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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1907
Page
7
A prodigal son reappears after a long absence saying he has come with a reformed science and disposition. The father greets him with joy and dances a jig while joking about spelling. The tale ends as the old man kills the fatted enif.
The cathedral tower at Ant Werp with eighty bells has for over two centuries tolling music for residents along the Scheldt. Each February authorities choose the repertoire and the organ plays hourly throughout the day for the public.
A Kershaw business leader recalls a 11 year battle with consumption cured by Dr King’s New Discovery after six months of use. The ad promotes guaranteed 50c and 1.00 bottles at Stewart’s pharmacy and includes zone and home seekers excursions with Iowa Central Rail Way offering low one way and round trip fares for settlers to Nebraska and western states on the first and third Tuesdays, with rates plus 2.00.
An article compares apple trees in the eastern states living fifty to a hundred years with trunks twelve to twenty four inches in diameter to western trees that rarely reach half that size. Causes include soils growth elements, shorter growing seasons, and winter cold. Preventives against sunscald are described.
A Rural New Yorker note praises the Rose of Sharon as a premier late blooming hardy shrub and highlights the Crested Beauty variety. Crested Beauty features white petals, a crimson eye, and a white crest, blooming through August and September while remaining prolific yet largely self fertilizing.
A writer in an exchange advises against digging those plants immediately after frost. Leave tops in ground a few days to ripen. Handle roots with care to avoid breaking tubers from the main stock and avoid twisting or cracking the neck, which harms growth.
Advertises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as perfectly safe for children with no harmful ingredients. Sold by Cook & Sherman and Stewart's Pharmacy.
Excerpt from Outing Magazine by Dr. W R C Larson argues that anger fear worry and envy destroy facial beauty. It asserts beauty depends on cultivating good nature calmness cheerfulness and self trust rather than diet exercise or corsets.
Instructions from the Washington Star describe making sleeve protectors from boys size handkerchiefs costing 10 cents each. Cut four inches from two corners, fold, pin, sew to fit the arm, and attach a cuff from the cut corner. Four handkerchiefs equip a girl for a week of work with two spare.
Pure cream softens rough skin and bath water can be softened with bran or starch. A daily glass of water with cornmeal steeped in it helps clear the complexion. Rinsing dirty hands with sugar in soap increases lather and cleansing power. A homemade complexion powder combines zinc oxide precipitated chalk rice powder talcum orris root carmine and rose perfume.
Elizabeth Anstruther in the Complete Beauty Book argues that a true gentlewoman keeps a consistent age-appropriate style. She contrasts fashionable older women who imitate youth with those who wear a dignified, age-true livery, avoiding ridiculous lingerie hats and grandmaternal pretensions.
A seventeen year old girl started catering for her family meals last summer. Her mother provided a weekly sum for groceries. the girl saved her excess as commission, learning money value and laying a foundation for future independent homemaking with weekly savings of 1.50 to 2.50 dollars.
An ad-like piece touts Riles You symptoms and promotes Golden Medical Discovery as a liver and stomach tonic. It lists ingredients from Native American roots and cites authorities, offering free medical booklet and postal-card request. Also promotes Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a companion remedy for constipation.
A swan named Dick mourns after his mate was killed and eaten by a fox near Monnet Washington cemetery. Dick hid by the water for days, refused to mate with other swans, and stayed true to his late mate.
J. R. Blankenship of Beck Tenn claims Electric Bitters cured his back and kidney distress after several bottles. The ad urges others to try the remedy and notes Stewart's Pharmacy sells it for 50 cents.
The text outlines the popular view of a first rank statesman as wise, discreet, self controlled, and balanced in government matters. It emphasizes sobriety of speech and avoidance of prejudice, noting this ideal defined the American standard for many years and remains influential among many citizens despite changes over time.
An advertising blurb offers one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh cure not achieved by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin and a Toledo druggist, plus claims of internal action and testimonials. Price is 75 cents per bottle with sales nationwide.
A Russian official asserts strict hours while an interviewer questions the saying Early to bed early to rise. The exchange turns awkward as the interviewer hints at a dangerous interpretation, prompting a cautious reply about wording.
Article urges prompt use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for grip severity. Claims among tens of thousands of users, no reports of pneumonia or failure to recover. Sold by Cook & Sherman and Stewart's pharmacy.
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