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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1907
Page
7
A full Indian band will perform at Graham in October with excellent musicians. They dress in Indian costume for the program. Prices are set low: lower floor 35c, balcony 25c, gallery 25c. Children receive a special lower floor rate.
An old advert notes that Mr. Geo. Ww k discovered Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a quick safe cure for bowel complaints. He claims many years of use and recommendation with never faulty results. Sold by Cook and Sher.
James Speed will lecture at area schools October 14 to 17 with a matinee at the Graham on the 16th and four matinees plus an evening lecture on the 17th. Tickets outside schools 35 cents, school children 25 cents, all lectures illustrated. The Haunt of the Great Blue Heron will be featured. Proceeds aid teachers and students. tickets may be bought early.
Mary J Holmes story Tempest and Sunshine draws Eve playgoers with Julia and Fanny Middleton as lead characters. The languorous prewar South setting follows two daring girls through trials and triumphs to a hopeful, happy ending. Graham screens Thursday October 10.
Sunday visits in Davenport and Fairfield are noted along with shopping trips in the city. A Dixon & Co sale reports W C Ferguson 80 acres north of Havre selling to John Baer at 115 dollars per acre. Drug ads promote Foley's Kidney Cure and Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup. A Mary J. Holmes dramatization T Pest and Sunshine is announced for Graham Theatre on October 10 with Southern girls and romantic mix ups.
Mr and Mrs Merton Teeter and daughter Mary Elizabeth arrived Saturday from Cedar Rapids. Dr Shoops Restorative pledges quick relief for stomach and kidney troubles due to its action on the nerves. W F Mann gains fame in theater management with Tempest and Sunshine at the Graham on October 10 and a cast including Marie De Beau Ruth Ray Orrin Knox Harvey Stuart Nellie Small William Hilliard Charles Small and others.
In the Supervisors' room yesterday during a board session Frank Beatty presented apples from the county farm orchard. The trees, two to three years planted, yielded unusually early fruit from home purchased stock. About 60 trees exist, with plan originated by Mr. Longwell and supported by Samuel Anderson and Samuel McCleery. The board will next meet on the first Monday of November.
An advertisement touts Dr A W Chase’s Nerve Pills as a natural sleep tonic and general nerve strengthener. It cites Mrs Randolph Knutts of Salem Ohio reporting calmer nerves better sleep and renewed vigor after using the pills. The copy notes a 50 cent price and urges buying only with the doctor’s signature and portrait.
A public sale will be held at the old Len Dodds farm six miles northwest of Washington and 40 miles north of West Chester on Thursday October 10 1907 at 10 a m. Sale includes twelve horses cattle hogs sheep farm machinery and miscellaneous items with terms of credit and cash options. Dinner will be served by Prairie Flower church and a dramatization of Tempest and Sunshine is announced for October 10 by Manager Lemmon.
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