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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1907
Page
2
A first person account from May 19, 1863 describes the assault on Vicksburg's forts, intense rifle and cannon fire, many casualties, brave acts by comrades, and a night of cold and hunger as Union troops abandoned the field for cover.
The academy faculty hosted a letter and peanuts contest for students in Chapel hall. Homer Coppock won the peanut prize with about sixty, though some doubt the rule adherence. Light refreshments followed with games and departures at ten thirty. Rush Helwick visited Thursday morning. Myra Gibson ill. Agnes Coffelt and Olive Ramsey visited. Miss Jericho out sick briefly but back by Thursday. Aurora Literary society plans a Chautauqua next week with date to be announced.
The advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh and a constitutional treatment. It states the remedy works through the blood and mucous surfaces to destroy the disease’s foundation and bolster the patient’s constitution, with a hundred dollar pledge if it fails. It invites readers to send for testimonials and notes sales by druggists at 75 cents, plus Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Mrs Eva Uncapher of Grovertown Indiana credits four one dollar bottles of Dr King's New Discovery with curing a dangerous cough and restoring her health. The product is advertised as a cure for cough cold and throat and lung issues with a 50 cent to 1 dollar price and a trial bottle free. Other brief items note John Miller traveling to Chicago and Misses Ella Porter and Leona Colthurst visiting home for the weekend.
Charles Walters of Alleghany Sierra Co proclaims the salve cures burns sores wounds sprains and piles. He boasts he has lived in California twenty years and still hunts for trouble but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve will quickly cure every case.
French government risks international complications after Count Etienne de Beauchamp signs a nine year lease with the bishop of Charles for the Lourdes grotto and surrounding grounds. The arrangement bars seizure while foreign ownership steps in.
The Right Rev Dr Robert Codman the Episcopal bishop of Maine authorized churches in his diocese to offer a prayer for the Catholic Church in France. The prayer asks mercy for France and seeks victory through the sacramental life rather than fame wealth or power. It pleads for unity under the common Lord and Bishop of souls.
The Pope selects Dr Giuseppi Petacci as his private physician, succeeding the late Dr Lapponi and gaining the Vatican medical circle. He also names Dr Etore Marchi afava as consulting physician, renowned for pathology and European expertise.
The passage extols resignation as a noble virtue that broadens life beyond envy. It urges embracing one’s own path to discover growth in challenging surroundings and to coax value from humble soil. It frames harmony with surroundings as essential, though difficult, to yield the best outcomes.
A reflection on sin showing how misusing good gifts leads to vice. Gluttony stems from appetite misused, envy becomes degenerate emulation, anger becomes noble if not turned to revenge, and covetousness harms others. The piece argues most troubles flow from pure springs misused.
A mother bird trains her young to fly by making the nest uncomfortable so they learn to use their wings. The discipline of life is merciful, guiding us to lift our spirits above troubles and live in sunshine even as storms rage below.
The excerpt presents Sabina Sullivan invoking a rosary as comfort in death and grief. It frames the rosary as a beloved companion joining the speaker in sorrow and the end of life within the West Virginia Church Calendar context.
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