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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1908
Page
7
Local ad from Cook & Sherman druggists of Washington Iowa promotes Vinol cod liver preparation with iron as a tonic. It claims to boost appetite, digestion, and blood quality for tired overworked residents and offers a money back guarantee if it fails.
The Muscatine Journal notes that Maud Ballington Booth appears March 20 at the Y M C A Starcourse with the Sunday tabernacle moved to fit the crowd. Tickets are available at Lemmon's pharmacy as March 24 premiere approaches. A local ad promotes a 120 acre farm near Washington Iowa with multiple houses, tracts, and property details offered dirt cheap.
A poem contrasts grand wealth with modest, steady comfort. The speaker seeks private transport a Hudson castle a fifty cent cigar and a life of stable cash rather than bonds or stocks emphasizing cash value and modest healthful sufficiency. He desires a steam yacht and a life free from worry while denying extravagant riches as a source of happiness.
A comic line ricochets between a sick person and a joking plan to arrest his liver for orderly conduct. The quip plays on medical woes and legal imagery, delivering humor through absurdity and quick wording.
A old line classified notice announces sale items offered by J. E. Lemmon a druggist based in Washington Iena. The notice lists items for sale and invites buyers to inquire at the shop.
Charles Brown auctioneer lists a large Midwest farm sale near Washington on March 11 featuring 11 horses 7 three year olds a team of sorrel horses mules brood sows cattle milch cows and heifers farm implements and grain including oats wheat and straw terms announced day of sale Ht L Whittaker Ralph Dougherty clerk plus a local ad for Chamberlains Cough Remedy touting spring illnesses and pneumonia prevention with Cook & Sher as sellers
The piece mocks ceremonial prestige by comparing royal shirt changes to presidential inaugurations and Masonic rituals. It notes officials hovering to guide attire, lineage claims of noble families, and a presidential candidate changing his shirt publicly with reporters present, eschewing assistance.
The article extols Kansas hog farming highlighting hogs as a key factor in rural credit and central west growth. It notes Kansas’ corn forage advantage alfalfa abundance and compares hog value per capita to other states, while mentioning Missouri as another regional center for Poland China pigs.
Sires such as Impudence and Meddlesome headline a catalog of high bred Missouri hogs including Impudence offspring valued at $10,000 and the fall champion Meddlesome from Corrector IL. Daughters Portia Miss Spell Winsomeness Bessie Beauty and others by Meddler Spellbind er Keepsake Perfection and more showcase Missouri's premier breeding stock.
A terse exchange hints at a cheerful mood masking somber humor. The line implies a contrast between cheer and a tombstone image, with a rustic wry deliverable from two speakers noting contemplation and irony.
A compact exchange on appearances contrasts deception with recurrence, noting that appearances can mislead but re appearances reveal patterns. The dialogue hints at perception versus repetition without specifying people or places.
A witty line notes no one can count a billion in a lifetime. If one had that much money, counting would be pointless since clerks would handle the tally.
A series of pithy thoughts laments ambition to marry heiresses and the pull of rumors. It notes crowding time, persistent desire, and gender and wealth stereotypes with pointed irony.
Advice from J L D Hervey on indoor housing for fall and winter calves, feeding regimes, and gradual weaning. Emphasizes shelter, ample roughage, staged milk feeding, and introducing grain and alfalfa hay as the calf digests milk. Warns against summer calf neglect or overfeeding and notes winter calves receive better year-round care.
Advertises a March 13 1908 sale at Kalona Iowa featuring 175 head of horses and a load of mules described as Iowa bred and well broken for drafts expressers feeders and drivers plus top southern horses. Include mated mules from 4 to years. rain or shine sale managed by S S Finch Chas Brown and J S Kauffman with Palmer and Eglin as clerks. Also includes a note on Hall's Catarrh Cure with a Toledo firm offering a hundred dollar reward for cures not achieved.
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