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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1908
Page
8
The ad touts LAX-DIGEST as a premier laxative and digestant by a top medical expert. It claims benefits for dyspepsia indigestion and constipation plus other ailments and lists 10c and 25c sizes sold by all good druggists from J.H. Wagner Co. Fort Madison Iowa. It also advertises REN-GAW headache cure in 10c and 25c sizes.
Daily city chatter lists bakery ads and breakfast buys at Vienna and Johnsons while residents make business trips to Columbus Junction Crawfordsville Morning Sun and Keota. Glee club travels from Crawfordsville to Alma worth and a medical claim from Hall s Catarrh Cure is sworn by Frank J Cheney of Toledo Ohio with standard druggist sales.
Washington March 24 Special Sidney Bieber a younger man from this town has risen to notoriety for alleged total disability and clever manipulation of congress. He is accused of influencing lawmakers to grant waterfront ground for dollars while attempting to steer D C delegates to the Chicago convention. The incident draws Republicans and District voters into a heated dispute over the capital’s political influence and a looming dry question.
The article reports L. T. Cooper’s stomach based theory and his medicines gaining rapid eastward popularity after causing a stir in Chicago and St. Louis. August Wittmer of Chicago describes long illness, fatigue, and sleep problems, claiming restored health after using Cooper medicines, with McEhinney Drug Co. offering to explain the products.
Japan urged China to curb anti Japanese agitation after Canton meetings urged a day of mourning and a boycott of Japanese goods. Reports claim sensational Canton demonstrations may be used against both Beijing and Tokyo as authorities probe alleged reform agitators.
A fragmented OCR list names several state officials and candidates including United States senator Jonn M Work of Des Moines governor H G Street of Mystic lieutenant governor Ernest Holtz of Debugque secretary of state William Strauss of Burlington auditor B C Price of Sioux City treasurer William Tayior of Keenfield attorney general Willis of Clarinda superintendent of schools Leng Bit terman of Avery clerk of supreme court JS Dogett of Creston railroad commissioner L M Hawker of Watloo.
Jacob A. Riis laments 361 crowded tenement dens in New York lacking light and air. He argues against proposed Albany bills, including the Gilchrist measure allowing night bakery work in basements and the Strauss bill permitting unventilated rooms.
The Iowa Socialist convention at Des Moines nominated a state ticket on March 24. The ticket names include officials intended to run under the Socialist banner, reflecting the party's platform and organization in the state.
An old advert explains backache signals feminine organ trouble with nervousness headaches and pelvic pain. It claims a single remedy quickly addresses the cause and restores health, urging immediate attention from readers seeking relief.
Mrs Will Young of Rockland Maine reports lasting backache relief after three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Augustus Lyon of East Earl Pennsylvania says the remedy cured severe backaches and improved sleep and appetite. The ad touts thirty years of use and claims to treat displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and related female ailments.
Workers at the Zimmerman Property in Mount Auburn uncovered a costly casket with a silver plaque containing the remains of a Duchess of Manchester’s pet dog. The casket, once buried under an apple tree on the former Eugene Zinner land, yielded only the skeletal remains after expensive silk lining and possible jewelry once accompanied other dog graves.
Benjamin Mc Fadden uncovered a sack containing 34 800 in gold while clearing debris in an abandoned Mason county house once owned by the late Adolph Krebaum. Krebaum is believed to have hidden the money before his death last year in Bloomington Tl March 24.
The Methodist Episcopal Church retiree Bishop Cyrus Foss is seriously ill at his home in Thiladelphia. His condition is grave and offers little hope for recovery.
Professor Smith has departed Lansing for Brazil to assume the presidency of the National Agricultural College.
The column notes several local moves and errands. Wabnitz and Walter Greer traveled for business and Pleasant Plain, Davenport, and Crawfordsville visits appear. A license to wed was issued to Stanley Heck and Mary Malichky. John sons bakery and Barrett and Links advertise fresh goods.
Van Loon will give a sermon in Academy Hall tonight at 7 30 addressing The Prodigal Son. All are invited and urged to bring a friend.
Rev F Starbird of East Raymond Maine says Bucklen Arnica Salve healed his old army wound and other obstinate sores and notes its success in his veterinary practice. The product is priced at 25 cents and sold at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
The house committee on claims recommends an appropriation of 25000 to compensate for damages caused by a mob in Delta in 1901. Cole of William Radcliffe, a British subject. K K Yoakum, chairman of the Rock Island railroad board, met the president at the White House for a long conference.
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