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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1907
Page
6
Advertisement extols Vinol as a gentle liver oil preparation aiding rapid growth in children. It claims easy digestion, no upset stomachs, plus peptonate of iron to build flesh, muscle, bone and red blood. Local firm Cook & Sherman endorses it with a money back guarantee and notes Vinol is sold in many towns.
The First corps of the United Presbyterian mission organized the Bend’s first school for Freedmen on the Woods plantation. A government allotment created 18 plantation companies under leaders like John Lackey, with four acres per worker, rations at 25 cents daily, and a seed cotton sale plan. Women earned 81800 monthly and men 822. one leading group saved 2000 cash and funded a daughter’s marriage plot.
Shoppers flock to Stuart's meat market at 612 and seek Johnson's French bread made fresh daily as demand continues to rise.
An old fashioned weather glass method describes a pint bottle inverted and sealed with a cork and bent tube. Fill one third with water, seal with wax, and hang in sun protected area to gauge air pressure and predict rain or dry weather by water level in the tube.
A mystifying penny trick hides seven pennies in hand. A volunteer picks a number x, imagines borrowing x, gets 14 pennies, splits half to the right, returns the loan, and ends with x plus 7. The trick yields seven regardless of x.
The article explains the centigrade scale with freezing at 0 and boiling at 100, versus Fahrenheit with freezing at 32 and boiling at 212. It notes 60 F equals 15 C and 98.6 F equals 37 C, and says scientists widely use centigrade while the public mainly uses Fahrenheit.
The largest known shark captured recently in Californian waters measured 32 feet in length and 15 feet in girth. The monster weighed 14,000 pounds with a mouth 3.5 feet long and 2.5 feet wide.
Riddle one asks Dick’s relation to John if Dick’s grandfather is John’s son, answer Dick is John’s grandson. Riddle two notes dividing all world money equally yields an equal share for each person.
A letter from a frustrated reader describes a Paris doll named Maud Louise as a constant nuisance. She curses, breaks toys, and causes chaos daily, prompting the author to request advice from readers on how to handle the unruly child.
Mr William Henry of Chattanooga Tennessee reports pain relief from rheumatism after using Chamberlains Pain Balm and wrapping the arm in flannel. He says three weeks brought full recovery and no recurrence. Advertisement notes sale by Cook Sherman and mentions rail fare promotions for homeseekers to western states.
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