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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1908

Page

5

Local News Briefs From The Star

J Winter arrives from the east. Mr and Mrs H Nutt visit Burlington. Palace displays bakery goods. Vienna hosts big day tomorrow with all bakers goods 10 cents a pound at the south side market. Miss Allender of Keota guests Miss Besse Dicken last evening. Mrs R B White and daughter Opal shop from Crawfordsville. Mrs Shaw arrives from Pella to visit Rev W R Stryker. Miss Katherine Mauthe on vacation from Muscatine High. Mr and Mrs John Mauthe visit daughter Mrs Iyan Rebmel near Grace Hill. Mr and Mrs Melvin Munshower arrive from Wapello. Mr and Mrs J K Dunn return to Wyman after Dill Taylor wedding. No show at air home tonight, program Saturday night admission 5 and 10 cents.

Star. Co J. Winter H. Nutt Burlington The Palace Vienna Allender Keota Besse Dicken R. 8. White Opal Crawfordsville Shaw Pella W. R. Stryker Katherine Mauthe Muscatine John Mauthe Lyan Rebmel Grace Hill Melvin Munshower Wapello J. K. Dunn Wyman Dill-Taylor

Share McCoy partnership dissolved in county news

The County News reports the dissolution of the firm Share and Mc Coy with Mr McCoy continuing the business. Visitors include L L DeHarpport of West Newton Pa and J A Hawthorne A Share Will Brown and Robert Rhea. Others travel to Cedar Falls for summer school while Mrs Kline returns to Winfield after visiting her daughter.

Share & McCoy McCoy L. L. DeHarpport West Newton Ainsworth J. A. Hawthorne A. Share Will Brown Robert Rhea Washington Miss Collie Lease Hedrick Lena Shaffer Edna Young John Wooley

Missionary Meeting Affects Local Residents In Quiet Day

Mrs James Daniels fell ill at a United Presbyterian church missionary meeting and is resting easier today. J P Dayton visited Washington last evening. Mrs Clara Brinning, visiting at the S K Statler home, plans to return to Hubbard Okla Saturday. Miss Emelia Grecian conducted a music class in town. Miss Nelle Samson returned to Washington after visiting the Kilgore home. Ladies Aid of the Methodist church will serve strawberry shortcake and ice cream Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Fred Carpenter of Washington visited relatives here. Baptist Missionary society held an all day meeting at the Statlers. at noon the ladies hosted their husbands for dinner.

James Daniels United Presbyterian Church J. P. Dayton Washington Clara Brinning S. K Kilgore Ladies Aid Society The Methodist Church Fred Carpenter Baptist Missionary Society

Colonial Soldier at the Star to night trade and arrivals

Colonial Soldier at the Star tonight. Special preparations for Saturday trade at the Palace bakery north side. Mosier arrived from West Liberty and spent the day on business. Lucile Peck came home from South Dakota. Mildred Moritz passed through en route to Keota from Davenport. Laura Daverty returned to Crawfordsville after Dill-Taylor wedding. Eliza Crawford arrived from Burlington to visit Agnes Guthrie. Lee from Quincy left for Mrs. R. M. Dihel. John McCall returned from Moody Institute in Chicago after ten days. J L Brookhart, Minnesota fisherman, came home from Pelican Rapids after shortened trip for local business.

BE. Mosier West Liberty Lucile Peck South Dakota Mildred Moritz Keota Davenport Laura Daverty Crawfordsville Dill-Taylor Eliza Crawford Burlington Agnes Guthrie

King Drag Road Method Proves Successful in Missouri

Ward King of Maitland Missouri advocates a light drag after each rain to smooth clay roads and fill ruts. His trials on the four miles to Maitland transformed the road to near city-smoothness, inspiring neighbors, lectures, and a growing movement of volunteer road workers across Missouri.

Ward King Maitland King Ring St. Louis Globe-Democrat Missouri George B. Ellis State Board of Agriculture Farmers’ Institute

Campaign Speeches as Material for Circulation in Canvass

Washington dispatch notes that belated Congressional Record editions contain speeches not delivered in the House printed for circulation in campaigns. It highlights Louden-slager and Hitchcock maps aimed at Bryan, notes La Follette’s filibuster effort and fatigue, and discusses Governor Chamberlain’s upset victory in Oregon linking it to a broader pattern of Democrats winning in Republican-leaning states.

Charles W. Arthur Washington Congressional Record House of Representatives Louddensinger Camden New Jersey Republican Congressional Campaign Committee New York William J. Bryan Loudenslager Nebraska Hitchcock Omaha Mr. Bryan Grover Cleveland Alton B. Parker Senator la Follette Wisconsin la Follette Neill Brown Tennessee Congress House Chamberlain William L. Douglas Massachusetts John A. Johnson Minnesota Joseph K. Toole Montana

New Road Binding Compound Tested In Saxony Streets

Consul Norton reports a Saxon firm introduced a coal tar based road binding mix used on Leipzig streets. The material heats in iron caldrons to 100 to 120 C and is sprayed onto road surfaces to form a durable, odorless black coat that resists heavy traffic.

T. TH. Norton State Department Chemnitz Germany Leipzig

Railroad Notes Delays Hit Rock Island Passengers

Rock Island travelers faced widespread delays due to high water at Kansas City. Train No 2 was 1.5 hours late, No 4 spooled up to 7 hours 20 minutes, No 62 lagged 2 hours, and No 12 was delayed 2 hours 30 minutes.

Rock Island Kansas City

Gentry Brothers Show Attracts Full Houses Then Heads Home

The evening performance of Gentry Brothers trained animal show last night drew strong crowds and received praise from attendees. Both matinee and evening shows earned complimentary notices, with expectations of continued patronage if the tour returns next season. The company departed by special train for Muscatine after the performances, where they are slated to perform today.

Muscatine

Kidney Remedy Restores Health Says Wayne Woman

Mrs S L Bowen of Wayne West Virginia writes she suffered kidney disease and could not stand or walk. After using Foley's Kidney Remedy a one dollar bottle and part of a second cured her entirely. Foley's Kidney Remedy works wonders where others fail. Lemmon's Pharmacy endorses.

S. L Bowen Wayne, W. Va Foley

Local trading ads and social notes from Riverside and Wellman

An assortment of short notices and shopping lines features Star and Palace bakery ads plus pies and eggs pricing at Patton Gro Co. Social items include Mrs Dave Burroughs and Susie en route to Davenport, Robert Lawellen visiting J J Bailey, and Miss Helen McArthur visiting Miss Marguerite Cherry. Also updates on J W Kilgore family, Dempsey sisters, and Miss Keister millinery return. Riverside Leader and Wellman Advance notes dated June 11.

Helen McArthur Aledo Lil Marguerite Cherry J. W. Kilgore Ainsworth Capt W. A. Wilson Catherine Edna Dempsey Washington Mae Grace Mottet Riverside Leader Miss Keister

Local resident praises Foley's Kidney Remedy

Mrs S Joyce of Claremont New Hampshire writes that about a year ago she bought two bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy. It cured a severe chronic kidney problem and she calls it grand medicine and recommends it. Lemmon's Pharmacy provides the endorsement.

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