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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1908
Page
8
William B. Hurth arrived in New York from Ohio and met his mother for the first time in years. At forty-six, his memory recalls living with an aunt after he left home at age ten. He learned she was living in Brooklyn and intends to take her to Ohio to spend the rest of her life.
York Feb 7 Records in oil transportation across the Atlantic are rising as Standard Oil moves heavy volumes. The steamship A I sailed for Hamburg towing a five mast barge end of a long steel hawser eastward. The tow includes the oil carrying steamship Tro towing the Navahoe, the combined setup using a two and one fourth inch hawser. Navahoe capacity reaches 70 barrels while Troquois holds a record tank capacity.
Blew Out the Gas in Pa. city leaves three foreigners asphyxiated in a readinghouse fire incident. Police and fire crews investigated the cause and secured the scene as authorities determined gas exposure as the deadly factor.
Mn Feb 7 announcement says art von Stensel, secretary of the al troauty, has resigned. The text notes von Stengel's actions amid the empire's financial embargos and the scramble to align states and parties.
Fragmented notes report Ryan twenty two and his wife in Colorado City with a suicide linked to jealousy. Pennsylvania Railroad orders 55,000 tons of rails for 1908 delivery. Mes W. Pinchot, father of Girard, chief forester, dies in Washington after illness. A child seen ten years old. An appropriation bill nearly reaches $9,000,000 in weeks of House committee review. Rep Cary seeks a four year term for a house member. Fire in Racine rooms of a club causes $120,000 in damages. no firemen injured.
The ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease via internal use. It offers 100 reward for any case not cured and invites readers to request testimonials. Product sold by druggists for 75 cents, with Hall's Family Pills for constipation also advertised.
London reports an official denial stating there is no truth to Halifax telegraphs of a Pacific squadron increase. No China squadron changes planned, no intention to replace the old Pacific fleet, once based at Esquimalt, now reduced to a lone sloop.
Des Moines February 7 Iowa slowly recovers from a terrific sleet storm that toppled dozens of telegraph and telephone poles isolating towns. Communication is being re established though conditions remain far from normal.
In Pittsburg on February 7 police raided the tough district and arrested about one hundred shopgirls, most under twenty, found employed in restaurants, shops, and department stores.
Advice on powdering oily hair without clogging scalp pores and using cold cream to balance dry skin. It covers massaging oil glands, drying the face after washing, keeping a dressing stand stocked, making a diluted juice mouthwash for bleaching, and treating nails by washing and massaging with cold cream.
Miss Clara Barton celebrated her eighty sixith birthday in Washington and Miss Caron sister of Mrs. Roosevelt is at the White House for the winter. Miss Charlotte Gunn of Portland is invited to study voice with Jean de Reexke. Mary Ramsey Lemons Wood of Hillsboro Oregon is 120 and expects to reach 150. Mme Vestris used a milk oxide zinc and cornstarch facial paste to keep her complexion. Ethel Roosevelt attends Metropolitan dances at Sherry's New York and joins an exclusive class. Mrs Thomas F Ryan has been named countess by Pope Pius X and reportedly gives away a million dollars yearly. Countess Tolstoi supervises a Moscow museum honoring her husband with letters including a Rockefeller note on spending money.
After washing, hang items with soil hidden so stains are less visible. Fill a dry enamel kettle with boiling water to avoid enamel chipping from cold water. Add felt pads to shelves for porcelain protection. Use a dolly between fragile plates to prevent breakage. Install brass cup hooks under a pantry shelf to hang teacups by their handles and stack saucers below.
George Moore of Grimesland North Carolina credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his life from consumption. He says improvement started with the first bottle and after a dozen bottles he was well again. The remedy is offered at Stewart's Pharmacy priced 50 cents and one dollar with a trial bottle free.
Select a ham cured at least two years. Soak twelve hours, skin up, in cold water. Boil gently with onion lemon pepper bay leaves tarragon vinegar and cider vinegar until fat bone loosens. Remove skin score fat, brown top, cool, and do not cut until the second day.
A ceremonial crowd responds to a lengthy oration as a civic official delivers a grand, rhetorical speech. Applause and cheers punctuate the proceedings.
Long straggling hairs in the brows may be temporarily removed with tweezers or permanently by electrolysis.
The article surveys monarchs and rulers including the Japanese emperor with many residences, the Chinese emperor and Indian viceroy ruling large populations, Queen Louise of Denmark as a leading queen, and the German crown prince working at the interior ministry. It notes punctuality and routine as well.
A collection of quotations on women and love from Wallace Holmes Cervantes Limayrae and Joubert. The lines explore affection religious bias and prudent marriage choices with sharp paradoxes and moral reflections.
A short exchange shows a male speaker describing leaving home as a hot time while a female retorts that death would make no difference. The clip reads as a line from a Gadfly cartoon.
Advice on treating early cold symptoms with small ice morsels and honey. Recommends salt water rubbing for spinal or leg bowing, and using sea salt as a home remedy for general wellness.
Simple Remedy for La Grippe. Foley's Honey and Tar stops the cough and heals the lungs to prevent pneumonia. The genuine product contains no harmful drugs and is in a yellow package. Sold by all druggists.
O A Samson and Alphn A Heaton file in Washington County District Court a quiet title suit for parcels in Washington with unknown claimants and heirs. Plaintiffs allege they and their predecessors hold fee simple title by adverse possession for over twenty years and seek dismissal of all clouds, with judgment barring any opposing claims. The case notes publication and sets a March 17, 1908, start date for the next term and warns default will lead to judgment.
Notice of incorporation for The George H. Paul Company with principal office in Washington Iowa. It outlines business scope across real estate livestock milling and transport, authorized capital stock 50000 dollars, five directors, annual meeting on the first Monday of January, and liability protection for stockholders. The charter dates January 6 1908 and December 31 1907 start.
Everette Sadler rode in this morning en route to West Chester. P. D. VanHorn arrived from Cotter and spent the day on business. Mr and Mrs Jean B Carden arrived on No 1 and will visit at the Harry T Nutt home in south Washington before continuing to Winfield to visit relatives.
Free trial catarrh treatments are being mailed by Dr. Shoop of Racine Wisconsin to prove the value of his remedy. The scientific prescription is widely known to druggists and is sold by J H Stewart.
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