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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
6
The M. B. A. will hold a box supper in their hall Saturday night March 28 with all invited. Attendees should bring their own boxes. Captain Kellogg opens the program with a song and later gives a speech. Contact numbers 554 Red or 493 Black for papering or painting. Keyes & Dewees.
The forecast warns of rain or snow tonight and Saturday with brisk easterly winds. Patent notices issued to Iowa residents include items 882,692 Gate. 882,735 Truck. 882,784 Drainage-value. 882,934 Broom-moistener. 883,086 Hydrant. 883,007 Trace-carrier with inventors listed. Also notices Miss Luellia Crandell visiting Fairbault, Minnesota. Foley's Urino Laxative ad promises a money back guarantee if not cured.
Washington reports a jury convicted Washington businessman Robert N Harper for selling a poisonous headache medicine, the first such verdict under the new pure food and drug law. President Roosevelt pressed the case, seeking swift action and warning against leniency for adulterators. The piece notes Harper’s banking success and questions whether his influence will spare him. Also discussed are terms like sappin-paws used by John W Yerkes to describe Kentucky officeholders and the political shifts involving Taft, Fairbanks, and Bradley.ب
A colonial style warning promotes a harmless home remedy for backache and urinary troubles. It stresses seeking a first class physician for kidney derangements and urges avoiding patent medicines. The mix lists Fluid Extract Dandelion and other ingredients with suggested dosing after meals and at night.
Hollister's Tea is promoted as a healthful spring tonic for the whole family. Lemmon's Pharmacy and Mc Elhinney Drug Co. offer 35 cent tea or tab doses.
A public health styled note warns that kidney or bladder trouble may signal Bright's disease or diabetes. It urges starting Foley's Kidney Remedy at first signs of danger and cites Lemmon's Pharmacy as the source or seller.
Frank Stew art advertises dry oak fence posts available in limited quantities priced at five, seven, and nine cents each with only a few remaining.
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