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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1907
Page
8
The forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms across Illinois Indiana lower Michigan and Wisconsin with cooler air. Iowa sees rain and cooler in the eastern portion.
Market briefs show July to June price ranges for cash wheat spring and winter varieties, corn samples, and live stock categories. Hogs cows steers calves and lambs are quoted with ranges. poultry hay and prairie feed prices noted. East Buffalo listings report export steers and market shifts.
Bellevue Michigan June 25 graduates of the 007 class did not receive diplomas due to a dispute with the school board over required brief orations. The state superintendent said participation was not compulsory. Two graduates gave speeches and received diplomas but returned them as others were left diploma-less.
Kiel June 25 The Hamburg American Line through managing director Herr Ballin has ordered the Harlan Wolff firm of Belfast to build a Boston steamer. The vessel will be the largest afloat surpassing the Cunard liners Lusitania and Mauritania.
No bids received for 200,000 dollar short term four percent bonds. Board purchases 108,000 dollars of one and two year series. Three to five year series to be re advertised. Also an advertisement for Dr. Shoop remedies and sample offer from Racine Wisconsin. Restorative sold by J. H. Stewart.
Washington reports that navy men on submarine boats will receive an extra dollar for each day they are submerged, in addition to the existing 85 per month. The extra pay cannot exceed 15 dollars monthly. A separate ad notes Shoop's Magnetic Ointment for piles with claimed quick relief and jars priced at 50 cents.
The article compares seed and turf lawns, noting turf is slower to establish and less common. It advises sowing a mix of new, cleaned grasses and clovers, with detailed steps: prepare soil six to eight inches deep, fertilize, sow 70 pounds of seed per acre, and roll or press. Summer sowing benefits from rye or oats as shade.
Judged by nutriment the goose egg is the most valuable. Ducks and guinea fowls follow in the ranking.
In Brussels on June 29 the trial of 16 year old Carlos Waddington, son of Senor Luis Waddington, former Chilean chargé d affaires, begins for the murder of Senor Balmaseda, secretary of the Chilean legation. Balmaseda had announced withdrawal from an engagement to marry the Waddington daughter. After a quarrel over the broken engagement the youth killed Balmaseda following his mother’s collapse. Balmaseda's family says the Waddingtons pressed the match and resolved to remove him.
A letter dated July 1803 from T. J. Lucas of Fairmount to the Ole Duplex Washing Machine Co. of Muncie was misfiled and later returned to the writer after lying thirteen years in a dark post office safe. The firm named in the letter no longer exists.
Several cows devolved rabies near Moore's Junction causing a commotion among farmers. Four cows were killed after a bite from a stray dog traced to Bentley. State authorities have been notified and are rotting.
This 19th century advertisement asserts deafness from catarrh can be cured by constitutional remedies, claims the Eustachian tube inflammation causes hearing loss, and offers $100 for a deafness case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and lists Toledo, Ohio as the base with 75-cent pricing.
A humorous Punch caption shows a child asking about a man in a red coat while an aunt explains he has been hunting but not catching much illustrating light domestic wit.
John Garrett of North Mills North Carolina says he used Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to heal a sore after forty years of treatment. He reports the salve cured the gore and made him happy. Guaranteed for piles burns and similar conditions by Stewart’s Pharmacy.
Paris June 25 reports President Fallierey learned by telegraph that the Japanese emperor awarded him the Order of the Chrysanthemum to mark the Franco Japanese Far East treaty. Foreign Minister Picton also received a Japanese honor.
The story of Golden Medical Discovery recalls Golden Seal root and Dr Pierce of Buffalo. It claims to extract curative properties from native medicinal roots using glycerine and heat. Endorsements from medical books suggest it treats catarrhal bronchial throat conditions and early consumption risks.
Dyersburg Tennessee resident W R Ward endorses Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup for chronic constipation calling it a thorough practical remedy. He offers his reference and notes it is sold by all druggists.
On account of the National Educational Association in Los Angeles and San Francisco the Iowa Central Ry will offer return tickets from June 22 to July 5 with a September 15 1907 limit at one fare for the round trip. Travel via any direct route outward and different direct route home. Stop overs allowed. Inquire through agents or A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minn. 15.
The Iowa Central Ry offers reduced excursion fares for the summer season to eastern resorts and to Minnesota Wisconsin Colorado Utah California Washington Oregon Montana Wyoming and South Dakota. Tickets on sale daily from June 1 to October 31 1907 with liberal stop over privileges and variable routes. For details contact agents or A B Cutts G T A Minneapolis Minn. 120.
A Cedar Grove resident credits Electric Bitters with curing long standing stomach liver and kidney troubles after trying other remedies. The letter states three bottles completed the cure and endorses the product from Stewart's Pharmacy at 50 cents.
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