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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1909
Page
5
In a class quiz session students discuss a range of topics. Miss Bowman asks about Arthurian ties to the Round Table while others guess names like Thomas Jefferson and reference grammar notes. The exchange includes questions on neuter gender and a prompt about the Senate electing a certain officer.
The Galveston News notes women’s large hats during the first half of the year draw attention and even frighten some, yet marriages remain steady as social interest continues.
J Tod Robinson of Point Blank Texas testifies a single dose of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy relieves colic attacks and he never needs more than two doses for a cure. Sold by F L Stolte and Lemmon’s Pharmacy.
You can find fresh beef pork veal lard sausage and more at the Royal City Market south of P.O. with a complete line of groceries. Hams and bacon offer old fashioned smoked flavor at lower prices than competitors.
Des Moines Iowa Sept 19 A weather summary notes favorable farm conditions last week with warm periods and heavy rainfall from two to three inches in many areas. Severe winds on the 12th damaged corn stalks in northern western and southwestern counties but about 60 percent of Iowa corn is beyond danger of frost. The late corn needs ten days to two weeks of warmth to mature and some will wait until mid October. Plowing seeding winter grains and some clover seed work progress. much corn has been cut shocked or put in silos.
Baseball results across NL and AL with team lines, runs, hits, and errors from Pittsburg Chicago St Louis Philadelphia New York Washington Cleveland Detroit and Western League matchups in Sioux City Pueblo Denver and Denver area with pitchers and batters named in brief box scores.
The government announces openings for railway mail clerks and postal workers with starting pay of 800 dollars a year rising to 1200. Examinations will be held in Iowa in November for postal clerks and letter carriers and other positions on later dates. Over 50,000 appointments expected this year. Applicants must be over 18. The Bureau of Instructions in Rochester New York offers training to pass the exams. Write to 388 Hamlin Building Rochester NY for full information.
The piece lampoons the automobile as a "large iron and rubber contrivance" for transporting gas into speed and luxury. It claims the device carries people—though the description lampoons its ailments and calls it the speediest, most stylish transport known.
A roadside scene near Bethel Indiana shows dwarf corn on shares with a passerby quipping about a small crop. The item shifts to Jim Sweeney of The Sentinel whose bold ad pitch fools an advertiser. The ad cites Europe to South America as circulation while Hall's Catarrh Cure finances line attention with a Toledo notary seal.
A reader is advised that a sprain or bruise treated with Cham berlain's Liniment may heal in less than a week with proper directions. The ad touts prompt relief for sprains, bruises, and muscular rheumatism and credits Yar ente and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Public notice directs residents to call 689 for bus line orders with prompt handling by Frank Rogers. Provides street and number details for contacting service.
Miss E B MacGugin departed for Washington Iowa Monday evening after seven weeks as managing editor of the Farmington Herald. Friends and the staff praise her work, noting she helped give Farmington a good newspaper, though financial limits prevented extending her stay. The Herald and community send best wishes.
Amusements notice previews a dramatization of Mary J. Holmes work at the Graham on Tuesday September 28 starring Jack Bessey and an acclaimed company. The review lauds the Hickman Bessey troupe, their Chicago Criterion ties, and strong performances by De Torrait Bert Leigh Tia Herring and others. Tonight’s bill features St Elmo with a Saturday matinee planned.
Wats ermeltons in Bloomington Illinois employ a bottle irrigation method to rapidly swell melons. The process uses cut end of a vine placed into a bottle of sugar water to drive growth. Carrol county leads Illinois in melons with fields valued at 100 per acre and about 000 carloads shipped this season. Growers have earned about 350000 from the fruit, despite limited profits on a forty acre plot.
Carlisle Center New York resident G B Burhan writes that four years after using Foley's Kidney Remedy for kidney trouble he remains symptom free and believes he is cured. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Company mentioned as sources.
The demand for Dr. King's New Life Pills is high, says J. K. Lemmon, as the cure claims to treat Sour Stomach, Constipation, Indigestion, Biliousness, Jaundice, Headache, Chills and Malaria. Priced at 25 cents.
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