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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1909
Page
7
The new remedy Root Juice is praised nationwide for rapid stomach liver kidney and bowel relief. Police officer John K Stevens of Fort Wayne says it cured his kidney bladder issues and many others report cures. sold at one dollar per bottle or three for two dollars and a half at Lemmon's drug store.
Cool underwear and 9 tf fruit jar fillers from Dougherty Bros for The Fair running 15 to 31. New serge suits also from Dougherty Bros with ice cream freezers. The library closes Monday July 5. Mrs Timmons travels Centerville this morning. Vienna bakery stocks for Sunday and the 4th. McNamara South Side Furni ture store promotes complete stock. Miss Laura Rich hosts guests Adele and Corinne Bach of Chicago. Vienna bakery offers rolls buns bread lager cakes and cookies.
A comedian known for a bald look explains a quick haircut dilemma at the Lambs club. The barber offers to cut with the collar or with the hat on, delivering a humorous solution to a busy day.
Sporting Editor asks what poets mean by poetic license and the Literary Editor notes it as a constitutional exception enabling poets to exist. The Chicago Tribune cites this debate on literary freedom.
The page highlights fair stalls and vendors with items from The Vienna bakery and Dougherty Bros, plus new shirts and irons. It notes several residents and visitors, bus line call details, and a Chautauqua manager returning, with travels to Muscatine and Centerville and Eldon trips.
One hundred dollar reward for an incurable case of catarrh offered by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists attest to the firm’s honor and ability. Internal remedy claims to act on mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle. Hall's Family Pills recommended for constipation.
Bertram R. Graves, a Liberal Arts student at the university, drowned in the Iowa River at about 3 PM near the interurban bridge in Iowa City. His companion, who tried to help, could not save him. Graves body had not been recovered by press time.
The adjourned city council meeting chaired by Mayor Dixon considered bills for employee pay and the future carnival site. Citizens urged placing the Patterson Carnival Co on the square, with the council largely endorsing the idea if it aligns with public welfare, forecasting a busy week July 12 to 17 in Washington Iowa.
Misses Helen and Victoria Freding hosted a neighborhood gathering for their cousin Miss Helen Haglund of Chicago with afternoon refreshments. Guests included Margaret Row Hannah Jones Arline Gardner Ruth Ora Dunham Gladys Wells Martha Godfrey Grace Applegate Mauree Applegate Vera Anderson and Aphild Hallquist. The B E O s met at Dr and Mrs J Q Sexton's home and visited the Will Wilson country home with lawn games music and refreshments.
Mrs Laura Maxwell entertained a group of ladies yesterday afternoon at a thimble bee. A luncheon followed and at 5 30 the guests departed, judging her to be one of the season's most delightful entertainers. Mrs C W Beard of Knoxville was a visiting guest. A second thimble bee is planned for this afternoon.
The Seniors of Lead United Presbyterian church gathered at Rev. W. R. Sawhill and wife on West Washington street for a lawn games social followed by a business meeting and refreshments.
Miss Helen Anderson led her Methodist Sunday school class of young girls to Sunset park for an afternoon of picnicking and games. Supper was spread on the grass as the group enjoyed a safe, spacious area that grows more popular each summer.
On Sabbath evening July 4 at Second United Presbyterian Church Rev D Everette Smith will speak on the above subject. He represents allied temperance groups including W C T U Good Templars the collegiate association State Marshall clubs and a Reform bureau uniting to rile temperance sentiment for the coming months. Shall the liquor forces rule the state or shall the majority rise No collection. Mrs R D Collins and children Henry Chester Thelma and Doris left for Ottawa Kansas to visit relatives for a few weeks.
Miss Beulah Hichelberger entertained the Ready Maids at her North Iowa avenue home in honor of Miss Mary Long of Moline Illinois. Miss Eichel berger and Miss Long leave tonight for Rock Island to resume nurse training. Miss Wichelberger will complete her course in six months.
A joyous children's party hosted by Masters Frank and Francis Skipton in west Washington featured Miss Anne Houdek as hostess for about thirty-one youngsters. Guests included Rosanna Bertsch and Clara Bertsch from Sigourney, Paul Houdek and Gertude Houdek of Muscatine, with out of town visitors Kathryn, Bernice and Eunice Burris of Chicago and Marvin Williams of California. Activities ranged from a balloon ascent to a peanut hunt, and refreshments of ice cream and cake were served.
Miss Rose McGugin entertained a few lady friends yesterday at her East Main street home in compliment to Miss Edith Kaughman visiting from Oskaloosa with young ladies. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Pleasant Plains auxiliary plans a meeting at Mrs. Mary Genkinger's home on Wednesday, July.
Moving pictures and illustrated songs shown at the Airdome with admission five and ten cents. Tomorrow night new pictures and songs feature Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde. Mrs J Hook and son from Kansas City visit sisters Mrs Walter Hays and Mrs E A Bickford. Clearance sale continues at McNamara South Side Furniture.
Samuel Turkington died yesterday at his home near Wyman at age sixty nine after a week of illness. Funeral services will be at the Methodist church at 2 PM Saturday with burial in Beauchamp cemetery southwest of Wyman. He leaves a wife and six children James Christie Mrs Anna Matthews Mrs Nora Zickafoose and Samuel and Maggie at home.
A playful account of a baseball game with punny player nicknames and comic misplays. The writer M. Y. Wallace notes if Butter and Cheese had played, more runs might have occurred, while Balloon and Pigs scene ends with a 1 to 0 score. Ed.
Mrs. W. L. Gilpatrick of Danforth Maine credits Electric Bitters with reviving her elderly mother who had suffered twenty years from dyspepsia and related ailments. She aged past 70 but now seems to grow young again as the remedy restores appetite sleep and vitality. Five cents per bottle at J. E. Lemmons.
In Iowa Washington County the petition of James K. Zeck seeks to quiet and confirm fee simple title to the described real estate. Unknown claimants may hold interests as spouses heirs devisees or creditors and are bound by the suit. defendants must appear by September term beginning August 1 1909 or face default and judgment.
Foley's Kidney Remedy is advertised to correct irregularities strengthen kidneys to eliminate impurities from the blood and tone the system. The ad urges immediate use to avoid Bright's Disease or Diabetes with 50 cent and 1.00 dollar bottles sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co.
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