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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
2
Household goods to be sold at public auction on Saturday June 20 at 2 pm on the northeast corner square. Item list includes bedroom suit beds rockers chairs tables couch library pieces rugs parlor pictures a velvet and kitchen items plus lawn mower washing machine and wringer. A T Cockayne signs.
The Walnut schoolhouse will host preaching next Sunday at 3 30 by the Rev Mr Ballard from near Veypace. Sabbath school is at 2 30. All are cordially invited to attend these services. Date given 5 31.
A dense early 20th century ad touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy for poor health, urging readers to buy from Lemmon's Pharmacy and Mc Elhinney Drug Co. The pitch emphasizes health gains for the unhealthy and promotes multiple local suppliers.
Marion Anderson asserts that Barden and Boileau use Mississippi river sand and Iola Kansas cement in all their sidewalks. He promises crack-free, well-settled walks guaranteed with moderate prices and invites prospective customers to view previous installations as proof.
Local items include visits by Mrs. John Adams and Mrs. W L McConnell from Ainsworth, Mr. and Mrs. John Quinn of Haskins in the city, and Miss Dorothy Jugenheimer of Havre visiting her sister. John Combs shipped cattle and hogs to non last Tuesday as he plans to leave Washington for health reasons. The Washington Hairdressing Parlor offers to craft switches or puffs from cut hair or combings. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea markets as safe baby medicine at 35 cents a bottle or tea. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co. anchor local drug trade.
The Woman's Presbyterial Missionary Society of Iowa presbytery met at Covenanter church for a session ending with Rev. W. C. Allen's address on the Oakland Chinese mission. Delegates heard of Chinatown work, night classes, and Chinese eagerness to learn under Allen and his wife, with officers elected for the coming year and reports on China, India, Syria, and southern missions.
One hundred dollar reward offered for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Walding Kinnan Marvin, Toledo wholesalers, attest Cheney's honesty and ability to fulfill obligations. Cure taken internally, targets blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Hall's Family Pills urged for constipation.
Ann Arbor June 18 The board of regents awarded 67 degrees to be conferred at the June commencement ceremony on seniors at the University of Michigan Thursday Among other honors the regents decided to confer the first Doctor of Engineering degree ever awarded by Michigan Frank E Kirby of Detroit naval architect to receive the degree Kansas city handles the event? Wait.
A steamboat’s high waves breached the levee at Wagners Landing on the Mississippi River, about twenty miles northwest of Murphyshore, flooding over 2,000 acres of corn. The incident occurred on June 18, and the vessel’s wash swept across the embankment, causing the breach.
A NY man praises Electric Bitters as a grand family medicine for dyspepsia and liver issues. The tonic is said to regulate digestion, purify blood, and restore vigor in the weak, with Lemmon's Pharmacy guaranteeing its sale at 50 cents.
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