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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1909

Page

2

The Great Divide to Play at Local House March 8 1909

The Great Divide a celebrated American drama with Henry Miller directing returns to town for an engagement on Monday March 8 1909. Critics hail it as epoch making with no adverse reviews and claim the production will be mounted with full scenery and equipment as in New York venues. Foley's Honey and Tar advertised as a safe cough remedy from Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhimy Drug Co.

Cme House Henry Miller New York Rincess Daly's Theater Academy of Music Foley Lemmon’s Pharmacy and McElhinmey Drug Co

Estate sale notice for Lot One Block Twenty-Six Iowa property

To close up the estate of Mrs. E. E. Everson we have for sale Lot One in Block Twenty-Six in the High land Park Addition to Washington Iowa. For information contact A Anderson or Edmund Morrison. G W Griffith spent Saturday at Brighton. Fox and Dewey, Props. N 8 8 S.

E. E. Everson Highland Park Washington Iowa Gee A. Anderson Edmund D. Morrison

People travel through Keota and nearby towns Saturday evening

The list notes multiple residents and visitors departing for home or visiting Keota Columbus Junction Des Moines Milwaukee Havre and Dallas Iowa with various destinations after a day in the city. The item also promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a spring regulator from Lemmon's Pharmacy.

Wm. Gray Keota F. S. Saline Columbus Junction G. E. Ellis Des Moines L. G. Jugenheimer Havre

Senior class elects officers at high school meeting

The Senior class held a business meeting in the H. B. building to complete its organization and elect officers. Plans are under way for the upcoming commencement activities for the Junior and Senior classes. Officers chosen: Retta Smith president Nita Nicholson vice president Jannette Lemley secretary treasurer. Mr and Mrs M A Mace and daughter Gladys were weekend visitors from West Chester near Lexington.

H. 8 Retta Smith Nita Nicholson Jeannette Lemley M. A. Mace Gladys West Chester Lexington

Local residents take short trips and return home Saturday

Several residents including Mrs C B Thomas J C Miller and W J Meyer traveled for visits over the weekend then returned home Saturday evening. Others went to Creston Crawfordsville and Keota with comments on local families and places. Also advertised are remedies from Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co including Mollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and Tenor Tablets.

S. H. Leeper Child Keota Klein Farm Leeper Noble Mollister Lemmon’s Pharmacy McElhinney Drug Co

Priest Author Endorses Foley's Kidney Remedy

Reverend Joseph H. Fesperman of Salisbury North Carolina writes of years of kidney trouble and a sudden severe pain last winter confined to bed eight days. He began Foley's Kidney Remedy and the pain abated and finally ceased. He recommends the product to others. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co.

Joseph H. Fesperman Salisbury N. C Foley Lemmon McElhinney Drug Co

Goos Wooing With Pistol Ends in Double Tragedy

Pittsburg reports a rejected suitor William G. Wilner shot widow Mamie McKee at her bedside after she refused him. He then killed himself by poison and a gunshot. Mrs McKee survived, but doctors fear she cannot recover.

Pittsburg Mamie McKee William G. Wilner Wilner

Man Leaps From Window to Escape Blaze

Dennis Redmond, in New York, 1900s era reporting, chose to jump three stories rather than burn. He set fire to his bed by accident and blocked his own exit with furniture, dying instantly on an iron railing below.

New York Dennis Redmond Redmond

Religious worker’s talk sparks bold barber shop reply

A western town audience hears a “talk for men” by a visiting religious worker who vows no young man should visit any place he would not take his sister. A youth shouts a retort naming the barber shop as the place he would not visit with his sister. The exchange highlights blunt humor and moral policing.

Marper’s Weekly

Lynched for Harboring Fugitive in Dallas

A man in Dallas was lynched for harboring a fleeing suspect who attacked a woman near Rockwall, Texas. The incident followed a report of the escaped assailant. the event is noted alongside a Punch quotation about servants and a parlor maid.

Dallas Tex Rockwall James Jane

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Hinney Drug CO la Grippe G. W. Griffith Brighton Chas. Meyers W. M. Johnson Cotter A. L. Dusenberry Robert Shaw St. Joe, Mo Martha Rickey Oskaloosa Elizabeth LeGill Harper Mattie Thomas Doris Milwaukee Wis B. &. Miller Pleasant Hill Ida Williams Lillian Erickson Clifford Long Hollister Rocky Mountain Mckhinney Drug Co Naughty Little Princess Amt J. C. Miller Delta W. J. Meyer Mrs. A. S. Meek Creston Emma Wonderly Crawfordsville Francis Helvie Ainsworth J. G. Maxwell Missee Mary Barringer Frank George J.a.work & Co. C Washington National Bank Washington, Iowa Pants Lumper Co Iowa Gate Yours Truly Caner Music Co Centerville Numa Wdening Bros Nasuta Ts
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