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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1910
Page
6
Miss Ida Skipton announces new dressmaking parlors in the two front rooms over Lemley’s Grocery. Upgraded conveniences will allow more and better work for old and new customers after August 5.4716.
Sunday school at 9 50. Preaching at 11 by Rev Robt Clark of Beaver Falls Pa representing Geneva College. He will speak on educational work. Young people meet at 630 with no evening sermon.
Readers share testimonials from 1909 praising Parisian Sage as a cure for dandruff and itchy scalp. The ad notes the product sells for 50 cents a bottle, with guarantees and mail order options through Giroux Mfg. Co. Buffalo and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
St Paul officials expect 15 000 delegates to attend the five day September conservation congress in St Paul and Minneapolis. The National Conservation Association notes William H Taft as an original member and pioneer in the movement. Bernard N Baker heads the congress while Gifford Pinchot leads the association. Plans include hotel accommodations information bureaus and facilities to serve a large crowd.
An old Cleveland Leader excerpt mutters about women who imitate men and calls the imitation successful, provoking ridicule of both sexes and highlighting contemporary gender stereotypes in a brief, sharp line.
Wyeth s Sage and Sulphur is promoted as a superior scalp tonic and color restorer versus traditional sage tea. The product, sold at 50 cents to 1 dollar a bottle, is available in drug stores or direct from Wyeth Chemical Company of New York City, with Mc Elhinney Drug Co as a local recommender.
Philippine tapioca flour debuts on the market as producers announce its availability. Local merchants report steady demand and note the product aims to boost baking options for households and small bakeries across the region.
A composite of health commissioner Dr. Evans’s healthogram style maxims about filth and disease, wartime era quips on voters and politicians, and jokes about a fireman’s death and mustard plasters illustrate social rotation from Kansas City Journal to Everybody’s and Illustrated Bits.
An upcoming week features the thirty first triennial Grand Encampment opening in Chicago. Other events include conventions in Minneapolis Philadelphia Boston Madison Square Garden and Asbury Park with global delegates and notable hearings in New Jersey.
Local authorities assure residents that planned programs and ceremonies will proceed without delays or disruptions, with organizers coordinating traffic, safety, and logistics to ensure a seamless schedule.
In Berlin on August 6 the fifth International Council of Unitarian and Other Liberal Thinkers and World Congress for Free Christianity and Religious Progress welcomed nearly 200 American delegates. The day emphasized sightseeing and a reception, with a union service planned at the Jerusalem church and four simultaneous meetings in the evening on religion and social issues. Congress sessions begin Monday.
Bogota reports Senor Carlos Restrepe set to be inaugurated as Colombia's president tomorrow replacing Rafael Reyes who resigned. Restrepe, a Medallia native, will serve a four year term and is identified as a Conservative. Reyes, also Conservative, lost support after backing liberal ideas including church state separation and treason penalties, which spurred his resignation.
The ad claims malaria troubles disrupt life on the Panama Canal but states Electric Bitters destroy germs causing chills fever and debility. It quotes Wm A Fretwell of Lucama NC who says three bottles cured a severe malaria attack and restored health. Also mentions curing stomach liver and kidney troubles and preventing typhoid. Sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy for 50 cents with guarantee.
The London Spectator praises the Turkish soldier’s fatalistic wind like a mental habit that keeps him cool and enduring. It notes his calm pace, resilience, and steadiness, claiming he avoids panic and is hard to beat except by the best or bravest troops.
The Chicago Tribune quotes a scene where a woman demands Gerald pick between her and his old pipe. Without hesitation he discards the pipe and says he plans to buy a new one anyway.
A reflective aphorism invites awe for nature's beauty. The speaker urges a child to look up and feel the world, expressing gratitude and wonder at creation.
Knights Templar from across America arrive in Chicago for the triennial conclave, with 46 grand commanderies and about 1,250 subordinate commanderies represented. Noted visitors include the Earl of Fuston and Lord Athlumney as dignitaries, with a large parade planned and drills for the U S championship run midweek. Delegates booked hotels months in advance, and Illinois venues have prepared since the 1907 Saratoga session.
Edinburgh August 6 Scotland opens its first international aviation meet promoted by the Scottish Aeronautical Society with the Royal Aero Club and the Aerial League. Competitors from around the world vie for 40000 dollars in prizes at Lanark thirty miles from Glasgow. The event aims to boost Scotch innovation in aerial navigation.
The event coincides with the National Association of the Deaf annual convention. An exhibition showcases extensive displays of deaf craftsmen in diverse industrial lines, highlighting remarkable skill and delicate workmanship.
A fragment discusses a Mrs Bronson and a blunt husband who calls a spade a spade, contrasted with Mrs Woodson-Se and the speaker who refuses to repeat the lawn mower post en route to Oblate.
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