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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1920
Page
7
Correspondents report on travel visits and local happenings in Noble and Freemen ND. Samuel Preheim and family returned home to Freemen after visiting Mrs Preheim’s parents. Clarence Witting will work for his uncle this year.
NRA reports Mart McMahon hires a married man named Bownell to work and reside in the tenant house. Roy Kelly acquires a new tractor. Mr. Kreger recovers from illness. Dr. Brereton attends a sick baby of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Bull. Newt Matthews moves to the old Huffman farm. Charles Miller sells his estate share to his brother Ross. The Darby family near Kinross relocates to Mrs. Mehaffee's house. Ross Miller visits Iowa City over Sunday.
A. J. Morgan shows signs of improvement after a week of illness. E D McClain, a former Clay boy, and E T Morrison of Forest Ohio visited this week. Mr and Mrs Harry Hamilton visited Wm Black's near Perlee. C D Robinson and Laban Johnson shipped a car of cattle Wednesday. H A Meacham left Friday with a car of goods for Malcolm Iowa, accompanied by Carroll Morgan. Mrs Meacham and daughter Alice will join soon. A half holiday was observed Monday during the school election.
Crawfordsville reports the birth of a son on March 8 to Mr and Mrs Ray Anwyl of Des Moines. The town notes include a Ladies Aid gathering hosted by Mrs W H Hagie with shadow picture guesses and piano selections by Mrs J F Buxbaum. Mrs Stump, soon moving to Atkins, is honored with a parting gift.
Extracts show family strains in wartime aid requests. Grandparents and spouses ask for elopement money and allotments while outlining births, dependents, and housing. Notes mention wives forms and fears of poverty, with phrases about twins and distant relatives.
Gov. W. L. Harding announces no special session will be called to revise the code. He urges handling the work in the regular 1921 session to cut costs, saving about 300000 dollars, and notes the code commission has delivered bills ready for desks. He defends past actions and criticizes "loose talk" about immediate legislation on suffrage school laws and war veterans' pay.
Amusements note that May Allison headlines the satirical comedy The Walk Offs at the Fox Theatre starting Saturday. Screen Classics presents the Broadway hit by Frederic and Fanny Hatton, produced by Oliver Morosco, with May Allison as Kathleen Rutherford in a tale set among New York society leaders and art minded circles.
George F. Daniels of Hardwick VI praises Chamberlains Tablets as the best laxative after trying many. Daniels owns the Hardwick Inn, a noted New England hotel. Lemmon's Drug Store advertisement references the product and The Evening Journal.
CLARION March 8. The town reports more than forty scarlet fever cases developed in the past week. Physicians act to prevent spread as the outbreak continues to loom over the community.
The Hamilton county board of supervisors let contracts for eight miles of road traveling. G. I. Millang won four miles of the Ridera Webster City road for 6911 dollars and H. Johnson won four miles of the Williams Ellsworth road for 8500 dollars. Bid range on the eight miles was 15695.52 to 24348.80.
Theodore Sanford of Fenmore Michigan suffered seven years of stomach trouble and pain after eating vegetables and fruits. After using Chamberlain's Tablets he can now eat vegetables or fruit without pain or sleeplessness. If indigestion or constipation troubles you, try these tablets. Lemmon's Drug Store. Advt.
Lesson outlines John the Apostle on the island Patmos writing the vision of Christ shown in Revelation. Emphasizes the unveiling of Jesus, his second coming, and the seven churches in Asia as the lampstands. Includes description of Christ’s appearance and the message to his servants.
A concise reflection on how comfort amid suffering demands penetrating insight into the human mind paired with soothing reasoning and gentle ridicule when appropriate. It stresses careful, properly applied empathetic wit.
The quote notes that sunshine is delicious rain refreshing wind bracing and snow exhilarating arguing there is no truly bad weather only different kinds of good weather, attributed to John Ruskin.
The article promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a modernized version of a grandmother’s remedy to darken gray hair. It claims natural, even color without obvious application and notes it is a cosmetic, not a medical treatment.
A wellness claim urges in a dated advertorial tone that overconsumption of meat harms kidney function. It promotes four ounces of Rad Salts daily, made from grape and lemon acids with lithia, to flush and stimulate cleaned kidneys though cautions about potential harm from misuse.
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