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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1907
Page
2
A column features wry aphorisms and social reflections on youth age and society. It notes Mrs. A L Dusenberry visiting Keota and includes an advertisement for Orino and Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup. It cites C J Fulton’s 1875 1905 census showing Washington County gains while others decline. Mt Pleasant Free Press
Mrs. L. R. Eller arrived home in Anita Iowa this morning after a long visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCoy. Miss Susie Johnson went back to Verdi this morning after spending the previous day in the city shopping.
Reports from St Petersburg Tokyo and London say under the Portsmouth treaty Manchuria was evacuated by Russian and Japanese forces ahead of April 15. Chinese authorities take over towns and administration as plans for reorganization and troops' distribution are prepared.
A summary of early New York milestones from 1626 to 1636 including the first governor Peter Minuit named in 1626 and the first male and female children Jean Vigne and Sarah Rapalla born in 1614 and 1615 respectively. It notes the first physician Dr Johannes La Montague beginning practice in 1636 and engineer Kryn Frederick authorized to supervise fort construction on Manhattan. The first religious meeting room appeared in 1626 in a loft on South William Street near Pearl Street, and the first warehouse was erected that year as a basic village store serving Indians seeking white man’s drink.
A New York Press quotation notes Dutch belief that thanking a friend for a gift brings bad luck. It tells of giving a kitten to a washwoman, who fears the kitten would pine away if thanked, and comments that in Holland favor from friends is never thanked. The piece ends with a social quip about modern men.
The article explains that all strong emotions affect blood flow, with tears produced when emotions cause the vessels around the eyes to expand. Increased blood supply floods the tear glands, producing more tears, while excess fluid spills over.
Mrs. J H Miller shares her son Harry's 1907 letter describing a journey from El Paso to California and back. He mentions university sights in Palo Alto, a streetcar ride with a gambler, a Rio Grande crossing, cock fighting bets, a mountain trek near Los Angeles, tunnel delays at San Luis Obispo, and travel by stage option. Two clergymen arrive on the Firefly and depart for Fairfield for Sunday meetings.
An 19th century advert promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo. It warns against mercury in remedies and asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. The copy urges buying genuine Hall's products, with testimonials and druggist availability at 75 cents per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
An advertisement touts a one day cure for a cold with laxative bromquinine tablets. It notes druggists refuse or fail to cure and claims Druggist Grove’s signature on each box. Mrs. E. P. Dusenberry travels to Keota to visit relatives.
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