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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1911
Page
5
Local column lists Miss Merie Fickey returning from a visit with friends in Ainsworth, plus numerous residents visiting, traveling, or staying in the city. Frequent mentions include McNamara's, The Fair, and various households hosting guests in the weeks around July.
Will Osler of Ottumwa spent Saturday evening in the city with friends. Mr and Mrs J C Bowie left for Cincinnati Iowa for a short visit with Mr Bowles parents. Edna and Ruth Bridges plan a Grandview trip over the Fourth to visit their parents. Mrs Eugene Anderson returns from Pontiac Illinois after two months with Mrs George Warren. Mr and Mrs Clark Bartlett of Washington Pennsylvania visit Mrs KE Wright and relatives. Mrs Charles Shafer and daughter Leeoa of Savannah Georgia depart after visiting Edna and Ruth Bridges.
A Yonkers Statesman quip recalls a boarding house scene where a typewriter asks about a new boarder. The owner praises the "nice young man" who is described as a small eater, yet has eaten his way into her affection.
In a clipped exchange, Jimmy asks if vaccination has heated up, Tommy answers with urgency. The dialogue notes a doctor’s instruction that a bath must not be taken until the situation is heated up, reflecting period medical attitudes.
Farmers wife questions Dusty Rhodes about a meal while he offers to work. He replies that if given something to chew he will stay all day, in a humorous rural exchange from Harper's Weekly.
Dr Clausen, described as the most eminent German surgeon, opines that birds and animals do not talk because their tongues are not hung right. He muses that if they could speak, humans would constantly be stopped by chatty dogs cats crows and foxes, leading to the label of an old crank.
A change in business sees C. W. Busby purchase the stock food division formerly owned by W. and H. S. Busby. W. B. Busby will run the entire operation, focusing on stock and poultry food, dip, fry oils, and mail order sales. He plans to travel with his father and expand the workforce as demand grows.
Chairman asks if anything remains before the legislature. Legislator says nothing else will come before, but promises a plentiful set of measures to follow.
A spring thunderstorm in Orange County drives 83 crows to shelter under a tree. Lightning strikes, killing 79 birds. fewer than a dozen crows remain. Residents fear the local fun of pegging will be gone, as the birds must be coaxed from another county or abandoned.
An old advertisement touts Bliss Native oil for burns with quick relief claims. It promotes Alec Bites Native Herbs and a 200 day treatment guarantee, noting sales only through Ted Beers at a local shop.
In Comptes Rendus of the Biological Society of Paris the common duck is shown to be remarkably immune to viper venom. The owl is similarly resistant, with two bitten on the seat showing little ailment. Millard also reports that the domestic cat possesses near total immunity to vipers.
There will be no issue of the Journal the 4th of July. The Journal force will celebrate as well.
The piece marks the fortieth eighth anniversary of the Confederate surrender at Vicksburg. It recalls the white flag raised before Burbridge HQ and the 48th Ohio Infantry with Henry Stichter as an early witness. It notes Grant's plan to take Vicksburg on July 4 and the subsequent surrender of over thirty thousand Confederates.
Lemmon's Pharmacy offers Parisian Sage hair tonic for 50 cents with a money back guarantee if it does not cure hair loss itching scalp or falling hair. It claims to make hair luxuriant bright and beautiful and features a girl with Auburn hair on every bottle.
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