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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1910
Page
8
A sales pitch touts ladies watches as dependable timepieces modern in design and accuracy matching larger models. It promises reliability and timekeeping accuracy with a personal guarantee, noting prices from 14 to 30 dollars and urging customers to inspect stock today.
Fort nightly club secures Mrs John Hessler to speak on home decorating in the Academy Thursday afternoon May 12. The lecture presents practical, cost effective color harmony from floor to ceiling and promises guidance on wallpaper choices and picture placement.
Samples of paper draperies and rugs will be shown for examination after the lecture. Everyone interested in making homes beautiful should hear her. One who heard her intends to attend.
Members met at the Seceder church on Thursday for the annual congregational gathering. Officers elected include Chairman J. W. Patton, Secretary Mrs. G. B. French, and Treasurer Miss Anna Dawson.
Call up the phone number OS for orders and leave clear instructions. Black and leave orders, which will be attended to promptly by Frank Rogers. Include street and number for delivery.
County Superintendent Miss Flo Purvis administered eighth grade exams yesterday for rural pupils aiming to enter high school next fall. Some students took tests at her office while teachers also conducted exams in their schools.
Reports from Port Limon dated May 7 describe a devastating inland earthquake in Costa Rica. Official tallies list about 1,800 dead, with Cartago and surrounding villages reduced to rubble and telegraphic links to San Jose down for a day.
Rome May 7 investigators still have no result on the death of Miss Estelle Reid the American girl whose body was found in the bay of Naples. Her surviving child is 16 and was shipped to New York by the steamer Barbarossa.
Showers noted in Illinois and Indiana with cloudy skies. Tomorrow expected to be warmer and more unsettled.
Chicago and Omaha live stock markets show receipts for hogs at about 10 000 to 6 300 with mixed to higher prices. Cattle receipts around 1 500 to 8 100 with steers cows and heifers at varied ranges. Sheep and lambs receipts near 5 000 to 2 400 with lambs and wethers commanding higher quotes. East Buffalo and Dunning Stevens reports note slow cattle, strong hogs, and steady sheep markets with several price points for calves and bulls.
National League results show Pittsburg and Brooklyn with wins and losses in key matchups. Chicago and New York split games as Philadelphia and St Louis post varying scores. American League notes Detroit and Boston split pairings with Detroit edging New York in one game. Cleveland and Chicago also split their encounters in tight scores.
President Taft defends his program including the income tax and Ballinger amid an investigation in Washington. The Ballinger Pinchot clash centers on Wick ersham papers and a 7 to 5 vote. Secretaries Wilson and Longworth shift forest policy and lumber tariffs, while Roosevelt's plans remain unclear. The Senate backs a mine bureau to probe explosions.
Scattered notes show baseball lines with city pairs and scores: St. Louis beats Columbus 4 to 2, Minneapolis defeats Toledo 6 to 2, Milwaukee shuts out Louisville 3 to 2 in twelve innings, and Kansas City and Indianapolis game halted by rain.
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as an efficient hair grower and scalp tonic available at Lemmon's pharmacy and druggists nationwide. It guarantees two week usage with a full refund if not satisfied and a separate dandruff cure guarantee within two weeks. Mail orders are handled by Giroux Mfg. Co. in Buffalo New York.
A patently dated remedy ad urges patience with wives needing health help. It claims nervous and hormonal symptoms like melancholy, headaches, insomnia, loss of appetite, and fainting respond to Electric Bitter. It touts thousands of female patients improved and offers 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed by J. E. Lemmon.
Quote from the Boston Herald about people planning ahead and savoring expectations before outcomes are certain, reflecting a cautious optimism in public discourse.
An easy harmless method to darken hair using sage and sulphur promoted by Wyeth Chemical Company of New York. The preparation Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur is sold by druggists for five and one dollar or sent directly by the manufacturer. McElhinney drug Co recommends and sells it.
A terse remark notes Maperiace commanding high school wages yet delivering exceptional teaching. The line, attributed to Carlyle, contrasts pay with rare instructional prowess and influence in the classroom.
A lively child Susie often climbs trees fences and ditches and touches cuts and bruises. Her mother uses Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to heal boils ulcers eczema and other healable sores, selling for 25 cents at Lemmon’s Pharmacy.
The Times reports Cartago Costa Rica was practically destroyed by a strong earthquake. Five hundred people are known to have been killed and the peace palace funded by Andrew Carnegie lies in ruins.
An editorial arguing that honesty should be innate but is learned through parenting and schooling. It emphasizes consistent examples of truth telling by adults, constructive discipline, and moral guidance to build character from early years.
The household goods of the late Mrs Eva Turnipseed to be sold at public auction in front of her former residence at 1:39 p m on Saturday May 7. James F P Marsh, Chas Brown, Administrator Auctioneer.
Floral Arkansas woman Viola Baker describes severe illness and weakness her husband’s purchase of Cardui, a herbal tonic, helped her regain health. The ad claims Cardui is a natural vegetable extract with no minerals and urges readers to consult druggists and the Chattanooga Medicine Co for guidance and a free booklet.
The administrator A Anderson offers for sale the late Harrison A Ball's real estate totaling 160 acres farm 3 miles north of Washington 80 acres 2 miles west of the city 104% acres in South Washington 3 lots with two dwellings 1 S Iowa avenue 5 good lots on S Marion avenue in a good resident district house and lot in Southwest Washington and 2 lots on S Second avenue.
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