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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1907
Page
6
The Graham presents Yankee Regent on Sept. 16. A scenic, costume rich show features lively girls and jovial fan makers, mixing comedy with a kingly pursuit while the plot reveals the Yankee leaving his homeland for laughs and spectacle.
Guide urges preventing appendicitis by avoiding chronic constipation. Recommends Rino Laxative Fruit Syrup to stimulate liver and bowels and restore natural action. Claims it is mild, non griping, and suitable for regular use. warns against substitutes. Sold by all druggists.
Mr. and Mrs. Chip Essley of Coppock shopped in town Saturday. Miss Jennie Cook visited West Chester Saturday night and stayed through Sunday. Fred Lee of Chicago visits his father Geo E Lee and plans to teach again after studying automobiles this summer. Mrs. Charles Warner of near Lawton Oklahoma visits sister Mrs H H Rathmel, then travels to Winfield to visit the Hissong home. Trial Catarrh treatments are mailed free by Dr Shoop Racine Wis to show the value of his Catarrh Remedy. Sold by J H Stewart.
Frey s studio presents a cheerful page of social notes listing Miss Mabel Buckley a West Chester teacher visiting at home over the weekend. Mr and Mrs A S Allen of Wayland and Mrs T A Bailey with children return home after visits.
Prof Thomas Davis will teach music in Washington four days each week in the future. His piano method imitates the New England Conservatory, studied there for a year. Lessons cost 50 cents. no entry for under a term, no excuses except illness. Studio is one house north of the city library. Phone 7.
The piece discusses diploma signing by current officers, the decorum of lodge leadership, the planned Masonic home in Meridian Mississippi, and remarks on Masonry practices. It notes David M. Wilson of Milan Missouri as grand master, a large bequest to Masonry by Mary J. Johnson, and the deaths and records of Minnesota Masonry leaders.
The Modern Woodmen suspension department began Jan 1 1905 and reduced temporary suspensions by 18 378 and increased reinstatements by 22 902 in 1905 and 1906. Membership saved reached 41 280 or about 20 000 annually. Minnesota has 60 000 members in good standing. Michigan exceeds 44 000 benefit members. Washington jurisdiction tops 15 000 benefit members. Over 3 000 000 women and children are beneficiaries in Modern Woodmen of America certificates.
The Connecticut Workman reports on lodge membership questions and the value of involvement. It notes grand lodge relief of C. E. Lillpop totaling 400 dollars and a history of aid surpassing 1 000 dollars, plus founder John J. Upchurch under whose effort widows and orphans received over 150 million. It mentions Rev. George O. Yeiser as Nebraska’s oldest member at 82, and A J Vandyke’s record of 1 800 new members in one year.
Rock Island Illinois reports the largest Royal Neighbors camp with 371 members. The order shows large gains in membership since the first of the year.
The order reports over 96 000 members in good standing with strong growth in Arkansas where nearly 7 000 Knights and Ladies of Honor are now active. The organization emphasizes ongoing service and charitable work nationwide.
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is hailed as one of the best market medicines for throat and lung diseases. It is popular for coughs colds and croup and is sold by Cook and Sherman.
A historical note discusses the human eye as a contrived mechanism. It cites a celebrated German physicist who supposedly said an artisan would not accept an apparatus badly suited to its purpose.
The first clerk says he will skip dinner to save time for his after dinner smoke. The second clerk asks why and learns the reason is to ensure IT has no time for the habit.
Philadelphia Press features Preventites cold tablets advertised by druggists as safe and prompt at the sneeze stage. Ads claim they prevent pneumonia bronchitis la grippe and other ills without quinine laxatives or harsh ingredients. A 48 tab box costs 25 cents with trial boxes at 3½ cents. Sold by J. H.
A Brooklyn woman asks where to obtain Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after a ranch visit in South Dakota where she was cured of illness that resembled cholera. She sent a bottle home and reports immediate help for her mother with dysentery. For sale by Cook & Sherman.
The article offers methods to prevent juice leakage in fruit pies. Suggestions include inserting a funnel shaped paper in the top crust to vent steam, sprinkling flour on the top crust, and using minute tapioca instead of flour for thickening.
Dan Harkness of Iowa City was calling on trade in the city Saturday city on a routine shopping errand and haggling over a deal with a local merchant.
Pain anywhere or in the head is claimed to be stopped by Dr Shoop's Headache Tablets a safe candy tablet from Racine Wisconsin. The ad explains pain as congestion and undue pressure and promises immediate relief as the tablets equalize blood pressure. A free trial package is offered by J H Stewart.
For sale 400 head native feeding cattle weighing 1000 to 1200 lbs all red and roan. Fine quality. Located at Gladwin Iowa. Come and see them. Oct 3 BLANCHARD GIESLER.
A promotional notice touts cheap Monday fares to premier grain and stock country with high wealth production according to government statistics. It announces the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad extension now complete and urges readers to request a descriptive folder and excision tickets for fifteen days at 15.09 dollars, via Iowa Central Agents. It also includes a testimonial endorsing Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy from R G Stewart of Greenville Ala.
The Iowa Central Railway offers daily one way tickets to California Oregon Washington British Columbia Utah Montana Idaho and Mexico at 15.00 below regular fare. Tickets on sale until October 15. Inquire via agents or address A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis Minnesota.
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