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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1909
Page
2
Three dozen eggs mailed from Canada caused embarrassment for the U S Post Office. A Brattleboro Vermont address was found with a dripping scrambled egg bag opened by Postmaster Taylor. Many envelopes had obliterated addresses and were sent to the dead letter office.
The Mississippi Valley Spiritualists Association gathered legates from all parts of the country at Clinton Park. The Glidden tour reported a 165 mile run from Hugo to Kansas, with pilots and contestants following closely.
A vintage medicine ad offers one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh cure failure. It states Hall's Catarrh Cure works internally on blood and mucous surfaces. Endorsers Walding Kinnan Marvin vouch for I J Cheney’s integrity. Price 75 cents per bottle. testimonials free. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Mrs Emma K Griffith killed herself with a shotgun in her Lewis township residence seven miles south of Council Bluffs. The shooting occurred in a bedroom while she was alone, the act believed prompted by ill health.
P J Herrington of Mount Aerial Kentucky praises Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best and surest remedy his family has used. The remedy is widely endorsed for its prompt cures. For sale by I L Stolte and Lemmons Pharmacy.
The Rev I M Badal a Persian native spoke at First United Presbyterian last evening about America. He praised the country’s greatness and the role of Christianity while contrasting Persian life under Mohammedan rule and the Shah. He described language struggles, women’s status, mosques, and daily life, ending with a fund appeal and Persian curios for inspection.
Local notes recount numerous arrivals and departures in and around Keota Iowa with visits to Stafford and Crawfordsville. Individuals include Miss Dot Keister Thomas and Mrs Kate Wheelan of Waterloo as well as J L De Harpoort en route to Ainsworth.
For days we will show close prices on the finest set of diamonds ever shown in Washington Iowa. These diamonds range up to 1 carat in size. We invite buyers to view them now or later at Hobson Gove.
Fragmentary text mentions calomel croton and aloes pills amid a raid by night riders and implied remedies, presenting a precarious historical medical or criminal note. The readable phrases suggest a dubious patent remedy context and lawless activity.
The Woman's Home Missionary society of the Methodist church will host an evening meeting and social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Anderson on Friday evening July 30. A musical program will be rendered.
Mrs. B. F. Brown and Mrs. Seth Thomas plan an afternoon at their country home. The What I Can society of the Baptist church hosts a 6 o clock spread this evening at Miss Lucile Forgey’s home.
J. M. Simpson and family and P. G. Ahrens and family visited Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Anderson this week. Ferns and flowers adorned the house. Mrs. J. T. Anderson prepared a bountiful three course dinner. A very pleasant day was shared by all attendees.
Mrs. Joe Wright hosted about twenty ladies yesterday afternoon at a thimble bee at her country home northeast of the city. Guests from afar included Mrs. G. N. Walbridge of Sioux City and Miss Bertha Booth of Lake City Minnesota.
Mrs L K Ward and daughter Olive from Washington Iowa join Misses Ruth and Blanche Songer of Bloomfield as house guests of Mrs R J Walther at 1515 Careyville Davenport. Games music and piano solos followed by prizes a souvenir spoon and hand painted plate. Refreshments served. Davenport Times.
Pitchers Cicotte and Steele of the Boston Americans emerge as season surprises. Dick Padden, ex St. Louis Browns captain, signs on as a scout for St. Louis Americans president Hiedges. The piece notes outfield stars McIntyre Crawford Cobb and Ward Miller's movements, including Miller's shifts among Detroit, Chicago, and Cincinnati.
Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co advertise Foley's Honey and Tar as not only stopping chronic coughs but healing and strengthening lungs. They claim relief for chronic bronchitis asthma hay fever and other lung troubles.
The great mortality from ayben tery and diarrhoea is due to a lack of proper treatment at the first stages of the disease. Chamberlain's Celie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is a reliable and effectual medicine, and when given in reasonable time will prevent any dangerous consequences. It has been in use for many years and has always met with unvarying success. For sale by F. L. Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Danbury Connecticut July 29 police seek six suspects connected to Giovanna Zarcone’s murder found on his doorstep with a head shot. The case is linked to the New York barrel murder era but motive remains unclear. A second item notes cholera infantum in a Virginia child and praises a Diarrhoea Remedy sold by local apothecaries.
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