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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1907
Page
6
An old ad promotes IN-GAW headache medicine as a quick cure. It stresses headache as mankind’s most common ailment and claims rapid relief with no aftereffects. Available in two sizes for 10c and 2x, through local drugstores or direct from J H Wagner Company.
The article discusses Roman road costs and construction methods, noting estimates of up to $100,000 per mile and detailing multiple layers from foundation to cement. It mentions European roads’ decay, Bergier’s measurements, and the variability of road width, with Italy and England specifics. A separate note highlights hardware dealers and the importance of good roads for farmers and merchants.
A vintage guide explains how a boy can craft a minie dart toy from a pine stick a cardboard tail and a whip. It details cutting shaping balancing and launching the dart for safe high flights and playful fun.
An excerpt describes the bat as a night flyer that feeds on insects, sleeps in day, and roams at dusk with wings folded, noting harmlessness while warning of rare bites. It also covers the whippoorwill, a night bird that skims ground for soft bodied insects, nests minimally, and has a wide bristled mouth. A Pacific basket fish is mentioned as a strange seabed creature with long arms forming a basket-like frame.
A damaged OCR fragment presents a rhythmic counting poem about trying and failing to count beyond a limit. The speaker notes many others peeping and blinking, restarting the count at nine, then seeing a thousand others in the sky, concluding counting ends at ten.
A Philadelphia Ledger report by Frank Lindsey praises California for advancing a good roads program. He recalls rugged travel, washed-out routes, and the rise of roadwork featuring convicts in guarded gangs. He sees California leading in road construction and predicts wider adoption.
The piece notes a push to raise the state road commissioner's salary and expenses, granting authority to determine road types and authorize shade tree planting along highways. It cites Governor Stuart and the Good Roads movement as historical context for increasing road funding and clerical support.
This piece outlines pipe smoking basics from pipe selection to filling and lighting. It stresses straight wide bore pipes for easy cleaning, rotation of pipes, careful packing for even burn, and maintaining a smooth bowl with regular cleaning. It also touches on starting a new briar with a bellows method and the role of cake in the bowl.
A historical overview of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery highlighting its glycerine extraction, alcohol-free formula, and claimed cures for weak stomach indiges tion and biliousness. It notes endorsements, cautions about expectations, and ancillary medical care tips on splints, lace cleaning, leather care, and shoe preservation.
Morristown Times reports an astronomer warns of a colossal dark planet racing toward the sun with a collision expected in a few thousand years, predicting a frightful impact that could scar Old Sol and erase its sunspots.
The District Court in Washington County Iowa September Term 1907 includes litigation by Cate against Jogse Ashby land wife Fanny Ashby and others. The petition seeks a judgment declaring the plaintiff absolute owner in fee simple of described real estate and to quiet title against unknown claimants with the suit to be heard at the Court House in Washington. The notice calls for appearance by defendants by the next term or default will be entered. Attorney Kellogg represents the plaintiff. The notice requests publication weekly in the Washington Evening Journal for four weeks.
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