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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1910
Page
3
A tale set in a farmer's barnyard follows Mr Rooster who boasts he makes the sun rise. Miss Plymouth Rock Hen challenges him, and when he forgets to crow, the sun still rises. Humiliated, he loses favor with the flock and hides away.
The May issue of The Outing Magazine highlights Two On The Trail by Hulbert Footner and Practical pieces on country living, golf, dog training, fishing, boating, and photography. Photographs and four colored inserts celebrate college sports. San Francisco's sanitation crackdown follows with arrests and numerous nuisance abatements, shaping a cleaner city.
Farmers face crop losses from pests. Audubon groups push New York and national laws to ban killing and selling insect eating birds. Officials warn state-by-state action will curb feather dealer plunder and protect $1 billion in crop value. Willian Dutcher leads the campaign.
An Up-To-Date Druggist notes many old fashioned remedies persist. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur, a hair tonic and color restorer, is sold by druggists for 50 cents or a dollar or sent by Wyeth Chemical Co of New York City. Mc Elhinney Drug Co. recommends it.
A man visited a London office and refused recognition while praising ongoing work then left bank notes totaling 250 dollars with the superintendent as a donation. The act shows quiet generosity without seeking publicity.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for skin blemishes and liver issues. Claims rich red blood and rosy cheeks with a fine complexion. Available for 25 cents at Lemmon’s Pharmacy.
A May piece in McClure’s Magazine discusses San Francisco’s bubonic plague response focusing on eradicating rats. It argues that trapping or poison alone can’t end the problem, and only starving rats by cutting food sources can eliminate the last individuals. The campaign included fifty thousand chase-cans and inspectors across poultry yards bakeries wharves stables and stalls to rat-proof and deter infestations.
An old advertisement promotes Perry Davis Painkiller as a universal remedy for fall and winter cramps and pains. It claims rapid relief when mixed in warm water and warns against fear of appendicitis, asserting Perry Davis has the only true Painkiller.
J L Setters of au Claire Wie reports kidney back ache and poor appetite but after taking Poley’s Kidney Pills improves sleep appetite and overall health. He endorses the medicine and credits it with curing him. Lewman’s Pharmacy Methinney Drug Company backs the claim.
The text notes thirty five champagne factories in Alsace Lorraine with Mets having a claim or presence.
Romans in Caesar era faced limits on construction heights with a law set at sixty feet. The regulation aimed to curb tall structures and control urban density in old Rome.
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