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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1908
Page
5
Local patrons are invited to attend the Vengeance of Algerine showing at the Star tonight. Norway to Dublin at Star tonight and Earnest Nelson west bound this morning are noted as train movements along with several local mentions of visits and travel.
Patient testimonial from Ingleside North Carolina praises Dr King’s New Life Pills for chronic indigestion after fifteen years and spending over two hundred dollars. Product sold under guarantee at Lemmon’s Pharmacy for 25 cents.
The County News reports on June 2 that George Lippencott shipped a car load of horses to Chicago today. Will Minteer of Sigourney was a business caller here. Mr and Mrs W S Bosser were visitors at Washington yesterday.
June 2 report lists Ray Robbins Wil Brown Earl Griffith Sterling White and Miss Jessie Anderson visiting Washington. Allen Paschal returned home at the Junction after a brief visit with relatives. J. H. McCleary came back this morning from a trip to Kansas.
Mrs. S. R. Wallace shopped in Washington yesterday. R. S. Dix of Blanchard Iowa visited with friends. Misses Pearl and Eva Gardner left for a Chicago visit. Miss Madge Pearson was a Washington visitor. Miss Ida Rickey departed for Colorado for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Stone returned to St. Joseph after a visit. Mrs. Anna Tedford and Mrs. McKenzie arrived from Chicago to spend the summer.
Mrs S L Bowen of Wayne West Virginia writes that kidney disease confined her to bed at times and prevented standing straight. After taking Foley s Kidney Remedy a dollar bottle and part of a second cured her entirely. Remedy praised as a wonder where others failed by Lemmon s Pharmacy.
The new moving picture theater opposite the opera house opened Saturday night with a large attendance. Managed by Mr. Boston the venue aims to be permanent. Picture entertainments and illustrated songs grow popular with Washington audiences and are expected to attract broad patronage this season.
No humbug claims here. Foley's Honey and Tar remains the leading cough remedy. More bottles sold than any other, proving its merit. Safe and sure, at no extra cost compared with unknown preparations.
The thirty fourth annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic will convene in Cedar Rapids from June 8 to 12, 1908. A grand reception is planned Tuesday night and a campfire Wednesday night with a grand parade scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.
The Great Parker Carnival Co. No. 1 launches a weeklong engagement starting June 29 on the square in Washington. The organizers promise bigger and better shows with every performance, aiming to deliver a standout event for local crowds.
Local notes list social calls and travels among residents. Dorothy Latchem rides to West Chester, Myrtle Pearson shops downtown, Verne Ashby visits Keota, Dick and Maud Grayson improve from typhoid, Mrs. F M Smith returns from Havre, Margaret Meyer goes to Keota, Edmund Anderson visits Iowa City doctor, Bannister family heads to Pittsburgh after visiting George Paul, Dr. J M Chittum travels from Richmond to Chicago for a medical meeting, Rev. Nicholas H Dunning arrives from Lincoln and departs after attending the Presbyterian assembly in Kansas City.
Last evening the Philathea class of the Methodist church held a plate shower for Mrs Kate Meeks Westphal at her West Madison street home. Guests brought lunches for a picnic style repast and the event included many handsome remembrances. Invitations note West Aurora High School commencement on June 18 with graduate Marguerite Marbourg, daughter of Mr and Mrs Max Marbourg, formerly of this place.
Yesterday afternoon at the Methodist parsonage on West Second Street Crawfordsville witnessed the wedding of D C Griffith and Miss Myrtle Jacobs with Rev A B Smith officiating. They returned home to begin housekeeping at the United Presbyterian parsonage furnished by the groom. Griffith works at the T E Maxwell store and Miss Jacobs has taught in Crawfordsville schools for five years, beloved by many.
The Navajo club will meet with Mrs J L Brookhart Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Paul entertained visiting guests from Corpus Christi and Pittsburg with a three minute button sewing contest won by Mrs. H. J. Cocklin. The evenings included flinch and dominoes, piano numbers, vocal selections, and Taft Ranch watermelon served by Miss Mary Hunter and Mrs. Paul. A neighborhood yell about Corpus Christi and Taft capped the event.
Miss Helen Anderson entertained twenty four youths last evening at her East Washington street home with a Progressive Five Hundred game. Miss Beckwith of Sterling J was the guest of honor and refreshments were served by Miss Anderson and Mrs A Dewey. Ava Matthews led piano selections as guests sang in the parlor afterward.
The gathering featured a delightful, well received display as attendees savored the atmosphere and commented on the classy setting. Conversation flowed smoothly and guests praised the overall execution.
Local news notes show Robert Brinton traveling as a passenger for Keota, Mrs. A. B. White visiting Oskaloosa, D. B. Cole on a business trip to Stratford Texas, and multiple others visiting relatives or returning home. Trips include Mrs. A B Singmaster to West Chester, Mrs. Capt T L Montgomery to Blanchard, and Mrs. F E Ingham with daughter returning from Stratford, Texas.
This evening at 8 o'clock the Royal Neighbors hold a regular meeting in Woodman hall and all neighbors are urged to attend. Also Poor but Honest is at the Star tonight.
Orders arrive from Berlin for 2,000,000 tuberoses to Germany from the Texas coast and 500,000 Cape jasmines to Berlin. German importers say Cape jasmines are very popular in Germany. Cape jasmines go to Berlin. tuberoses ship to nearby provinces for cultivation.
When washing a dog, wet and soap the head and ears inside and out before any other body part. Fleas, if present, flee toward the ears as soon as water touches them, so start with the ears to reduce flea transfer.
Boston's moving picture theater presents high class moving pictures and illustrated songs at the Star. Absolutely safe and compliant with underwriters' rules. Admission is five cents for all, with screenings starting the week of June 29. Miss Pansy Minick visited her sister Miss Lillian in Iowa City Sunday and returned home yesterday. The Great Parker Carnival Co. No. One shows at Washington for one week.
W. R. Ward of Dyersburg Tennessee writes that Foley's Urine Laxative has proven a thorough practical remedy for chronic constipation. He offers a conscientious reference with pleasure.
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