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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1909
Page
7
Keota hosts a grand Halloween party by A B C boys for C B A girls. Guests toured a decorated haunted house with ghostly rooms and a witch kettle, then dined at Zink restaurant on turkey, pies, and trimmings before returning for games.
The excerpt presents a reflective maxim by Francis Bacon noting that new ideas resemble early, imperfect births. It frames innovation as time born but initially unformed and imperfect.
An old advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar for quick relief from harsh coughs and lung strengthening. It promotes genuine packaging sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy and Hinyney Drug Co.
Advertises Pazo Ointment as guaranteed to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days with a money back refund. The offer cites a 60 cent price and a full refund if not cured.
Amusements notice touts W. B. Patton as a top draw and playwright with The Blockhead in his season lineup. The Graham engagement on November 6 features his Prof Theo D Blocksom Heddington role, with moving pictures and songs tonight plus a prize giveaway tomorrow. Tickets range 25 35 50 75 and 1.00.
Comedy drama of western romance featuring cowboy and Indian life with songs dances and choruses. Exciting scalp dances and a mine scene promise vivid stage pictures with special scenery for each act. Prices 25 35 and 50 cents.
Rev. Joseph K. Fesperman of Salisbury North Carolina, author of several books, describes years of kidney trouble including a winter acute attack. After taking Foley's Kidney Remedy, pain lessened and urine returned to normal. he recommends the product. Lemmon's Pharmacy and Mc Elhinney Drug Co.
An advertisement extols Pape's Diuretic as a fast cure for kidney and bladder trouble. It claims relief from backache, urinary distress, rheumatism, and fatigue after a fifty cent course, and endorses the Cincinnati makers Pape Thompson & Pape as trustworthy.
Chicago November 1 reports a weak tone across grains and provisions with notable price declines. Wheat futures led losses with Dec at 1.44 and May around 1.04 while corn and oats also slipped and pork lard ribs showed lower bids in cash and futures listings.
The Crawfordsville Imprint notes the resignation after over nine years of J. R. Rickey as cashier of First Savings Bank with wife as assistant. It praises his honesty and stewardship, mentions his move to a Colorado farm, and salutes G. W. Nicholaus for his town service before leaving.
Chicago market brief shows cattle receipts at 22 000 with declines of 10 cents, range for beeves and steer types, hog receipts at 28 000 with overall steady prices from 7 25 to 8 00 and bulk around 7 75 to 7 90, and sheep receipts 35 000 with slight drops for natives and westerns and lambs across ranges.
South Omaha market report shows cattle receipts 10 000 slow to shade lower with native steers 4 75 to 8 00 cows and heifers 3 00 to 5 00 western steers 3 50 to 6 50 stockers and feeders 2 75 to 4 50. Hog receipts 2 600 higher with heavy 7 70 to 7 85 mixed 7 70 to 7 75 light 7 60 to 7 75 pigs 6 25 to 7 25 bulk 7 70 to 7 75. Sheep receipts 22 000 slow shade lower yearlings 4 75 to 5 25 wethers 4 00 to 4 50 ewes 3 75 to 4 25 lambs 6 09 to 6 75.
Clyde Kinney joins as a new student in shorthand and typewriting. A chapel talk by Rev George D. Rogers is scheduled Thursday at 2 o'clock. Tonight’s literary program features multiple readings, music, and debate with a noted open session planned for November 9 at 7:30 p.m.
There is no case on record of a cough or cold leading to pneumonia after Foley's Honey and Tar. It stops coughs and breaks up colds quickly. Refuse imitations. seek the genuine product in a yellow package from Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co.
The trial of Broughton Brandenburg of New York for enticing away his stepson James Shepard Cabanne III from St. Louis on April 15 was continued to November 10 after attorneys said he was unavoidably detained by police in New York.
Horrified by a near fatal incident, Mrs. Maria Taylor of Nebo Ky. writes that Bucklen’s Arnica Salve wholly cured him. The ad extols the salve as infallible for Burns Scalds Cuts Corns Wounds Bruises cures Fever Sores Boils Skin Eruptions Chilblains Chapped Hands and piles. 25c at J E Lemmon’s.
Mrs Henry Heinze of Selby Iowa died in Council Bluffs hospital from a broken spine after falling from an apple tree while visiting her daughter. She was sixty two and was attempting to pick unusually desirable fruit when a limb broke.
Upehureh of Glen Oak Oklahoma exiled from home to mountains to treat a chronic lung cough. After six months death seemed near, then he used Dr King s New Discovery and after six bottles recovered. The ad claims it cures coughs colds hoarseness sore throat grip bronchitis hemorrhages asthma croup whooping cough with trial bottle free guaranteed by J E Lemmon.
The article notes Leonardo da Vinci conceived a heavier than air flying machine with wings and a propeller propelled by clockwork or by human labor, though the notion of turning a propeller by many would be impractical.
Bold ad claims a single day cure for a cold using laxative bromide quinine tablets. Cruegists refund money if it fails, and E. W. Grove’s signature appears on each box. Price listed at 25 cents.
Chamberlain's Liniment is advertised as a remarkable preparation for rheumatic pains lame backs sprains and bruises with quick relief. Priced at 25 cents and 50 cents for larger size. Sold by F. L. Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
New York detectives arrest Joseph Donellen an assistant customs weigher on charges of defrauding the government by underweighing Java sugar He allegedly admitted a cargo weighed less than its true weight and is held in 2500 dollars bail for examination.
Mrs. Mary Blakeley, riding with her husband, leaped from their auto believing a collision with a fast taxicab was imminent and was struck and killed by the taxicab in Chicago on November 2. The incident occurred as the vehicles neared the curb.
The McElhinney Drug Co touts ZEMO as a curative external liquid for eczema and all itching skin or scalp diseases. They claim instant relief and a positive cure, offering samples and displaying numerous remarkable cures.
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