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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1909
Page
5
Special to the Evening Journal reports Iowa will see fair weather and warmer temperatures tonight with Saturday becoming partly cloudy and warmer in the eastern portion.
Local notes report the Vienna booth at the Fair selling coffee cakes German fruit loaf and assortments as residents visit and travel between homes. Mentions include C 8 Seymour of West Chester returning home after a short stay at E Adams home and several transfers of Mrs C S Adams from Packwood. Foley's Kidney remedy advert claimed to tone kidneys bladder purify blood and restore health.
A steady growth year after year shows the firm’s commitment to dependable coal supply. The message invites new customers to try their service with assurance that satisfied patrons remain loyal. Anderson and Wilson emphasize solid footing and readiness to serve.
John S White died at his Brighton home at 4 10 am after a long dropsical heart condition. Born October 25 1827 in Mt Pleasant Ohio he came to Iowa in 1857 and settled in Brighton where he worked as a tanner. Survived by wife Martha McKain and eight children Haley Sidwell Martin Bertha William Adra Mattie Stemple and a son Clarence who died in 1884 in a railway accident. funeral Saturday at 2 pm from the residence.
The Washington County Chautauqua association will issue 10 000 booklets again this year with advertising space available for quick purchase. Proceeds support Chautauqua expenses and public help is appreciated. Notify secretary Alex Miller or The Journal office soon to secure ads. Ten thousand booklets will be distributed. Outlook for success is favorable.
An advertisement proclaims Dr Kings New Life Pills as a superior laxative tonic. It claims to tone regulate stomach liver kidneys purify blood strengthen nerves and cure constipation dyspepsia biliousness jaundice headaches chills and malaria. Sold for 25 cents at J E Lemmon's.
Principal Lowell Anderson retires this year then becomes secretary and manager and stockholder of the Gravity Lock Co a new Mt Pleasant firm capitalized at 25000.00. The company will manufacture gravity driven locks and aims to boost local business with planned production and growth. Stanley Miller notes Mt Pleasant is recovering and expects modest activity from the venture.
Wm Parr England 120 year old husband of 3rd wife worked in fields till 182 and lived 20 more years. James Wright of Spurlock Ky touts Electric Bitters after six bottles and kidney trouble lasting 30 years. He says he feels like a 16 year old. Advertises at J B Lemmon’s.
In Paris on May 7 the postal telegraph and telephone workers transformed their association into a syndicate under the 1884 law, granting strike rights against the state and placing it with workers unions. The move followed Premier Clemenceau missing a postal delegation amid claims of government promises after a recent strike. The sudden shift was framed as open revolt by the workers.
Ida Fuller, inventor of the fire dance, rests at Forest City, la, after closing a Mexico engagement. She will visit Paris and then head to the Pacific coast for further bookings, including the Alaskan exposition, earning a salary of 600 dollars weekly and having accumulated a fortune.
The battleship Mississippi lifted anchors and entered South Pass on May 7 with an old river pilot aboard guiding the voyage. The trip through the narrows was made safely and without accident.
Bert Hagen buck, a farmer six miles southeast of Iowa City, was instantly killed by lightning while watering horses during a thunder shower. The incident occurred in Iowa City, Iowa, on May 7.
Hammond Lamont editor of The Nation died at Roosevelt hospital after an operation that proved more serious than expected. He was forty five years old.
May 7 report says revolutionists are marching toward Teheran and a squadron of Persian Cossacks has been dispatched to guard an important bridge at Kherraj. The rumor notes possible action in the region amid unsettled conditions.
Evelyn Nesbit faces a $250 contempt of court fine and potential jail time at Ludlow Street jail after the appellate division refused a stay of proceedings. Justice McAvoy imposed the fine several days ago.
John Gerdin a Chicago traveling tailor dies after a confrontation at the Benz hotel in Washington. Frank Bernhardt is arrested in Kalona on a possible murder charge following a water pitcher assault that fractured Gerdin's skull. A postmortem and inquest were held in Moline with witnesses including Mrs. Benz and Kate Benz.
L G Miller traveled aboard a Rock Island train this morning to transact business as locals report pastry notes at the Vienna shop. The report mentions cream puffs cream sponge and chocolate cream rolls as specialties drawing attention from patrons.
Dr John Pair leads the New Life sect in Boston promising extraordinary longevity. He teaches white dress each morning and a death ban on dark clothing, vegetarian diet, regular eight hour blocks of sleep, exercise and work, with a strict routine around meals and open-bedroom windows.
Boston lecturer H. Helm Clayton of Blue Hill observatory outlined a future where a perfected flying machine enables Arctic settlement. Speaking before the Boston Scientific Society, he argued early humans migrated to warmer lands but that growing need will push exploration to colder regions once clothing and food can be supplied rapidly.
The villa Alatini at Saloniki is the new residence of Turkey's deposed sultan Abdul Hamid II. Owned by the Alatini brothers, bankers and homeowners, the three story square building sits just outside the city with sixty rooms in oriental style, a vast garden, and a grand front with sea views and two marble stairways.
A Philadelphia man, Thomas Lennon, lay all night with a broken left leg in his stable on Montgomery Avenue. His neighbor Thomas Kennedy called for an ambulance after the horse in the stable repeatedly whinnied for help. Surgeons arrived and carried Lennon away as the horse ceased its whinnying.
In Harper's Magazine for May Caroly Wells lampoons fashion waste and the futile struggle with last year's sleeves. The poem blends wit and weariness as a shopper laments ready made sleeves and costly patterns, cataloging perforations, notches, and frills while yearning for better fit.
A promotional note urges trying Chamberlain's Liniment to relieve rheumatism, stating nine of ten cases are muscular or chronic rheumatism from cold or damp conditions and respond to vigorous application. Sold by F. L. Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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