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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1907
Page
2
The store announces a 10 day sale on Fall and Winter merchandise with new dry goods priced lower than last year. Ladies suits skirts coats furs blankets flannels rugs linoleums dress goods silks and trimmings are all on sale. Bargains are emphasized for a limited 10 day period.
To check a cold quickly, use Preventics from your druggist. These tabs claim safety and prompt relief without quinine or harsh ingredients. Taken at the sneeze stage they allegedly prevent pneumonia bronchitis and La Grippe. Sold by J. H. Sewart.
Des Moines Iowa September reports cool early week then warm days and light rainfall. Warm dry conditions boost corn progress with southern fields ripe for cutting, central and northern ears hardening, and four fifths of the crop seen as practically safe if normal weather continues. Pastures yield fair forage.
Curtis McClellan received word today of his appointment as carrier on R R 2 to succeed his son Floyd who resigned to take work at the State University in Iowa City. McClellan had served as substitute for route 2 during Floyd’s service and another son George will be the future substitute. Nice big sweetheart melons at Stuart's market.
President Roosevelt is scheduled to arrive in Keokuk Iowa on Tuesday morning October 1 at 9 oclock via the Wabash railroad. A letter from Secretary William Loeb Jr confirms the plan and notes baggage transfer arrangements and railroad excursion landings.
Will Go South Iowa City reports C. H. Maxson, Ackley superintendent for a year, has resigned to accept the presidency of Bishop College at Marshall Texas. The college aids colored education and mirrors Tuskegee methods. Maxson stays until a successor is found.
Keokuk Iowa Sept 18 Perry Hedrick former Keokuk boy and Chicago chief sanitary inspector has filed suit against the Chicago Tribune for 100000 damages over a sensational writeup tied to his arrest on bribery charges. He was arrested and acquitted after it was shown he could not have taken the bribe.
A wartime era advertisement warns of commercial downswing harming home life and promotes Mi o na tablets. It asserts stomach wall strengthening and digestive aid, linking indigestion to headaches irritability and sleep loss. Lemmon's Pharmacy sells 50 cent boxes with a money back guarantee.
President George E. MacLean returns from the Phi Beta Kappa convention at William and Mary college and Iowa earns senatorial status in the national fraternity for MacLean. The Grinnell college chapter privilege is granted after his effort. Mrs. J R Isenhart of Des Moines visits before upcoming Peoria and Ohio trip. The Cow-Puncher by Hal Reid, starring W F Mann, plays at Graham Opera House Saturday Sept 21 with matinee and night shows.
The treasury department’s special commission led by James B. Reynolds sails to Europe to study foreign market values. Marion de Vries and Judge Byron B. Waite join the panel as Cortlyou aims to aid exporters and importers, amid long standing disputes over foreign prices and post German export concessions. In Alton, Illinois strawberries begin ripening with a potential heavy second crop due to a biannual blooming berry variety.
Ludwig Szerziel a Chicago Polish priest faced murder charges for the Starzynski brothers killings in a Pittsburg saloon. He argued beer intoxication caused loss of control and claimed amnesia of the shooting after drawing a revolver. A jury found him guilty of murder in the second degree.
Public sale set for Wednesday Sept 25 1907 at 10 am at the seller's residence two miles south and one mile west of Washington on the Washington and Wayland road. Includes 23 cattle 75 hogs farm implements and a 40 acre Smy farm with 12 month credit on sums over 10 percent off for cash. Auctioneers A E Wilbur DD F Macon and 18 23 A Pearson and Myrtle Pearson.
A Brooklyn woman reports relief from a cholera like illness at a South Dakota ranch using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. She brought a bottle home and says it cured her and helped her mother with dysentery immediately. For sale by Cook Sherman.
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