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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1905
Page
5
Advice urges frequent care for small children in hot weather and prescribes castor oil as a first remedy for bowel disorders. If needed, Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should follow, with castor oil kept ready for immediate use. Sold by Stewart's Pharmacy Cook Sherman.
Ottumwa items note various locals visiting nearby towns, bakery sales at Johnsons, and upcoming baseball clashes Riverside versus Washington at the ball park. Mentions of license to wed J Bradford and Mary L Topping of Wellman, and travel to Muscatine, Columbus Junction, Keota, and fairfield.
The text portrays Lucrezia Borgia as a striking beauty with gray eyes and yellow hair. It notes a drooping upper eyelid giving a languid look and a habit of sidewise glances that unsettled observers. It also highlights her conversational wit and ability to hold her own in any company.
The text notes average storm waves reach thirty feet, with the highest waves between forty four and forty eight feet. It cites Skerryvore lighthouse where a rock mass of five and a half tons was thrown seventy two feet and a thirteen and a half ton mass torn from a cliff seventy four feet high.
South Bend Indiana July 26 The Central Labor Union invited Tom Lawson to deliver a Labor Day speech at its demonstration in the city.
Arthur Hoebner notes in Century that Rome once led in art education but Paris now dominates. He explains competition winners spend four years at the Villa Medici under French government patronage, highlighting a shift of artistic influence from Rome to Paris and enduring Italian masterworks.
The tale recalls John A. Sutter aiding a drunken friend who fell into a new Sacramento drainage canal in winter 1852. As the friend sank, Sutter refused to abandon him and chose to join him in the water, offering companionship in the perilous moment.
An old time quack boasted of a so called sympathetic ointment. The recipe lists ingredients and directions to mix into a fine paste. The treatment claimed to cure injuries by applying the ointment to the wound.
A woman with degrees from three colleges responds to a question about marriage. She states she does not object to marriage per se but dislikes the requirement of having a husband to get married.
A Houston Post quip notes a simple rationale for permitting Cholly Saphed’s attentions while Jack travels in Europe. The exchange highlights a cheeky justification centered on Jack’s European sojourn and social permissiveness.
A list of soup accompaniments and garnishes including mulligatawny with boiled rice and mint powder, pea soup with dried mint, croutons, red currant jelly, hare notes, turtle soup with lemon, Clear Soup with Italian pastes and Parmesan, Colbert style with poached eggs, croutes en pot, Bouillabaisse with croutons, lemon quarters, artichoke, lettuce, Crecy, and various bisques served with toasts or crackers.
Washington reports that M. de Witte, while serving as peace commissioner, is also authorized to negotiate with the U S government on tariff relations between the United States and Russia to help adjust reciprocal duties.
An 19th century overview explains horse influenza with pink eye lids and fever, noting rapid spread, high susceptibility, and potential 1 percent death rate if properly treated. It outlines nursing, feed, water, and non prescription remedies including beta donna and belladonna mixtures, steam treatments, and cautions against monthly drenches without veterinary advice.
W W Morton in Breeders Gazette warns against using stunted pigs as breeders and planting ear nubs yearly. A runt sow may birth good pigs but should not be used for successive generations to avoid shrinking the breed into pony pigs.
The Iowa experiment station concludes that beef production from dairy type steers is unprofitable and undesirable. They produce low grade carcasses and yield little profit, while breeders and feeders waste time on such stock. The article cites prior tests and notes silage gains over dry roughage and discusses Polled Durham breed standards.
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