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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1909
Page
6
Local notes from The Fair week mention Vienna bakery selling German fruit loaves cream sponge and fresh coffee cakes while Rothschilds advertises jet trimming silk petticoats and ready outfits. Several residents travel for business to Keota Fairfield Davenport and Ottumwa as Winfield fair draws crowds.
Commuters known as The Intellectuals travel daily between summer homes and New York. Each morning they perform a ritual called a white horse roof, watching for white horses along the train line. The closest guess to the observed count wins the pool.
A six month newlywed asks if the husband is glad he married. He says yes and explains the marriage will prevent him from making further mistakes of that kind for the present. The lighthearted exchange captures post wedding witticism and domestic humor.
Miss N Edwars of Coakley Gloucestershire is described as the highest authority in England on poultry. She has won over 1000 prizes and exported poultry to every country. Starting with twenty fowls her farm now ranks among England’s largest. She sells eggs and stock birds rather than chickens for the general market.
Portsmouth druggist Frank C. Hanrahan praises Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a sure cure and his preferred patent medicine. He notes he sells other remedies for profit but this one earns better customer trust. Available at F. L. Stolte and Lemons Pharmacy.
Bacteriologists tell the public tears cleanse the face and act as an antiseptic bath. They claim tears, rich in sodium chloride, sterilize the eye area and neutralize bacilli on the cheeks.
The central Madrid prison governor was removed for excessive leniency after allowing prisoners to access nearly anything they desired including a weekly self produced newspaper and liquor sales by inmates.
Advertising copy from The McElhinney Drug Co presents ZEMO as a clean external liquid that stops itching instantly and permanently cures eczema and all itching skin or scalp diseases. It claims ZEMO is the most successful remedy they have sold for prompt relief and cures with samples and display photos of cures.
A large Anderson family reunion in Keota gathers about 115 relatives from across the nation at the W R C hall. Hostess Mrs Melissa Anderson oversees a six-cook feast, with Mrs Elizabeth Rogers and others serving. Supper is shared at five, guests plan to stay through Monday, with Mrs Cora Anderson Conklin hosting today at her country home north of town.
District court today handles the case McCulley versus the G R 1 and P R R. The matter involves a civil dispute and seeks relief or damages. Proceedings focus on filings, motions, and scheduled hearings in the venue.
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