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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1906

Page

2

Closing Session Opens B Y P U Meeting at Baptist Church

The Associational B Y P U meeting opened at the Baptist church with sessions led by Miss Joolittie and Rev J F Catlin. The conference debated ways to improve young peoples work, devotional training, social and missionary meetings, and ended with Rev Judson Kempton's lecture on Labor of Hercules tonight.

B. Y. BP. OU Baptist Church Frank Sage J. W. Ss. Dunham Christian Endeavor Society Second United Presbyterian Church Catlin West Chester Young People's Society Rae McEhinney Lookout Margaret Cowden Emma MecChesney Clyde Boice Judson Kempton Muscatine Hercules

Mrs Rev Elias Handy to Spend Summer in England

Mrs. Rev. Elias Handy and her younger daughter Ruth will spend summer and early fall at Dudley near Birmingham England. This is her first trip to England in twenty one years and relatives across the water look forward to the visit. They sail from Boston on the Arab in early July with a six to seven day sea voyage. They will stop briefly in Boston to see Elijah Handy, Rev Handy’s brother and the family’s only near American relative.

Elias Handy Ruth Dudley Birmingham England Elijah Handy Rev. Handy Boston America

Electric Bitters Cited By River ton Postmaster

River ton Ia postmaster G W Fouts writes he narrowly escaped loss and robbery while crediting Electric Bitters with curing a chronic liver complaint and jaundice. The tonic claims to aid biliousness neuralgia weakness digestive organs and kidneys with a 50 cent price at J H Stewart's drug store.

G. W. Fouts Riverton J. H. Stewart’s Drug Store

Vino cod liver medicine urged for Washington seniors

Cook & Sherman druggists promote Vinci cod liver preparation as a natural strength builder for aged residents. The ad claims Vinci restores worn tissues, improves vitality, and offers a money back guarantee if it fails, highlighting organic iron and nutrients from fresh cod livers.

Cook & Sherman Washington Vinci

Words and a riddle drift into a railroad tale

A philologist muses on English words while translating a phrase about recovering a drum. The passage shifts to a railroad note: Beginning last Sunday the Rock Island owns its own right of way into Kansas City, having bought the division and now operating trains over the Cameron Junction to Kansas City route.

Dorn Rock Island Kansas City Cameron Junction The

Pain Balm Relief for Rheumatism Gets Noted

Hundreds testify to the balm's magic against rheumatism. For sale by Coo Sherman and Stewart's Pharmacy.

Chamberlain Coo & Sherman and Stewart's

Local Visitors and Travel Notes Across Town

Local residents and travelers make today’s rounds with business and social visits. Names include Chas Slebner Ottumwa Tom Arthur Richland Asa Reid Letts and Mina McCleary Crawfordsville guests and prominent returns across Crawfordsville West Chester and surrounding areas.

Chas. Slebner Harper Tom Arthur Ottumwa

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