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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
2
James Donahue of New Britain Connecticut reports severe kidney and bladder problems improved after using Foley's Kidney Cure. He credits two bottles for relief and passing a life insurance examination. The remedy claims to cure back ache and all forms of kidney and bladder trouble and is sold by druggists.
The Journal reports Santa Claus will visit Washington Iowa despite warm weather. Sunday schools at Baptist, Methodist, German, A M E churches held Christmas programs with songs recitations and plays. A live Santa appeared at several services delivering gifts as children enjoyed trees, ice cream, candy, and fruit.
A reflective verse notes time’s speed as the new year passes. It compares time to a train moving forward, counting days into weeks and weeks into months. The speaker urges gentle patience, humor, and renewed resolve as the bells near the end of the year.
A quoted exchange discusses a renowned inventor’s effort to make reading writing and arithmetic a concrete fact. The goal is to introduce these basics into modern schools, transforming education and broadening access for students.
The note attributes the origin of the custom to Eve who gathered autumn leaves for a new fall dress. It suggests that some modern fads trace back to ancient practices and that Eve’s behavior in autumn foreshadows current style choices.
A terse exchange explores self reference and ego as one speaker asserts independence from thought while the other questions the nature of self and thinking in a clipped dialogue. The fragment hints at philosophical ambiguity between identity and cognition.
At Christmas day, the family man should shed his grouch and smile a little for a change. The seasonal message urges joy and togetherness, noting how a festive mood uplifts households during the holiday.
A collection of humorous musings on scarcity, dignity, marriage, and parenting. The piece paints characters as Christmas gifts with broken handles and jokes about overbearing parents, stubborn pride, and the quirks of everyday life.
The forecast says generally fair conditions tonight with colder air. Saturday will see colder temperatures in the eastern and central portions of Iowa, with colder conditions prevailing through the period.
Barrett & Link and Grush meat markets closed guessing contests. Barrett & Link named three winners Matt Pratt J J Ross and B Wilson for a 485 pound beef. Grush market had a 49444 pound steer with six winners Harry Whitaker Sammie Hall James Sistern Jake Minick Walter Meek and Frank Cherryholmes, each to receive a ten pound roast.
To check a cold quickly, get Preventics from your druggist. Sold by J. H. Stewart, 48 tablets for 25 cents, trial boxes 5 cents. Safe and effective, no quinine or laxatives, taken at the sneeze stage to help prevent pneumonia bronchitis la grippe and feverish children.
Des Moines Register and Leader notes Rock Island railway will not curtail Iowa passenger service when the new time card goes into effect next Sunday. Chicago-Keota Eagle reports officials in Chicago favored cuts, while Iowa officials resisted.
Washington area readers are urged to try Mi-O-Na stomach tablets from Lemmon's Pharmacy with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure. The ad promises relief from indigestion headaches dizziness nervousness and other digestive complaints and claims Mi-O-Na strengthens the entire digestive tract.
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