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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1908
Page
5
J R McCreedy left this morning for his home at Ainsworth after serving on the jury during the last week. Mrs Frank Wilson returned to her home at West Chester this morning after a brief visit with her sister Mrs Chas McCreedy at Ainsworth.
Mrs. J. P. White of Rushboro Pa extols Dr King s New Discovery as a cure for lung trouble noting it loosens a cough quickly and cures lung disease even when hopeless. The remedy for coughs and colds lagrippe asthma bronchitis and hoarseness is sold at Lemmon s Pharmacy with guarantee 50c and 1.00 trial bottle free.
Local correspondents report on county happenings and daily events across multiple communities. Brief items cover social meetings, visits, small incidents, and everyday public notices shaping the day's local life.
March 31 report lists William Matthews and Miss Minnie Stewart visiting Washington while A Sprague attended a Rhodes scholarship meeting in Chicago. Margaret Woolsteater also visited. Town election results elect J H Pearson as mayor, W W Moore as clerk, and W T Trotter and J W Kirkpatrick as councilmen. Rev J E Weigle leaves for a month on his Tracy South Dakota claim with Allie Laird.
March 31 reports Joe Limerman a Delta passenger and Andy Augustine with wife visiting from north of Washington. Methodist church youths plan a social Friday at the parsonage. Measles cases are noted in the vicinity.
Henry Wilson and Herman Lang, both youths, were arrested Saturday by Deputy Sheriff McCarty and Special Agent Muir for breaking into a merchandise car in the Milwaukee yards. They fled to Columbus Junction then back to town, with stolen goods found on them. They confess and await grand jury action. The white boy, German-descended, is nineteen. the Colored boy is seventeen and equipped with burglary tools.
March 31 Crawfordsville notes list visits by Mrs. Chas Porter and others including John Orris and Chas Long. Delegates attended the Women's Presbyterial convention in Washington. Mr. B F Brown visited Wyman. Mrs. Tucker returned home from Washington. City election results: Mayor Robert Young, Clerk George Yeager, Treasurer J R Rickey, Assessor G F Pulsifer, Councilmen T M Holmes and J M Miller for three years, A A DeLong for one year.
A card certifies pharmacists may refund money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure coughing or colds. It claims to stop coughs, protect lungs, prevent pneumonia, and cures la grippe coughs. It warns the genuine product is in a yellow package and to refuse substitutes, sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
A reader explains a mental trick using an even number in one hand and an odd in the other. Multiply the right hand by 3 and the left by 2, then add. If the sum is even the even number is on the right. if the sum is odd the even number is on the left. The method relies on parity rules.
This text describes a parlor game for elders and adults where a leader starts a proverb, throws a handkerchief, and players complete the last half of another proverb before ten counts. Forfeits occur if the last half isn’t given in time. Sample pairings include rolling stone knows his own father and a stitch in time try, try again.
A collection of quirky phrases and humorous wordplay lines. Items include parlor suit pun and farmer egg riddle. Several items merge definitions with witty twists about pigs, umbrellas, and block quotes. The tone suggests a light, comic reading segment from a newspaper page.
A fragment from Youths Companion describes a gay little birdling singing from morning to night in sunshine. When clouds appear the bird hides and sings no more. A dear maiden imitates the song, bright and cheerful in sun, yet her voice grows merrier when gloom returns.
A humorous survey of social snubs in Washingtons high society. Instances include a hostess rebuking a girl for not answering an invitation and a friend quipping about an absent hostess leaving winter plans. The piece notes gendered social rigor, contrasts with boorish behavior, and argues snubs sustain social order and the grand manner.
A young matron invites twelve friends to a candlelight tea to share anecdotes from bygone days. Guests wear vintage finery, candles glow from sconces, and old heirlooms and samplers decorate the rooms. Tea is served in Dresden cups as stories unfold.
A collection of domestic tips covers frying brown mushrooms with milk, topping squash pie with whipped cream, painting worn glove tips with olive oil and tuk, and avoiding water on carving tools. It praises saving cooking water, whiting and ammonia polish for silver, wall boxes for mail, and warns against using rock salt in traps due to brass and porcelain damage.
Glen Conard ends his spring vacation at home and leaves this morning to resume work at Drake University in Des Moines.
An old advertisement promising a one day cure for a cold via LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets. It asserts doctors’ money back if it fails and features a signature on each box. The wording reflects period medicine marketing with guaranteed results.
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