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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1908
Page
8
Miss Pearl Waite of Towa City visits relatives for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Mauck of Washington attend the U G Snider anniversary. Mrs. W Boehme goes to Longford Kansas for a two week visit. Republican rally at the opera house this evening. Dr F Swartvendruber to move to Fred Hasty property. son Herven to run the farm. Welcome to our town.
Sam Manatt Jr visits Wellman. Frank Marsh and A Mellinger Jr travel from Iowa City for an over Sunday stay. Charlie Kempf installs Coleman lighting systems. Mrs Annie Baldwin of Keswick visits with friends here.
Oct 26 report of a daughter born to Mr and Mrs John Wilson Jr. church ladies clean parsonage and yard preps for new minister Miss Hanlon visits family near Dutch Creek and Grace Huber plans wedding to Henry Durian at bride's parents home Oct 28. Several residents travel visit relatives and scenes of community life are recorded.
W A Row shipped a car load of cattle Tuesday. John Roe left for Tennessee Tuesday. Gary Miller visited relatives at Verdi Thursday. Will Easter and Clyde Hillhouse visited Ainsworth. Billy McCall sale drew many locals. Dr C W McLaughlin called to see Bob Dawson's sick baby. Several local families visited Norm Pratt's Sunday. Jim Thompson's have a very sick baby.
Mrs Ellis Titterington spent the day with friends in Washington while S B Sands returned from Canada. Mrs Carson leaves for Sigourney to make her home. Miss Madge Pearson returned from Missouri. Mrs Sears visits S R Wallace then heads to Washington. Chas Harrison of Burlington visits relatives. Jim Harding and wife stay with Jos Harding. Mr and Mrs J A Peterson celebrate 25th wedding anniversary Oct 24 1908 with a three course supper. guests include Miss Goodrich and Arthur Peterson. Higginbottom of Wapello arrives to join Chas Stearns in barber trade.
Crawfordsville residents report several relocations as P S Fenton and four daughters relocate to Kansas. J H Paschal moves to a farm southwest of town and N J Clark moves into Paschal's former house. The King’s Daughters circle plans an election day bazaar with fancy articles and lunch, plus a 6 pm chicken pie supper and evening oysters.
Howard Young and Ben Cole of Haskins rent the Eckles tile factory and will take possession on the first of March. Both bring strong tile industry experience and plan to install new power and upgrade equipment to make the venture successful.
L A Bartlet of Rural Route 1 Guilford Maine praises Dr King's New Life Pills after three years of use saying they cleanse and tone the system gently. Available for 25e at Lemmon's drug store as part of a change of program tonight on The Star.
Corpus Christi papers report the 83 000 acre Driscoll ranch near Robstown in Nueces county sold to George H Paul Co of Washington Iowa. The deal totals about a million dollars with plans to divide the land into farms and rapidly place them on the market for settlers moving to Southwest Texas.
Geo H Paul Co plans quick market sale of about 15000 acres south of the Tex Mex and east of the Brownsville railroads. parcels of 40 80 and 160 acres will be sold to settlers at 30 to 35 dollars an acre with easy terms. high quality soil and strong transport links near Corpus Christi boost demand.
The Journal will publish a special Election Edition the morning after voting to deliver results to subscribers early. It features full bulletin coverage of the count across the United States and invites readers to visit the office or call for information. The ad also promotes a cold remedy with Druggist refund and E W Grove signature on the box.
A 19th century stance warns that the blues signal serious female illness. It urges women with low spirits or misery to seek immediate medical attention and rely on professional care.
Letters from women in New York Illinois and other states praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health from nervous despair backache and female troubles. The ad highlights thirty years of use and claims it cures displacements inflammation ulcers irregularities and periodic backache.
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