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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1909
Page
6
Fragmentary report notes a cabinet decision amid unclear wording about demands from American citizens in Panama and a statement from the foreign office and American legation. The source text is garbled and lacks concrete facts or names.
An old report warns bad drinking water as a frequent sickness cause, noting defective wells as main supply in parts of the country. It advises Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy, sold by F. K. Ite and Lemmon's Pharmacy, as a preventive measure.
The article explains a sewing method to attach hooks and eyes on a waist with the eyes on the left front and loops extended for easy hooking. It describes basting the right front over the left, turning the waist inside out, securing hooks at each eye, and marking button placements by stitching across buttonholes then lifting the fabric to mark exact sew points.
A science based dyspepsia remedy named Miona is sold in small tablets and advertised to cure all stomach ailments. Lemmon's Pharmacy offers money back if it fails and claims the product strengthens the stomach walls quickly. Trial prompts readers to expect relief within a week and a shift from misery to happiness.
Silk and sisle gloves wash in lukewarm suds with white soap. Rinse squeeze and hang to dry. A soiled chiffon veil can be laundered the same, avoid wringing. Pin wet items to shape then press edges with a warm iron. Darn lisle and silk stockings with fine silk thread before wearing to extend wear. Stitches run up and down in parallel rows.
A teaspoonful of lemon juice in black coffee can help bilious headaches. Lemon juice rubbed on face arms and neck at night lightens and softens the skin. A magnesia and lemon juice paste bleaches the skin when applied while lying down. Hot lemon juice with sugar or hot lemonade often relieves a cough.
This item describes an embroidery stiletto with a tapered rod and adjustable gauge to pierce holes from small eyelets to larger circles. By moving the gauge toward the point or toward the handle the hole size changes, enabling accurate variations without multiple tools.
Boil three pints water with one and a half pounds sugar for ten minutes. Add a packed cup chopped mint leaves, cover ten minutes, strain and cool. Stir in juice of twelve lemons and one and half cups orange and strawberry juice. Stand an hour, pour over ice in a punch bowl, add Apollinaris and garnish with cherries and mint sprigs.
Pour two gallons of warm water on every seven pounds of berries. For every two gallons of juice add seven pounds of white sugar. Stem and mash berries in an earthen jar, pour on the water, let stand three days, stir daily, then strain or press, add the sugar and let stand overnight. In the morning skim off, put in a large jug to ferment. When through, cork the jug or bottle.
The practice instructs to cover the first finger with white court plaster when sewing on black goods and with black plaster when sewing on white goods to shield fingers from the needle.
A brief cleaning tip advises rubbing common yellow soap on the damaged article and then sifting starch over it to remove mildew. The text includes garbled extra letters and unclear terms.
The piece surveys diverse figures: William Penn buried at Jordans aged seventy four. Senator Beveridge as a fraternity cook to fund college. Senator Aldrich as a Civil War private. George M. Bowers long time national fish commissioner. John D. Rockefeller financing a rainbow fountain on his estate. exiled Turkish official Riza Pasha departing for Mitylene. Michael Regan head of Buffalo police lauded as six foot four and elected vice president at a police chiefs convention. Charles J. Capen retiring after sixty five years teaching, eighty six, Harvard 1843.
A roast should be wrapped in a cloth to stay flavorful when cold. Watery custard results from an oven that is too hot. bake in a hot water bath and avoid boiling. Ham sandwiches gain zest from minced pickle. broiled yam is preferred to boiled. Deviled eggs use small pickle pieces olives and yolks blended with butter and hot vinegar. Serve on crisp lettuce for egg salad with peas left whole.
A Massachusetts man invents a combined metal cover and handle that locks firmly on milk bottles. An Indiana inventor creates a potato digger that loads tubers via an endless chain into the attached wagon. A hovel instrument measures air admitted through cracks, using a funnel shape with a small anemometer in its nozzle.
A concise style note lists fashion cautions for men including avoiding silk hats with sack suits white ties with dinner coats wide bow laces in oxfords and overly large or small dress clothes.
An old lady near death plays cards with the curate to pass the time. She wins all his money and then proposes one final game for his fate, a grim twist reflecting cunning and final mercy.
The Kongo King Co. returns to the Airdome Saturday night with a new three act comedy and a variety of singing dancing and musical numbers. Mr Allen the violinist drew repeated applause and the show promises more laughs and lively entertainment. Admission is 10c and 20c.
Local notices advertise price cuts on shirt waists and summer goods at Rothschilds with Blue Label days upcoming at Windsor grocery. Several social notes mention visits, travels, births, and new baby Ruth Scranton born to Mr and Mrs Lee Scranton of Kremlin Oklahoma.
A series of social visits are reported from Fairfield with Miss Rose Sampson staying at the Buchanan home, Mrs Steck visiting, Mrs Wilson traveling to Columbus Junction, Mrs Hope from Crafton visiting Ainsworth, and the Hartman family from Parks arriving for visits. Cecil Arthur travels to Pleasant Plain to visit her sister Mrs Webb Brown, while Mrs Isenhart and daughter from Des Moines depart for Fairfield to visit Mrs Dr Stever.
In a light Washington Star vignette, Mr. Erastus Pinkley asks an urbane agent if he has insurance and proposes accident coverage for his chicken coop amid a string of unexpected events.
A patron at a Irish bath parlors complains a man appears asleep and the proprietor promises to wake him by a call to stretch himself, as reported in the Minneapolis Journal.
In a humorous Meggendorfer Blatter cartoon, Frau Hubmeier throws a flatiron at her husband after he sits on her hat. The husband protests and claims affection, while she emphasizes she has no new hat to replace it.
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