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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1907
Page
6
Miss Ednard Jones returns to her home at Wymans after a week of work at the high school.
A string of brief notices from Winfield West Chester Keota Crawfordsville and Washington report residents visiting relatives attending meetings and returning home. Mentions include Rev J F Catlin Rev W R Sawhill T Y Wickham Jr and Doctors Wallace Hutchison along with families and local clubs.
A Baltimore girl believes a poultry scheme could fund the national debt. She buys a 60 cent polka dotted hen and foresees exponential growth: 21 hens next year, 420 chicks the following year, and escalating totals that could yield over one million dollars in five years at 50 cents per bird.
A minister questions an older gentleman about a daughter as the world recalls sorrows. The old man reveals five unmarried daughters, the youngest being twenty eight, causing a somber reflection on lost chances and memory.
A Chicago Tribune quip notes a pretty girl aims to study cooking to be a good wife. A matron approves and asks about marriage plans while the girl insists she has not yet found a partner.
An old certificate promises refunds if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure coughs or colds. It claims to stop coughing, heal lungs, prevent grippe complications, pneumonia, and consumption. Opiate free and sold by all druggists in a yellow package. substitutes refused.
W F Mann presents Tempest and Sunshine a dramatization of Mary J Holmes novel at the Graham on October 10. Lem B Parker adapts the theme with strong characters Joshua Middleton Fanny and Julia from an aristocratic Southern family. The play balances pathos tears and humor with 1850 period costumes and setting. Frey’s studio advertises new portraits.
Mr. W. C. Bott of Star City Indiana praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a ten year unswerving cure for croup in his children. He says it always brings speedy relief and has recommended it to neighbors. For sale Cook and Sherman.
A 30 piece Indian band will perform at Graham on October 16. The group dresses in Indian costume for part of the program. Tickets are priced to be affordable for families with lower floor 50 cents, balcony 35 cents, gallery 25 cents. Schoolchildren receive reduced rates. Also notes a bowel remedy endorsement from Geo W Brock of Aberdeen Md for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with sales by Cook and Sherman.
Public sale announced for the Len Dodds farm six and a half miles northwest of Washington and four miles north of West Chester on Thursday October 10 1907 at 10 o’clock a m. Listing horses cattle hogs sheep and farm machinery with terms including 10 month credit over $10 and 6 percent discount on sums over $10. Dinner served by Prairie Flower church ladies and a note about Tempest and Sunshine from a Mary J Nolmes novel.
The fragment describes a stage play focusing on Julia and Fanny Middleton. Julia is capricious and self-willed while Fanny is winsome, loving, and magnetic. Their trials and triumphs anchor the drama as it unfolds toward its end.
A note promising a hopeful ending and romantic resolution being shown at the Graham theater on Thursday October 10. The message emphasizes lasting affection and a positive conclusion for all characters.
Tuesday evening in October the M B A will host a box supper at their hall in the Temple building. Everyone is invited. all ladies are welcome.
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