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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1909
Page
2
An advertisement touts a large stock of patent medicines, claiming high character, assortment, and service. It asserts coverage of virtually all leading remedies, whether advertised in this page or elsewhere.
An old time medicine notice states druggists may refund money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure cough or cold. It notes the genuine product comes in a yellow package and warns to refuse substitutes.
Washington dispatch notes Indiana Senator Beveridge backing a permanent tariff commission amid Senate prospects and House committee resistance. A southern clerk’s bid for promotion hinges on party loyalty and Taft’s southern favoritism. North Carolina’s John Gaston Grant recalls humble roots and self made rise to Congress. Nelson of Minnesota clashes over tariff rates while Negro ministers to Liberia highlight foreign postings. Hitchcock praised for brisk Capitol streetwalking.
A health note warns busy business people rush meals and overburden their stomachs causing sour taste heaviness and indigestion. Mi-o-na tablets offered at Lemmon's Pharmacy for 50 cents a large box claim to cure dyspepsia with a money back guarantee.
Local news items note various residents traveling and visiting nearby towns. The paper lists airport and city notes, a Gentlemen’s concert at Central College, and a local body builder advert for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Also an offer to place land loans at 7 percent by Chas. D. Gorham of Garden City Kansas.
National and American league results show Chicago, St Louis, Philadelphia and Brooklyn wins and losses with box score details. Pitchers Coakley Frazer Pfiester Moran Archer Willis Gibson and others contributed. Cincinnati, New York and Boston also listed with totals for the day. Western League games include Topeka Sioux City Lincoln Wichita Denver and Pueblo with scorers Freeman Barnum Schroeder Adams and others.
Des Moines May 4 Frank Gotch remains the world’s top wrestler by defeating Jesse Reimer in two falls. The first fall lasted 18 minutes 45 seconds as Reimer quit from the toe hold. The second fall used a bar body lock and head lock to seal victory. San Francisco May 4 arrangements are made for a telegraphic bowling match on May 5 with five man teams competing across western and midwestern cities, scores exchanged by telegraph after each game.
Theodore Roosevelt slays a third lion at Wami near Kapiti as Kermit Roosevelt also felled a cheetah. The pair impress with quick rifle work saving mounted escorts from an enraged lion. Rumors place the party in Nairobi by May 15 en route to Sotik.
One hundred passengers escaped death when the Wabash limited eastbound express derailed at Eden Ohio near Montpelier. All cars left the track and ran 1000 feet into a ditch. only one passenger N Burgess of New York was injured.
The Arkansas House passed a bill holding railroads liable for damages due to mental anguish even without physical injury. The measure expands a mental anguish law that already affects telegraph companies in the state.
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