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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1908
Page
2
A Spokane audience hears a chilling tale of a father who believes a psychic warning saved his son from danger. In the report a father’s queer premonition prompts swift action, sparing the lad from death in a dramatic incident.
In Clinton Iowa on May 4 thirteen year old Frank Hinton nearly died when a towel wrapped around his neck caused a near strangulation after he drenched his head. His father unknowingly sensed danger and found him in time. Frank, delirious but alive, is believed to recover.
Washington May 4 Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley retired would be offered the secretary ship of the navy if William J Bryan is elected president. The Navy Department has long been run by the bureau of navigation with the secretary acting mainly as a chief clerk. Bryan plans a wholesale staff shakeup and a new deal, asserting only a naval officer can head the department. Schley says he has not been approached and knows nothing of the proposal, which leaked out among Bryan's intimate circle.
An ad claims Foley's Urino Laxative cures chronic constipation by aiding digestion and stimulating the liver and bowels. It promises natural action restoration, quick relief, non irritant taste, and urges readers to refuse substitutes from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Mrs Daisy McFarland and Mrs M E DeLong lead Crawfordsville group along with Edna Nellie Smith Eva Gookin and others plus Mrs P H Boyd of Haskins Mrs Sadie Savage of Brighton and May Coppock and Anna Essley of Coppock registering at the Rest Room Saturday for the event.
For Sale by J E Lemmon Druggist Washington Lowe offers medicinal stock and personal property likely from a historical notice. It notes a local drugstore advertisement or sale listing with an emphasis on selling by the proprietor. The brief item conveys a shop owner initiating a sale of store goods or related items.
A practical guide from American Agriculturist on treating oats with formalin to boost germination. It covers preparation, formalin quantities per grain amount, mixing, applying with a sprinkler, stacking to dry, and timing before spring seeding. The method emphasizes cost efficiency and rapid treatment.
School notes from Crawfordsville report steady attendance and future hunting plans as students await governor visit on the 14th while Bruce McCleary advances to eighth grade. A District Court order directs a 1908 public sale of the Hannah Conger property in Washington Iowa on May 23 at 1 pm, with cash terms and court approval.
The ad claims fevers and malaria vary by altitude and promotes Electric Bitters as a universal remedy for lassi tude jaundice biliousness fever ague and debility. It touts the product as a great alterative and blood purifier and notes Lemmon's Pharmacy sells it under guarantee for 50 cents.
Pot grown plants undisturbed from seed resist damping off better than bed grown and transplanted stock. They exceed transplanted plants by 18 percent, roughly two tons per acre, and early bearing doubles first month yields. For quality, tomatoes need ample manure, but avoid growing on the same land in successive years per T. H. White.
W L Hutchinson of Mississippi argues that livestock provides the best and most convenient means to market farm crops and byproducts. He notes cotton seed fertilizer value exceeds five million dollars and could stay on farms if meat meals fed to cattle.
The article notes 1907 seed tests showing low germination across carrot onion cabbage pepper and parsnip seeds bought in several states. It also cites wood ashes as a currant fertilizer, warns against overfertilizing, compares pea maturity days, recommends parsley sowing, dry mellow soil, and proper seed bed preparation for early transplanting with cabbage lettuce, romaine, cos varieties and celery sowing tips.
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