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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1907
Page
7
After consulting her guardian Myrtle decides she cannot afford the luxury of marrying the duke. This restrained choice highlights agency within constrained circumstances and frames a social expectation of financial prudence.
A Fairbanks Alaska News item explains that drawn to scale Alaska would span from Savannah Georgia to Los Angeles and from Mexico to Canada on a United States map. It notes Alaska’s Pacific coast region experiences mild winters and the arctic coast is colder than Duluth.
A playful exchange has a lady asking to photograph a farm servant at work. The farmer agrees but warns the process may take two or three hours to catch him at work.
Mr. W. Bigler of Piqua Ohio discusses aging and weakness noting he finds little that compares to the tremors and sleeplessness that accompany growing old.
The report notes Colonel Pete Hepburn of Iowa pushes to regulate grain and cotton futures, uniting southern lawmakers for a comprehensive bill. It lists senate heavyweights Kittredge Heyburn and Davis as top figures, recalls the late David Davis’s size and a humorous anecdote, and mentions clerks and seat drawings including 23 for Bede.
Judge Charles T. Moore of Pinckneyville dismissed the divorce suit of Mary Biby against William Biby. He held Mrs Biby still married to Biby and illegally married to Eleanor Fetts, following a St Louis remarriage after a May divorce. The ruling could affect hundreds of Illinois couples previously wed elsewhere.
Chicago December 11 secretary of state James A Rose formally announced his candidacy for reelection. The move is expected to trigger several aspirants for posts on the next Republican state ticket. The announcement signals Rose doubts a direct plurality primary bill will pass the legislature.
The forecast shows fair conditions across Illinois and Indiana with rising temperatures. Wisconsin and Iowa expect generally fair weather and warmer conditions throughout the period.
Chicago Board of Trade quotes show mixed prices across Wheat Corn Oats Pork Lard Short Ribs and Cash Sales with grain bids and livestock ranges. East Buffalo market reports steady cattle hog and sheep prices with strong lambs and calves noted.
New Britain Connecticut resident James Donahue reports failing kidney remedies and diabetes treatment until Foley's Kidney Cure. After two bottles he improved and five bottles cured him, enabling a life insurance exam. Foley's Kidney Cure claims to cure back-ache and all kidney and bladder troubles. Sold by all Druggists.
Wilber Miller installs a twentieth century furnace regulator with a basement unit and upstairs thermometer. The device opens and closes drafts to heat rooms at set temperatures and uses an alarm clock to start warming before wake time. It lacks automatic coal shovel and ash dump though the concept works.
An advertisement claims half of Washington doctors’ prescriptions stem from stomach weakness. It urges strengthening stomach muscles to treat indigestion and related symptoms and promotes Mi O Na tablets with a full refund guarantee from Lemmon’s Pharmacy, offering risk free purchase with every box.
A box supper will be held Thursday evening the 12th at the Eureka school house south of the city. Proceeds go to a worthy cause and a large attendance is hoped for. Everyone is warmly invited. Foley's Honey and Tar is marketed as a safe cough remedy without opiates, and is sold by all druggists.
A supper is planned at the Eureka school on Thursday evening. Before the meal the Bu Literary society will present a program featuring address by Lawrence Grosseup, solo by Miss Ethel Waters, and recitation by Miss Pearl Bunten bach.
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