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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
6
President A. Sykes will address farmers and feeders this Saturday with free admission. The event invites all interested attendees to hear the addressed topics and join the discussion. The venue and exact start time are listed with the notice.
At the Commercial Club under the Corn Belt Association, President A Sykes speaks at 2:00 p m on October 17 to farmers and feeders. He outlines the association work and gains for Iowa stockmen plus a talk by Clifford Thorne on The Almighty Dollar. Community attendees urged to attend.
An advertisement promotes Hyomei as a cure for catarrh and related ailments. Lemmon's pharmacy guarantees its effectiveness or money back and sells a complete Hyomei outfit with inhaler for $1.00. It claims Hyomei also cures bronchitis asthma coughs colds hay fever and croup.
Vera Maude Ack of Muscatine opened a voice culture and development studio at 609 West Third Street. She has a fine class, receives a call from Washington academy, and devotes two days weekly to that school. She studied with Frank Tubbs in New York whose method yields high tones with ease and many opera and concert placements.
City paper lists numerous residents visitors and travelers including Mrs Sam Leffler from Haskins and Miss Ella Conner from Allerton. Des Moines trips by Pp J Hanley Centerville visit by B B Stuff and many locals returning from Keota Salem Chicago and Titus. Foley's Honey and Tar ads note cough remedy and Lemmon’s Pharmacy promotes yellow package medicine.
An old newspaper advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a one day cure for colds. It claims a refund if no cure and features Druggist F. W. Grove’s signature on each box, priced at 25 cents.
A moral address argues wrongdoing yields no real gain since law and conscience enforce penalties. It warns that sin brings consequences through remorse, shame, ruined character, or legal trouble, and cites heredity and eternal justice to urge moral restraint.
A married man who permits any family member to use any remedy other than Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung trouble is guilty of neglect. The genuine product contains no opiates and comes in a yellow package. Lem.
The Bethlehem commandery Knights Templar will hold a regular conclave on Friday evening October 16, 1908 at 7 30 for important business. W M Terry and E C are named officers.
A Republican meeting is announced at the Franklin Center school house on Thursday evening October 15. The program includes speeches and a glee club with Taft as a featured speaker. Everyone is invited to attend.
All water rents are due and payable at the IF L. Stoke drug store. Consumers are urged to call and settle promptly as rules governing delinquents will be enforced.
Frank McClean of Washington Iowa announces readiness to do wood sawing work in town or country. Includes phone number 494 green and a 2 tf reference.
L. A. Bartlet of Rural Route 1 Guilford Maine reports their family has enjoyed good health after using Dr King's New Life Pills for three years. The product cleanses and tones the system gently and is sold for 25e at J. E. Lemmon's drug store.
A breezy newspaper correspondent character in Clarence Bennett's A Royal Slave is highlighted for clever reporting and knack for fixing trouble. The play opens at the opera house on October 15 with a witty, versatile lead who saves both sources and sources of mischief and even helps a dancing girl.
James Ferguson arrived last evening from Indianola for a visit with relatives in the city.
A July Country Life in America essay by Professor Richard I Nelligan from Amherst College explains proper carriage stride and breathing for walking. It covers upright posture, chest expansion, stride length, pace, knee action, and contrasts long and short distance walking with running.
Instructions claim turpentine can treat pneumonia, remove ink stains from muslin, whiten washed clothes, exterminate cockroaches, remove stains from pitch grease and tar, clean gilt frames, tan shoes, and clean woolen cloth. Also advises lard pre-treatment for stains and hot flannels for pneumonia.
Instructions for transplanting a small tree or shrub describe digging a wide trench around the root ball, filling it with wet cement to seal, lifting the plant, then placing it in its new location and removing the cement before refilling with soil.
When the rollers of your clothes wringer begin to break buy five cents worth of bicycle tape and wind it around the rollers. Wind the tape carefully and snugly and then wrap a piece of white cloth around the roller to cover the tape. A wringer treated this way will last twice as long as usual.
The guide advises people with impaired sight to use contrasting backgrounds when threading a needle. For white thread use a dark surface, and for black thread use a light surface. The same contrast method applies to threading the sewing machine needle.
Miriam cares for a bedridden girl who fell from a cot and broke her neck turning her into a real patient. Ailing children in Ward E bond with a pretend Princess Gloria and the nurse’s cheerful care frames a touching hospital scene.
A suggestion urges eczema sufferers to ask Cook & Sherman druggists about reports from patients using D. D. D. oil of wintergreen. A. M. E. church social Thursday evening October 15 features Fairfield church guests and choir with refreshments at the parsonage. Admission ten cents.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites F J Cheney Co of Toledo and endorsers Walding Kinnan Marvin, wholesale druggists. Claims the remedy is taken internally and improves blood and mucous membranes. Price 75 cents per bottle.
A Sunday school convention is set for next Sunday at Eureka with a strong program. The Rev. Musselman of Wayland and the Rev. U S Smith of Washington, along with Wake Neal and others, will give addresses. All welcome.
A brief note from the Little Chronicle recalls a four year old, Richard Coffey, learning to spell his own name. After multiple attempts the teacher guided him to R I C H A R D, and the child pronounced it correctly.
A customer testimonial from Lemmon's Pharmacy credits Foley's Kidney Remedy with restoring strength and curing backache and kidney irregularities after doctors and other remedies failed. The dealer endorses the remedy for kidney trouble.
The piece A Royal Slave will be performed at the opera house October 15 featuring many Mexican tunes. The melodies reflect the rich pulsing life of Mexico and transport listeners to the era of Maximilian with bright voices and sunny, floral imagery.
A children’s poem notes a grandmother guiding Rose through stocking making with ribbing purling heels and toes as Mary J. Jacques contributes to St. Nicholas.
A historical ad notes Occident Flour sold with a guarantee that profits protect. Shoppers can receive a refund for every sack not perfect in quality as stated by Wm. A. Whiting.
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