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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1912
Page
2
A vintage tire shop boasts safe puncture repair with vulcanized patches at 35c and tube blowouts from 50c, warning heat can detach cold patches and damage tubes. Steam curing is offered and customers are invited to visit to see the process.
Three hundred University of Iowa students receive free scholarships this year as the school opens. About 175 honor scholars 75 Whitney Carr scholars 40 county scholars and four Strong scholars are expected. State funds cover honor scholarships while Carr and Strong scholarships are funded from wealthy benefactors estates. Honor scholars are top seniors. Carr and Strong aid the poor and worthy.
Antoine Deloria a Garden Michigan postmaster touts Foley Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney trouble based on personal experience noting his father and many neighbors were cured. Lemmon's Pharmacy carries the remedy.
We will receive open bids for and sell to the highest adequate bidder at the Court House steps on Saturday September 28 1912 at 2 oclock p m all the properties of the late Mrs Margaret Mack with abstracts showing title free of liens and encumbrances. Referee Ohab A Dewhy administrator. 16 18 21 23 25 27.
To whom it may concern I have suffered with my back for months and after adjustments by Dr Wilson on August 4 I feel like a new man Pomeroy Mather R R 5 Washington Iowa highly recommends his services the public
A roundup of local events across county communities highlights gatherings, lane closings, and school activities. Brief notices mention civic meetings, club happenings, and social announcements collected from area pages.
Mart Chandler sold his 80 acre farm north of here to a Clear Lake farmer for about 130 dollars per acre. McNarlen handled the sale. Mrs. Hetty Leech and daughter Lillie of California visit Mrs. Gordon. Elmer Burkett moved to Kinross. Will Eckerman hosts a Thursday gathering with friends and relatives, ending in a pleasant time and a cut glass water set as a gift. Ezra Eckerman and wife visited their son Will. Veach digs a well for Grant Griffith.
West Chester reports visiting relatives including Ray Connelleys family and D B Brumback as well as Rev Thomas wins at a 13 to 1 game. Rowe and wife return from Newton with preaching plans for another year. Rev Dillon moves to Brighton Iowa. Henry Hites buys Wm Smither property and family heads to Canada. J A Conrad buys 80 acres near Keota and will relocate March 1. Dr Stoddard from Des Moines Methodist Hospital preaches here. Rev Wm Hay visits his mother Mrs P D Hay.
Chas. Outright and Devault Boileau have bought Chicago paper routes with all outstanding accounts payable to them at the newsstand. They will continue regular delivery of the papers.
A satirical verse laments mothers diverted by politics while neglecting home duties. It portrays a household in chaos with children misbehaving and chores ignored as mothers pursue suffrage activism and political campaigns. The piece contrasts domestic needs with public suffrage aims.
Attorney P. J. Hanley reported brisk sales of 125 copies of his Revised Political Primer on Saturday. The books are available in his office and at the Democrat office, reflecting his favorable take on current political matters.
Miss May Mercer of Oskaloosa wed Samuel Donahey of Boston Ind a morning ceremony performed by Rev I O Kendall with only relatives present. The couple plan a wedding trip then settle in Boston Ind Mr Donahey is a bank cashier in Boston. Washington friends send best wishes. Jesse FE McFarland and Miss Rosalia Sorenson were married at the Baptist parsonage with few relatives present. They will reside in Washington. Also F FE She beck wed Miss Jennie Marek in Kalona at the Baptist parsonage in a small ceremony.
G A R Regular Post meeting announced for tomorrow night with good attendance desired. Mrs Harrie Horne to host Navajo club gathering Wednesday afternoon at Kulehts of Pythias Orion Lodge No. Regular meeting possibly at 5 o clock, per J A Y Ashby.
A. A. Smith of Bridgeton Intl. suffered years of kidney trouble and rheumatism preventing self care. After taking Foley Kidney Pills he reports marked improvement and lasting relief, claiming he no longer feels rheumatism and sleeps well. He hopes others will benefit. Refuse substitutes, Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Dorothy Kerin once bedridden by tuberculosis and diabetes recovered after a vision at death's door. She walked again at home in London 204 Milkwood Road and credits a heavenly message that urged her to arise.
Fifty seven people out of one hundred sixty attending a Sunday school treat near St. Austell fell ill after suspect meals. Medical officers linked the outbreak to meat cooked 24 hours earlier and attributed infection to flies spreading contamination.
A German Strassburg student drinks from a cup fashioned from his fianc_e e skull to honor her memory. Abbe Wetterle, known for anti German propaganda, authenticated the relic and added it to Colmar's museum. A jeweler had studded the skull with rubies.
Fifteen year old Anna Henry daughter of Mr and Mrs Eli Henry died in York Pennsylvania from fear of tooth extraction. She collapsed just as the anesthetic gas was to be administered and expired.
Des Moines reports a state wide drive to urge farmers to save seed corn this autumn. The Greater Des Moines committee, aided by railroads bankers rural teachers and agricultural societies, will distribute literature through banks schools and railroad stations. Experts Holden Curtiss Wallace Cowie Atkinson contribute to the material and join the campaign to save seed corn.
Tl Parks of Murrayville Georgia says a single bottle of Foley Kidney Pills cured his kidney and bladder troubles. He reports back pain and bladder irregularities relieved. the medicine contains no habit forming drugs is sold at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Dialogue fragment shows Miss Sharpe pressing for clarity as a character questions his decision making and whether to tag It, revealing tension over self-knowledge.
London officials report annual fog expenses around 60000 dollars with one gas supplier charging about 15000 dollars extra on foggy days. Traffic suspensions add to the burden as a notable consequence of the foggy climate.
Dr. T J Allen warns against mixing foods. He notes apples digest in an hour and pork in four, causing digestive conflict. He advocates single article meals, preferably milk or wheat, with at most three items per meal and abundance of bread alone never starving.
Four McKee grammar school boys teams play volleyball and indoor baseball daily under Y M C A secretary Paul MacBachron. Captains are David Warfel Onward Kiburz Bob McClelland and Harold Maxwell. Kiburz leads after five games with future changes predicted as more matches occur.
Chicago markets show mixed receipts and steady to lower prices across cattle sheep and hogs. Cattle and sheep face decline while hogs stay weak with bulk trading around 8.25 to 8.70, weekly totals running high.
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