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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1910
Page
8
New York April 30. On notice day on the cotton exchange sellers of the May option declared about 200000 bales for delivery next Monday. James A Patten and other bull leaders must raise roughly 15 million dollars to cover their contracts, a May option delivery record.
Indianapolis April 30 John W Kern confirmed in a formal statement his acceptance of the Indiana Democratic convention endorsement as its candidate for the United States senate. He said Democratic members will carry out the popular will and many congratulatory messages arrived including one from William Jennings Bryan urging his success in the senate.
The weather across Illinois and Indiana remains cloudy and cooler today with a shift to fair and cooler conditions tomorrow. Stronger winds are not expected, and overnight lows will drop into the upper 40s to low 50s in most areas.
Chicago cash grain prices for wheat oats and corn are listed with varied crement values and percentages. Live stock quotes cover hogs cattle and sheep with receipts and price ranges. East Buffalo reports cattle hogs sheep and calves with market notes and price quotes.
The article extols concrete as a durable construction material from prehistoric times, noting Egyptian hydraulic cement and modern uses in dams, walls, sidewalks, and mausoleums. It highlights concrete’s fire resistance, insurance advantages, and Panama canal projects, and profiles J. J. McKeone as a local contractor ready to handle foundations, sills, and other concrete work with reliable, on time completion.
Spokane resident C P Hallett possesses a lock of Andrew Jackson hair given through Mrs Donelson, with a family note about preservation for Tennessee societies or Nashville. Another Spokane report covers Robert Foster, a hermit near Fairfield, who rode a train to Independence Oregon, and a migration of 1500 settlers to Coeur dAlene Idaho, with the Indian reservation land allotments opening in early May.
An old time prescription for darkening hair and promoting growth is now sold as Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur. Once brewed at home, it is now offered ready to use by druggists in 50 cents or 1 dollar bottles, with direct sales from Wyeth Chemical Co. at 74 Cortlandt St New York City. Sold by Me Elhinney Drug Co.
Careful mothers keep Foley's Honey and Tar for spring coughs and colds as urgent relief for croup. It is advertised as the best and safest prevention and cure, containing no opiates. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Company promote the product.
An old advertisement claims pimples boils and liver trouble show on the skin but Dr King's New Life Pills will purify blood and improve complexion. The ad urges purchase for 25 cents at J. J. Lemmon's Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Gas oven blast at Jamestown New York plant blows out a fourth story window casing into the river. Later the casing is recovered with a watch still hanging from a nail in it and keeping time, an emblem of the accident’s strange aftermath reported by Popular Mechanics.
A Wisconsin man from Eau Claire credits Foley's Kidney Pills with restoring deep sleep, easing back pains, kidney soreness, and poor appetite. He reports improved meals and overall health and recommends the medicine. Lemmon's Pharmacy, McIlhinney.
Six arc lamps installed in a London theater in 1875 marked the first commercial use of electric lighting in the city.
Jean Huysman, ladies tailor at 6115, promotes a limited week offer to attract six more customers before June 1. For every suit ordered this week, a silk foulard waist pattern is given to match the suit. The shop will close from June to mid August. Only four wash suits left at $18.
The notice warns that temper control affects eyesight and behavior. It urges readers to learn self discipline and manage emotions to protect vision and maintain composure in daily life.
The advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages as a constitutional treatment. It states the medicine works internally on blood and mucous surfaces and offers a hundred dollar reward if it fails. The notice lists F J Cheney & Co of Toledo as the makers and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Advertisement notes that eighty seven percent of Canadian farmers own their farms. Claims Foley's Kidney Remedy can cure kidney and bladder trouble not beyond medical reach. Promotes Lemmon's Pharmacy Mekthinney.
The late Carrison A Ball estate includes a 160 acre Washington area farm three miles north, 80 acres two miles west, 1014 acres in South Washington, several lots on S Iowa Avenue and S Marion Avenue, a house and lot in Southwest Washington, and two lots on S Second Avenue. Administrator A Anderson states the sale of all real estate.
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