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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1907
Page
6
The notice proclaims Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and lung troubles is not affected by drug laws and contains no opiates. It is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults and is sold by all druggists.
A condensed survey notes a Japanese ethical code spanning life and culture with seasonal customs and annual rites for spirits. It then shifts to a Southern belief that the blue jay visits the Infernal regions on Good Friday, with regional variations in its duties to the devil.
A terse comic exchange shows a prisoner denying theft while admitting a bet led to possession. The magistrate presses for specifics and the prisoner proposes a bet as the explanation. The piece captures a courtroom humor vignette from Illustrated Bits.
Fragmentary text shows a Porter confronting a passenger and racial tension aboard a Pullman car. The snippet hints at disputes over access and authority, with scattered dialect and dialog suggesting a confrontation about treatment of a Black traveler.
A fragment cites a French proverb suggesting love cannot be bought by money or smoke. The line hints at moral limits on material pursuits.
The Commercial Club approved leasing the gymnasium to Company D of I N G for weekly drills. Repairs include an outside entrance, ceiling work, and arm rooms to create a larger, better equipped space. Captain John Steck leads negotiations and the club will also host the Washington County Farmers Institute next fall, with formal thanks noted in a letter from institute officers.
Local notices promote a Crawfordsville production A Pair of Artists on May 3rd and remind readers to attend. Multiple items note licenses issued for Sidney Perham and Cora A. Truax. Cozzie Molesworth and D. W. Reardon. and other everyday travels and purchases.
The month ending April 26 saw 100 percent attendance with thirteen pupils none absent or tardy. Listed students include Martha Miller, Oscar Miller, Blanche Miller, Leota Miller, Fern Blick, Emanuel Blick, Howard Applegate, Edna Applegate, Myrie Applegate, Grace Showen, Leo Showen, Peter Showen, and Ivy Moriarty, with Ivy Moriarty as teacher.
Learn about rare bargains in South Dakota farm lands and opportunities in new towns opened by the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway extension. Descriptive pamphlet titled The New Empire, the farmers’ and a stockman’s paradise mailed free. request via postal card. Write A B Cutts G P & T A May 15 Minneapolis Minnesota.
Advertises sharpening service opposite the opera house at 64 121 W Groendycke. Also touts Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup and Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup as constipation remedies with mild laxative action and claims of avoiding appendicitis. Sold by all druggists.
A 20 year endorsement claims Dr Shoop's Cough Cure has no poison marks and meets new national labeling laws. The appeal urges mothers to choose Shoop's product, compare with others, and refuse alternatives. Sold by J H Stewart.
Noone is immune from Kidney trouble says Foley's Kidney Cure stops irregularities and cures kidney and bladder trouble within medical reach. Sold by all druggists.
A. A. Chisholm of Treadwell New York recounts panic illness indigestion and nervous debility then healing with Electric Bitters. He resumes business and gains daily praise the tonic medicine guaranteed by Stewart's Pharmacy at 50 cents.
A vintage ad promotes Preventics to combat colds at the sneeze stage and claims they can prevent pneumonia. Dr. Shoop of Racine Wisconsin offers free samples and a book on Colds in exchange for a letter. Sold in 25 cent boxes by J. H. Stewart.
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