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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1911
Page
7
Valley Forge Camp No. 868 holds Thursday evening meetings in the hall on North Side Square and invites all neighbors to join.
A historical claim asserts eczema is strictly a skin disease and curable by skin treatment. The American Drug and Press Association chemists developed Meritol Eezema Remedy and Lemmon's Pharmacy in Washington is commissioned to sell it, promising rapid soothing and permanent results.
Fragmented vignettes recount a shopper’s wry moment when a prayer book was left behind and later found. A theater anecdote shows actor Henry Pettitt’s stage miscue corrected by a retired naval officer in the wings at a rehearsal.
A Tin Cay gambler refuses to settle a loan and bites the note to bits, then swallows the torn fragment. The lender frees him from debt after a day as the gambler later repays and secures another loan. Rev U G Bierce shares a letter about attending Unitarian sermons with rain and umbrellas.
The notice promotes Chamberlain's Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with castor oil as a speedy cure for summer diarrhoea in children. It specifies Lemmon's Pharmacy as the seller and emphasizes the product's efficacy.
An old note mocks the Pinafore craze with counts of two dozen two dozen and more companies forming after hours. It recalls editors banning phrases and a London comic who jokes about a pancake on a gridiron and a witty line about a gridiron fire.
The Georgia evangelist Sam Jones rebukes reporters at Emory iove camp for clipping Bible verses to fit a story, compares such editing to misquoting scripture, and equates fair reporting with honest reading. Mrs Hammond discusses a joint bank account joke illustrating financial naivety and unequal contribution.
An absentminded professor jumps up to declare he wants his boy to become an engineer. He corrects himself upon realizing there is no boy, then resumes his seat amused by the error.
A reporter pressed banker J P Morgan after a business meeting. Morgan erupted and declared he never interviews. The reporter persisted, prompting Morgan to warn the young man that unless spared, he would become a grave man one day.
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