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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1909
Page
8
A Willimantic reader reports relief from long suffering female troubles after trying Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The advertisement touts 30 years of use and claims cures for displacements irregularities backache and related symptoms with confidence for suffering women to try the remedy.
A home remedy blends linseed oil with spirits turpentine and muriatic acid to form a furniture polish. Apply with soft cloth, rub into wood, and wipe dry. Old cotton stocking legs serve as polishers. The mix removes most blemishes and enhances grain after cleaning.
Cautionary kitchen safety tips warn about dripping and fat in cooking. Keep a sharp watch if dripping is placed in the oven and avoid water on boiling fat. Use salt or earth to extinguish fat fires and do not melt beeswax with turpentine in the oven.
Instructions describe drilling holes through the sash meeting point of upper and lower windows and inserting a spike to brace them. This method tightly fuses the sashes so only a crowbar can pry them apart, after which the nail is removed to open the window.
Wash with clean water only no soap or alkali. Wipe carefully then cover with flour. Place on newspapers to dry. Brush off flour to restore the pieces so they look like new.
The Rebekah Gleaners will offer strawberries, ice cream and cake at the Odd Fellows dining hall on Tuesday evening June 22. All brothers and their families are invited to attend. Another notice invites Epworth League of the Methodist Church to a banquet at the church on Thursday evening June 24 at 7. Mrs Harry Montgomery hosted a thimble bee for Mrs Dr W B Cubbins of Chicago at her West Washington street home with pink peonies, about sixteen ladies attended, refreshments served.
Mrs L O Brindley and Miss Maud Hott plan a Thursday afternoon thimble bee at the Brindley residence to honor Mrs Cubbins. Meanwhile Ralph Bunce and John Simpson led Sabbath school classes of the Second United Presbyterian to the creek for a morning picnic and fishing with twelve boys in attendance enjoying a cheerful outing.
Saturday evening about thirty friends gathered at C. H. Boileau's home south of town to celebrate his wife’s thirty-fifth birthday with ice cream and cake. The group enjoyed a fine time and departed late, wishing her many more happy birthdays.
Mrs I Rothschild entertained a company of friends Saturday evening at her home for Mrs Gradwohl of Lincoln Nebraska. An exceptionally pleasant evening was spent and an elegant luncheon was served.
Mrs. R S Warfel entertains guests with a card party this afternoon honoring Mrs Gradwohl. Mrs. Rothschild will host an evening gathering later.
Do not miss Prof. E. B. Sherman in the high school auditorium tonight. He is a fine lecturer and expected to draw a strong crowd.
How to make cocoanut candy by boiling coconut milk with sugar then adding grated coconut. Simmer ten minutes then pour onto buttered plates and cut into squares. Cool for forty eight hours to harden.
Step by step method uses bell strong dye in a large container. Lay carpet on old floor and apply dye with a garden sprayer. Scrub the dye into the carpet with a stiff broom until evenly coated. Let dry for several days and finish in the sun.
American League matchups featured St Louis and Chicago with doubleheaders. Detroit tallied six runs in St Louis while Chicago and Cleveland split games, and Boston, St Louis, Philadelphia, and others posted lopsided scores. Western League results include Omaha, Topeka, Pueblo, and Des Moines show varied tallies.
A housekeeper explains that resting baked pies on a wire screen elevates them for even air flow, preventing sogginess. She advises cooling completely before storage and warns against chilling while warm as it ruins flakiness.
Teach boys to reverse toe nail cutting to form a dip toward the center not cutting corners. File the center top slightly and keep skin back around the nail root. An ingrown nail can lead to serious infection or blood poisoning.
Two men died from heat prostration in Kansas City Kansas on June 21. Jacob B Crayne a street car conductor collapsed while returning from work and Abraham Johnson a musician collapsed while performing at an amusement park.
Fire destroyed barns at the Board of Trade in Duluth Minnesota killing five men and sixty horses. The loss is estimated at 230000 dollars.
In Anderson South Carolina on June 21 an interurban car from Anderson Traction struck an automobile at Breezeale crossing. One person died another was fatally injured and two others seriously hurt.
David Crawford died Saturday at age seventy six nine months and six days after a long paralysis. He was born in Perry county Ohio September 13 1852 and moved to Iowa in 1844. He married Elizabeth Porter in 1856. Twelve children survived with several in Iowa and Colorado and Kansas City. He remarried in 1887 to Martha McConnell of Pennsylvania. A lifelong United Presbyterian member, funeral services were held at the United Presbyterian church and burial followed in Ainsworth Cemetery. The community extended sympathy to the bereaved.
Johena McCurdy Taylor, born October 11 1831 in Venango County Pennsylvania, died at her Highland township home. She married Albert Taylor October 11 1855 and moved to Washington County Iowa in 1862. Survived by five sons and husband, with funeral at home Tuesday 10 a.m. then Brethren church services and burial in Ainsworth cemetery.
To avoid serious results take Foley's Kidney Remedy at the first sign of kidney or bladder disorder such as backache urinary irregularities exhaustion and you will soon be well Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co.
The Muscatine district Epworth League convention meets in Oxford this Thursday through Sunday. Will Kuhn Fred Flynn and Miss Susie Morton will represent the local chapter.
Citizens are urged to address kidney and bladder symptoms with Foley's Kidney Remedy advertised by Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co. Orders for city bus line service can be placed by calling Vo. 1 with street and number. Schrams and Ball Mason fruit jars are featured at The Fair with fireworks tonight as part of the 9-3b events.
Following the death of banker James W. Paul Jr in Philadelphia the June 21 ceremony united Miss Mary Astor Paul daughter of the late banker with Charles A. Munn Jr of Washington in a quiet brief wedding.
Mrs Charles A Munn a leading family member hosted the winter 1907 8 debutante ball. The bride Miss Paul arrived with 500 live butterflies from Brazil and Peru released at the event. Estimated expense of bringing out Miss Paul reached 100000. Ceremony held at St Martins church Radnor witnessed by close family and friends.
A quick guide to reviving a worn gown using yardage of tucked net. Readers learn patterns from old sleeves, sewing clean new ones, and assembling tucks in white cream or black. Embroidered dot groups and front closures with crochet or rhinestone buttons offer stylish, trim free options.
The article offers simple tests to detect wine quality. It explains the coloring test with wool and vinegar, and describes indicators for fortification with cream of tartar, and the presence of sulphate of potash using oxalate of ammonia.
The column lists prices for fruit jars 4 cents a dozen and Wear Ever Aluminum ware at The Fair. A new program at the Airdome tonight with admission five cents. Social notes mention visits among local residents and travelers, including Edward Swift of Ottawa and several Misses visiting friends in the city.
A reader reports relief from stomach trouble after using Dr Kink's New Life Pills. Dyspepsia indigestion vanish and appetite, nerves, vigor improve as stomach liver and kidneys function properly. 25c at J Lemmon's.
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