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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
3
An advertisement for Dr. Shoop Restorative promotes treating underlying ailments by addressing internal nerves and symptoms like bloating biliousness and bad breath. It claims samples free from Racine Wisconsin and mentions J H Stewart selling the product. A local baseball game between Barbers and Bakers is announced for 2:30 on the 3rd with readers invited to attend.
A wife recalls a vivid dream of a man stabbing his lover and later discovers the couple renting the same Surrey house as the dreamer had envisioned. She wonders whether to warn the fiancée, fearing hallucination or true omen, asking friends for guidance on believing dreams.
A collection of pointed quips on human folly and dignity, noting how some cling to pomp while others fault miserliness and minor mischief. One tale recalls a lodger who jokes butter into soup to strengthen flavor and humor.
A Dallas county pioneer recounts how Henry Lott, after Indians killed his wife and terrorized his family in 1853, waited, then killed the Indian band with an ax while they were drunk. Skeletons of twenty, including adults and children, were found later in a gravel pit near Scandia, skulls crushed as to a single weapon.
Judge Landis, who recently levied a record fine on Standard Oil, is said to be near a nervous breakdown at his brother's farm near Delphi Indiana. Exhaustion from three months of tense cases has worn him thin, after visiting his Indianapolis mother and finding himself in real distress. He was moved to Congressman Charles Landis's home for quiet.
The Singer Building in New York climbs higher than the Washington Monument as its steel frame of thirty six floors nears completion. Workers riveted the last beam on Saturday, signaling the structure will soon top the 555 foot granite shaft.
Barbers and Bakers will meet at Southeast Park on Tuesday September 3 as another fine game. Be there to see the matchup and enjoy the ballpark event.
Heavy downpour in Davenport Iowa on Monday night produced 1.02 inches in fifteen minutes, the largest fall for that duration ever recorded in the city. Water washed from the hills causing damage but no serious incidents reported.
Notice of a stockholders meeting for the Washington County Farmers Institute on Saturday September 7 at 2 o'clock. Full attendance of members is desired.
The ladies of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church plan a sale of edibles and produce next Saturday at the north side furniture store. Proceeds will support mission work.
Miss Alice Goonspeen of Lexington visits friends in the city. Mrs. Will Jones near Cotter stays with her mother Mrs. L. C. Daugherty. Craig Patterson returns to Ainsworth after a city day. Fart Haney and Homer Darbyshire arrive from Perte. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Walker go home to Ainsworth after West Chester visit. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Long and Edna Havre travel to Columbus Junction for the fair. M. L. Miller and son Bryan pass Des Moines on way home to Ainsworth from the state fair. Charles D. Gorham leaves for Columbus Junction then Detroit to manage property and sightseeing. Elmer Walters' A Thoroughbred Tramp at the Graham Aug 30 promises a famous train scene and lively drama.
For twenty five cents you can now insure yourself against any bad results from an attack of colic or diarrhoea during the summer months. That is the price of a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, a medicine that has never been known to fail. Buy it now, it may save life. For sale by Cook & Sherman.
Miss Mary Moore spends a few days visiting Ottumwa. Miss Cecil Rogers returns to Rubio for a week of camp life. Miss Helen Wilson leaves for Richland to visit the Fred Smith home. Mr and Mrs H J Work and children Bonnie and Harry Jr arrive from St Paul for a visit with the John Yockeys. Marion Denison Harve and Sherd Wilson head to Des Moines for a day at the state fair then on to Omaha to buy sheep. L D Huff and Mr and Mrs Bert Gillmore depart for Hillsville Michigan after a brief visit north of the city. They have just returned from Colo where they were sightseeing over the last weeks.
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