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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1908
Page
6
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for foul stomach and biliousness. It likens stomach churning to butter churns and claims the remedy sweetens the stomach, purifies blood, and heals eruptions and ulcers. It urges readers to request a free booklet by mail.
Patrice Partly so my foot was asleep Yonkers Statesman reports a light humorous exchange about waking up and zoning in on a trivial moment from a local column or chat.
A witty exchange frames a thrift contrast as a couple debates saving versus spending for a rainy day. The woman insists on a silk umbrella while the man asserts future savings, capturing a playful gendered tension in financial choices.
Colorado destinations include Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo with returns at 23.15. Low tourist rates to Salt Lake City Hot Springs S C St Paul and Minneapolis and other resorts. 39.90 to Mammoth Hot Springs return with extra hotel and staging charges in Park Colorado included without extra charge. Gig Horn Basin Excursions conducts home seekers' tours on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday each month under D Clem Deaver to help settlers secure irrigated lands in Big Horn Basin Wyoming and Yellowstone Valley Montana.
Community updates list residents home and traveling for business visits with Iowa City Dubuque Keota Wapello and Colfax. Names include Amy Edworthy Jessie Sage Josephine Babcock Alice Goodspeed Weston Goodspeed Myrtle Pettit Scott Reister Bert Tracy and many others with scattered travel and social plans.
Advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar gives immediate asthma relief and cures cases unresponsive to other treatments. It is touted as best for coughs colds and throat and lung troubles with no harmful drugs, from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
A line from Unsere Gesellschaft suggests giving the husband oil, three or four teaspoonfuls daily, and if no benefit, using the oil to grease boots. The remark reflects humorous advice on medical remedies and domestic practicality.
A short editorial style passage from the Atchison Globe discusses self discipline and learning from others. It argues against idle criticism and praises diligence, noting that one learns more from others’ flaws than from teaching. It also asserts restraint and listening as key virtues in professional life.
Warning about appendicitis linked to chronic constipation. Praises Foley's Orino Laxative for stimulating liver and bowels and restoring natural action without nausea or griping. Claims it is mild and pleasant to take with substitutes refused. Lemmon's Pharmacy.
The Orloff diamond once topped a Brahman idol and was stolen by a French soldier. It passed to an Indian merchant for 10000 dollars, then to a buyer for 60000 dollars and finally to Catherine II for 450000 dollars. Wilkie Collins used this tale in his novel The Moonstone.
Mr and Mrs Harley Cherrynolmes and Mr and Mrs Clyde Burham arrived home yesterday morning from Aberdeen South Dakota where they looked over the country. They report an excellent trip and say South Dakota is producing big agricultural returns this year.
Mrs M M Davidson of San Jose California commends Electric Bitters as a powerful family remedy for headache biliousness and liver and bowel torpor. She asserts a bottle provides more digestive health than any other remedy known to her and notes Lemmon’s Pharmacy sells it for 25 cents with a guarantee.
David Crotch, last head of the Pottowatomie Indians, is dying at the Menominee reservation near Hermanville. Nearly eighty, he signed the 1888 treaty with the United States and ruled with an iron will in his prime. His wife remains beside him as his health declines, with no expectation of more than a week.
Jack Young of Indianapolis, employed by a paving contractor, died suddenly in Fort Wayne while with his fiancée Miss Hazel Aigood. They walked to a grove. when she dropped a sidecomb he stooped, rose crying in pain, and collapsed, dying in her arms before aid could arrive.
A nine year old boy from Anderson attempted a treetop slide using a wire to the ground. The device stuck at twenty feet causing a fall that broke an arm and caused internal injuries.
Miss Dora Minick of the New York store enjoys her vacation. Miss Alice Denison returns from Pleasant Plain. Mrs. R L Patterson and daughter Ruth return from Brighton. Miss Dorothy Sutton visits grandparents in Washington Iowa. Prof W Wilcox returns from Storm Lake after six Chautauqua addresses. next week he starts eight lectures in Washington Iowa.
Plaintiffs D. B. Klopfenstein and Marie C. Slocum file suit in Washington County Iowa seeking to quiet title to extensive real estate described in Lots One and Two in Block Twenty two and Lot Eight in Block Twenty and Lots three to seven in Chil cote Addition. defendants include numerous individuals and unknown heirs asserting various claims to the fee simple. A September 1 1908 term is set with publication of notice for four weeks.
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