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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1908
Page
8
The Misses Besse Jones and Olive White spent Sunday visiting friends at Brighton. Get your Thanksgiving orders in to the Vienna early. Phone 78. Wanted 1000 routers for the Washington Specials Thanksgiving day.
The Rebekah Gleaners express thanks to Mr Griffith for the use of his window on Saturday afternoon. A note mentions the largest and best line of cookies in the city at the Vienna store and home grown celery at the Royal. 41-21.
Advertisement claims Foley's Orino Laxative cures constipation and liver trouble by stimulating digestion without griping. It says results are permanent and that no continuous laxative use is needed after taking Orino at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
The ladies of the Baptist church will serve a chicken pie dinner Thursday and Friday during the Farmers Institute at the church. A bazaar will be held at the same time.
Mrs. Charles Benz and children of Washington visited the Ed Miller home over the weekend. The Fairfield Journal notes an advertisement offering attractive clubbing rates on all magazines with options to send to multiple addresses.
An advertisement touts LAX-DIGEST as a superior laxative and digestant for dyspepsia indigestion and constipation. It claims no substitutes match it and lists uses including appendicitis biliousness bad breath dizziness and skin diseases. Available in 10c and 25c sizes from J. H. Wagner Company Fort Madison Iowa.
Stetson's Uncle Tom's Cabin played to good attendance at the opera house last night with a strong negro quartet and notable scenes including Eliza and her boy escaping on ice. The bill for the season extends with Richards and Riggs acts and a packed list of attractions for the year.
Lawrence Daugherty was seriously hurt Saturday while plastering a school building when scaffolding collapsed. He fell seven to eight feet, struck his back on a mortar box, broke three ribs and was badly bruised. He was taken home for medical care and faces weeks of recovery.
City grocery wagon drivers announce they will not run on Thanksgiving Day and urge customers to order by Wednesday afternoon for delivery.
Dr J M Driver the popular lecturer and general man will headline the next lecture on December 7 following a well received visit last year. He is a fine speaker and expected to be warmly received again delivering ideas inspiration and encouragement through a strong American lecture.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union announces a meeting moved from Thursday to Friday at 2 30 p m. at the home of their president Mrs T J McElhinney. Members are urged to attend church first and plan how to use their small funds wisely for the coming year.
An old ad promotes a laxative bromide quinine tablet to cure a cold in one day. Druggists refund money if it fails. Note shows E. W. Grove’s signature on each box and a price of 265c.
City meat markets will close at noon Thanksgiving Day, signaling an early holiday schedule. The note assigns a 40 to 31 figure as a final count or related marker from the source.
City notices all lumber yards will close at noon Thanksgiving Day. Residents are advised to plan purchases accordingly and observe the shortened business hours.
A local note highlights mince and cranberry pie and aged fruit cakes at the Vienna for Thanksgiving. The home team is hard at work for Thursday’s game and residents are urged to attend. Homer Coppock of Iowa Wesleyan University visited the Sense home in Mt. Pleasant yesterday.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for feminine ailments. It markets wide approval, long-standing use, and claims to relieve backache, irregularities, weak digestion, nervous symptoms, and other female disorders. It urges women to avoid substitutes.
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