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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1911
Page
3
New York reports that the autumn fashion will drop corsets puffs rats and false hair. A Paris fashion journal says a committee of modistes artists and physicians endorsed hygienic artistic styles that will also be profitable to dressmakers.
Admiral Togo, hero of the Sea of Japan battle, met Mayor Fitzgerald in Boston and toured the Boston Navy Yard and Fore River Shipyard. He plans to address Harvard University, then depart for Buffalo and Niagara Falls, with a farewell stop in Montreal after leaving the United States.
Following New York City's lead, Milwaukee suffragists announce an October fast to save money for the cause. They urge avoiding soda fountains, candy, theatres, gowns, hats, parties, and vacations and to walk to cut cab fares.
Nashville marks the anniversary of Davy Crockett born in 1786 and notes that in 1811 he left Green County Tennessee to seek the wilderness where he gained fame as a hunter. The piece adds that in one month he killed forty eight bears.
A special meeting of the New York Chamber of Commerce was convened to discuss the proposed new charter for the metropolis. Prominent men examined various aspects of the document.
Lawrence Mass August 17 The big Everett cotton mills suspend operations today and plan to resume likely on full time by the fifth of next month pending conditions and market demand.
An old ad warns hot weather harms skin and promotes D. D. D. for relief. It claims D. D. D. comes in $1 bottles but offers a trial for 25 cents. The sellers Cook & Sherman vouch for its soothing healing properties on inflamed skin.
A vintage medical ad extols Electric Bitters as a blood purifier that boosts stomach liver and kidney function. It claims quick fight against germs and skin ailments, cites a testimonial from C. T. Pudahn of Tracy California, and lists a 50 cent price at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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