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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1907
Page
7
Bethlehem commandery schedules a called conclave Tuesday evening January 22 1907 at 7 30 sharp for work In the Order of the Temple. Sir Knights urged to attend on time and note 7 30 means half past seven not eight o'clock. 87 21 W M lerry EB C.
L A Brown announces a public sale on Ethel Reynolds farm 4 miles north and 1 mile east of Washington Kansas on Thursday January 24 1907 at 10 a m. The auction lists 13 horses three milch cows one yearling steer two steers and cattle with hogs corn hay farming equipment stock pasture 65 acres lunch on grounds and terms to be announced. Auctioneers Chas Brown with H T Reynolds clerk.
320 acre black land farm with a fine one room house large barn and outbuildings 240 acres good corn land 80 acres pasture and hay land. Will rent to a good tenant for cash or crop rent located in the northwest part of Boone county Iowa. Three banking towns on three railroad lines within 3 to 5 miles. For full information see L D Higgins 64 tf Washington Iowa.
The article extols the grip as severely painful and compares sufferers’ experience to empathy. It asserts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy prevents danger from the grip and pneumonia, claiming thousands of users have recovered. It lists Cook & Sherman and Stewart's Pharmacy as sellers.
The Washington high school team hosts Pella this Friday January 25 after Pella beat Oskaloosa. The winner advances to face Iowa City for Southeastern Iowa honors. Debate at the high school auditorium with a 8 o'clock start and a 25 cent admission to cover expenses.
James Donahue of New Britain Connecticut reports failing kidney remedies and doctors before Foley's Kidney Cure. After two bottles he improved and five bottles cured him, enabling life insurance examination. The ad promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy for backache and various kidney and bladder troubles, sold by druggists.
The M. B. A. will host an oyster supper at their hall in the Temple building on Tuesday evening the 22nd. All are cordially invited.
J R Blankenship of Beck Tennessee testifies Electric Buyers cured his distressing back and kidney trouble after using several bottles. He says the first bottle gave relief and full cure followed, and urges others to try the remedy sold at Stewart's pharmacy for 50 cents.
A fragmented snippet mentions Receiving Hospital at Empire and a farmer note about soil and manure. The text also quotes a Ohio Farmer line mocking a legislator forced to sit up all night to obey new laws, implying debate over late proceedings.
The fruit is a pale amber hothouse grape grown mainly in private collections. It has a thick skin with a thin white bloom, large loose bunches and berries of varying size. It needs higher temperatures to ripen but, when fully ripe, is very juicy sweet and rich with a fine muscat flavor.
J H Hale, the largest peach grower in the country, argues that northern orchards can profit similarly to southern lots if close to consuming centers. He notes New England as a horticultural hub with strong local demand, saying peach opportunities in the north exceed those in the south, barring a few northern states.
The article advises renewing lily of the valley beds in early fall or near ground freezing. Crowded roots reduce blossoms, so mark the bed in six inch squares and dig out each plant with a sharp trowel to divide and replant.
The article describes a method to make apple butter by boiling cider, adding apples, cooking to a marmalade-like consistency with no sugar, and optional spices. It also notes growing interest in pecans with many budded and grafted varieties such as Lloulis, Moneymaker, Schley, Success and Young offered by southern nurseries.
A satirical poem satirizes the pursuit of money power and office and wonders about a future where most people go insane from pressure. The speaker imagines a calm, oblivious society that misreads those who resist conformity and keeps a wary eye on dissenters in a world of droughts and missed trains.
A terse exchange questions charity sentiment with one speaker insisting on giving while another doubts demand. The dialogue hints at social attitudes toward generosity and public aid in a crowded social setting.
The article argues state legislatures churn out numerous laws that are often unreadable and soon repealed by the next session. It criticizes lawmakers for overextending their pay and producing statutes that hinder business and require court interpretation, while the public lacks time to comply.
An excerpt discusses why humans seek artificial warmth during winter, noting civilization’s reliance on stoves and thermometers set near 70 degrees from October to May. It contrasts human warmth with animals and cites a National Magazine anecdote about an Indian’s view of cold illustrated by face exposure.
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt cites a filtration expert praising copper as a disease preventive. He demonstrates copper’s germ-killing properties, contrasts with gold and silver, and notes Chinese towns keep water in copper vessels to ward off epidemics amid a superstition he endorses for health benefits.
A group of Dartmouth students stole and hid Dr. Nathan Lord's old fashioned calash to prank the president. They meant to vanish, but Lord revealed himself from the concealed carriage and ordered them to return him home.
An Englishman narrates a boy noticing a bowlegged man beside a hot fire. The boy cannot restrain himself and blurts out a warning to the man to move away from the flames.
In St Louis on January 19 a federal court jury acquitted D P Dyer Jr a suspended sub treasury teller accused of embezzling sixty one thousand five hundred dollars of government funds.
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