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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1907
Page
2
A Fort Madison Iowa medical pitch touts Lax Digest as a candy tasting laxative digestant. It claims no griping or bowel flushing like salts and castor oil. Available in 10 and 25 cent sizes, with tablets stamped L D and mail order options.
Drug advertisement claims Dr Shoop Magnetic Ointment provides positive relief for piles with itching pain protruding or blind piles disappearing like magic. Large nickel capped glass jars priced at 50 cents. Sold by J H Stewart.
A humorous dialogue in a magazine piece shows the Czar mistaking a whiskered visitor's parcel for a bomb. The visitor explains the item is the Czar's wife’s new hat from Paree, prompting a comical correction and relief.
A five year old Boston boy asks for a boat and promises to stop being naughty if purchased. He tells his mother that once the boat is bought he will cease mischief and become nautical in the spirit of the sea.
Haukei orders detective Sleuthion to detain Diogenes, a tub-dwelling philosopher, as a prime suspect in the stolen statue case. Sleuthion jokes about psychologies and motives, while noting lack of solid evidence but plans to work first and gather proof later. The chief approves swift action amid public curiosity.
Copper Age The Kid. Brass Age The Adolescent Period.
The list presents a sequence of aged metal terms linked to roles and outcomes. It contrasts Iron, Steel, Silver, and Golden Ages with hints about a wife, a trust director, small change, and death preceding events.
A promotional notice offers a free Trial size box of Dr Shoop Catarrh Remedy to prove its efficacy for nose and throat catarrh. It highlights a snow white antiseptic balm containing eucalyptus thymus and menthol, claims instant relief, and lists Ra c ine Wisconsin as the address and J H Stewart as the local seller.
Practical steps for fruit canning include washing jars in soap and soda, drying in the sun, using fresh fruit, minimal handling, and avoiding excess sugar. Emphasizes preparing supplies in advance, using high grade sugar, not stirring during cooking, testing by removing a sample, boiling vigorously, and sealing jars with tight fitting covers.
Davenport Iowa July 27 Florence Mank age five died on the operating table at Mercy hospital after a peanut lodged in her windpipe and doctors could not remove the kernel. She was at an entertainment with a bag of peanuts and began munching before choking. She died within an hour despite efforts to save her.
Northern Pacific North Coast Limited derailed after the engine left the track one mile east of Des Plaines. Engineer John Gavin applied emergency brakes, keeping the engine on the roadbed and averting a plunge into a ditch. 190 passengers signed a petition urging 30 days paid leave for Gavin and the fireman as a reward.
East Aurora New York July 27 John Griffin returned from a hunting fishing trip in Algonquin Park Canada reporting six deaths linked to blood poisoning from stings of black flies near his camp. Griffin a long time hunter says the pests are the most numerous and deadly he has seen.
The term morganatic arose from an ancient custom where a groom gave his bride a morning gift the day after marriage. If a nobleman wed a wife below his station this gift formed her endowment share. The practice gave the name morganatic to such marriages.
A brief dialogue shows a careful speaker noting the value of precise language while another replies on giving good measure and restraint. The exchange highlights insistence on accuracy and prudence in communication.
In Warsaw Indiana on July 27 evangelist Billy Sunday a Chicago preacher returned temporarily to baseball and impressed fans. He batted for Winona Lake academy in the second inning driving a three base hit to right field and later made a spectacular running catch. Winona Lake academy won the game against Syracuse.
A Russian subject accused of murdering a Persian narrowly escaped death as a mob attacked a prisoner being led to court. The Russian consul arrived with guards and rescued his countryman amid violent crowd upheaval in Resht on July 27.
A short exchange on personal rights and courage contrasts two viewpoints. The Philadelphia Press captions the discussion as a brief, witty remark about independence within wedlock and the right to hold one's own opinion.
The forecast calls for fair skies across Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin with rising temperatures. Lower Michigan is also fair and warmer while the extreme north portion of Iowa will be fair and warmer.
Chicago grain report lists July wheat at 0.90 to 0.90, September 0.92 to 0.92, December 0.85 to 0.96, and May around 1.01 with mixed high and low ranges for the day. Prices show narrow moves across contract months.
Hogs and cattle prices shown with receipts and quotations for mixed grades. East Buffalo traders report steady hog market with top quotes around 6.70 to 6.75 for mediums and 6.90 for pigs. Sheep and lambs command strong prices with lambs near 8.00 and yearlings around 5.50. Calves show strength up to 5.00. Chautauqua season tickets offered at local banks. Also brief notices for Dr Shoop pain relief and local advertising.
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