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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1911
Page
5
Local page notes Uncle Josh Higgins vaudeville act at the Graham theater with two shows on Friday night. Popular 10 20 30 cent prices advertised. Also mentions city residents and visitors planning for the event.
A father recounts a fable of a rich man who drives a poor basket maker from land. Cast ashore with savages, the two adapt. the poor man wins favor with a crown of reeds, while the rich man fears revenge. Returning home, the once wealthy man vows to share half his fortune with the basket maker.
Iowa banks must pay two percent interest on ninety five percent of county deposits. Four local banks paid total interest of 1079.95 in the first year of the plan. County Treasurer J A McCoy notes taxes to be collected this year total 390400, not including the paying tax, a larger amount than last year.
Charles Thompson drove a Penn oil wagon when his team dashed six blocks south to Nate Jones corner. The rear axle broke and the one thousand pound oil tank tipped. horses were freed by Nate Jones and George Boileau. Both horses suffered scratches and one had a six inch shoulder gash.
John Riever, 45, a well known farmer of Lynn township, Posey County, was found dead in the road near the old Beach church in Mt. Vernon. He had recently been in New Harmony where he allegedly drank heavily, and it is thought he started home and froze to death amid poverty.
A. D. McDonald of Fayetteville North Carolina states that Dr King’s New Discovery cured both her sister and himself of frightful coughs and suspected consumption. The remedy is promoted for sore lungs and bronchial troubles with trial bottles and guaranteed by Lemmon’s Pharmacy at 50 cents and one dollar.
A purely vegetable stomach and liver pill promises reliable results without gripe. Merital Chocolate Granules claim to regulate the stomach liver and bowels, with Lemmon's Pharmacy listed as exclusive agents.
A jumble of light humor and anecdotes from Chicago, New York, and Boston newspaper clippings. Reflections on poetry and poverty, a maid’s cautious wit, a curious child, Ally Sloper cartoons, and a New York streetcar tale about a found $5 piece.
L McConnell from Elmira New York writes that five bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy cured a bad kidney trouble, praising it as the most reliable kidney medicine she has taken. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McIlhenny Drug Co. are noted.
Alma Miller announces a Friday evening January 27 1911 pie social at No 7 school to benefit the school. Ladies are asked to bring pies.
A series of short events shows how everyday plans turn tragic unexpected. Each line notes a simple intention followed by an abrupt consequence affecting a man and those around him. The tone echoes caution about fragile daily routines.
W A Harper Frank Wilson and Faance Bridger of Washington were business visitors here. Mr and Mrs Ralph Pierce depart for Iowa City for an operation. Milton White Bert Jeffrey Waldo Wells J T Fletcher and Scott Welch travel to Washington. H D Cherryholmes visits Havre on business. Ephram Cochran and Mrs Cochran of Keskick visit Mrs John Cochran. Nina Moorhead returns to school after influenza. Edgar Evans moves to Aberdeen SD with household goods.
The notice touts Perry Davis Painkiller as a long trusted remedy for coughs and colds. It claims the product has stood tests of over seventy years and remains easily obtained for internal and external use.
A recent revival service at the Methodist Church attracted strong turnout both afternoon and evening. Rev. A. S. Smith spoke on Ephesians 5 18, leading to an altar call and consecration. Out of town visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Daniels of West Chester and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Sawtell of Burlington.
The State of Iowa versus Conklin proceedings filled the district court as testimony closed and attorneys argued. County Attorney C A Dewey opened for the state and defense attorney P J Hanley spoke well into the afternoon. The appeal stemmed from a justice court verdict convicting Mr and Mrs Bert Conklin of receiving stolen property.
Mrs J W Teeter and Mrs E R Jenkins host two links of Baptist church socials at Mrs Teeter’s home tomorrow at 2 30 PM. Mrs Abe Beenblossom entertained grandson Riley Morgan of Kansas with dinner. Miss Marie Shearer hosted Miss Mable Howard of Red Cloud Neb at East Madison for candy making and luncheon. Mr and Mrs Joseph Miller celebrated Mrs Miller’s 35th birthday with a six o’clock dinner for about 35 guests, then guests visited Mr and Mrs James Lockwood for further social time and Mrs Lockwood’s birthday.
Zeredatha Council Royal and Select Masters schedules a called meeting for Thursday evening January 26 at 7 30 sharp with important business on the agenda. Charles A. Dewey T LM presiding. The W T U will meet with Mrs Warton Crawford tomorrow afternoon.
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