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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1911
Page
3
A newspaper-style notice discusses gray hairs as not solely aging and promotes Wyeth Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a hair restoration product. It touts natural color restoration, strengthens weak hair, and offers a fifty cent bottle through McWhinney Drug Co as Special Agent.
Detective Burns recounts events leading to the 1910 arrest of Jormn McNamara and his brother for the Los Angeles Times building dynamiting. The article details the barn discovery of dynamite packed in a piano box and the defense against claims of planted evidence, emphasizing Burrns’ narrative from the August McClure's feature.
The report covers future stations and investments in Cummins, Mitch September, and Thomas J. Free with Cort as a new $1,000,000 hub. It notes mergers and disputes among Maryland, Coal & Coke, Pittsburg & Lake Erie, and Mallory lines affecting rates and freight. It mentions surveys for San Antonio to Rio Grande routes near Brownsville and Roma, Pere Marquette testing Detroit to St. Thomas as a coal-distribution point, and a Metropolis Oregon Short Line branch costing about $200,000. New Orleans coffee warehouses protest discriminatory Texas routes. New York Central opens an accident prevention bureau led by George Bradshaw to reduce rail hazards.
The Associated Advertising Clubs of America opened its seventh annual session in Boston with 58 clubs sending large delegations. About 20,000 dollars will be spent by the Pilgrim Publicity association to entertain four days of meetings. Delegates from New York, Texas, Minnesota and other states boosted their cities, while English advertisers attended to gain insights. Ford hall serves as headquarters as sessions cover newspaper to mail order advertising, with daily papers expected to dominate.
The speaker condemns European poverty as unmatched, contrasts it with Mexico, and charges leaders with no effort to curb destitution or improve living conditions. He argues the blame lies with those in power who fail to address misery and exploitation.
Describes white blood cells as tigers attacking disease germs, then notes germs multiply and cause skin and health issues. Claims Electric Bitters regulate stomach liver and kidneys and expel poisons from blood. Endorsed by C. T. Budahn of Tracy California and available at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Hundreds of organists from across the country descend on Ocean Grove New Jersey for the annual convention and festival of the National Society of Organists. Delegates include many church organists and a busy ten day program of concerts is planned amid Methodist Episcopal missionary sessions.
The article explains railroad workers must carry highly accurate watches adjusted for heat and three positions to synchronize with standard time. Inspectors biweekly test and adjust each watch, with repairs by trusted craftsmen, ensuring uniform timekeeping across lines.
A tale recounts Pope Sixtus V as a monk and his friend the lawyer who fell into poverty. The lawyer travels to Rome asking for aid, grows ill, and asks his doctor to inform the pope. Sixtus sends a gift of lettuce, and inspection reveals money in the hearts, giving rise to the proverb about a man needing money from Sixtus V.
A humorous note recalls Herbert Spencer’s breakfast habit of strawberry ram to avoid monotony in digestion. It cites a man who allegedly declined after a too steady diet of mutton cops, suggesting variety aids stomach entertainment and health.
The passage argues a sound stomach underpins life liberty happiness and national strength, claiming hunger weakens soldiers and morale. It promotes Dr. Piercy’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for digestive diseases, promising renewed flesh and muscle and lasting health.
In Richmond Val Aug 1 a grand show of jewelry and precious stones valued near a million dollars opened the National American Retail Jewelry association convention. Guards watch the treasures after a thwarted robbery attempt by a supposed leader. Jewelers from all states and territories attend as the event runs through Saturday night.
A fragmentary scene shows Lucifer guiding a party through outer darkness. The dialogue hints at a striking effect produced by an automobile and cryptic phrases about gnoshing teeth and waiting ends.
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