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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1907
Page
8
The notice touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe universal remedy for coughs colds and the white plague claiming its certainty and safety. The genuine product is in a yellow package and is sold by all druggists.
A king on a hot ride loses his golden crown in a pool after drinking. A goblin, a dwarf, a water fairy and a prince scheme to reclaim it. A dwarf king hosts a feast, a talking fowl steals the crown, and a magic ointment transforms a fairy into a princess who shares the prince’s fortune.
Brief notes on William M. Laffan collector of ceramics, Marquis Bebino planning to swim East River, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler honored by Cambridge, Col Charles M Jarvis gifting land for a school site, Josiah Anderson Carter named governor Hoke Smith's secretary, Isidor Wormser known for outdoor trading habit, Michael Balfe poverty in London, Asa G. Candler's 75000 dollar Wesley memorial subscription, S W Atherton founder of Union stockyard, life in Chicago.
The piece notes shrinking postcard interest in England and calculates land per person at about one and a quarter acres if divided. Westminster guardians grant a workhouse inmate £4 for false teeth and palate. British warships with chaplains will receive organs to enhance services, two ships receive them immediately. Peterborough mourns John Thomas Dean age eighty five, last post boy of the city, famed for riding eighty miles in eight hours.
The article notes Germany's population now exceeds 60 605 000. It states German exports include over 3 billion lead pencils annually and shipments exceed 10 million daily. It mentions horseflesh as a newspaper specialty and that under 10 percent of emigrants were natives of the empire, with most ships arriving by rail from Russia, Austria Hungary, and areas south and east.
The New York Herald notes NYC leads in pet dogs per capita outside Paris while hospital records show one man killed or seriously injured weekly on each city deck. It also cites lower native birth rates than any world city, with Brooklyn highest and Manhattan lowest. Liberty Street name dates to the Revolution, previously Crown Street.
A tale from the New York Tribune recalls Verdi seeking rest at Montecatini. He found a grand piano and Il Trovatore on the rack, locked the instrument, and hurled the piano key into a abyss to secure peace during his stay.
In a witty exchange a junior partner suggests hanging crape for the recently deceased head of the firm. The chief clerk corrects him noting the item is an office towel, not mourning material, reflecting a dry Dickensian tone.
The Washington Star quotes Stormingtion Barnes on actors and plays being evident while seeking someone who can reliably discover audiences.
A humorous exchange at a railroad station features a large man and a talking chewing gum machine. The machine quips that the next customer will determine the weight loss or gain, reflecting playful satire in the Catholic Standard and Times.
A humorous exchange asks if radical changes in men’s hat styles will occur. Waggles jokes that only a hat covering the bald spot on the back of the head could trigger a trend, a quip typical of Harpers Weekly.
A coy widow asks if marriage is a lottery. The fussy old bachelor says not to the eye without green spectacles, calling it more like a shell game. Chicago News tone captures sharp quip between sharp-witted pair.
A doctor asks the husband to recall when his wife last wore a new dress and hat and whether she has visited the sea this year. The line appears in Meggendorfer Blatter.
A Kansas City Times snippet notes that customs are creally increasing and wryly observes couples settling into routines. The brief reflects social chatter on domestic life and changing habits.
A comic line shows Chips asking a question and another replying they are erasing debt. The exchange hints at financial pressure and casual banter within the duo.
A vintage advertisement touts Lax-Digest as a superior laxative and digestant from a renowned medical figure. It claims no bowels flushing, candy like taste, and a money back guarantee, with two sizes priced at 10 and 25 cents.
A federal styled notice describes J H Wagner Company and many heirs and unknown claimants in a large Washington County Iowa land tract. The petition seeks to quiet title and remove adverse claims to the described real estate in section 20 township 75 range 7 west, with a public notice date of July 18 1907 and a September 3 1907 court appearance.
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