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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1908
Page
3
Clarence Easter arrived from Ainsworth Saturday evening, bringing news and greetings from the Nebraska town. He was met by friends and neighbors who extended a warm welcome upon his return.
Mrs Will Todd and Miss Belle Simpson travel from the northwest to Centerville to visit the Andy Simpson home. The Air Dome management has repaired the new apparatus and will show 8000 feet of moving pictures and an illustrated song to the public at 8 oclock this evening at no charge.
Washington DC June Special to the Evening Journal reports the forecast for Iowa. Fair tonight and Tuesday with cooler temperatures in the east and central portions tonight.
Jacob Zeck, born May 31, 1829 in Johnstown Pennsylvania, died June 7 or 8 after a brief illness. A respected elder of Jackson township, he left a large family including nine surviving children and several sons and daughters-in-law in Iowa, California, Nevada and Washington state. Interment is planned at Gibson cemetery, north of West Chester.
One hundred dollar reward offer for an incurable case of catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsed by Walding Kinnan Marvin and F J Cheney Co. of Toledo. Cure taken internally, claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, price 75 cents per bottle, sold by all druggists. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Local items include theater ads at the Airdome with free seating for families, visits by Crawfordsville resident C E Maxwell, Corinne Teuscher and Misses McKeown arriving for weekend stays, Myrtle Moore’s Davenport trip, Walter Thomas from Cincinnati visiting J T Anderson, Blanche Garard and Mrs Fitchen en route from Muscatine, and Elias Lowry traveling after his brother John Lowry’s death. An advertisement touts Dr Shallenberger's nervous and bladder treatments with personal testimonials.
Pittsburg Pa business visitor F B Bannister reports four months on Gulf Coast Texas and a 24 000 acre Taft ranch purchase by Geo H Paul Co. near Corpus Christi expected to yield 20 percent returns in three years with land selling at 25 to 35 dollars per acre. He cites farmers earning 3000 to 5000 dollars per year per 100 acres and watermelon profits of 400 dollars an acre.
County clerk records show 345 births for the year ending December 1, 1907, with 166 girls and 179 boys. Deaths totaled 202 for the year ending June 30, 1907, yielding a birth excess. Twelve divorces were granted in the year ending June 1, 1908, eight to women and four to men, with averaged ages 32 and 34 respectively.
A list shows claims adjusted last week for Samuel H Neill J P Shrader E R Harvey Rac Lae T and J Morgan M E Brown Peter Gerot W F Slaughter H C Dittmer D B Twinam Frank Greiner at various Washington area locations with amounts ranging from 8.75 to 170.00 dollars. Also notices free evening entertainment at Airdome due to new apparatus issues expected to attract families.
Mrs Joyce of Claremont New Hampshire writes that about a year ago she bought Foley's Kidney Remedy and it cured a severe long standing kidney trouble. She endorses it as grand good medicine and recommends it. Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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