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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1911
Page
8
Indiana and winds fair today probably preceded by showers cooler then fair and cooler tomorrow moderate to brisk west winds Wisconsin showers followed by fair and cooler today fair and continued cool tomorrow brisk west and northwest winds
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania reports the New York State League season ended with Wilkesbarre clinching the pennant for the third consecutive season.
A testimonial from Elwood Indiana woman recounts recovery after six bottles of Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She previously faced three months of illness and potential surgery, claiming the remedy eased abdominal pain, backache, and fatigue, and urged others to seek Mrs. Pinkham’s confidential advice.
Iowa City report highlights rare chance for poor Iowa youths to receive Class A medical training at low cost. The State University of Iowa College of Medicine, founded 1869 with 40 faculty, requires two years of premedical work in physics chemistry and biology for admission.
A irate visitor storms a newspaper office accusing the editor of corrupting his poem. He cites misread bylines and mangled lines such as Lying by a weeping widow and wearing out trousers, vowing to return with a weapon and seek the compositor responsible.
A Jouleulle barrister escorts his wife and another to a lecture then sees his wife react with intense embarrassment and disappears. A friend greets him in the street car and he admits he is going to the lecture, not returning from it.
A New York banker recalls Edwin Gould starting match manufacture seven years ago with amusement. He recalls a June open air luncheon at Tuxedo where Gould’s four-in-hand team drew curious admiration as Gould himself drove, drawing praise from a joking table of guests.
South Bend Indiana on September 18 George Foster a fifty year old janitor of the Warner building is believed killed by burglars. A bullet wound near the heart reveals the cause of death and police think he confronted intruders as they entered the building.
A vintage ad urges readers to buy MI-DNA stomach tablets at Lemmon's Pharmacy for indigestion including gas sourness heartburn and bloating. It features testimonial claims from a 64 year old man M Burger and asserts a fifty cent price per large box with nationwide availability.
North American capital cities and many foreign municipalities join the International Municipal Congress and Exposition in Chicago from Sept. 18 to 30. Presidents Taft and Sir Janes Bryce will speak. New York, Baltimore, Chicago, San Francisco, Berlin, London, Paris are among exhibitors showing civic projects, sewer systems, street traffic control, boulevard plans, playgrounds and firefighting apparatus.
It is not the quantity of food but the amount digested and assimilated that builds strength. Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets invigorate the stomach and liver to perform their functions naturally. For sale by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
In a light exchange Edith mentions a rumor that Daisy cheats at bridge while Ethel recalls trying to pair with her as a partner last night. The dialogue hints at tensions and social dynamics around a card game without detailing any incidents.
The Western Governors Special will tour eastern territories, visiting New York City and other centers. Six or more western governors will join four to five exhibit cars to showcase western products, aiming to invite easterners to visit the West and Northwest. The $75,000 cost is pledged by development leagues across ten western states.
Rail networks announce new plants 245 opened along the Kary. Southern Pacific discontinues 13 train auditors in Louisiana with potential cuts to the Pacific coast. Union station in St Louis retains joint value reviewing ticked holders protection. Canadian Pacific plans a new terminal near Western Junction Montreal with large facilities. Findlay Ohio to get a union passenger station from New York Central after absorbing Toledo & Ohio Central. Lometa to Eden Texas rail line claims a track laying record of 12 000 feet in one day with 90 workers, surpassing the old 19 800 feet. Manchester wreck outcome announced from Washington.
An advertisement touts Miller's Dyspepsia Tablets as a quick remedy for indigestion and related symptoms. It claims rapid relief from belching, sour taste, headaches, and stomach discomfort, advising a 25e box to end most cases and improve digestion.
Young Richleigh creates a cable code for use abroad and hands it to his father who locks it away. A month later a one word cable to the elder, Laugh, leads to a second message reading Laugh- Send me $500. The caller cites Boston Transcript as the source of the anecdote.
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