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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1907
Page
2
In the Far Northwest regions including Alaska postal carriers contend with severe weather and vast terrain to keep deliveries on schedule. Rural routes face ice storms heavy snow and long daylight gaps challenging crews and customers alike.
Spokane inspector describes the vast U S postal network from Alaska to Washington. Reindeer and Eskimo dogs enable cross country routes while carriers face dangers from fires bears and avalanches. The piece notes 200 free rural delivery routes and growing doorstep mail service.
The Rev. Mr. Hughes went to Cotter last evening after spending the day in the city with friends.
The Rev. DPD Everette Smith arrived last evening from Ainsworth after spending the day there with relatives.
Instructions from the Philadelphia Ledger describe converting a barrel into a hammock. Detailing nail removal, staves marked with pencil lines, two holes per end, and a twenty foot rope lacing to bind staves, the guide notes space between staves, durability, and ease for camping use. The barrel can also store camping gear when disassembled for transport.
Instructions for keeping goldfish in a broad glass vessel with straight sides and nearly full water. Add shells and gravel, avoid bread, feed with prepared food, include water weed, change water twice weekly using a siphon with a rubber tube.
Frank Stewart leads the enlargement of the Washington Manufacturing Co plant with a new 40 by 100 foot seed house project. A switch through to the plant improves workflow as Roy Davis supervises bricklayers, Eli jack McKeone builds piers for a 30 by 54 addition, and a lumber shed rises. About twenty workers are employed as new machinery arrives to boost wagon boxes and soon shoveling boards. The firm serves Moline Plow works and others, with expansion aimed at meeting rising demand. A Catarrh Cure ad closes the report.
A boy and a girl in Alabama with parents Ashmead showcase a home circus. Their animal lineup includes a cat a rat a dog a mouse and a canary. The dog supports the cat the rat climbs the dog the mouse climbs the rat and the canary tops the pyramid before all join a coordinated tail linked march.
Grandfather asks why the boy did not join the sailing party. The boy replies his mother was aboard and he heard his father warn of a spanking breeze on the bay.
A young plant is described as being 75 percent water while the remaining 25 percent is carbon drawn from the air, highlighting the plant’s use of atmospheric carbon in growth.
A whimsical verse from the Philadelphia Record describes a girl walking along sunlit shores with seaweed in hand. The scene shows playful imagery of mermaid washing day and the sea’s suds, ending with the question of how the washing dries.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic and remedy for female disorders. It claims to ease headaches backache and pelvic distress while aiding childbirth and nursing, and mentions nervous conditions. Readers may request a free booklet from the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo, New York.
Friday night features top village vocal and instrumental talent at the M E church. Admission promises satisfaction with a money-back guarantee. free ice cream served to all attendees. Also includes a promotional note for Dr Shoop's Catarrh Remedy with free trial size offer.
Patent reports list numerous Iowa inventors and their new devices including brick and tile trucks screw-rollers vehicle couplings corn-poppers clothes racks hoof-cutters and other tools with assignees and towns such as Creston Washington Kensett Greenfield and Waterloo. Also notes a business trip of P J Hanley and an advertisement for Dr. Shoop tablets claiming pain relief by blood pressure reduction.
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