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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1909
Page
2
A promotional text claims thin individuals can gain weight by improving digestion using Mi o na tablets. It asserts the tonic cures indigestion and related stomach ailments, building up health rather than masking symptoms. Lemmon's pharmacy sells Mi o na for 50 cents a large box with a money back guarantee.
Local Epworth League representatives return from district session at Oxford where Dr Homer Stuntz of New York spoke. New officers include President Ivan Noland and vice presidents Mabel Morton Liberty Zimmerman Daisy Lieberknecht Clyde Ryan. Secretary to be supplied. Street Commissioner Campbell warns against littering to protect sewers. Rest Room Association plans a Wednesday meeting at 3 PM to elect a matron and conduct important business.
The band concert postponed Saturday night due to rain will be held this evening at 8 o clock.
A humorous Mezzogiorno style cartoon exchange shows a beggar woman with a disabled husband retorting that turns of duty are shared. The caption notes a husband and wife take turns in caring for the chair bound man as they joke about fairness.
Mrs Katherine Lewis of Burlington marks her 100th birthday on August 16. Born in New York and arriving in Burlington in 1844, she has lived through much history. She has used crutches for 26 years after a hip fracture from a fall.
Local items report bakery promotions at Vienna bakery and sales of summer pants hats and peanuts. Residents and visitors including Mrs Wertz Miss Freding Mr Dayton Miss Duke Miss Kilgore and Mrs Tollenaar are mentioned with social visits and outings. An upcoming St James church lawn social is announced for Tuesday evening.
A New York born woman, born August 16 1808, married at nineteen, now 100 plus years, recounts travel by raft and steamer to St Janis and Burlington. She notes her family of twelve with only one sibling living, marks March sewing of a 300 piece quilt, and recalls poems learned as a child with perfect memory and clear mind.
Medium Lake fishermen landed 23 pickerel weighing 153 pounds in two and a half hours near Emmetsburg. The catch included a woman fisherman and two men Mr Hoelzener Mrs Hoelzener and James Grier. Experts call it the season’s finest pickerel haul, outdoing Spirit Lake and Okoboji stories.
John K. Hammond of Des Moines leads a campaign against cigarette sales in Iowa with a formal AG opinion. The new law, effective July 4, requires sheriffs to investigate crimes, collect evidence, file information, and bring cases to court, with enforcement urged in cities where cigarettes are sold.
Mrs. William Black of Garrison Indiana was stung on the head while sitting on her porch. The bee attack caused rapid poisoning and her body turned black as friends and a physician tried to help, but she died almost instantly.
Eleven year old gypsy girl Alice Smith formerly with Alex Glasscock’s traveling show has been adopted by a wealthy Iowa couple who will raise her as their daughter after years of displacement and hardship.
At the Des Moines meeting Jerry B. Sullivan county representative spoke on the Good Roads Movement and urged actions to secure legislation for better roads. Members decided to mail the Des Moines river tonnage report to all to rally support for a congressional appropriation to make the river navigable.
A. F. Haradon, long a prominent Marshalltown citizen, died in Chicago following a stroke of apoplexy. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Washingtons popular band Everybody performs tonight at eight. The event draws local music lovers and promises an upbeat set and lively crowd.
The McElhinney Drug Co. promotes ZEMO as a clean external liquid that stops itching instantly and purportedly cures eczema and all itching skin or scalp diseases. They invite readers to ask for a sample, view displays, and see photos of cures.
John Barrymore engaged for The Candy Shop while Robert Mantell prepares a two year world tour beginning in Australia. Grace Filkins leaves The Third Degree to accompany Rear Admiral Marix to Europe. Mark Twain sets to adapt A Connecticut Yankee as an opera with M W Colwell as composer. Bernard Shaw Blanco Posnet to be released in America after English censor blocks performance.
A series of practical home hacks describe using hot water and icing to cut frosting, bran to clean white paint, and steam to loosen cereal cookers. It also covers knitting underwear as ironing holders, with a machine quilting method and making a tape loop to hang the holder.
A fragment quotes a New York Sun line praising a graduate who hoped to save the state and now faces a modest weekly wage challenge.
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