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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
15
A playful poem from 1910 debates if a Christmas tree could be a popcorn, candle, spangle, or candy tree. Children and parents discuss grown versus made items before concluding the tree is simply a Christmas tree loaded with Santa’s goodies.
Uncle Bob offers a playful guide through fanciful rides featuring an ostrich, a llama, a wild boar, and a wart hog as possible Christmas gifts. The narrator notes the ostrich’s tameness, discusses climate needs for the llama, and suggests a pedal buggy or a sled as safer options. Roosevelt is cited in a playful aside about wild animals.
A collection of small vignettes and jokes: a bachelor Santa tale about giving to orphaned children, a Southern household wage anecdote, a tale of the Kakha Khel thieves in India, and tips for cleaning wall paper with blotting paper and heat. The pieces showcase seasonal kindness, humor, and curiosities from distant locales.
An 19th century health notice warns against mercury containing remedies for catarrh and endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and taken internally. It promotes buying only genuine products and mentions testimonials and availability from druggists with pricing.
Cholera was first recognized by the Portuguese in India in the mid sixteenth century. It has a characteristic progression following a well defined route, moving at a pace comparable to an average foot journey.
The text states the safest method to destroy black gunpowder is to throw it into water to dissolve the saltpeter. It provides a direct, practical disposal instruction without additional context.
A breezy 1910 poem in which Uncle Sam dresses as Santa and delivers gifts across Porto Rico and the Philippines. It notes saccharine visions of goodwill and ends with a quip about casting ballast on Panama while the airship returns.
Bold ad promises a one day cure for cold symptoms using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails and each box bears ER W GROVE’S signature. Price listed as 25 cents.
An old advertisement touts TIZ a medical toilet tablet that draws out inflammation and soreness. It promises cure for corns bunions frostbite and ingrown nails and claims smaller shoes can be worn. Sold by Walter Luther Dodge & Co Chicago 26 cuts per box direct order.
The government printing office last year set a type that could wrap around the world one and one fifth times. Reports indicate about a quarter mile of the printed lines were read.
J. W. Greer of Greenwood Louisiana suffered severe lumbago requiring hypodermic injections. After taking Poleys Kidney Remedy he reports the pain no longer bothers him. Lantimon Pharmeth McElhinney Drug Co.
A brief remark notes that a pipe can transform a fool into a wiser man by quieting speech, illustrating a saying about restraint and wisdom.
An advertisement credits A. Schingeck of Buffalo New York with a claim that Dr King's New Life Pills prevent constipation and cure biliousness jaundice indigestion headaches chills malaria and debility. The product priced at 25 cents is sold at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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