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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1907
Page
5
W J Townsley rode to Brighton this morning as did Mrs Sadie Minick for a brief visit with friends. The store offers Genuine Jamestown worsted dress goods by Hall & Co since 1873, unique in Washington at Rothschild's.
Proof of W Notice confirms no valid file remains in the clerk of the district court of Washington Counts. Fees and instruments alleged as the will are under review. The matter references Septeman and a September date in Washington County proceedings. The district court clerks office records reflect ongoing administration.
Local news lists new fall suits at Rothschilds and daily cakes at The Vienna. Many residents and visitors travel through the city, including Dee Scofield and N F Sturges, with social calls and visits noted. Funeral attendees gather as Craig Bragg and family arrive, and Charley Hise returns home after a stay with relatives.
A naturalist in Algeria bought four captive stormy petrels and tested their flight theory by releasing them from a wall, balcony, observatory, and desert. The trials failed until a final test showed momentum at water's surface enabling takeoff, with the bird then soaring briefly and gliding overhead. The piece contrasts stormy petrel flight with momentum concepts and notes global crop contexts and miscellaneous humor items.
August 31 notes from Monmouth and nearby towns recount visits among Mrs Swanson, Mrs Johnson, Mrs Nelson and families. Social gatherings include dinners at Frank Jackson and Andy McGuire homes. Lincoln school district plans a flag day picnic with lunch on the lawn and Old Glory raised. Will Gilson moves to Washington. a new Tryberg piano arrives. Kate Marbourg visits Alex Marbourg.
Sept 4 Crawfordsville note entries report Rev J H Noch and Rev Mrs Tennant heading to Burlington for Methodist conference. Visitors Cress and others. A Kansas City visitor recounts local ball game. A child burns hand from apple butter kettle incident. Several residents travel to Washington and Burlington, with multiple departures for Panhandle Texas and Mansfield Ohio.
The youngest son of Mr and Mrs J Edmundson is very sick with feared appendicitis. Sept 4 Mr and Mrs Emil Anderson and son Ivan and Mrs Andersons parents Grandburg of Woodhull Illinois left yesterday on an excursion to Texas. The Misses Frances Meyers and Maybelle Johnson began school work at the Academy Monday. The Misses Artie McCulley and Edith Helm visited Fred Hutt Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Robert Taylor of Verdi visited Fred Mauther Sunday and attended church at New Haven. Mrs Chas Johnson and daughter Bessie visited Mrs Vitus Diseh Friday. Miss Evelyn Lane has gone to Centrali a Mo where she will attend school. Mrs Chas Meyers and daughters Frances and Lara are home from two weeks in Lincoln Illinois. Miss Eva Beard arrived Thursday from Kansas City Missouri after spending several months there visiting relatives.
Bread and fresh bakery items at the Vienna with J A McCoy a morning traveler to Wyman. Johnsons bakery offers cookies pies cakes bread buns candies nuts. Miss Lena Maxwell of Crawfordsville visits city friends. Doris Owen of Rock Island passes through en route to Eldon for fair and friends. A L Sage and Mrs A W Stiles with children depart for West Chester visits. Rothschilds invites plaid silks and dress goods with no purchase pressure. Anna Donahey to Ced ar Iowa for reunion and Kirkwood visit.
Health note warns that most appendicitis victims have chronic constipation. It promotes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a cure for chronic constipation by stimulating liver and bowels, claiming it restores normal bowel action without nausea or griping. It advises refusing substitutes and notes the product is sold by all druggists.
Earnest Dean arrived home after a short trip to Oskaloosa to visit relatives and handle business. The notice endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe cough remedy not affected by the Pure Food and Drug Law and urges use for children and adults. Preparatory services for the communion at the Presbyterian church are announced for Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. The piece cautions about kidney disease and promotes Foley's Kidney Cure to correct irregularities and prevent Bright's disease and diabetes.
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