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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1907

Page

2

Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Pazo Ointment Claim

An advertisement guarantees cure of itching bleeding and protruding piles in 6 to 14 days with Pazo ointment or a full refund. The claim emphasizes rapid relief and money back assurance.

Homeseekers Excursions Offer Low One Way Fares

The Iowa Central Railway announces on the first and third Tuesdays of January to March inclusive one way tickets at 2.00 above half fare for homeseekers and settlers to many western and southern points. Agents in Minneapolis, A B Cutts G P and T A provide rates and details.

Nebraska Colorado Kansas Missouri Arkansas Indian Territory Oklahoma Texas Louisiana Alabama Mississippi Iowa Central A. B. Cutts Minneapolis Minn Iowa Central Rail Way North Northwest Uth Southwest Minnesota South Dakota North Dakota Arizona Idaho Iowa Mexico Montana New Mexico Utah Wisconsin Michigan

Dr Shoop's Restorative Aimed at Nerve Control of Kidneys

The ad claims weak kidneys come from nerve weakness not organ failure and promotes Dr Shoop's Restorative as a targeted remedy. It asserts back pain, dark or strong urine indicate distress and urges a month long trial with liquid form, sold by druggists.

Humor and Philosophy Halting Chinese Reform Progress

The piece notes an imperial decree hindering new educational methods and urges teachers to indoctrinate Chinese youths with ancient Confucian maxims. It questions Western learning and predicts clash with modern business students, suggesting Confucius alone won’t ensure future success. It adds humor about the ineffectiveness of mere classical wisdom.

Confucius Ft. Bernum Triois

Strengthened Pure Food Law Passes Senate With No Opposition

Des Moines reports the Iowa Senate approved the Newberry bill to tighten the pure food law, ensuring accurate weights and measures and full ingredient statements for mixed foods. Other actions include school district consolidation, higher salaries for state officials, insurance and county fair bills, and a street assessment expansion for towns. Two miners die in separate incidents at Price and Lost Creek mines, Cyrus Kerr and Mike Casper, the latter leaving a wife and seven children.

Des Moines Iowa Senate Jamison House Jones Montgomery Gililland Maben Harding Hambleton Iowa League of Municipalities Miller Dubuve Dubuque Cyrus Kerr Price Mines Mike Casper Lost Creek Kerr Casper

Wealth Measures Cast Light on Nations Riches

The verse contrasts riches in this favored country with England where wealth is counted in pounds and here measured by barrels, highlighting differing units of value and abundance.

England

Painful piano echoes confuse Maybel in kitchen

The phrase depicts a humorous scene as Maybel’s musical practice in a nearby room is misinterpreted. A quipped response notes the piano’s imagined distress while the household jokes about the noise.

Maybel

What Other Object

A brief note questions a wife writing to her husband daily while apart and asks whether she frequently needs money. The lines imply concern over correspondence and financial support during absence.

Pair Sparks Banter Over Water Drinking Quip

A playful exchange centers on a mock toast to “drink to me only with thine eyes” followed by a witty reply that the only drink available is water, highlighting lighthearted humor between speakers.

Funeral for George Brockway in Cone Iowa

Remains brought from Des Moines to Cone for funeral in the Methodist church led by Rev. R. D. Pool. George Brockway, about 66, died Saturday after a year long illness. He leaves a wife and eight children who accompanied the body to the old Brockway cemetery two miles north of Cone.

George Brockway Columbus Junction Iowa Des Moines Cone Methodist R. D. Pool Brockway

New Life Pills Claim Universal Appeal

Six years ago John Pleasant of Magnolia Indiana recalls starting Dr King’s New Life Pills and believes the longer he uses them the better they work. The ad-style claim asserts the pills please everybody and are guaranteed at Stewart’s pharmacy priced at 25e.

John Pleasant Magnolia Ind Dr. King Stewart

Brothers Reunite After 14 Years Near Ill Brother in St Louis

St Louis reports a touching reunion as W and Harry Brooks from Iowa travel after learning their brother Frank Brooks lies ill with consumption at the city hospital. Frank, 43, is in very serious condition and will be moved west when able. Each brother works in the drug trade. Harry near Sioux City, R W in Des Moines, Frank in St Louis for a decade.

St. Louis St. W Harry Brooks Iowa City Hospital Frank Brooks Sioux City R. W. Brooks Des Moines Frank

Death of Captain CO. A. Lucas G A R Leader at 70

Iowa City remembers Captain CO. A. Lucas a renowned G A R figure who died at his home aged 70 after a 47 year stay in the city Born in Belgium he enlisted at the outbreak of the Civil War and captained Company D of the 24th Iowa Infantry He sketched Southern fortifications later praised by the war department Survived by son Louis Lucas of Cedar Rapids and daughter Clara D. Lucas of Iowa City

Iowa City Iowa CO. A. Lucas Captain Lucas Belgium War Department Twenty-Fourth Iowa Infantry Louis Lucas Cedar Rapids Clara D. Lucas

Tragic Fire Kills Child in Dike Iowa Home

A fire in Dike Grundy Center Iowa yesterday morning killed a little daughter of Adolph Phiesen aged about four and burned a 14 year old infant. The children were locked in the house while the mother fetched water and it is believed they started the blaze by playing with matches. The mother learned of the fire as neighbors ran toward the house. The family is described as very poor.

Dike Grundy Center Iowa Dike Adolph Phiesen

Triple Funeral Held In Allerton For Three Pioneer Women

Allerton Iowa February 6 a triple funeral was conducted in one service by a single preacher for three pioneer women all over eighty. Mrs Churchill Mrs Morris and Mrs Marshall Richman long resident since 1850 left nineteen children. The grip is cited as the immediate cause with many other cases reported.

Allerton Iowa Churchill Morris Marshall Richman Wayne County

Hunting for Trouble Cures Found in Arnica Salve

Charles Walters of Alleghany Sierra County says he has used Bucklen's Arnica Salve for 20 years in California and it cures burns sores wounds boils cuts sprains and piles. Stewart's pharmacy guarantees its effectiveness and offers the remedy.

California Bucklen Charles Walters Alleghany, Sierra Co Mr. Walters Stewart

Local business and social visits noted around town

Dan Wenger visited Wayland on business yesterday. Miss Dol Buckley spent the day with Mrs. Earl Lewis in Oskaloosa. John Riley from Burlington was a business visitor in town yesterday. J M Johnson and son Robert left for Garden City Kansas. Miss Ressa Norton is on vacation from Rothschild dry goods. Miss Bertha Reiner on vacation from Mutual telephone duties visiting her brother near Richmond.

Dan Wenger Wayland Miss Dol Buckley Earl Lewis Oskaloosa John Riley Burlington J. M. Johnson and Son Robert Garden City Kan Bertha Reiner Mutual Telephone Office Richmond

Fire gut Cedar Falls boarding house. 16 girls escape

A large boarding house at Normal Hill owned by Frank Collins in Cedar Falls burned completely on Monday morning. Sixteen female students escaped, while firemen saved most personal effects and household goods. Collins reported losses of 2500 dollars, marking the first serious blaze in thirty one years.

Cedar Falls Iowa Frank Collins Normal Hill Collins

Twin Mining Accidents Kill Two Men in Mahaska Camps

In Mahaska County Iowa two miners died Monday morning in identical accidents, each crushed between hoisting cages and side shafts in camps twenty miles apart. The incidents occurred within a short interval, highlighting a rare coincidence in local mining peril.

Oskaloosa Iowa Mahaska

Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Remedy Ad

An old advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure for obstinate coughs and a mild laxative, claiming guaranteed results. It notes the yellow package by All Druggists and urges the disrupted congregation member to buy a bottle.

Oley Foley

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