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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1908
Page
2
Ohio native Jud Harmon ranks with Taft and Foraker in a Cincinnati focus as 1900 era politics swirl. The piece traces Harmon’s career from Denison University antics to a law and public service path and notes his conservative principles and presidential ambitions.
The great actress neglects acknowledgment of a signed photo from Queen Alexandra. Mme Janotha writes to remind, prompting Bernhardt to issue a birthday greeting telegram with flowers and a floral toilet around the queen’s portrait. The telegram becomes a treasured possession of the queen.
A Cincinnati perspective traces Harmon Foraker and Taft as potential presidential contenders. The piece recalls Harmon’s turn from judge to attorney general and notes shifts in political stance from radical to conservative. It highlights college era anecdotes and the public appetite for a Cincinnati presidency.
Mrs Helen Barton of 27 Pearson Street Chicago writes that after a week on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound her nervous trouble improved and she recovered health She credits the remedy with curing various female ailments and invites others to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham based in Lynn Massachusetts
Household tips cover cake beating, borax for stains, varnish on linoleum, cutting silk with paper, rhubarb acidity neutralized by baking soda, velvet care, velvet washing instructions, ivory cleaning with lemon and salt, rinsing with warm soapsuds, and an optional paste of sal volatile prepared chalk and off for deeper cleaning.
The article lists five venomous species in Victoria: tiger snake black snake brown snake copperhead and death adder. It notes the death adder is very rare and highly venomous, about two feet long with a thick body and flat head. It mentions a belief that its tail contains stings.
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