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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
3
The passage argues that wealth alone cannot restore lost friendships. It warns that friendship requires mutual effort and reciprocation. Without constant contact and shared suffering and joy, a person risks a cold, isolated life despite knowledge or achievement.
A reflection on friendship as a priceless bond that requires effort to cultivate. True friends stand by you in adversity and are worth more than wealth, since genuine loyalty cannot be bought.
The cries of sea birds especially gulls guide sailors in foggy conditions. Birds cluster on the coast and cliffs, signaling proximity to land and aiding boatmen navigating the shoreline.
An old newspaper notice warns kidney trouble is insidious and may progress to fatal disease. It urges taking Foley's Kidney Cure at first signs to correct irregularities and prevent Bright's disease and diabetes. Sold by all druggists.
The article notes long efforts to build a Potomac River bridge from the Naval Observatory grounds to Arlington Virginia with a $5,000,000 appropriation but uncertain House action. It also covers Kahn backing a 1918 San Francisco Balboa discovery exposition and Seattle 1909 plans, plus remarks on Washington land deals and Alaska’s agricultural potential.
Local brief items list residents on sickness travel and social events including Arthur Therion and Miss Belville on sick lists John Conrad visiting Riverside and West Chester trips Mrs Grush and Mattie Dayton silver wedding at Washington M T Dayton and wives travel to Washington for anniversary Ethel Henderson Maud Moreland and Dupuis sisters in from Ainsworth Washington and Keota events include skating party at the academy and M E church revival attendance High school girls basketball team plans to travel to Fairfield for a Saturday game with local student support
Dr. Holmes counsels bold living to live longer. The ad urges Washington residents to use Vinol a non oil cod liver preparation with iron peptonate claiming to strengthen digestion and tissues. Joseph Banks of Decatur endorses it at seventy eight and Cook Sherman sell it with a money back offer.
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