orion lodge No. 7 scheduled for Monday evening at 7 30. All brothers urged to attend. C C Thomas signs off as secretary.
Waterloo Iowa January 24 plans for a monster coliseum to be built in the Cedar river mid river divide Waterloo into two districts. The Town Criers club has appointed a committee to craft a proposal for the early erection of a city improvement. The community group includes Postmaster W R Law Dr F W Powers Paul Davis Hope C
Cedar Rapids Iowa January 24 Coe college likely will boost its tuition from 40 to 50 dollars following state college trends. For the past ten years the fee at Coe has been 40 dollars.
Burlington commercial association has adopted resolutions and asked the Chicago & Rock Island Railway to replace the present unsightly station with a modern passenger depot, with expectations the railroad will act favorably.
Joseph F. Green of Iowa Falls owns a 287 year old volume printed in London in 1624. The book titled Historie of the Church Since the Days of Our Savior, Jesus Christ, Until the Present Age is in fair condition and valued for its rarity.
WO COMPANIES AT PORT DODGE Fort Dodge Iowa Jan 24 sixty one men mustered into Company F 56th Iowa regiment F B Philpot elected colonel and F C Coles first lieutenant Fort Dodge now has two military companies.
The Living Lake Literary Society outlines Friday activities with recitations by Daniel Rohrer and Lead fee pte Earle Galloway, biographies of Palmer Wilson and Earle Galloway, current events by Walter Reed, a Spencer Reed pen sketch, and a debate on sugar versus salt with affirmative Glenwood Bouden and negative Cloyce Stewart. Spencer Reed presides. Helen Galloway is secretary.
In Portland Maine W E Waterhouse credits Vinci with ending long standing indigestion and stomach trouble, noting improved appetite and strength. The ad claims Vinol strengthens nerves of the digestive organs, tastes good, contains no oil, and offers a money back guarantee through Cook Sherman in Washington Iowa.
The West Chester course adds a late extra lecture by Crowell on April 15. Next year's course will cost $60 more than this year. Already 154 season tickets are sold, signaling strong interest despite past doubts.
Paxtine powder lets you make 16 pints of germicidal solution at low cost. It is marketed as a mouth wash gargle deodorizer and sponge bath antiseptic, claimed to Purify breath cleanse teeth and prevent odors. The Paxton Toilet Co Boston Mass offers 26c or 5c options and free samples by mail.
Four act comedy Uncle Josh Higgins built for fun arrives in Graham on Friday night January 27. The wholesome play promises hearty laughter with a mix of slapstick and sentiment and includes vaudeville specialties between acts. Two shows will be presented at popular prices.
The Washington chautauqua star Bohumir Kryl is booked to appear at Graham on February 13 with strong support. Soprano Helen Morris has graced Paris Milan London and New York stages, Marie Edwards toured with Walter Damrosch and studied in Vienna, Saraslav Chimera accompanies Kryl, Josephine Kryl violinist and Bohumir’s daughter, trained by Jaroslav Kocian.
An old method to restore hair color returns with Wyeths Sage and Sulphur. Advert claims daily use darkens hair, prevents shedding, and encourages growth. Sold by druggists for 50 cents or $1.00 direct from Wyeth Chemical Co. and by Mc Elhinney Drug Co.
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