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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1906
Page
3
Miss Amy Folger reports Maple Grove school held a box supper last week raising 40 for the library. The event drew no voting contest and the total came from box sales alone, a notably large sum for such a supper.
An advertisement proclaims Foley's Kidney Cure can cure any kidney or bladder trouble not beyond medicine. It claims superior efficacy over other medicines and directs readers to obtain it from druggists.
In Washington Iowa the forecast predicts fair and warmer tonight. Tuesday will be partly cloudy with probable showers and cooler conditions in the western portion.
Miss Della Brookhart and many others return home or visit relatives in West Chester, Oskaloosa, Burlington, Delta, Sigourney, Crawfordsville, and Wyman after weekend trips. Local ads urge varnish and clothing care. Dr. Pratt advertises eye exams and glasses as headache remedy.
A list of residents leaving for trips and visits this morning including A B Jones to Muscatine Rev Father Sueppe to Iowa City Mrs M Diller to Havre Mrs Claude Rosenberger and children to Davenport Lawrence Waters back to Crawfordsville Miss Flora Barr to Davenport Mrs 8 A White to Des Moines Sam White to Des Moines Samuel Sands returns home near Ainsworth from a convention Miss Emma Purvis visits parents in town James Chambers home to Ainsworth Grover Springman to Muscatine to meet The Aristocratic Tramp W W Stigger and wife return to West Virginia Mrs Wade Meyers and children Nettie Eckles visit from Chicago RK W Teeter and wife returning to Lockridge Mrs A T Cockayne and sons Delbert Miles Mae Patterson accompanying to visit the Cockayne home for a week or two.
J. A. Walker of West Chester reports a delightful visit to his old home in Ohio and West Virginia. He brought peaches from a tree bearing fruit for over fifty years and tasted as a boy. His daughter Mrs. C. E. Hering shared one peach at The Journal office, noting its small size yet strong aroma.
W H Brown a pension attorney of Pittsfield Vermont recommends Dr King's New Life Pills for health, claiming they keep a family in splendid health. Useful for headache constipation and biliousness. 25 cents guaranteed at Stewart's drug store.
Dr Ray H Dean succeeds Dr G H Pratt as the eye ear nose and throat specialist in Muscatine. A 1902 Iowa State graduate, he trained in Europe and at Will’s Eye Hospital Philadelphia. For three years he partnered with his brother Dr H J Dean in Muscatine and is set to join local medical and social circles.
A Batesville Indiana man says Foley’s Honey and Tar in the yellow package cured his three month summer cold and hay fever when other medicines failed. He reports his wife has since had the same success and urges all druggists to carry it.
Maggie Hickox of Midland Michigan says her two year old recovered from a severe bowel complaint using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The ad claims it can cure even cholera infantum and urges following printed directions. Available at Cook & Sherman and Stewart's pharmacy.
Chas. Gorham and Dr. E R Jenkins left this morning for Iowa City where Gorham's sister Miss Flossie will undergo an appendicitis operation today. Mr and Mrs Ray Renshaw and daughter Pauline have returned to their Winfield home after visiting relatives in West Chester.
Sam Kendall of Phillipsburg Kansas endorses Bucklen's Arnica Salve with the claim it can cure burns boils sores and more. The advertisement touts quick relief for wounds and skin issues and notes a 25 cent price at Stewart's drug store with a guarantee.
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