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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1907
Page
3
A sale of eatables by Baptist ladies will be held Saturday at J. W. Lemley’s grocery on the southwest corner of the square. Proceeds support church work.
We offer sharpened pointed shovels for cultivators and invite you to try them. Our shop, Forgey and Mayo, promises quality and convincing results from a hands on trial.
Community event scheduled for Friday April 26 at the Franklin Center schoolhouse with all invited. Mr S L Bowen of Wayne, West Virginia, reports kidney illness causing bed rest and weakness. after using Foley's Kidney Cure a full recovery followed. The remedy is sold by all druggists.
The piece argues happiness depends on environment and opportunity not on wealth or luxury. Simple joys like half a cent candy or a rag doll can bring equal delight to children, as can a tin bucket or a new car for different households.
Local notes report patrons eyeing fresh frog legs at Stuart's meat market and a large bakery display at the Vienna. Visitors include Jas. Bidwell and J.B. McCoy calling on friends in the city, with Mrs. Rev. W. T. K. Thompson and Max of Superior visiting Sam McConnaughey.
John Hartman, a Swiss immigrant living in Brooklyn, was arrested after he extorted a Morris Avenue widow, Julia Strauss, who inherited 2000 from her husband. Detectives traced the Italian accented letters and jailed Hartman for a year at Sing Sing.
A. A. Chisholm of Treadwell New York recounts near death from indigestion nervousness and debility. He credits Electric Bitters with his recovery and return to business. The tonic is guaranteed by Stewart's Pharmacy at 450c.
Instructions describe making a hammock for 25 cents using a seven inch needle iron rings two sticks hemp cord and a door knob loop. Steps cover threading tying knots weaving thirty knots per row and advancing to the next row with care to keep even tension.
The Syracuse Telegram and Woman's Life urge families to bear misfortune quietly and cheerfully. They advise ignoring sorrow, injecting humor where possible, and focusing on small cheerful moments to find a ray of sunshine amid hardship.
A practical guide explains sending tortoise shell combs to experts for repolishing. It notes wheel and brush work yields better results than home methods and provides a homemade procedure using fine pumice paste and sweet oil to restore shine.
White kid gloves can be cleaned at home. Soak the glove in benzine for five minutes, cover to prevent evaporation, then wipe with clean flannel on a cloth. Do not rub hard as the surface may be damaged. Inflate gently and hang in shade to dry.
Do not wash when sunlit as it causes cloudy streaks. Use hot water, add kerosene, and polish with lint-free towels. For exceptional glass, finish with alcohol and fine tissue for a final luster.
A recipe instructs grating four uncooked sweet potatoes and mixing with butter flour milk and yeast. The batter rises in the baking pan and bakes for one hour.
A short home remedy instructs wiping the nose with a soft cloth dipped in benzoin and applying a lotion of zinc sulfate four grains, lavender tincture sixteen drops, and two ounces of distilled water. Bath the nose with the mixture as needed.
Will Manning and Frank McDowell completed a brief business trip to Chicago and left last evening for their homes in Keota after spending the day in the city.
Do not send off for your new plow lays. We can make them for less money. If your old plows do not run right bring them to us. We have had over thirty years experience and are sure we can please you. 9-31 Forgey & Mayo. a7
A Georgia reader praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for whooping cough in the family and calls it the best medicine ever used. The note adds it is safe and sure and available for sale by Cook & Sherman.
Mrs. A L Dusenberry traveled to Keota for a brief visit at the W L Dusenberry residence. Her grandson Laird, who had been visiting, accompanied her for a day or two of the stay.
Clifford Thorne arrived home last evening from Harper where he had been for a day or two on business.
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