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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1909
Page
3
Rev Joseph H Fesperman of Salisbury North Carolina writes that after years of kidney trouble and a severe winter pain he was bedridden eight days. He began Foley's Kidney Remedy and the pain abated and ceased. He recommends the medicine. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co. endorse the remedy.
Stewards and stewardesses of the A. M. E. church plan a March 4 dinner in a room south of the post office. Tickets are with sellers. Expect one of the best fully cooked dinners served 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Lunch follows in the evening.
Phone M. D. Manshower at No 95 and he will call for your furniture, repair or upholster it and return it to you. 12-66.
Public sale advertised for Tuesday March 9 1909 at 11:00 a.m. near Brighton adjoining property owner H J Kientz. Items include ten head horses and livestock totals, hay, grain, farm implements, lumber, and miscellaneous articles. Terms credit 10 months over $10 with note, cash under $10, 5 percent discount for cash. Lunch provided by Presbyterian church ladies. Auctioneers Austin Sutherland and Harry Lloyd.
Princess Wah-ta-Waso speaks of her Miills company lineage and Six Nations wampum, noting the lost art of wampum making and her fifty year old ancestral costume. She attends gatherings across the country and recalls dog feast festivities in Tama Iowa while joking about a sweetheart and money. Also includes an ad for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with testimonial from Mrs F F Starcher supporting its use for children.
To close the estate of Mrs. E. E. Everson a lot is for sale Lot One in Block Twenty Six one and a half acres high land Park Addition to Washington Iowa For information contact A Anderson or Edmund D Morrison. 6 tf Pe eit ae sa
Fox and Dewey, props. N 8 8 8. The OCR fragment notes a listing or caption likely tied to the property or item number. No clear event or outcome available from the readable text.
P H Harriman and party left San Antonio for a trip along the western coast extension of the Mexico lines of the Southern Pacific. He will return via California and be in New York within two weeks after weeks camping near San Antonio. He says health is wonderfully improved and he personally supervised tearing down six tents. He cautions America not to expect any extension of his lines this year unless conditions radically change.
A gas explosion at Pennsylvania Coal Company’s No 14 colliery at Port Blanchard near Wilkes-Barre Pa on March 3 killed two workers and severely injured twelve. Forty men were entombed by fire in the Pittston gangway as rescuers faced black damp. a second exit allowed some to reach the surface. Four burned miners at Pittston hospital are likely to die.
Mrs C M Johnston of Ottumwa admitted she was not attacked by a negro and instead suffered an opiate induced hallucination. Detective Way reports the claim led to jailside demonstrations and a mob presence. Sheriff kept the crowd from lynching suspects while a vigil for John Junken, charged in a separate case, drew attention.
New York March 3 During February the value of diamonds pearls rubies and other gems entering through this port totaled 2916710 a gain of 200447 over February 1908. Total imports in all categories reached 66857526 up 18500000 from a year earlier.
Washington on March 3 reports Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii among those who called on President Roosevelt to bid farewell. The event marks a formal departure gesture as relations with Hawaii are noted in the capital.
Winter and spring wheat prices with varies by type and grade. Chicago hogs cattle and sheep quotes given with receipts and price ranges. East Buffalo and Elgin butter markets noted with prevailing prices and product grades.
A medical advertisement asserts that unchecked dyspepsia can contribute to tuberculosis. It touts Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for indigestion, guaranteed by Cook & Sherman, with a 25 cent box claiming fifteen days of treatment, sold only in Washington.
Mrs Mary Rush of Ainsworth and Cleve Dayton of Brighton were city callers this week. Mr and Mrs J P Thomas arrived from Verdi on No 2 while Mrs A Patterson visited from Ainsworth. Daniel Wenger tended to business in Des Moines and returned home. Mrs F Shinnabarger of Muscatine visited J T Matthews and Mrs Louise Nichols of Des Moines plans to move to the Rosebud Dakota area after recently drawing a claim. Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea advertised. Earl Warner resigned from U S Express and Asa Jones replaced him starting Monday.
Mrs. Michael Bloom of Lewis Town Pennsylvania, aged 80, was weak and wheeled in an invalid chair due to lung ails and a persistent cough. After using three bottles of Vinci cod liver preparation her strength returned, enabling walking a quarter mile, with a note that Vinci benefits aged and frail individuals and a money back guarantee from Cook & Sherman, Druggists.
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