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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1911
Page
5
Burlington visitor Carl Shaack joins a city crowd. Darbyshire Drug Co promotes chocolates. Vienna bakery sells mint patties and fresh items. Keota and WintersEtans mingle with residents. Knights of Pythias delegates return from Dubuque. Royal Market advertises meats. Local families visit and travel between Keota Oregon and Minnesota. Star theater shows Great Western Cowboy picture and Coronation film.
Mrs Flanagan Me, aged ninety, makes a good living as a writer. Mrs Mulligan asks what she writes, and Mrs Flanagan confirms testimonials for patent medicine doctors.
Blondel, a minstrel and friend of King Richard, travels through Europe singing the king’s songs to elicit a reply. He locates the imprisoned monarch near a castle in Austria, sings outside a high window, and confirms the king’s identity when Richard answers. The German emperor orders the king freed and Blondel returns to England as a hero.
Notice announces a Harvest Home Dinner at Lexington Methodist Church on Thursday October 5 1911 with a cordial invitation to all.
It is not the quantity of food taken but the amount digested and assimilated that gives strength and vitality to the system. Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets invigorate the stomach and liver and enable them to perform their functions naturally. For sale by Lemmons Pharmacy.
The questioner asks if there was any proof the man was insane. The reply notes only his habit of claiming he made the poorest and smallest catch on every fishing party.
The 1 Percenth Century and Fortnightly clubs announce a winter lecture series at the Graham opera house Washington. Opening Oct 13 features Evelyn Bargelt Concert Company with Bargelt Gertude Bates and Horace Benjamin. Subsequent shows include Adrian Newens Mormonism in November Nixon Waterman and Frank Cannon. Tickets to schoolchildren priced at $1 with two substitutions added to the schedule.
A humorous Exchange cites a colored citizen asking a license to marry to secure a long coat linen collar and a walking cane for a pretend honeymoon as he grows older, revealing social mores in the era.
When your doctor orders rest you stagger and say you cannot. You feel weak run down and health failing yet you must work. Elec tric Bitters restore tone and vigor from the first dose and build you up. Thousands bless them and every bottle is guaranteed to satisfy. Only 50c at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
The M. M. club elected officers Miss Phoebe Maxwell president Miss Leanna Swisher vice president Miss Margarite Wallace secretary Miss Sylvia Shehefelt treasurer Delicious refreshments were served by Misses Ida Carris Gladys Dewitt and Annie Keck Guests from afar attended Faulkner Noffsinger wedding at the Faulkner home in Lexington including Mr. and Mrs. George M. Ross and Dorothy Grinnell Mrs. S. E. Goode Rock Island and many others The wedding at the F B Weekly home on September 27 united Miss Lulu Duvall and Mr. Glenn Schwartz Rev C E Hamilton officiated Their reception followed with a three course supper for 75 on the lawn catered by Mrs Milt Dicken and helpers Both bride and groom are noted county youths The couple received checks of 50 and 100 among many presents Relatives from Audubon O Brien Marengo and Washington attended the festivities.
The Standard Bearers of the M. E. church will meet Monday at 4 o clock with Mrs. Robert Clyde. The Knights and Ladies of Honor summon members for a ball on Monday evening October 2 at 7 30 sharp followed by a social.
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