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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1909

Page

6

Washington High Plans Annual Graduation and Play

The thirty ninth annual commencement and play Why Smith Left Home will be held Thursday at the Graham house. Twenty eight graduates, twelve boys and sixteen girls, will receive diplomas as part of the program alongside scenes from the class production. Examinations finish next week with year end events including junior and senior banquets on Friday the 28th.

Washington High Graham House Ith Smith Jeanette Lemley

New York tenement babies win lower death rate through milk program

Eleanor Francis reports on the New York Milk committee’s model barn dairy and nurse home visits that deliver sterilized milk prepared per physician recipes to babies. The program improves infant survival among immigrant families and links to Nestle baby foods for early-year feeding guidance.

New York Rheta Childe Dorris The New York Milk Committee Nestle Manufacturing Co Eleanor Francis

May White Sale and lectures attract local visitors

Local arrivals include H Benn from Muscatine and church figures Bishop Anderson of Chattanooga and Rev Wiegle from Ainsworth. Rothschilds promotes a free consult about the Big May White Sale and money lending offers. Miss Georgia Hay from Greenville spoke at a union Presbyterian service with Miss Nora Corette singing.

First United Presbyterian Church Covenanter Second United Presbyterian First United Presbyterian Churches Georgia Hay Greenville Tenn G. 8. Eckerman Young Ladies’ Missionary Society Miss Hay West Chester Ella Montgomery N. E. Lease Nora Corette

Sage Tea with Sulphur Promises Hair Growth Rescue

Modern hair care notes sage use to promote growth and color restoring effects. A manufacturer offers Wyeths Sage and Sulphur, an ideal sage tea with added sulphur for dandruff and scalp irritation, sold by druggists or mailed from Wyeth Chemical Co in New York City.

Wyeth Wyeth Chemical Company Cortlandt St New York City

Whooping cough danger and Chamberlain cough remedy

A historical note warns whooping cough is deadlier than scarlet fever with pneumonia possible. It praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for epidemics and cites Delbert McKeig of Harlan Iowa who recommends it after his nine month old son Medicaid battled the illness. It lists sellers F L Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy.

Delbert McKeig Harlan Iowa F. L. Stolte and Lemmon

Reverend Boatman Attends City Lecture in Davenport

The Rev. J. A. Boatman of Muscatine came to the city last evening to attend the lecture, visiting for the event and meeting attendees before returning home.

J. A. Boatman Muscatine

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