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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1907
Page
3
Gettie Buckley arrived from St Louis and spent hours in the city. Fairfield Rug Co offers rug making from old car pets with guaranteed work. Phone 649 for service.
A historical advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable case of catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Wall's Catarric Cure. Endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin, wholesale druggists in Toledo, declare J Oweney honorable and capable. Hall's Family Pills are also advertised for constipation.
The Iowa Central By. offers round trip tickets to Los Angeles and San Francisco from April 25 to May 48 with return valid until July 31. One fare for the round trip via direct routes, with stopovers allowed. For details contact A. B. Cutts in Minneapolis. In other news a Willimantic man credits Foley's Kidney Cure with complete recovery after months of kidney trouble, four bottles cited as effective. Sold by Al Prugglate.
The week’s rain followed by hot weather boosts the agricultural outlook though crops remain late. Local farmer C. H. Wilson notes fifty four years of springs with wild weather, but fruit crops have generally endured. Forecasters warn the fruit crop may be shorter than average, but past frosts showed resilience as harvest neared.
A Fort Edward resident extols Dr King's New Discovery as a cure for coughs and incipient consumption in a testimonial. The letter notes a son's recovery and claims the remedy defeated the cough after one battle and left other symptoms gone. Trial bottles are offered and Stewart's Pharmacy guarantees the product.
A St Louis Globe-Democrat tale recounts how jockey Hugh Penny aided a near broke owner at the Guttenberg course. With fog on a half mile track Penny waited, bet a hundred, and held back his horse to win by a length, proving cunning over speed.
May 18 forecast from Washington predicts generally fair conditions for Iowa with cooler temperatures tonight and Sunday. Tonight will be cooler with fair skies expected across the state tomorrow.
Des Moines reports the Iowa Official Register will be issued next week in an enlarged edition. The publication includes election statistics, state and national biographies, pictures of elected officials, and new articles on laws, festivals, monuments, and the amendment convention.
The Epworth League of the Methodist church held its annual election at Miss Edna Klein's home. Elected were Ralph Keller as president Ruth Miksch first vice president Dr H L Courtright second vice president Mrs Ralph Keller third vice president Louie Handy fourth vice president Will Kuhn secretary Sam White treasurer James Warner chorister and Mrs 8 J Cocklin organist.
Workman Geo Nelson died after slipping in a railroad pit near Sterling Kansas when a large steam shovel closed on him. His body was torn in two by the mechanism, with the head and shoulders raised as the engine was reversed.
James Brodie of Fredericksburg and Miss Faith Crum, formerly of Webster City, wed in Manchester at noon on Thursday. Brodie works as a traveling representative for Churchill Drug Co. of Cedar Rapids, while Crum is the daughter of the local Universalist pastor, Reverend S. L. Crum.
Government figures released in Simla show seven weeks ending May 11 with 451,892 deaths from plague across India.
An old advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a trusted, half century old medicine. It claims reliability and pleasant brewing when mixed with water and sugar and notes sale by Cook & Sherman.
The piece argues slavery is nearly as old as humanity, spanning from ancient Mediterranean societies through feudal eras to modern times. It notes the difficulty of identifying the first slaves and suggests the institution flourished early in civilizations around the Mediterranean.
A brief note presents a pessimistic outlook delivered with a smile, describing a persona whose cheer masks a darker view of events and outcomes. The paradox highlights irony in demeanor versus expectation.
A Cedar Rapids notable, famed for wealth and brains, trades his wife and business for an illicit passion. The involved woman repudiates him, his law firm expels him, and the city shuns the couple. The piece condemns open immorality and cites the Pittsburg plan as not acceptable in Iowa.
The Academy graduating class M8 presented one hundred dollars of the proceeds from the commencement exercises for the benefit of the Academy. The funds will support preparations for the coming school year and aid the institution. A promotional offer for Dr Shoop's Catarrh Remedy includes a free trial size and paid advertising details.
The court grants a divorce to Mrs. Lole Lewis from James W. Lewis. Alimony of 1000 dollars is awarded along with a residence and custody of the adopted daughter. Mrs Tobia Mintek departs for an overnight visit in Germanville.
Mrs Edward Phillips of Barclay Maryland testifies to Chamberlain Cough Remedy's benefits. She says her two year old daughter Catherine has used it since two months old and she herself recovered from a dreadful cold after use. Sold by Cook Sherman.
A grand pantomime bill titled Humpty Dumpty comes to Graham Hall March 20 featuring John McDonald with a popular chorus and a Buster Brown motif. Audiences are promised lively songs dances and striking scenery with a claim of a cash prize for anyone who can endure the show without laughter.
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