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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1908
Page
6
Mr. and Mrs. Wes Reiner of Richmond were city visitors on Saturday. Miss Blanche Stewart traveled Saturday evening to Crawfordsville to spend a day or two visiting.
After 15 years of chronic indigestion and spending over two hundred dollars, B F Ayscue of Ingleside NC says Dr King’s New Life Pills are the best pills ever sold. Sold under guarantee at Lemmon’s Pharmacy for 25c.
W R Ward of Dyersburg Tennessee testifies Foley's Urino Laxative cures chronic constipation. He states it is a thorough practical remedy and offers his conscientious reference through Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Davenport to Lexington and Muscatine to Seattle residents drop by for calls and visits in the city Friday through Saturday. Among those seen were Klein of Davenport Mrs Mary Bishop from Lexington John Buxbaum Grace Hill Ira Rathmel Dublin A Pearson northeast of city G G Ebner Has kins Mrs Tom Riordan West Chester Vera Miksch Muscatine Mrs S A Hatfield Seattle Wash S E Thoma Ainsworth Miss Zelma Thoma Dublin Rose Kohlecek Richmond W R Rickey Sylvia Scott Wellman and others registering at the rest room and visiting local homes.
Washington D C June 20 Ward W Hearne resigns as general secretary to become state secretary for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, to be based in Boston. Born 1872 in Van Buren county Iowa and educated at Keosauqua High School and Iowa Wesleyan. His career spans Y M C A work in Iowa New Jersey and Washington. Cigar box at the Star tonight.
An 1890s notice offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cures and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials and 75 cent price. It also advertises a Baptist church talk by Rev. Mr. Rogers on temperance in the army at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday June 24, encouraging attendance and devotional guidance.
No humbug claims have to be made for Foley's Honey and Tar the well known remedy for coughs colds and lung troubles. More bottles of Foley's Honey and Tar are used than of any other cough remedy a strong testimonial to its merit. Miss Luella Crandel arrived Friday from Fairbault Minnesota after graduating from St Marys college and visited Minneapolis on her way home.
Mr and Mrs J K Dunn and their children of Wyman attended a reception at the J M Taylor home Friday night and returned home Saturday evening, tracing a social event in the local community.
Town readers recall Royal market bargains on lard and ham, plus routine visits by Adams, Fritz, Crayne, Crawford, and others. Several licensing notices, cherry-picking mishaps, and social calls fill a Washington city page, with Frey’s studio ads and Stichter restaurant praise rounding out a sunlit, up-to-date community snapshot.
The Washington fire department offers twenty five dollars in cash to any couple married publicly at the carnival on July 1. Other valuable presents will be given, and The Journal will be sent to the couple for one year. Free wedding invitations or announcements may also be printed if desired.
A terse school note urges continued effort with a third rank work session scheduled for Monday evening. It requests full attendance from students and mentions J. C. Ford and C. C. as signatories or organizers.
Martin V. Smith declares he will not be responsible for any debts contracted by his wife, asserting that financial obligations fall on her alone.
The Philathea Class of the M E church plans a pantomime and supper at the church Monday evening. All are invited with 25 cent admission. The notice endorses Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and lists Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co. as sources.
Wanted advertisement seeks a couple to be married on the first of duty and offers $25 for particulars. A note from Steck, Chief, Adjust Claims, references the Washington County Farmers Mutual Insurance adjusting weekly claims including Wagner steer 25, Poland cow 40, Turnipseed calf 12.50, Arnold heifer 12.50. Also mentions Easter couple visiting from Ainsworth.
Mr. Frank Conlan of New York extols Electric Bitters as a grand family medicine for dyspepsia liver issues and weak kidneys. The remedy purifies the blood regulates digestion and restores vigor for both sexes. Sold under guarantee at Lemmon's Pharmacy for 60 cents.
Special to the Evening Journal reports generally fair weather for Iowa with possible local thunderstorms tonight or Tuesday. Cooler Tuesday and northwest portions tonight.
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