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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1919

Page

5

Bowman Could Hardly Walk After Tanlac Cure

G W Bowman of Kansas City Kansas credits Tanlac with a dramatic recovery from five years of stomach trouble constipation and nerve distress. He reports restored appetite better sleep and no lingering rheumatism or kidney issues and says the medicine brought him back to health. Tanlac is sold in several towns including Washington Crawfordsville Brighton Riverside Kalona and Ainsworth. A separate obituary notes Adverting accident in Odessa Nebraska that killed a family of five and grieving relatives attend the funeral.

G. W.bowman Owl Kansas City Kansas Dan Bowman Kansas City Southern Railway Athe Armour Packing Co North 30Th Street Mr. Bowman Tanlac Taniac Tansac Washington Sherman Bros Crawfordsville Samuel J. Stites Brighton G. W. Cash Riverside M. J. Wilkinson Kalona O. L. Rogers Ainsworth Asa E. Sands

Clarke and Cosson Form Des Moines Law Partnership

Former Iowa governor Geo W Clarke joins with ex Attorney General G W Cosson to form Clarke and Cosson a new Des Moines law partnership with offices in the Register Tribune building Leslie Francis leaves the firm to pursue other business and will keep office space with Clarke and Cosson

Des Moines Geo. W. Clarke Iowa G. W. Cosson Register-Tribune Leslie Francis Cosson Clarke & Cosson

Funeral for six of Iowa family killed in auto crash

A funeral was held at the Congregational church in Lewis for Charles Kinnersley his wife and their four children all buried in a single grave. They died in a grade cross auto accident during a pleasure trip.

Iowa Lewis Congregational Church Charles Kinnersley

K C Backing of American Legion Aids Haywood Speech Fight

Davenport report says 23 000 Iowa Knights of Columbus will back the American Legion to prevent Bill Haywood from speaking in Iowa. Sioux City legion camp warns Mayor Short Haywood must not speak November 2. State Deputy McFarland pledges firm stand to promote Americanization and quell Bolshevism with full support to Col Tinley.

Haywood Iowa Davenport H. J. McFarland Knights of Columbus of Mat Tinley Council Bluffs American Legion Iowa K.C Legion Sioux City Short McFarland Tinley

Women Outnumber Men in Prussia After War

Berlin reports a postwar balance of 1107 women for every 1000 men in Prussia. Government statistician Dr. Robert Behia predicts a rise in marriages as wages improve, noting employed men marry more as their economic prospects strengthen. Last year about 100000 marriages occurred, fewer than the prewar year with five women per thousand men.

Berlin Prussia Robert Behia Germany

$107,000 School Consolidation Bond Issue Approved at Cushing

In Cushing Oklahoma Territory on October 31 the consolidation bond issue of 107000 dollars passed by six to one. Men voted 2 yes 27 no while women chose 82 yes and 8 no. Plans resemble the Sergeant Bulffs building with Nels Bondbus as president A H Bullock as secretary and Marton Bacon as superintendent of schools. Seven teachers employed.

Cushing Sergeant Bulffs Nels Bondbus A. H. Bullock Marton Bacon

Clock Stoppage Solved by Cleaning with Oil Soaked Cotton

A historical note suggests clock failure may stem from clogged wheels. It advises saturating white cotton with kerosene oil and placing it inside the clock case. After about a week the cotton darkens with loosened dust and the clock should run again.

Harvest and sowing weave through human progress

A pithy reflection from Charles F. Thwing on how October harvests echo sowing in May. It links material conditions with intellectual and moral understanding, noting humanity’s habit of overlooking these connections despite their inevitability.

Charles F. Thwing

What’s a Husband Anyway in Courtroom Quips

A witty excerpt questions character witnesses in a trial. The defense notes at least a dozen witnesses appeared. They reportedly testified to the defendant’s kindness to her poodle, offering a light touch amid the proceedings.

Farmers rally 70 percent join nine Iowa counties drive

In Iowa nine counties report over 12 00 farm bureau members in less than four weeks. Hardin Butler Floyd Fayette Buchanan Story Benton Linn Jones count ies total about 1 400 per county, with 70 percent farmer participation. A $250 000 special fund drive supports state and national farm bureau efforts.

Ames Farm Bureau Federation Hardin Butler Floyd Fayette Buchanan Story Benton Linn Jones Farm Bureau Movement Coverdale

More Women Smoking in London Shops

West end bacconists report Englishmen generally approve of wives smoking and many buy cigarets for their wives. Clergymen and men often purchase cigarettes for women, and cigaret smoking is not yet fashionable among working class women but common in middle and upper classes.

London West End

Editor’s Fatal Accident Quietly Ends Hunting Trip

Carl Junkin editor of the Creston Daily Advertiser accidentally shot and killed his friend Dye Craig at the John Bixler farm nine miles west of Corning Iowa. Junkin and Dye Craig had been duck hunting with J L Wingell when the gun discharged while Junkin loaded it. The tragedy occurred on October 31 as they prepared to continue their day of sport.

Paul Junkin Dye Craig Corning Carl Junkin Creston Bixler Farm Mr. Junkin Mr. Craig Junkin

Odd Fellows Vote to Build Boys Dormitory in Mason City

Mason City action from the Grand Lodge of Iowa meeting calls for a new 100000 dollar boys dormitory at the Odd Fellows Home. The project will separate boys from girls, freeing the current building for a girls dormitory, and add a third home including the old people’s house. The new facility will feature a manual training room and a gymnasium.

Mason City A. Koch Ames Grand Lodge of Iowa Independent Order of Odd Fellows Odd Fellows’ Home Koch

Missing man pictured with flowers in Evening Journal report

A ledged missing man is described by his wife as among those unaccounted for in a news item from the Evening Journal. The photo shows a man beside a vase of flowers set on a lace doily.

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Baer Bowman Ing Odessa Neb Spurgeon Colo G. W. Clarke Miller Miler Genmeller Sherman Brothers K. C J. W. Coverdale Federation O'Brien Dickinson Emmet Cerro Gordo Humboldt Clinton County Farm Bureau Marshalltown Iowa Farm Bureau Federation J. R. Howard Clemens A. L. Middleton Eagle Grove Frank Justice Berwick L. E. Fisher Renwick J. B. Craven Kellogg Craig Wingell Kemp Vacuum Oil Company K. C. Marr Ainsworth, Iowa England ODD Fellows Poe ‘Company S. H. Prizer Goodyear Red Diamond Goodrich High Rock Goodrich and Eye Red Rubber Boots Stephenson Arnold S. H. Prizer Estate Hart, Schaffner & Marx J. Capps & Sons Chesterfield
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