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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1909
Page
5
Parity cloudy outlook with probable showers in the south and west tonight or Wednesday. Issued from Washington D.C. and dated May.
Fifteen young men seeking ministerial honors take examinations at the local Methodist church with five veteran ministers asking the questions. Public meetings follow tonight and tomorrow night at seven o'clock with Rev. Thomas Osborn of Muscatine speaking on Jesus and Some Modern Healers a contrast and Bishop Wm Anderson of Chattanooga Tenn speaking on The Bloom of Youth and How to Preserve It. The public is invited.
Miss Martha Reckling music teacher in city schools has been ill for several days and is unable to hear her classes.
An advertisement promotes Pana Nut Coal for clean burning stoves with light ash and no soot or sulphur fumes. It claims the coal burns evenly, leaving a white ash and preventing chimney buildup. Anderson and Wilson invite readers to call for purchase.
Local item highlights social events at churches and schools in Vienna and Crawfordsville withMiss Sarah Campbell Miss Wilma Row Miss Sujia Duvall and Miss Hanna Eicher listed among visitors and travelers. City lines public notices and community business noted including street line service and local job moves.
The George H. Paul and excursion left for Corpus Christi Texas this morning under A A Hughes. The group includes Mr and Mrs A O Vickery and daughter Mella and two sons Warren and Stanley of Guernsey Iowa relocating to Robstown after Mr Vickery bought the Robstown lumber yard. Also aboard were J Mathers and son J W Warner, Harry Montgomery, J B McCartney, E B Porter of Ainsworth, W M McCammon of Mankato Kan and F M Horne. They proceed as far as Kansas City with prospects of a larger Kansas City departure tomorrow.
A special Wednesday service will bring together the First and Second churches and the Reformed Presbyterian church for a union meeting at 7 30. Miss Georgia Hay of Greenville Tennessee will address the Mountaineers work. The public is invited. She is a lively speaker and tells her story entertainingly.
Huntington West Virginia pastor Rev I W Williamson testifies to Foley's Kidney Remedy curing nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble. He declares the medicine restores health and strength, contains no harmful drugs, and is pleasant to take through Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co.
McNamara and Son announce a shipment of mirrors to be resilvered next Saturday and urge owners to bring mirrors in now so they can be included in the upcoming shipment.
Keokuk presbytery of the United Presbyterian church will meet here in June to ordain A L Godfrey and hear the trial for licensure of Frank Galloway.
In every clime its fame is heard its name has spread from sea to sea Be not surprised if in the other world You're made to take Rocky Mountain Tea Begin now Lemmon's pharmacy.
A major blaze in Fairfield started around 9:15 pm from a defective electric light wire in the opera house during a moving picture show. Water main failure hampered firefighting, causing $23000 in damage including the opera house and several shops. Fireman Fred Mathers was injured. Nearby towns aided with a special train arriving after the flames subsided.
Motioning through a compact list of visits, travel notes, and social plans, the item mentions Fred Neiswanger in Richland, Miss Bessie Taylor’s Titus return, John Perkins from Garden City, Inez Morrow’s Syracuse trip, and multiple Mrs. Shanafet and Miss Myrta Jeffrey delegations to Davenport with Fortnightly club members heading to the Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs. It also notes Sol Rich’s winter in Chicago and Mrs. Guthrie’s travels to Ames and York for nurse training, plus a brief government note on mussel shells used for buttons and an experimental station near Fairport in this state.
Mrs. W. E. Smith reports her young daughter recovered from a severe attack after using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The drug is sold by F. L. Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Mrs. T. T. Maxwell of West Main Street keeps a curious pet a screech and tends it with friendly care. The odd bird becomes part of the household as she develops it into a pet through kind attention.
A testimonial style advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure treats catarrh by internal remedies, purifying the blood and mucous surfaces. It asserts a physician’s backing, lists ingredients as tonics and blood purifiers, and invites testimonials from users.
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