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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1909
Page
5
Parily cloudy and cooler tonight and Thursday. Washington DC special dispatch notes today and tomorrow expect similar conditions with cooler trend and partial cloud cover.
Local notes report the arrival of the Misses Rosanna and Clara Bertsch from Sigourney and the Mes Paul and Gertrude Houdek of Muscatine to visit Miss Anne Houdek and Mrs John Skipton. Birth announced for a son to Mr and Mrs Henry Cready of Pocatello Idaho. Mrs Cready is former Washington girl Maude Reeves.
Look Here You can save money by calling at the Royal for your meats. You will get nice tender meat and our reputation on Sausage Lard and Smoked Meats is well known. We can give you good Bacon for 12 1S and 17% nice mild cured and our Hams are the finest on the market. Fresh Fish Poultry Vegetables Cheese of all kinds Plenty of nice Spring Fries Anything and everything in Pickles Nice Corned Beef and Pickled Pork our own make. The big clean City Market can furnish you anything you want.
The Rev T B Stoval led a sermon with his colored choir at Fairfield, the audience expressed approval by giving $32. Visitors included Mrs B Myers and daughter Mildred and Miss Viola Bales. Regular S T L meeting is set for next Friday at the schoolhouse.
June 30 notes show Frank and Ed returning from Illinois on a business trip. Lolia Paul visited Washington. Mrs. Mary Breed returned from Muscatine. Roy Townsend and others headed for Washington. Alice McBride arrived from Oelwein for a visit. Rev. J. P. Davis from Kansas arrived. Ed Hynes visited town from Des Moines. Mrs. Henry Goble and daughter from Iowa Falls visited at Stephen Hayden’s. Grace Stone underwent throat operation at S. A. I. hospital and was reported well.
A bustling page lists fair attractions including straw hats ice cream freezers and new style irons from Dougherty Bros, plus horseshoers not working on Monday. Social notes mention George Haffner’s visit with friends in Sigourney and L. Patterson’s business trip to Winterset Iowa. Also events include Mrs Victor Todd visiting Pleasant Plain and Miss Wilma Row’s trip to Chicago and East Orange New Jersey.
Washington County Sunday School Association convenes at Crawfordsville with cordial hospitality. Rev. E G Beyer presides as sessions highlight the cradle roll concept and home departments, stressing Holy Spirit guidance and decency in order.
Mrs Mary Walker and Captain J W Harper return from Kansas trips. Several local residents including Mr and Mrs J M Maxwell and daughters Miss Gladys and Mabel Crooks and Mr Milan Shields depart for Washington. Rev A S Smith returns home after addressing the county convention. Miss Florence Hannan arrives for Sunday school convention. G T Auld and Rev J C Abels visit. P L Huber leaves for ten day visit in Ashland Ohio.
June 29 notes show the Metropolitan band to perform for Kalona’s celebration on the 3rd. Mr and Mrs Al Sharp spent Sunday at Riverside. Rev Father Weil to speak at Kalona celebration. George Kos and Frank Dutler sold hogs to Kalona buyers. Several local young women returned from a Washington institute.
One of the largest congregations ever gathered at the church here assembled Sunday evening to participate in a special service. Attendance drew members from the town and neighboring communities. The event highlighted the church’s outreach and community ties.
Miss Anna Scott outlines methods for Bible study in Sunday schools including consecutive reading and word study. Dr. Boice stresses teacher preparation, biblical origin, authority and history, and a normal class for young would be teachers, while a later program features reflections on Joseph and Jehovah.
A vintage sales pitch touts Hyomei inhalers and Hyomel for catarrh coughs colds bronchitis and asthma. It promises rapid relief a five minute cold cure and a five hour breakdown with a complete $1 outfit including inhaler bottle and instructions guaranteed or money back from Lemmon's pharmacy and sold by leading druggists.
If you are a man of moderate means and cannot afford a physician for diarrhoea an attack can be cured by one or two doses of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy reliable for many years priced 25 cents for sale at Fr kL Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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