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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1909
Page
5
Base Ball Saturday on the utheast ball grounds features Rural Route 4 against Rural Route 6. Crowds expected for a good game with pleasant weather. A rural humor note from the Christian Guardian rounds out the page.
A revised edition of Bulletin No. 100 Mod Silo Construction is printed after high demand for the 1908 publication. It adds notes bringing the discussion up to date including the first year's experience with a new tile silo at the station. Free copies available from C. F. Curtiss, Director Iowa Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa.
The copy praises Dr. King’s New Life Pills as power to vitalize every organ and build up brain and body. A testimonial from J A harmon of Sizemore West Virginia touts them as the best pills he ever used.
President Taft informs secretary Carpenter to convey concurrence with Secretary Knox's letter to the Chinese minister and to accept Crane's letter of resignation in a special dispatch dated October 14 from Washington.
A 25 cent trial bottle of oil of wintergreen compound promises instant itch relief and rapid signs of care for eczema. The D D D Laboratories prescription is offered at one quarter of its usual price through Cook and Sherman, Chicago, with a special recommendation to visit the store.
The report shows general reunion expenses totaling 167.25 and a remaining balance of 10.66 after vouchers. Dinner fund receipts were 106.50 with 89.93 expended, leaving 16.57. The overall balance 27.23 to be turned over to the W. R. C. Auditing committee D. J. Palmer and J. M. Lytle attest correctness and thank local supporters for their hospitality and patriotism.
Des Moines boy Jack Bilz, age twelve, is hailed as the youngest Iowa traveler to go solo across the ocean. He spent a year abroad with his parents visiting Mexico and France, studied in Brussels, and returned to New York before reaching Des Moines two days after his voyage began. His uncle by marriage Manuel Alvarado is consul to Amsterdam.
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