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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1909
Page
3
An advertisement claims deafness from catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It asserts the Eustachian tube inflammation causes hearing loss and offers 100 dollars for any case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
W Mutlen of Winfield arrived Wednesday night from California where he spent the winter and was a passenger for his home yesterday morning. Mr and Mrs W W Chaffee and Merrill of Webster Iowa, after visiting A A Rynearson, were passengers for Webster yesterday morning. Mr and Mrs O B Jones of Keota, after a two day visit with their son Alfred B Jones, were passengers for home yesterday morning.
F M Crawford visited Ainsworth yesterday and J M Wilson conducted business in Muscatine. This is the last month to pay county taxes without penalty. Names appear of travelers to Keota West Chester and local cab service. An ad promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and Lemmon's Pharmacy offerings.
Funeral services for the late James A. Saville were held yesterday at 1 PM from his east Washington residence. The Rev. George W. Rogers officiated with the Baptist choir. Burial followed in the city cemetery. Bearers were Ben Cherry W A Turner Robert Cherry James Rathmel W H Saville and Harve Humston.
La grippe coughs can develop into pneumonia, but Foley's Honey and Tar stops the cough and helps heal and strengthen the lungs to prevent serious results. The genuine product has no harmful drugs and comes in a yellow package. Refuse substitutes. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McEphney Drug Co.
Mrs. W. C. Wallace of West Chester returned home yesterday morning after arriving Monday and staying as a guest at the M. A. Mace residence.
Advertises Rexal Orderlies as a safe remedy for constipation in the elderly and weak constitutions. Claims soothing, regulative action on bowel muscles, with no griping or diarrhea, backed by a personal guarantee. Priced 36 tablets 25c, 12 tablets 10c. Cook & Sherman.
The Journal highlights a shy boy pictured to boost readers and promote a reporter on The Journal staff. The text recalls wartime photography and jokes about his presentably improved looks and a salesman insurance angle.
The piece notes physicians may avoid advertised remedies to protect income, yet acknowledges many doctors in the United States legitimately recommend standard medicines. It highlights Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a widely used treatment with a long record of cures among women.
Dr R A Wiltshire of Gwynneville Indiana calls Chamberlains Cough Remedy an ideal cough medicine. He says it meets expectations in croup and child coughs and contains no opium chloroform or morphine. Sold by F L Stolte and Lemmons Pharmacy.
Milan Shields recovers from lagrippe while Miss Alta Hampsher visits near Wellman. Several residents travel to Havre, Marshalltown, and Muscatine for visits and business. A household goods sale is planned on the northeast square Saturday at 2 PM.
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