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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1908

Page

3

Local People Scene in Keota and City Visitors

Alf Burris rode the Branch yesterday morning while J Anderson of Keota and Oliver Dunlap Kalona county supervisor made business calls in the city. Mrs Ralph Junkin visited the Allender home at Keota over Sunday and returned home. Mrs Robert Alberson and daughter Vida Alberson Moulton of Omaha are visiting this week, formerly of the area.

Alf Burris J. Anderson Keota McFarland Bridge Oliver Dunlap Kalona Ralph Junkin Allender Robert Alberson Vida Alberson-Moulton Omaha Nebr

Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Ma's New Husband at Opera House

An old ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a hundred dollar reward and testimonials from Toledo wholesalers, urging purchases at 75 cents per bottle. Also noted is the Harry Scott company musical farce Ma's New Husband at the opera house tonight, praising its comedic scenes and songs.

Hall F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo F. J. Cheney Walding, Kinnan & Marvin Harry Scott Company

Everson Estate Seeks Sale of Adjacent Highland Park Lots

The Everson property adjoining the City Library, lot seven in block nine and lot one in block twenty six in Highland Park, is offered for sale to close the estate of Mrs. E E Everson. For price and terms contact A Anderson, Executor.

Everson City Library Highland Park E. E. Everson Tf A. Anderson

Hill McCleary Named Assistant at Rothschild Dry Goods

Hill McCleary is appointed the new assistant at the I. Rothschild dry goods store, reflecting a staffing update in the local retail trade.

Hill McCleary I. Rothschild Dry Goods

Value Of Skilled Hands Drives A Man's Worth

The article argues that top talents like Jan Kubelik Theodore Thomas and Burne Jones owe their value to educated fingers ears and eyes. It praises hard work and concentration as the sure path to making hands eyes and ears valuable assets rather than relying on luck or magical wishes.

Jan Kubelik Kubelik Theodore Thomas Burne-Jones Diogenes of Old

Horses With Mustaches and a Cabby’s Claim

A cabby notes a rare horse with a pronounced mustache as a savaged horse doctor muses on its rarity. Authorities deny such traits as proof of breeding, calling the animal clearly low bred despite public fascination with its unusual feature.

Mayhew Philadelphia Bulletin

Jingle Charade Puns a War Surrender Word Puzzle

Puzzler No 231 presents a charade where the first part hints at a headwear or gun, the second is a tiny pronoun, the third denotes an unhappy crew, and the fourth points to something behind. The assembled whole is a common word used when one army surrenders to the other.

Reader

Geographical Tangle From Our Home of Liberty

A poetic journey from liberty to distant realms across seas and lands. The speaker traverses northern lands and distant domains, pausing at landmarks and nations, naming places through coded hints, and ends with a reaffirmation of being American. The verse evokes travel and national identity through scattered proper nouns and geographic cues.

Liberty Britain

Crossword clues spell a U.S. state after solving

Ten crossword entries clue places in the United States and abroad. Answers form initials that spell a state, while digits 1 6 and 7 13 reveal cities within that state. The puzzle, attributed to St Nicholas, invites solving to reveal the hidden regional theme.

West Virginia Peru New York State Ortygia Connecticut United States Colorado France St. Nicholas

Alphabetical Subtraction Riddle No 235

A five letter word. Remove first letter to reveal a noble estate name. Remove first two to yield a world gathering structure. Remove last letter to show a beautiful mineral. Remove last two to give a fashionable resort. Small yet capable of mischief in London in 1666.

England London

Word Square Riddle No. 236

My first is part of a ship. My second is in closed space. My third is made by sewing two edges together. My fourth is not wild.

Enigma Riddle Time of Joy for All Ages

A riddle clues eight letters present in certain words but not others. Each letter forms a word describing a time of joy enjoyed by every man woman girl and boy.

Spain France

Diagonal Heliolatry and Other Crossword Clues

The puzzle presents ten entries with clues such as Heliolatry Miscel lany Inexplicit Hierophant Heliograph Convenient Countryman Patronymic Tremendous Gratuitous and provides a solution-oriented note. Mistress Marys Garden explains a geometric path width formula for a garden example, using a 12 by 5 pole rectangle to reach a path width of 1 pole via square-number sums.

Hieronymus

Enigma in Verse Rail and Word Puzzle List

A list of literary word puzzles and crosswords notes No 228 to 230 with themes Enigma in Verse Rail Anagram Humanity Acrostic Hamlet and a six-item set for cross words including Horatio Antonio Macbeth Lorenzo Escalus. The page items include puzzle titles and a short roster of names.

Rail Humanity Hamlet Horatio Antonio Macbeth Lorenzo Escalus Theseus

Lemmon's Pharmacy Solare Deal on MioNa Tablets

Lemmon's Pharmacy backs a money back offer if Mio Na does not cure dyspepsia, praising Mi o na tablets as a powerful stomach remedy. An ad touts fast relief within 24 hours, a 50 cent box and quotes Mrs. W. D. Bennett of Bucksport, Maine praising the product.

Lemmon's Pharmacy

Fox and Dewey Props Visit and Local Notices

Hamp Marsh travels to Chicago to visit friends while Mrs Dempsey and Mrs Harvey visit Chicago and Davenport. Susie Morton returns from near Ainsworth for an overnight home stay. Cloyce Beard at Monmouth College home for a few days. Multiple residents visit relatives in Minneapolis Libertyville Muscatine Cedar Falls and Keota. New fall photographic styles showcased at Frey’s Studio.

Cloyce Beard Monmouth College Olive Ramsey Mt. Pleasant 8S. S. Welsh Frey Square

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Frank L. Wilson & CO Young Men’s Ita Mutual Puzzler Edwin Jessabel Wren Dr. Sexton Tf Hamp Marsh Chicago George Dempsey Davenport D. W. Harvey Susie Morton Ainsworth A. M. Butler Minneapolis Chester Patterson Glenn Shinnabarger Muscatine C. W. Evans Libertyville Effie O’ Loughlin Will O’ Loughlin Kafona J. B.hoxworth Earl Birney Leo Zook Sam Anderson Haskins Taft Edison T. H. Chilcote Iowa Ave Washington,Irowa John Shields Lemmon’s Pharmacy Kansas City Rice Brothers Live Stock Commission J. A. Harwood the Good Shoe Store Nicola & Harmon North Side Square
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