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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1908
Page
8
Advertises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the standard cure for feminine illnesses for over 30 years. Claims to relieve inflammation ulcers spinal weakness and backache while resolving irregularities nerves and general debility with herbal ingredients. Warns against substitutes and appeals to women seeking health.
Community notices record requests to visit the Academy tent in Washington county Chautauqua and a catalog offer. The Misses Eva and Mabel Butler plan a Kahoka Missouri visit, and ice cream orders for Washington Ice Cream Co. are due by Saturday morning. Families host gatherings and travel plans include Mae Harley Amy Edworthy at Lillian Brookhart home, Harry McCulley Phil Bratten's Lake Minnetonka fishing trip, and the Patton sisters visiting the Johnston home in Cot ter. A birth is reported for Mr and Mrs S G Logan of Spokane Washington. Mrs Logan is formerly Lillian Smith.
Professed to use only known composition from native forest roots and glycerine, Dr Pierce’s medicines claim no alcohol or habit forming ingredients. The Golden Medical Discovery is touted as a blood purifier and stomach tonic, aiding catarrh, stomach weakness, liver torpor, bronchial troubles, and lingering coughs before consumption. It warns against miracles and urges patience for full benefits, with broad endorsements from leaders and reasonable dealer pricing.
A rich merchant hosts a children's party where offspring of the powerful mingle with those of status. A proud court groom’s daughter proclaims she is “a child of the court,” revealing vanity born from servants’ teachings. The tale concludes that their prestigious lives rested on mere children’s prattle.
A group activity invites many players to observe a room filled with objects placed on a table or as furniture. Participants observe for a short period, then record as many remembered items as possible, testing collective recall and attention.
A tale contrasts mean judgments of birth with practical worth. A rich girl proclaims only well born can rise while a poor boy, cast as a servant, and a newsman’s son all confront bias. Decades later the poor boy owns the grand house, proving character outlasts birth.
A tree frog in the East Indies uses long toe webs to glide after inflating its body with air. It reaches several inches in size, with a four inch body and over twelve square inches of hind foot webs. Its back legs are green, belly and toes yellow, and the toe skin black with yellow stripes.
In the New Hebrides a spider species spins a fine cloth using a native frame as a foundation. Natives place a frame in dark corners where spiders dwell and the insects swiftly occupy it to build remarkable webs. One cap woven this way measured over four feet ten inches long and over a foot across at the base.
A poetic note describes how wallpaper images of woods rocks and waterfalls become a private scene in which a child imagines birds houses trees and even human faces. The maker finds boats cows horses and animals, creating a Noahs ark when light returns and feels content in a solitary, comforting world.
Rushville Indiana July 21 Sheriff Will L King reports a Muscatine Iowa police chief arrested one of the men who escaped from the Rushville jail two weeks ago. The trio jeered at officers calling them alfalfa rube Sherlock Holmeses and planned to flee at the first chance. They were aided by an outside accomplice who entered the sheriff’s residence to obtain keys, allowing a bold front door exit in the heart of the city.
George Hough a Wabash railroad passenger conductor marks fifty five years of active service and plans to work five more. At seventy two he has run between the Bluffs and Keokuk for thirty years. A Connecticut native, he began in 1857 after four years with the New York New Haven and Hartford. His only accident occurred thirty years ago when he was an engineer and became a passenger conductor.
The new St James hospital in Pontiac was dedicated by Bishop OReilly of Peoria with Knights of Columbus assistants. The facility, one of central Illinois finest, cost about $100,000 and opens amid local ceremonial support.
A compiled rundown of games across major parks shows Chicago Boston and other matchups with lines of hits errors and batteries. Notable performances include Philadelphia beating Cincinnati in eleven innings and St Louis defeating New York with strong hitting and solid defense.
The morning Rock Island passenger No. 4 was annulled this forenoon and the local office could not explain the cause. Conductor O'Brien of the Burlington is back on his regular run after four days off spent with family. An entire change of program is at home this evening. Misses Iva and Lulu Durst left for Waterloo to attend the wedding of their cousin Violet Bush and John Stewart. Foley's Orino Laxative advertises as a gentle but effective laxative backed by a money back guarantee. City bus line phone orders—Frank Rogers to be notified with street and number.
Mr. A. A. Felton of Harrisville New York endorses Dr King s New Life Pills as the exact remedy for constipation biliousness and malaria. He notes they relieve without discomfort and are available for 25 cents at Lemmon s Pharmacy.
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