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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1907
Page
3
Mrs. J. A. Gibson and three children from Valley Junction arrived yesterday morning and spent the day with her mother Mrs. J. A. Dickson.
East bound traveler Chas. Winter was noted yesterday morning. Leigh Bell visited his parents Mr and Mrs Harry Bell yesterday. Dave McKee of Davenport spent Thanksgiving at the H M Eicher home. Ellen and Jennie Smith were visitors with relatives at West Chester yesterday. Jay Sproat of Corydon Iowa called on Ray Foley between trains yesterday evening. Mrs Lide Morgan spent Thanksgiving with her brother W Shanafelt on East Main Street. Margaret Corette at Monmouth for school is home for a few days. Mrs Frank Latchem and daughters Dorothy and Ramola visited near Cotter yesterday with friends. Nellie Stevenson returned to Keota yesterday morning after visiting in the city.
A pair of trousers prompts Mr Meekum to joke his wife will send him back if they do not fit. The tailor questions the fit while the two exchange light banter. In another vignette Snoggs schemes to have his wife become the mother in law of Boggs by arranging a marriage with Scroggs, despite disliking him.
In a Cleveland Leader note, residents report a remarkable neighborhood event this morning as the ice man arrives with hailstones described as large as hens eggs. The column captures astonishment and local color from an unusual weather moment.
The Baltimore American quotes Noah slamming the door on flood waters with a grin, declaring he antedates the twentieth century and has quirked the umbrella trust.
In Harpar's Bazar an account notes Othello's statement about smothering Desde Mona with a pillow, while she supposedly wrapped herself in three auto veils and praised the air. The consensus is that the episode was accidental.
A fragment from a Chicago Tribune wire report describes a terse exchange at the central station. Grace is addressed by a caller who identifies as Tom and demands a face to face confrontation before ending the call.
On a farm five miles north of town Ed Brown operates a Deering corn husking machine drawn by five horses. The device gathers ears from the stalks, husks and shells them, delivering clean corn to a wagon, with Walter Brown at the controls. The machine handles eight to ten acres per day and is expected to revolutionize harvesting methods.
Brown and Walter tested a new corn husking machine, harvesting thirty bushels in forty minutes. Walter built the device from his mechanical skills after seeking a practical solution. They ordered the machine from its makers and plan to use it for their entire crop, and guests at their noon meal praised a memorable dinner.
A Cook and Sherman advertisement in Washington Iowa touts Vinol a cod liver oil preparation without oil. It claims Vinol is curative not palliative and suitable for fragile stomachs, offering a concentrated blend of healing elements with added iron to aid respiratory ailments.
Davenport Iowa November 29 A Rock Island fast mail train No 17 derailed at Ottawa Illinois at 4 15 am The engine Towmbly of Chicago and fireman Lee of Rock Island were injured The derailment occurred at the Burlington crossing and a switch is blamed A stub train was sent from Rock Island to Omaha and the mail car contents were moved to Davenport around noon.
An old-time health note praises Lydia B. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts for her discovery of herbal remedies from field roots and herbs. The piece contrasts traditional grandmothers remedies with modern drug combinations, claiming greater efficacy for women's ailments.
The Ladies Aid society of the Methodist church will hold a bazaar in Haight rooms at the southwest corner of the square on Saturday December 7 starting in the morning and continuing all day and evening. Mrs Lillian Weihe and her daughter Ruth of McCook Nebraska visit her aunt Mrs L H Pierce and cousin Mrs Lillie M Sirwell.
Various society items describe Dr and Mrs Howard Hamilton visiting in the city, Mrs Hervey Bell spending a day in West Chester, W M Johnson and daughters with Rev J H Taylor in Crawfords ville for Thanksgiving, and several other relatives visiting or traveling. L D Higgins has led twenty seven car loads of passengers to Texas over eleven months with December 3 as his next excursion. An agency for Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup has been secured and is sold by all druggists.
A warning notes that many attendees catch colds at dances leading to pneumonia and consumption. It advises Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure after exposure and cautions buyers to refuse any but the genuine in a yellow package sold by all druggists.
Chas. G. Wilson of Chicago visited relatives in the city. Dr. E. B. Carney and son Gerald spent the day in Oskaloosa. Grace Alexander of Monmouth Illinois visited friend Inez Morrow. Roy Gardner Harry Huber and Lon Fleming of Wellman area visited the city. J. A. Y. Ashby and daughter Verne along with Gerald visited Keota. T. O. Foley and Ray and Dorothy left for Sigourney to spend the day with relatives.
Prescription style claim promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets to cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee. The ad carries a signature line labeled Bill E's.
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