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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1909
Page
6
An advertisement claims Mi o Na stops belching sour stomach and heartburn within days. It promises improved digestion, appetite, complexion, and energy, with a money back guarantee through Lemmon's pharmacy and sale by leading druggists.
Major Latta traveled on a Keokuk bus yesterday morning. Mrs Burns and her baby visited Fairfield. Cloyce Beard left for Iowa City for summer school. Miss Susie Johnson spent Sunday in the city and returned to Verdi. Walter Little returned to Davenport to resume work at the business college. Canvassers will display a new ironing board soon and explain it. J W Maxwell visited Crawfordsville for relatives and friends. Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea advertises healing herbs at 35 cents from Lemmon’s Pharmacy. City bus line invites calls for orders to Frank Rogers with street and number.
Brief notes from local communities recount daily events and social happenings across the county. Readers gain snapshots of gatherings, arrivals, and small-town activities with a focus on residents and place.
June 21 social notes include N L Long and daughter Jessie visiting Washington for a Sunday with T J Harvey. Albert Paugh of Columbus Junction and family stayed with R Holmes in town over the weekend. Will Caldwell party returned to Dallas Ill after a week here. Misses Wooley Fletcher Williams and William Randall traveled to Washington. Mrs S N Crawford and J B McCoy went to Ainsworth for David Crawford funeral. Alien Paschal set for Burlington today.
June 21 report records J. B. Crayne of Washington stopping in the city as a business caller. Children’s Day at the Baptist church yesterday drew a large crowd and an interesting program. Mr and Mrs D R Munro depart this evening for Chicago for a visit.
Miss Mattie Edwards will work for Mrs Wes Brannen this week. James Potter is working for Alex Clark. Sam Petratz was out buying a cattle one day this week. D O Davison was in Washington Saturday morning and Olds Wayland and Wayne in the afternoon. Guess that auto is going along some.
June 22 brief items show R. H. Coulter leaving for Kansas City to scout locations, Mrs. N. J. Armstrong traveling to Panhandle City to visit friends, Mrs. Mary Gardner Rush heading to Colfax for Mrs. Crissman’s funeral, and Miss Verle Dunham of Washington in town to oversee a music class.
Hilda Manatt of Iowa City visited the John A. Yoder home this morning. John Pfeffer recently back from Germany spent Saturday with the Hesselschwerdt family. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Mitchell of Clinton arrived for visits with friends. John Brown of Washington was in town last week. Velma Snider visited Iowa City Thursday and Friday. W. W. Miller and wife spent Sunday with Ralph Ashby near Pilotburg. Elsie Conrad returned from Iowa City where she had been visiting. D. F. Rogers went Thursday for an extended visit with relatives in Nebraska and Kansas. Wm. H. Palmer and F. E. Skola returned Saturday from Waterloo after attending a bankers convention.
The article traces the origin of the term electricity to amber and cites Theophrastus and Pliny noting amber's attraction of straw. It credits Dr. Gilbert of Colchester, physician to Queen Elizabeth, as a founder for synthesizing ancient observations with philosophical method.
Mrs John Green and children traveled from Washington to Keota to visit relatives for a few days. Frank McKay remains ill and is treated at a Washington sanitarium. EB White benefited from neighbors plowing his corn last Friday. Albert Simpsons visited the Fetters home near Bright. No 2 arrivals from Brighton last evening. Irene Erwin rode to Washington last night. Mrs Frank McKay and son Charlie visited friends near Grace Hill and in Washington. Local youths plan a picnic on the 4th. Otto Schiebel hauled hogs to Washington Saturday.
To avoid serious results take Foley's Kidney Remedy at the first sign of kidney or bladder disorder such as backache urinary irregularities exhaustion and you will soon be well Lemmon's Pharmacy and Hec Elthinney Drug Co.
June 21 reports say Fred Cannon has a new touring car. Clarence Lowe visited J. H. Hesseltine over Sunday. Warren Lowe works for Ben Stout. Oscar Schooley and Adam Nysoske had several good fish catches recently. Henry Hiller works for Grant Blick until after harvest. Mrs. Alex Clark and daughter Mrs. Smith were in Washington. Charlie Lowe plows corn for Fred Cannon. Joe Amrine and family were at Pleasant Plain Tuesday.
Fred A. Kirschman, Mason City mayor, touts the city as Iowa’s biggest saloonless town with a prosperous outlook. Despite nearby beer shipments and medicinal liquor permits, the annual drink bill remains about 30 000 dollars, while a small police force and steady taxes accompany the mayorial role.
D A Staley of Young America Indiana met his brother Martin V Staley in Foster Nebraska after fifty seven years apart. Their mother died and the brothers were separated at different states with Martin serving as a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. Now seventy two and seventy respectively they learned of each other through newspaper notices.
Rumors that E. H. Harriman was critically ill in Vienna were denied by associates and offices. Despite denials, the reports sparked a bear raid on Harriman stocks with Union Pacific dropping as much as 12 points from recent highs, though some recovery occurred.
National League games in Pittsburg and St. Louis ended with mixed results as Philadelphia and Detroit posted early wins while Boston, Washington and New York split doubleheaders. Western League matchups in Topeka and Denver produced decisive outcomes for Omaha and Lincoln.
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