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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1918
Page
5
Miss Myrta Jeffrey reports safe arrival of comfort bags from Washington to France. The kits, made from cretonne and similar fabrics, contain toiletries and small items. Donors are urged to include names and notes, with a goal of at least ninety bags and early shipment.
A garbled ad notes relief from a lingering cough and chest pain after using Moley's Honey and Tar Compound. It claims benefits from J. Jaanmon's Pharmacy at 14 Fillmore St Nashville Tennessee and mentions the product being for sale.
The unicorn that assists the lion on the British royal coat of arms is said to be mythical but has a real prototype in the chiren antelope of western Thilet and Hine dustan. The chiren has two horns though it often loses one due to its combative nature.
Paris allocates nearly 100000 francs annually to care for street trees boulevards and parks. More than 100 new trees are planted each year illustrating the city’s ongoing urban greenery program.
Des Moines dispatch reports Camp Dodge weedouts of physically unfit recruits from Minnesota and North Dakota. Convalescent soldiers will join a dedicated unit for light training under Lieut. Col. J R Shock, easing hospital congestion and speeding recovery. Fort Des Moines hospital conversions progress with a 2000 bed plan and new trade schools for disabled veterans.
Western railroad staffers have subscribed $26,335,435 in Third Liberty Loan bonds as of April 24, with 242,557 subscribers. Average per capita on Class I lines is $75.95, and eight major railroads exceed a million dollars in total subscriptions.
The Broad way Amusement Co presents Mrs Porter’s work in a dramatization of Gene Stratton Porter's Freckies. The production is praised as a moral, successful love story with gripping adventure and intensely interesting characters. Matinee and night show at the Graham on April 27.
When you feel compelled to assume harmful motives in others, pause and reassess. The text urges using kind thoughts and generous judgment to curb suspicion and avoid harsh conclusions about acquaintances.
A bulletin from the department of agriculture identifies true mahogany as produced by Swientenia mahogal Jacy and Swientenia machophylla king native to tropical America. It notes many cabinet woods are passed off as real mahogany and lists GT species across 41 genera in 18 vegetable families.
Winter weather awakens pain demons as rheumatism returns. The ad claims liniments fail since the disease is in the blood and promises a vegetable blood remedy that purifies germs. It urges readers to obtain a bottle at the drugstore and seek free care advice from Medical District at Swift Laboratory.
A quotation praises love for country while cherishing family and friends. It emphasizes that all personal affections are encompassed by devotion to the native land, invoking Cicero as the guiding voice for civic sentiment.
Experience proves Foley's Honey and Tar is best for coughs colds croups and whooping cough. Mrs M J Sehlarb Ashland Pa praises it for her little girl. Available at J Lewman’s Pharmacy.
A soldier who plays the game does things braver men would not, never knows when he is finished, accepts no limit to cheerfulness and strength, values his life less than the humblest, laughs at danger because he knows there are ailments more terrible and less curable than death.
A magnet attracts a hook and eye which rusts but rejects non magnetic pieces. The magnet proves a handy tool for the sewing basket.
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