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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1908
Page
2
An advertisement urges households to keep Diapepsin triangules on hand for indigestion. It claims five minute relief from sour stomach, heartburn, belching, and nausea, with a 50 cent case shown to fully digest meals and cure dyspepsia.
Mrs Kerr returns to Crawfordsville after a day in the city. Miss Elizabeth Schroeder departs for Burlington to visit relatives. Frey’s photos advertised for sale. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy touted as a long trusted bowel treatment sold by Cook & Sherman.
Special forecast notes fair tonight and Thursday with moderate temperatures. Strong visibility to remain good across the area. Highs and lows not specified in the text but described as moderate for the period.
A small notice advertises milk customers wanted at 5 cents a quart after April 1. It lists contact phone 123 red and a location at 22-61 West A Chilcote. The short item appears among local notices and classifieds.
Advertisement states druggists may refund money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure coughs or colds. It claims to stop coughing, heal lungs, prevent pneumonia, la grippe coughs, and consumption, contains no opiates, and is sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy in a yellow package.
Des Moines Iowa March 11 railroads suspend minimum 2 cent rate for summer passenger travel. Excursions to Denver and other convention cities revert to last summer levels. Rock Island lines confirm rates under 2 cents per mile, with Omaha Lincoln and Council Bluffs routes unchanged. no intra state convention rate but interstate rates stay the same.
The Rev Dr George L Cady of the First Congregational church Dubuque will sever ties July 1 to join the Dorchester Heights Congregational Society in Boston He has led the Dubuque church for three years and previously taught psychology and sociology at the State University His temperance work helped push a court decree closing saloons at 11 pm and all day Sunday and ending free lunch with Arch bishop Keane as ally
G W Statler passed through en route to Davenport on a brief business trip. Mrs Everett Shearer arrived from Verdi to visit briefly. Mrs J M Stewart Jr returned home at Ainsworth after a city visit. Mr and Mrs J M Ewing left for Monmouth Illinois by Burlington, called there by the death of her grandfather M B Ray. Keep an eye on The Journal want column for notices of sale or exchange.
The Robstown sale on March 6 attracts about 100 from Corpus Christi on the morning train and 250 more on a noon arrival. A three coach train from the George H. Paul company brings Iowa and Nebraska buyers. A 20,000 mercantile building hosts lunch and a free lot giveaway today and another tomorrow boosting Robstown’s profile. Foley's Honey and Tar touted for cough relief.
Spokane welcomes Muscatine, the United States champions, arriving March 11 for an exhibition against the Armory Athletic Association, coached by T. G. Cook. The event includes Cook's Gymnasium girls and Spokane B. B. Girls. A social program and local tours follow, with potential trolley rides to northern Idaho and the Palouse. The Armory seats nearly 5,000. the Iowa team is hailed as the Pacific Northwest’s fastest yet seen.
The Poultry association met Monday at the F. F. Parrish Savings Bank store and set the next exhibition for November 17 18 19 and 20. W S Russel of Ottumwa was chosen as judge, praised as an experienced poultry man. The show will be earlier this year and many expect it to be one of the best in the state.
An advertisement urges readers to try Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea for a pretty face healthy air rosy cheeks and lovely hair. It promotes Lemmon's Pharmacy and McEhinney Drug Co as purchase points for the product.
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