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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1909
Page
2
Miss Cleda Baird and Claire Booth led a Phoenix Masquerade skating party last evening with about 60 attendees. Prizes went to Lester Baird and Emmett Clark for best skaters, delivering a lively night for friends.
W R C dining room committee plans dinner Thursday September 30 at Hebner home meeting Friday 7 30 pm. Lexington Aid and church ladies host an oyster and peach supper September 28 at Mrs George Amlong’s. Junior Epworth League picnic September 25 at Sunset Park meet Central Park with baskets at 2 pm. Chapter J P EK O meets Thursday 7 30 with Miss Inez Holden. McElhinney Drug Co sells Zemo for eczema dandruff skin diseases with proofs of cures available.
Early in his career Frederick the Great faced ridicule for boorish cavalrymen falling from horses. He ended the problem by ordering execution of the first rider who fell off during training.
Washington Sept 22 Postmasters of Iowa in first second and third classes receive leave up to five days to join the Iowa Postmasters association meeting in Des Moines October 12 to 14. The postmaster general grants up to six days for Iowa Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska to attend a postal convention in Kansas City September 27 and 28. Joel F E Johnson named postmaster at Marathon Iowa awaits Senate submission. New fourth class postmasters named in Iowa include Elvin M Howard at West Grove and Albert Ek Lynk at Owasa. Commissions issued to Matthias Hellopeter Meyer Peter T Huemann John R Bell James Monroe Gertrude M Seaman. James M Bennett named rural letter carrier at Glenwood with Nellie K Bennett as substitute.
Local brief mentions include J M Wilson and J F Simpson traveling on business, Mrs McNamara and Miss Kobisk in town, and many millinery promotions at Miss Lewis plus specials at The Fair. A raw horse train from France passes through, with 184 horses en route to Niceota, while theatre ads promote Tempest and Sunshine at Graham theatre on Sept 28.
A reader details long-term relief from chronic stomach liver and kidney issues after trying Root Juice. She credits four bottles with permanent improvement and urges others to try the remedy, noting availability at Lemmon's Puaribacy and pricing of $1 per bottle or three for $2.50.
William K. Vanderbilt Jr and his wife formerly Miss Virginia Fair have signed a separation agreement reported by the New York newspaper. Mrs Vanderbilt is returning from Europe with two children Muriel and William Vanderbilt III.
Special report from New Orleans says a massive tidal wave accompanying a tropical hurricane swept a large part of the Louisiana coast. At least a hundred people are feared dead with many more fatalities reported along the gulf coast outside Louisiana.
Instructions for propagating rubber plants by slipping uses a sponge method. Cut a near tip incision without severing the stalk, wrap a wet sponge piece over the cut, keep it moist until hairlike roots form, then sever and pot the new plant. Start in shade, move to sun as growth develops.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to William Keifer and Zit Welte, Frederick Fitch and Sued Peck, Lorne Bidwell and Ona Londell, and Monday to Jesse Coon and Ella Rath.
An old medical claim asserts dandruff causes hair loss and that Parisian Sage stops itching and shedding within two weeks. The ad pledges a money back guarantee from Lemmon's Pharmacy and notes export by Giroux Manufacturing with mail order options.
The advertisement touts Perry Davis Painkiller for rheumatism neuralgia sprains burns and bruises and claims it cures colds colic and diarrhea. It notes a 35 cent bottle and a 50 cent bottle as the best value, highlighting its long history of use and benefits when used early.
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