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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1922
Page
5
An advertisement claims SUSTO Nutritive Tonic Tablets boost appetite and weight in run-down patients and convalescents. Backed by a physiology professor, the product allegedly benefits infants and children, with a money-back guarantee if no improvement after one month. Sold by Sherman Brothers.
Detroit physicians say goldfish swimming in a pool help ease pain and comfort patients, especially the very young and the aged. Canaries are also noted as a chief amusement for the sick, sharing in this purported healing effect.
El Dorado, meaning the golden in Spanish, was the name given to a rumored fabulous city inside South America. Many expeditions set out in search of it, driven by tales of vast wealth and impossible riches.
Analysis of six moonshine samples seized in Iowa shows four poisons including amyl alcohol aldehydes furfural and copper. Unsanitary distillation practices foster toxins and bacteria leading to severe illness or death from repeated consumption.
In 1903 Ursula Thompson daughter of a Kenilworth manufacturer entered vaudeville at Northwestern University. After a wild spree in a cheap hotel she and Alfred F E Nichols of Julesburg Colo both took poison and died in an ambulance. Nichols had navy service and a Kansas City connection. Rogers a former soldier is recovering from shock.
Do not clean varnished paint or enamel with soap or soda water. It dulls the varnish and may cause peeling. Use a tea leaf infusion by soaking tea leaves in hot water for ten minutes, cool the liquid, wash the surface, then dry and polish with a soft cloth.
Wellman Savings bank absorbed Iowa Savings bank after a directors meeting supervised by J A Heng of the Iowa banking department. Iowa Savings stockholders levied a 100 percent assessment to create a trust fund guaranteeing depositors, to be retired within five years.
Des Moines reports the 1921 fire marshal J A Tracy notes 158 lightning fire incidents in the state last year with 142 fires occurring without protective rods, causing $284,263 in losses. Six fires ran on telephone or light wires, totaling $3,963. Ten fires occurred where buildings had rods installed.
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