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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1908
Page
2
Miss Annie Laura Stevenson of Muscatine spent Sunday in the city visiting her parents Mr and Mrs John Stevenson of Rockwell City who are guests at the Oren Helwick home.
New play Meadow-Brook Farm by L. B. Parker attracts public favor in rural drama. W. F. Mann produced the piece with notable scenery and effects. The pastoral story of Cathedral Hills, New Hampshire features Lon Streeter in a leading role and opens Thursday Oct 22.
D. E. Nordyke visited from Brighton on business yesterday, staying briefly in the area to handle official matters and meet local contacts.
Mrs Nelson Lucier credit Mi O na tablets for a dramatic recovery from severe stomach troubles. The letter praises the remedy and urges readers to buy Mi O na at Lemmon's Pharmacy for 50 cents with a money back guarantee, claiming lasting relief and renewed energy.
Public auction to close partnership at the John S Wilson farm 54 miles northeast of Washington and 444 miles northwest of Ainsworth on Friday Oct 23 1908 starting at 10 a m. Items include 14 head horses and colts 1 span grey Norman mares 4 and 6 years old about 3200 pounds safe in foal, 10 and 11 year old mares about 2610 pounds safe in foal, 4 year old driving mare about 1100 pounds with foal, cattle 18 head plus 5 cows and calves 12 spring calves 100 spring shoats 1 Poland China boar 90 ewes and 2 bucks farm machinery and miscellaneous farm stock. Terms 12 months on sums over 10 with note. 10 and under 6 percent off for cash. Lunch on grounds. Wilson Denison Chas Brown Aud E R Garvey Clerk. 11 21
One hundred dollar reward offered for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo endorsed by Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists. Internal remedy claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, price 75 cents per bottle. Also sells Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
A New England life play titled Meadow Brook Farm by W. F. Mann will be produced at the opera house next Thursday evening October 22. Streeter is cast as Silas Holden with a carefully chosen supporting company.
Fayette N Y resident and Civil War veteran David Parker who lost a foot at Gettysburg credits Electric Bitters with curing his stomach troubles and restoring his health. He says the tonic keeps him strong and well. Sold for 50 cents at J E Lemmon's drug store.
Mrs. Eugene Stichter and her daughter and Miss Nannie Springer returned last evening from an over Sunday visit with friends in Burlington.
A retired farmer’s cablegrams yield three word proverbs. The son decodes hidden three word sayings from each verse, revealing familiar maxims about nature beauty and pleasure in a summer time setting.
A St Nicholas puzzle describes beheading clues to yield new words. Five words are placed in a column. diagonals reveal two hidden phrases, one urging to give up and another to spell a step.
A historical puzzle fragment shows missing words in 4 numbered clues. The text hints at puns or wordplay around burglary virtue and sailing. The lines include incomplete phrases with dashes and quoted terms.
A fragment from Youtheth Companion notes that love and value shift with change in society. The lines contrast meanings turning precious things into crimes and mundane items into legal matters, hinting at satire on transformation of values.
The estimate suggests two players moving dominos ten hours daily at four moves per minute could exhaust all possible combinations, totaling 248 528 211 840 variations, before repeating. This highlights the vast number of domino configurations.
The peniophthalmus or walking fish is found in the south Pacific. At low tide it crawls over lonely white coral beaches on two shimmering yellow scaled legs in search of sand crabs.
A sequence of puzzle item headlines lists No 263 to No 268 with wordplay themes including reversals name of bird beheadings letter enigma acrostic and hidden things about a ship. Each item presents a brief clue set or puzzle tag rather than a full story or event.
Thomp Brookhart notes the rifle team arrived in Des Moines and will begin practice tomorrow. At Oskaloosa they met Wake Neal who hosted them to dinner at his expense. The group praised his hospitality and plan to invite him to the shoot while they feel confident and wish them luck.
The magic lantern show for the AOUW, scheduled in Central Park last evening, is postponed to tonight if weather allows. Strong winds prevented canvass hanging. Mrs J R Reese of Wyman visited the city on business.
Will Wilson arrived from Oklahoma last evening and plans to marry Miss Cora Bell on Thursday evening. The announcement notes the couple’s forthcoming nuptials and confirms the upcoming wedding date.
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