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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1907

Page

5

Pies and Breads At Johnsons Bakery On Offer

Miss Jessie Stewart visits relatives in the country. The Vienna bakery offers fresh pies cakes cookies rolls buns crimp and rye bread for lunch. Mrs W H Mohr Fairfield visits relatives in the city. Mrs Fred Smith Richland overnight at C J Wilson home. Miss Mae Harley to spend Fourth with friends in Muscatine. Charles Dewey returns from Colorado. Miss Verne Mathers arrives from Haskins for a city visit.

Johnson’s Bakery Jessie Stewart Vienna Mae Harley Muscatine W. H. Mohr Fairfield City Frank Edworthy Wayland Charles Dewey Colorado

Presbyterian Concert Reminder and Clergy News

The Presbyterian concert is noted for this evening. The Rev R K Atchison arrives from Allerton Iowa to visit relatives in the city. Regular services are planned at the Methodist church next Sunday. Rev and Mrs Elias Handy depart July 8 for summer vacation. Miss Lillie Jones of Birmingham Iowa visits Miss Mabel Morton after graduating from Chicago Training School and plans deaconess work in Boston churches.

R. K. Atchison Allerton Iowa Methodist Church Elias Handy Lillie Jones Birmingham Mabel Morton Jones Chicago Boston

Miss Vesta Victoria Sailor of Personality Draws Big Pay

The English songstress Miss Vesta Victoria reportedly earns about 3000 dollars a week, singing twice daily for short periods. Her value comes from personality rather than vocal prowess, and she uses clownish costumes and buoyant stage presence to remind audiences of her distinctive appeal.

Vesta Victoria Miss Victoria Victoria

The Smile Power in Womanly Charm

The article urges women to maintain cheerfulness and a friendly face to influence mood and charm. It argues that sour expressions corrode beauty and that control of temper and moods grants freedom, while sadness or irritability enslaves the spirit.

How to Make Jelly From Garden Fruits

Instructions for ripe or underripe berries and fruits to make jelly. Includes picking, cooking in stone pots or preserving kettles, straining through cheesecloth and flannel, boiling juice, adding sugar at a warm stage, and sealing in glasses.

Changing the Piano and Room Arrangements

The article advises careful piano placement during housecleaning. It warns against placing the piano near windows radiators or fires due to heat cold and dampness harming the soundboard and interior wires. It also suggests keeping the piano uncluttered by bric a brac to preserve tone.

Selfish behavior in streetcars cited by Lilian Bell

The author laments women who take two seats in streetcars leaving others to stand. She argues some well bred women show courtesy in private yet lack public manners. She notes men are more often thanked for offering seats than women.

Lilian Bell

Tonic Promises Hair Regrowth After Fever Loss

A columnist cites a tonic said to cure dandruff and restore hair after fever. Ingredients include bay rum four ounces, salt one teaspoon, castor oil one teaspoon, compound quinol one ounce, diluted with soft water to one pint. Rubbed into the scalp twice daily, it claims to promote soft, luxuriant regrowth.

Cream as Nourishing Food for Children

Cream is a nourishing diet staple for young children with small appetites. It can be given in a bottle by the tablespoon, added to porridge for older kids, or spread on bread. A little golden syrup helps it tempt children to eat heartily.

Peeling Oranges Easier After Five Minutes Boiling

A method suggests boiling oranges for five minutes to loosen the peel and remove the white inner skin more easily. This would simplify preparing sliced oranges and orange and creamed dishes for children's parties.

Hot water trick helps jars open with top-down method

The resistance of glass jars that refuse to open can be overcome by setting them top downward in an inch or two of hot water.

Modish Woman Tries Shoes After a Sneaky Switch

A fashion minded customer visits a shoe shop and asks for walking boots in size 4. After the clerk swaps a 6 to 4 inside the box, the pair fits as she claims, while the clerk pockets the deception and leaves.

Egeless Cake and Other Quick Kitchen Delights

A compact guide lists homestyle desserts and puddings with steps. Recipes include Egeless Cake using sour milk and raisins, Crested Sweetbreads with a cream sauce, Raisin Pies with citrus, and Stermed Orange Pudding with breadcrumbs and nuts.

For The Toilet Wrinkle Care And Odor Remedies

Wrinkles in a young person's face are lines of congested pores. Steaming weekly followed by cold cream reduces the lines. For odorous perspiration use a zinc oleate starch salicylic acid powder with salicylic soap and toilet vinegar to contract pores. Apply linen and wash dress shields daily.

Fashionable Rain Readiness For Dreary Days

The piece advises practical rainwear including trim thick soled boots a dark serviceable rain coat a waterproof short skirt a close fitting hat umbrella neat gloves and a dark petticoat not silk. A dash of red in hat or tie adds piquancy and readiness makes mornings calmer when rain patters.

Sewing Velvet Ribbon On Garments Technique

A brief sewing guide explains how to attach velvet ribbon by basting, turning, and stitching from the wrong side with long stitches. It suggests taking in the nap instead of along the selvage so the stitches do not show on the right side.

Lynching of Chicken Thief Reported in City

A rumor circulated that a chicken thief was captured and hanged by a chicken owner who acted without defense or trial. The incident, described as quiet by the mob, ended with the suspect dead on a rope after a circumstantial case.

Cakes on Menu at the Vienna

The Vienna offers a selection of angel food, devil's food, and various layer cakes. Patrons can enjoy a range of dessert options in a classic confectionered setting.

Vienna

Washington and Keokuk Holiness Association Meeting

An all day Holiness meeting will be held in the gospel tent at West Chester on July 4 by the Washington and Keokuk County Holiness association. A good time in the Lord is promised and all are welcome. Bring your dinners. 17-21.

Gospel Tent West Chester Washington and Keokuk County

Stores Close After 9 A.M. July Fourth

Clothing and furnishing shops including Klein Klothing Co Dougherty Bros Roberts Furnishing Co and Sol Rich & Co will close after 9 a.m. on July 4 for the remainder of the day.

Klein Klothing Co Dougherty Bros Roberts Furnishing Co Sol Rich & Co

Bakery lineup for the Fourth at Vienna venue

Notice warns no goods will be delivered on July 4. Marbourg and Helwick with McCall Bros advertise a full bakery line at the Vienna for the Fourth.

Marbourg & Helwick McCall Bros Vienna

Best Medicine in the World for Colic and Diarrhoea

Local resident Mr C C L Carter of Skirum Alabama praises Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best cure. He recounts a near fatal attack last spring and a recent severe episode eased after taking the remedy. Sold by Cook and Sherman.

Chamberlain Cc. L. Carter Skirum Ala Cook Sherman

The Charming Woman Attributes and Electric Bitters Claim

The piece argues charm lies in neatness and vitality over beauty. It praises Electric Bitters for restoring strength, nerves, and a clear complexion. Stewart's Pharmacy sells the remedy for 50 cents.

Stewart's Pharmacy

Vacation Tours Offer Lower Summer Excursion Rates

Iowa Central Ry announces reduced excursion fares for the summer season to East coast resorts and western destinations including Minnesota Wisconsin Colorado Utah California Washington Oregon Montana Wyoming and South Dakota. Tickets on sale daily starting June 1 through October 31 1907 with liberal stop over privileges and flexible routes. For details contact agents or A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis. 120

Iowa Central Ry Minnesota Wisconsin Colorado Utah California Washington Oregon Montana Wyoming South Dakota A. B. Cutts Minneapolis Minn

Percheron Stallions Stand At Cedar Township Residence

The Percheron Stallions Silver Branch 41385 and Prince of Lakewood 21528 will stand for service at a residence in Cedar township. Also a Mammoth bred Jack is available, terms listed in bills.

Prince of Lakewood Cedar Township

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