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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1911
Page
8
A blaze damaged a local building causing significant losses. Fire crews battled the flames into the evening with crowding onlookers watching from nearby streets. The exact cause and full extent of damages are still under investigation. Authorities estimated extensive property loss and potential income impact for nearby businesses.
A fragment describes people making homes with friends abroad and others traveling to foreign countries to organize housing collections for their church. The tone hints at charitable work and community support within religious groups.
Delegates at Lamdon July 24 discuss proposed changes to the Church of England marriage rites. Key points include trimming the exhortation that warns against unadvised marriage and reconsidering the second cause for matrimony. Some suggest removing the whole paragraph on the second purpose of marriage.
User testimonial from M. Stewart of 1034 Wolframsoches Street Chicago praising Honey and Tar Compound for hay fever relief during hot summer months. Claims many others will benefit from the experience. Sold by all druggists.
Notice advertises Chamberlain's Liniment offered by Lemmon's Pharmacy for quick relief and restoration of healthy condition. It emphasizes safe use and availability through the pharmacy.
Fragmentary quote shows POWVTCHEN and AKE the Tishwan from a jumble of advice lines. The text instructs to avoid excess indulgence and suggests taking action when feeling down, offering a cryptic perspective on self guidance.
Davenport association of Baptist churches announces fall meeting to be held at the First Baptist church auditorium in Muscatine on September 5 and 6. Fifty delegates expected with Davenport Clinton Maquoketa Camanche DeWitt Iowa City among participating communities. Program and accommodations to be arranged for visiting churches. Also a market note promotes Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy available at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Wreck occurs on the Burlington line at Phelps Mo as a car carrying Peter Feil Woo S Coy and Miss Clara Coy is struck. Feil and Coy die. Coy’s daughter and two others are injured. survivors were from Farragut and were en route to Langdon Missouri for a Sunday outing.
Advice for preserving and serving fruit with pickled cherries and rhubarb desserts. Instructions include cherry relish with vinegar and water, sponge cake cups filled with fresh fruit and whipped cream, rhubarb jelly molds, and a Japanese style ice cream with green tea. Also notes on fruit pies and decorative sugar wafer boxes.
Moley Kidney Pills composed of ingredients chosen for correcting healing and stimulating the kidneys bladder and urinary passages. They are antiseptic antilithic and uric acid soluble. For sale by all drugistes.
A Mason City report describes a man from Montgomery Alabama posing as a helper to a group of colored brethren during a land claim event. He claimed to be attending a negro conference and solicited money while presenting a dubious tale. Two men named Smith are connected to the incident and the suspect is charged with deceit.
A Dubuque note indicates a planned beverage venture with capitalization around $40,100 to bottle milk. The plan includes using jy stoppers similar to beer bottles and a pasteurizing process after filling the bottles.
In Iowa City on July 24 Mrs Charles Toms wife of a local laundryman awoke from a trance like sleep lasting sixty five hours. University of Iowa physicians report she has recovered and the long unconscious spell has improved her nervous condition. Her husband found her unconscious in a chair and she remained in that state for the duration.
J F Redfield of Shenandoah Ta awoke to a commotion among his chickens. He found a large gray wolf in his shed and, after dodging a lunge, stunned it with a brick and killed it. The animal was unusually large and rarely seen in the area.
Two special coaches passed through Fort Dodge last week carrying 200 Mormons to Salt Lake City and other western destinations. Milder and S. Horshey led the group, who traveled from eastern settlements to solicit support for their church. Some had never been to Utah before and were bound for new assignments.
West Chester reports the death of three year old Hittle Emerson Dayton son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Dayton after severe burns from a bonfire with matches. The injuries included burns to the arms chest and neck with inhalation. The child died yesterday afternoon after prolonged suffering as family mourns at home and a funeral is planned at the Birr church with interment.
An ad extols a "biovifier" that destroys and expels disease germs from the blood. It claims most deaths come from disease rather than beasts and promises quicker recovery from chills fevers and blood ailments. Money back guarantee and sale at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
A British visitor describes traditional justice methods used to accuse theft and murder. For theft the village elders prepare a pepper decoction, applied to the accused, who weeps to prove guilt. The murder test involves poison in water and a cow's tail brushed across the eyes to induce blindness, signaling guilt.
Public notice directs customers to call phone number 689 or visit the listed address to leave orders for city bus line services with Frank Rogers handling prompt attention.
Aimed at children's gardens the article suggests small beds labeled with each child’s initial. Kids plant low growing seeds in furrows with parsley radishes sweet alyssum or pansy plants arranged in large initials. A herbal remedy notice promotes Fol ey Kidney Pills for kidney and urinary issues.
A neighborhood tale from The Metropolitan recounts young Arthur proudly wearing a mercy band insignia and rebuking cruelty. One day a lady surprised him tormenting a cat and he admits he still belongs to the band of mercy but has lost his star.
A captioned photograph shows Tehuelehes drinking mate in a bay near their toldo. The image label offers no geographic clarification for the Bay.
Pittsburg Gazette Times marks its 125th year with a six part history series. The current issue presents the city’s building boom from 1786 to today in text and pictures. The anniversary edition will publish the full history next Saturday, noting the paper’s status as one of the oldest U S newspapers.
Classified listings on page seven include as read from column one a variety of items for sale and requests for wanted goods and services. Potential buyers and sellers are directed to place or follow up on ads as printed in the edition.
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