Oyster Supper At Pilotsburg Church Friday
The Pilotsburg M E church ladies announce an oyster supper Friday evening October 4 in the church. Everyone is invited and a good time is promised. 5-2t
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1907
Page
2
The Pilotsburg M E church ladies announce an oyster supper Friday evening October 4 in the church. Everyone is invited and a good time is promised. 5-2t
J. M. Huston of Vancouver Washington, brother of J. H. Huston of Crawfordsville, spent yesterday in the city and left in the evening for Winfield to visit his daughter Mrs Shearer.
The ad promises cure of itching bleeding and protruding piles in six to fourteen days or money back. It highlights PAZO ointment as a guaranteed remedy with a fifty cent price point.
Ottumwa Iowa October 2 four young men from Rockford Illinois John Lewis Harry Daniels Ed Coughlin and Frank Buckington aged 18 to 22 were arraigned before Police Judge Kirby on vagrancy charges They claimed to be Kansas City college students returning home after vacation seeking experience The judge assigned work breaking rock for a short period then released them to catch a Milwaukee train to Kansas City.
Howard Ross leads a party including Jack McKeone and others to Robstown to begin work on a new $20,000 store building. Ross holds the contract for the job and McKeone the cement and brick work. Work begins immediately and will take about three months to complete. Mrs. Ross joins the group in Kansas City.
Des Moines reports the closing week of September was unusually cold with excess cloudiness and copious rain except in North Central. A killing frost hit all parts of the state Wednesday, damaging immature corn. central districts saw heavy frost with 10 to 40 percent unripe corn, while southern counties had better maturation. Early cutting saved fodder and corn, ending a period noted as exceptionally erratic in climate. John R. Sage and Geo. M. Chappel, directors.
Lawrence Cavanaugh, 56, a railroad camp miner, admits fatally shooting James Cahill, 28, a camp foreman, after Cahill insulted him saying he was a son of the South. Cavanaugh told police he would shoot again if needed. The incident occurred in a Main avenue saloon witnessed by many, Cahill dying from three gunshot wounds.
An Oklahoma City couple outwit Nellie Lampheer's father with a gobbler mail carrier. Jim Burdett and Nellie Lampheer eloped after a note hidden in a gobbler tied their courtship to a funeral of parental opposition.
W. N. Dusenberry returned to Keota last evening on a brief business trip. He and his family will locate here and live in the house formerly occupied by Lloyd Lytle on East Main Street.
Avns morning show features John Hopengardner making an appearance yesterday, discussing current topics and teasing upcoming segments with interview notes and audience questions.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley will lead a new class in the agricultural department to test soft drinks and soda fountain decoctions for purity. The Washington report says the investigation, ordered by the War Department after a recent ban on some beverages in division east canteens, will note deleterious effects and may target drink manufacturers.
The Denver Post notes the old United States mint building’s destruction closes a chapter of early government struggles. It recalls the 1879 Leadville strikes that taxed mint operations and filled Denver with bullion, and explains the demolition contract transfers all material to the builders who plan to extract gold dust from plaster through processing.
The Los Angeles Times notes completion of a two track automobile bridge over Piru ford, one of the world’s few built specifically for cars. It spans the stream with wide tracks, safety side walls, and excludes wagons and cattle, enabling regular traffic toward Ventura and Santa Barbara through the Newhall grade.
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