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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1911
Page
3
A cryptic note claims hidden money on an old church site with an amount near three thousand dollars said to be buried. Authorities investigate the boasted treasure and search the location for clues and possible artifacts.
The Independent Order of Owls in Keokuk announces a new Prater organization filing its articles of incorporation. Thirty corporators have signed, with aims to supersede the old order whose charter was revoked. The grand lodge will grant charters once recorded.
Corporate life marks seventy five years with monthly dues set at nine counts. Members who are Sanine as incorpor HOI will pay $1 to cover filing.
In this section residents note grasshoppers causing heavy damage to hay, pasture, young trees and corn. Threshing of oats is well along with an average crop yield around thirty bushels per acre.
In Clear Lake on July 26, KK Vv Murdick of Burdick Plumbing died after being buried under ten feet of sand. Assistants uncovered a cavern and worked to locate his head as a crowd trampled the earth. He was unconscious upon rescue and later regurgitated.
Nes Moines police sergeant uses keen instinct to spot a boy carrying a sinker and follow a trail leading to the recaptured escaped Mitchellville industrial school inmates Cora Steele and Susie Nelson. They were brought back to Mitchellville after a rough exposure ordeal.
A vintage ad fragment touts a remedy promising permanent healing of sores and ulcers. The copy emphasizes quick relief and long lasting results without medical consultation details.
New York reports the Chinese cruiser Hat Chi docking in the harbor for a week, drawing Chinatown crowds with welcome banquets and dances. The vessel, larger than Albany and New Orleans class ships, carries 400 officers and crew, and features two eight inch guns, many smaller cannons, torpedoes, and a 24 knot top speed.
A clipped notice warns drivers to heed caution near fires. It urges owners to drive slowly and use good judgment to prevent accidents, hoping motorists will give firefighters space and safety priority. Signed JR Glasgow.
The Iowa State Firemen's Association marks its thirty-third tournament with prizes totaling a substantial fund. Leaders like George Mohleive and E. E. Lambert highlight a history of participation from cities including Athrantic Clinton Clarinda Council Bluffs Des Moines Healst and Marshalltown. The narrative recounts veteran members, past champions, and shifting eras from volunteer to paid departments.
The West Side Drug Store on the square faces changes as the owners, the Misses Darbyshire, plan to run the business with the aim of keeping it a first class local drug store. Mr Ross has not announced his plans yet and the future remains bright for the long established shop.
An illuminated lecture by Rev. J. C. Meiters tern of Philadelphia will be shown at the Reformed Presbyterian Church in this city on Tuesday, August 1, with 100 stereopticon views of Scotland and Ireland. The talk covers forefathers struggles for liberty and religion, free to all with a voluntary offering to offset costs. Foley Kidney Pills ad ends.
Des Moines delivers sad report as George Beto a laborer dies of lockjaw at his home Monday night after sustaining a severe foot injury in a hazardous industrial mishap about two weeks earlier.
A local drug store advertises free sample bottles of ZEMO for skin conditions including hives prickly heat and insect bites. The offer emphasizes a complimentary large enough bottle to demonstrate healing effects and invites calls to the MeBKShinney Drug Co.
The article claims eczema is a skin disease, not blood related, and that Meritol Eczema Remedy from the American Drug and Press Association can cure it through the skin. It promotes rapid relief and permanent results and notes TLemmon's Pharmacy in Washington sells it.
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