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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1907
Page
7
It is eleven years since I had consumption and Darrow escaped it says O. Floyd of Kershaw. He weighed 135 pounds and suffered constant cough until using Dr. King's New Discovery for six months. His cough and lung trouble disappeared, restoring him to 170 pounds. Guaranteed at Stewart's Pharmacy. Trial bottle free.
A light exchange quotes Reginald and a fiancee in a humorous scene. The woman asks about happiness as wife while the man jokes about cashing checks at a bank. The dialogue mirrors a playful societal mood in New York World.
The scene shows Nell avoiding him when prosperous, yet accepting him after financial ruin. Belle quips that women crave any bargain or reduction, poking fun at desires tied to money and status.
A vintage ad asserts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is perfectly safe for children and contains nothing harmful. It cites sale by Cook & Sherman and Stewart's Pharmacy.
Iowa Central Railways offers round trip tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month from January to March at one fare plus 2.00 for homeseekers and settlers. Destinations include Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and more with liberal stopover and rates via A B Cutts, G P T A Minneapolis.
Practical advice for stockmen covering fattening cattle with corn, proper feed for idle horses, and the value of roughage. Emphasizes early life growth, water before feeding, and avoiding overheating. Encourages sheep rearing, manure value from steer feeding, and dehorning cattle for better profits.
Morning brushing prepares horses for work and makes grooming easier. Use a stiff root brush to loosen dust then a soft brush to polish the coat. Work brushes on legs and fetlocks, keeping both active for good exercise.
Los Angeles officials ban Jockey Went and trainer Morton from racing with Joe Cooper stable at Ascot Park over fraud in the Round Dance event of January. Evidence suggests Kent owned Round Dance and rode Susansh, the favorite that finished third, a claim he denies.
Albert Godchaux president of the New Orleans Progressive union sent a telegram to President Roosevelt urging reorganization of Isthmian canal affairs. He argues New Orleans proximity to Colon and the benefit to Missouri Ohio and Mississippi valleys and the central west if Isthmian ships sail from New Orleans. He backs the ship subsidy bill but opposes its current form which cuts Gulf ports from the east coast line. He cites support from boards of trade and business groups in St Louis Cincinnati Pittsburg Louisville Chicago Kansas City Memphis Nashville Omaha Quincy Decatur Grand Rapids Amarillo and other New Orleans organizations.
In Charleston West Virginia on January 2 Mrs. Joseph Knuckles went to a nearby well leaving her house at Spring Hill locked. The fire spread rapidly and burned to death her two children aged 3 years and 1 year.
Richmond Indiana January 29 a tragic fall as Grant Rogers two year old slipped while coming downstairs and tumbled from top to bottom suffering internal injuries. He died a few hours later.
The official forecast covers Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa with snow expect warmer conditions tonight. Affected areas may see flakes later as temperatures rise slightly in parts of the region.
Cash grain: wheat and oats prices listed by quality. Hogs cows sheep and calves quoted with ranges and averages. East Buffalo stock report shows receipts, market tone, and price bands for export and butcher categories.
The article cites Dr. Fyfe and other physicians praising Unicorn root Helonias and Golden Seal root as key components of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It asserts these ingredients invigorate the reproductive system, relieve back pain, amenorrhea, and dysmenorrhea, and aid uterine health with broad claims of cure.
A column extols grip suffering and urges early use of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It claims the remedy prevents pneumonia and has aided tens of thousands, with Cook & Sherman and Stewart’s Pharmacy selling it.
A stray dialogue lampooning a lawyer who billed $50 for five minutes, with quips about costs, manners, and plenty of rail against professed wealth. It contrasts Philadelphia Press tone with a rustic street exchange and a copper shouting at a heavy swell.
Representative S. W. Smith of Michigan and John W. Zimmer of Lansing urged President Roosevelt to pardon Fred R. Close a former Lansing letter carrier convicted after pleading guilty to listing two letters containing five dollars Close was popular in Lansing and had not yet been sentenced.
One hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Walding Kinnan Marvin Toledo wholesale druggists attest to the firm’s reliability. Price 75 cents per bottle. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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