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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1909
Page
4
An ad for the Royal Market south of the Post Office touts low prices on Snowdrop Oyster Crackers Celery Mince Meat and fine canned fruit. It invites customers to visit for varied meat and poultry goods and to “we will please you in anything in Meats and Poultry.”
A sequence of gatherings at Crawfordsville hosts including Hull home circle, a dinner for Mr. Charles Brown and a Sabbath School class party. Prizes awarded for millinery and gum animal crafts, with out of town guests and praise for hospitality.
A double ceremony took place this afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rothschild with Walter Statler and Maude Searle and Thomas West and Edna Statler as contracting couples. Rev. W Q O Fisher officiated. More details to follow in the next issue.
Vienna West Virginia resident Mrs EMA Wreaton testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved ten years of pain after doctor visits failed. The ad touts many cures for female ailments and offers free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
The New Haven Baptist Church oyster supper at the Flanders home on Friday evening November 7. Presbyterian Y P OS business meeting after prayer meeting. The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church chicken dinner in the church basement on Thursday December 2 at 11 A M E Church Thanksgiving dinner postponed but soupier served at Mrs Ab Hall 806 S Avenue DB. Presbyterian Sabbath School social Friday evening. A I U W regular meeting tonight at 7 00 O'clock officers nominated and candidates initiated. Golf Club members urged to play tomorrow for trophies based on tomorrow's scores. Junior Christian Endeavor plans to send towels and pins to Presbyterian hospital in San Juan Porto Rico. Miss Margaret Cowden 627 Mast Second Street hosts towels meeting Friday at 2 30. Women’s Home Missionary Society meets Friday at 2 30.
Mrs J M Ricks heads to Coppock for a few days with kin. Mrs Milton White travels to What Cheer for a week with friends. Miss Eva and Miss Ida Crone depart for Wyoming to visit relatives. Mrs Levi Bales returns home to Richland from the Pixley residence. Mr and Mrs J C Clendenning visit Centerville for several days at the Simpson home. Mrs M J Sproull travels to Des Moines to visit her daughter Mrs T W Skinner. Miss Olva Haney and Neal Haney go to Iowa City to visit sister Mrs A R McKeown. Mrs M J Parkins of Almont ND leaves for Clio IA to visit relatives. Mrs D N Haney and two children head to Spickard MO to visit her mother Mrs L Berkey. Mrs Charles Houck of Kansas City travels to Keota for Hazel Hagist and Burrell Foster wedding. Miss Helen Galloway leaves Living Lake area for Des Moines to visit sister.
Local shoe stores will shut tomorrow at noon and stay closed for the rest of the day.
Banks in the city will close for the entire day tomorrow in observance of Thanksgiving. Customers are advised to plan transactions accordingly and resume normal hours on the following business day.
No man or woman here whose kidneys are out of order or who suffers backache can afford to ignore Pape's Diuretic. A fifty-cent treatment clears back, kidney, and bladder symptoms, reduces rheumatic pains, headaches, and fatigue, and promotes healthy kidneys and urinary organs.
The Independents won 27 to 20 over the Cubs in a Commercial club gym indoor baseball game. Captain Frank Sherbeck led the Independents while Karl Corbin led the Cubs, with a rematch scheduled for next week.
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A nostalgic item notes the revival of the shawl after 40 years, touting its hygienic and adaptable qualities. The ad mentions a city bus line and phone contact for orders, with Frank Howers assisting and prompting street details.
District Court notices indicate Judge Preston plans to finish term work, dine at home tomorrow, and wrap up cases today. The term is described as unflashy but effective, with steady progress pleasing the bar and onlookers.
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