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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1910
Page
5
Local notes report visits to Keota Winfield and Davenport and Bowman's selling half price Wooltex suits. The Vienna offers fresh candy and chocolates while Skovgaard Concert Company appears at the Graham tonight. Several residents travel for visits and business across Iowa with many social errands.
The young people of the First United Presbyterian church plan a social Thursday evening at the home of Dr and Mrs J C Boice on South Marion Avenue Pe.
A slave Androclus escapes harsh master and meets a wounded lion in a cave. He helps pull a thorn from the lion’s paw and becomes companions. Captured in Rome, the lion refuses to attack Androclus during a staged hunt, proving loyalty. Public mercy frees both.
The article notes how men played cards with remarkable skill in early Victorian days. Mr Pratt could, at the end of each rubber, correctly call the exact order of the cards and identify the players.
A testimonial from Schingeck of Buffalo New York reports lasting relief after trying Dr Kings New Life Pills for chronic constipation. The pills are advertised as unequaled for biliousness jaundice indigestion headache chills malaria and debility and priced 25 cents at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
A 63 year old man died at his home on September 5 from injuries sustained when kicked by a horse. The incident is reported by the Journal American Medical Association.
Mrs. D. Gilkeson of Youngstown Ohio recounts how her child suffered a severe cold and cough until Foley's Honey and Tar relieved throat and lung inflammation after a single bottle. The testimonial endorses the product with Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co. cited.
An advertisement promotes Foley's Kidney Pills claiming they cure backache strengthen kidneys correct urinary irregularities build up tissues remove uric acid to prevent Bright's Disease and Diabetes and restore health. Substitutes are refused and the product is sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy and NeKlhivney Drug Co.
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