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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1907
Page
6
A consumer guidance note urges homeowners to insure against fire and lightning and to protect against weather risks by choosing comprehensive homeowner coverage and appropriate riders for climate-related hazards.
This store proclaims fifty years in the paint trade and invites customers to seek guidance on indoor and outdoor use. It states it has sold Pure Paint long before the new Pure Paint law and invites shoppers to compare prices and color cards.
Cook and Sherman promote an Ideal Lawn mower Sharpener in Fred Long’s blacksmith shop at 63 Long & Kyle. They claim each blade is sharpened evenly with adjustable clearance and both edges ground. They offer repairs and buy or refurbish old mowers and guarantee a cure with prices in cents. Mr and Mrs R H Walker return from five weeks in Phoenix and El Paso. Dr Shoop’s Cough Cure praised for safety and effectiveness and sold by J H Stewart.
Des Moines college vows to resist losing its status as the Baptist state institution. The special merger committee requires a 100000 endowment raise to move the school to Pella, prompting a political campaign by Central university supporters and a pledging drive by Des Moines college friends. Local Baptists face a high stake battle that could determine which school remains the official Baptist college in Iowa.
Des Moines Iowa on April 20 reports a health alert describing a grave epidemic threat to residents. Authorities emphasize rapid spread and potential impact on communities if not contained.
A state health board committee reports a meningitis outbreak spreading from Missouri and urges rigid quarantines. They call for immediate reporting, official fumigation measures, and avoiding public funerals to curb fatalities. The group cites a near Ankeny case with two severely ill children and one fatality. Dr. Garton warns naval schools face similar fears.
At a Thursday board meeting the Methodist church trustees approved repairs. Starting after tomorrow, no church services will be held for three Sundays, with meetings to be held elsewhere yet to be announced. Sunday services will continue next week. The church will be refurbished with repainting and a thorough cleaning.
Henry Underwood brought eleven baby wolves to the courthouse basement to collect their scalps bounty. He slit the animals' throats as they were alive, seeking profit in a grisly wolf trade nearly as lucrative as seven cent hog.
Preventics are candy like tablets that claim to check a cold at the sneeze stage and prevent pneumonia. Dr. Shoop of Racine Wisconsin offers free samples and a book on Colds by mail. Sold in 75c and 25c boxes by J. H. Stewart.
The Senior class organized and elected officers including President Homer Coppock Vice President James Edgington Secretary Nellie Smith and Treasurer Nathan Lyne.
W. J. Brown owns what may be the biggest car in the region a 36 to 40 horsepower Glide. It arrived Friday and was unloaded Tuesday. Brown also holds the local agency for the Blue make and will sell them. His previous buyer I. C. Adams uses his car for daily trips to the brick and tile factory, and the town now counts nine automobiles.
Rheumatic sufferers can obtain a free sample of Dr Shoop's Rheumatic Remedy with a book on Rheumatism by writing Dr Racine Wis This book explains how the remedy purifies blood to drive Rheumatism from the body not a temporary relief Sold by J H Stewart.
Weekly Sunday trips begin May 5 offering round trip from Brighton to Peoria by train No 16. Depart 6 40 a m and return 6 30 p m same day for 2 00. Tickets available from local agents. Also advertise Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets with Druggists refund and Grove signature on each box.
A vintage advertisement promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims to stop regularities and cure any case within reach of medicine, with availability from all druggists.
On every Tuesday during March and April the Iowa Central sells special second class settler tickets at very low rates for settlers to the Northwest. Call on agents for rates or address A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minn apr29.
The London Mail lauds Sims Reeves for wide range beauty of voice and spellbinding appeal. It highlights his prominence in oratorio and opera and notes exceptional rendering of English ballads especially Sally In Our Alley.
A dialogue about a pupil failing to progress with music leads to a suggestion of a self playing piano. The teacher contrasts this device with a traditional piano as the signorina would learn quickly. It closes with a literary musing on poets and idealized visions.
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