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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1908
Page
6
Winter blasts, causing pneumonia and pleurisy will be here. Cure your cough now with Foley's Honey and Tar from Lemmon's Pharmacy, to strengthen lungs and prevent serious results. Do not risk weak lungs this winter.
An oyster supper will be held at Frank Kephart's on Wednesday night to benefit Pleasant Hill Church. Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
Local notes cover a Tuesday open session and a Thanksgiving football match Sigourney vs Washington ending 0-0 on November 5. Several arrivals and visits are listed from Keota Ainsworth Sigourney Davenport and Brighton with social calls and travel notes. Foley's studio offers holiday photos and Lemmon's Pharmacy promotes a cough remedy.
The Rural Letter Carriers Association of Washington County holds its second meeting at City Hall starting 1 30 PM on Thanksgiving Day. The group aims to improve rural mail service and roads and seeks local success in its efforts.
An advertisement claims Foley's Orino Laxative permanently cures constipation by stimulating digestive organs so they act naturally. It says the product does not gripe, is pleasant to take, and avoids continual laxative use after taking Orino. Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Robert Rhea assists at Klein Klothing Co. Foley offers photo duplication at lower prices. Magazines make nice Xmas presents with clubbing rates. T. B. Vogt News Dealer and others listed. H M Eicher Harry Bell Ralph Smith and Miss Dell Hollingsworth visited Iowa City Saturday for a ball game.
An unexpected death occurred Tuesday for Mrs Harrison Allender after a brief illness beginning Saturday. The Rev Davis conducted the funeral service at the Baptist church this afternoon in Keota.
The Keota Eagle reports Teddy Dalton and Miss Orma Dusenberry were married in Delwe on Monday evening and extend best congratulations.
Miss Mildred Wabnitz of Washington is the guest of her sister Mrs. James Coder, as reported by the Fairfield Journal on November 20.
W A White a leading clown with Ringling Bros returns home last Friday and plans to join the troupe again next season according to Brighton Enterprise dated November 20.
Frank Brinton and his wife plan to leave the moving picture business. Next summer he will construct an airship from perfected plans and believes it will fly if his theories are correct. He has earned about $100 weekly on average from showing films nationwide for twelve years, but 5 and 10 cent theaters have reduced profits.
The Rev. A. S. Smith of Washington will preach at the opening service of the union meetings at the M E church next Wednesday evening. Crawfordsville Imprint.
Max Keller and Sammy Stephens hunted rabbits yesterday morning. A shot supposedly hit a rabbit and pellets flew about sixty yards to Sammy, but no one is reported injured. The boys returned home and visited the doctor, who found no cause for worry.
A. J. Peterson contracted to pay 80 dollars per acre for a 133 acre farm located six miles southwest of Washington. The tract lies on the road west of the former Daniel Mickey place reported by the Ainsworth Clipper on November 20.
Washington faces Sigourney in a Thursday game billed as the best of the season with a final score noted as 40 to 26.
A session is scheduled to open in the Academy chapel tomorrow evening. Members are advised to arrive early as seating may be limited.
The ad promotes Foley's Kidney Remedy citing hexamethylenetetramine as a medical uric acid solvent and antiseptic. It urges taking the product at first irregularities to avoid serious malady and lists Lemmon's Pharmacy among the vendors. Several women from various towns registered at the Rest Room on Saturday.
Verne Sigler of Wellman called on friends in the city Saturday, making contact with familiar faces and sharing news from home.
Mr and Mrs John Matthews and their son John Jr traveled by auto to the Junction on Friday and spent Saturday at the Ott Cavin residence.
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