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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1908
Page
2
Increasing cloudiness with rain or snow possible Tuesday or late tonight. Warmer tonight. Special to The Evening Journal from Washington D C.
Maud Ballington Booth, famed as the Little Mother, tours Des Moines promoting Volunteers of America. Tickets for her lecture are sold at Lemmon's pharmacy. The Des Moines Capital notes ex convicts credited to her work.
The notice invites full attendance for a Monday evening meeting on the 16th with a special program of interest to all. It references 25-21 J.C. Ford and C. C. as part of the context.
When you have a cold the mucous membrane inflames and disease germs you breathe lodge and multiply especially the pneumonia germ. Foley's Honey and Tar soothes and heals the inflamed air passage stops the cough and expels the cold. Refuse substitutes. Sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
The Brinton Entertaining Co will close its winter season with a Washington show on March 21 featuring a new program of moving pictures travels history later events color spectacles and colorings with electrical effects and a top comedian J Burt Johnson. After the performance the company dissolves and the Brintons remain in Washington until June before starting the Chautauqua circuit with Redpath Lyceum Bureau of Chicago and Boston. Admission 10 15 25.
Mrs. J. P. White of Rushboro Pa credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving her life from lung trouble. The medicine is said to loosen a cough and cure lung disease even after hopeless diagnosis. Lemmon’s Pharmacy sells it 5c and 1.00 with a trial bottle free. Washington County Farmers Mutual Insurance notes A B Swift Washington loses one cow by lightning last week.
Notice reports Orion lodge No. 75 K of P will not meet tonight due to Jo Knight Ed Nicholson's death. J C Ford, “We Are King,” to perform Wednesday at the opera house, with Lawrence Ewatt in a second season appearance. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised by Kirksville merchant W B Pelham and mothers for coughs, colds and croup. sold by Cook & Sherman.
Practical advice on incubator use to save eggs and hatch chicks. Guidelines cover lighting tests, turning yolk position, testing timelines, handling for fertile eggs, marking and observing, and cautions about equipment and broiler focus.
A reader describes using two Single Comb Brown Leghorn cocks of different strains to decorate pens and manage a harem. One cock produced green legs and excellent plumage, while another had black speckled plumage and poor conformation. The writer notes disappointment over sales, lack of pallets for breeding, and unvarnished traits.
Fragmentary poultry guidance cites causes for infertile eggs including stock condition overwork and improper feeding. It notes eggs fail to hatch when out of size or shape, or mishandled by temperature or aging. A final caution urges following incubator directions to avoid failed chick yields.
A poultry keeper describes using a gasoline engine for grinding feed 3150 and a two and a half horsepower stationary setup to cut work. He houses a bulldog as a guard and a tiger cat tends chicks, while fruit trees and specific apple varieties promise income. He warns against buckwheat hulls for egg shipping and promotes excelsior.
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