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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1907
Page
2
Ha Reid's popular action drama The Cow-Puncher is praised for vivid western characters and dramatic scenes. W F Mann signs a strong cast and lavish scenery for a matinee and evening show at the Graham opera house on Saturday September 21.
Ida Gordon acts as patron of the Rest Room while Miss er takes Miss Laughead's Ace at the Centennial school. The advertisement touts Preventics cold tablets as safe effective relief from early sneeze stage and claims protection against pneumonia la grippe and flu with no quinine or harsh ingredients. Sold by J H.
Sioux City Iowa September 19 Iowans northwestern residents await word that 56560 acres of lower Brule Indian reservation land in South Dakota will be opened to homestead settlement by the Pierre land office. Entries run October 20 to December 20 at costs from 1 25 to 2 50 an acre with one fifth due at entry and the balance in four yearly installments. The lands lie near the Chicago and Northwestern line east of Pierre the state capital.
About seventy five Amish Mennonites from Wayland area traveled to the annual convention near Kalona. Delegates are expected from Iowa settlements and from Nebraska Missouri and Illinois. Attendees include Oran Dorf John Leichty Will Eicher Frank Eicher Garrick Graber Dan Graber Aaron Wyse Mary Mast Jake Mast and Mart Eicher.
The funeral for John Christian Lodders was held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the German Lutheran church. Rev. K Michels and Rev. L B Young presided with the Presbyterian choir. Pallbearers included Dave Knottnerus and others. interment followed at Elm Carrove cemetery. The Parker Jersey company arrived from Ottumwa and left for Winfield for a fair engagement. Fred Parker, formerly of this city, is brother of Mrs. T O Foley.
Doctor Wiley head of the Bureau of Chemistry notes life expectancy has risen from about thirty three to near forty years due to scientific disease treatment and suppressions. He cites medical schools and university collaborations as broadening physician training and improving health outcomes.
Spokane reports Elizabeth Paschik 16 arrested by Chief Deputy Ledgerwood in the Colville district for a spate of horse thefts. She admits a series of unassisted thefts, says buyers and stable owners were unaware. Case to be heard in Stevens county juvenile court with guardianship pending.
H P Baker professor of forestry at Iowa State College resigns to join Pennsylvania Agricultural College. He departs immediately to prepare for the fall term opening late September. Baker, the first instructor in Ames forestry, has led the department since 1904 and many graduates have passed civil service exams for U S forestry service positions. He cited the West’s spirit and the broader field in Pennsylvania, with a starting salary rise of 1800 to 2500 dollars and substantial funding for forestry research.
Modern science shows catarrh is a germ disease treatable by Hyomei which medicates the air inhaled and heals nasal throat membranes. It claims to cure even severe catarrh and is guaranteed by Lemmon's pharmacy with a money back refund if not fully effective.
The High School Athletic Association, with about a hundred members, elected Ben Wallace president and Harry Robertson vice president. Mary Steck is secretary and Bessie Dicken treasurer. Raymond Buckley will manage the football team as practice starts at the southeast ballpark. Girls basketball not yet organized. boys plan basketball later. A Buckley family scare followed a fatal automobile crash near Colorado Springs, where four men died and George Buckley was badly injured, though the Buckley in question is not the Chicago traveler.
Shelbyville Indiana September 18 Joseph Addison known as the Shelby COMNEY hermit dies with an eel in his possession measuring thirty one inches. He caught the eel in the Big Blue river near his hut in Marion township using only a small hook and line.
John Mc Laughlin a 37 year keeper on Blackwell's Island died at St Vincent's hospital following surgery He had charge of William M Tweed during Tweed's imprisonment at the penitentiary and was noted for his long service in New York’s penal system.
A letter from T. A. Daly in Catholic Standard and Times tells of a naïve man tricked by an unknown caller posing as a friend. The impostor claims to be a bank president owning all the man’s property and demands higher rent for a peanut stand, citing a supposed big mistake.
A Scotsman recounts his earthquake experiences in New Zealand. He notes the crockery leaping from shelves was surprising, and jokes his wife, though small in surprise, does not blame him after nearly thirty years of marriage.
Public sale announced for Sept 25 at 10 a m near Washington on the Washington and Wayland road. Includes 23 cattle 75 hogs farm implements and a 40 acre farm with reserve to reject all bids. Terms 12 month credit for sums over ten dollars cash under ten dollars with 5 percent discount. notes bear 7 percent interest from due date.
The Misses Flo Etha Edna and Bessie Purvis Libbie Ella Irene Simpson and Alta and Nora Eckles and Messrs Howard Young Charles Eckles Homer William Smith and Will Eckles departed last evening on No 2 for Columbus Junction to attend the wedding of Mr Ben Briley and Miss Coralie Tedford.
A Brooklyn woman asks where to obtain Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after a ranch illness in South Dakota that she says cured her. She reports her mother was suddenly taken ill with dysentery and the medicine helped her immediately. For sale by Cook Sherman.
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