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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
4
Officials warn that impure soaps are a direct cause of skin diseases and should be avoided regardless of fragrance or luster. The advisory urges consumers to choose trusted brands and check ingredients to prevent health risks.
An advertisement urges customers to choose Pure Soaps from the plen assortment and claims protection against inferior products. It states price range of 10c to 50c per cake and emphasizes purity and reliability for buyers.
A brief music note credits Lester Keith for a composition titled I Only Know No 55. The snippet indicates the piece number and composer attribution.
A. S. Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana reports a three month summer cold and hay fever cleared by Foley's Honey and Tar after other medicines failed. He adds his wife had the same success with the product as stocked by Lemmon's Pharmacy and Mckihinney Drug Co.
The wealthy owner on his new yacht asks the anxious captain for news. The captain reports the barometer falling rapidly, and the owner jokingly suggests it may be due to a loose nail.
An advertisement claims Foley's Urine Laxative treats indigestion stomach trouble and habitual constipation by stimulating the stomach and liver and regulating the bowels. Lemmon's Pharmacy and HeElhinney Drug Co.
A duchess may stay influential despite shabby attire while a suburban lady shuns socializing with a friend in an old-fashioned frock. The remark contrasts status and appearance, noting the social invisibility of fashion missteps for the powerful versus the scrutiny faced by ordinary women.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages as a constitutional disease. It is taken internally and said to cure by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. The ad offers $100 for any case it fails to cure and invites testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists at 75 cents. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A local ad boasts 176, Anderson & Wilson selling cook stove coal and competing claims of quality. The pitch invites customers to compare and believe their product is best.
The piece credits Carry Nation with spurring Alderman J L Lamery to close squalid houses and enforce saloon laws in Des Moines on Sept 15 1908. It notes statements by J B Hammond praising Nation and alleging her visit sparked the reform push that led to the crackdown on vice in the city.
An old remedy for darkening hair and stimulating growth is offered as Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur. Modern druggists supply this ready to use tonic in bottles of 50c and 1.00, available through Wyeth Chemical Company or local agents McElhinney Drug Co. Special Agents I.
Local note roundup lines report J W Smith leaving for Clinton for work and Miss Martha Porter arriving from Ainsworth. Various residents travel to Burlington Eldon Keota Marketsburg and Utah. Lillian Brookhart resigns and plans Utah home. A long humorous verse ends with a moral about advertising.
President Roosevelt cites legally conducted combinations of brains and capital as the backbone of business and credits them with making the nation a great mercantile commercial and financial center.
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