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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1907
Page
2
Mr and Mrs George Teas depart tonight to Omaha and Fremont Nebraska for a visit. George plans a week away while Mrs Teas will stay about three weeks.
An advertisement touts Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup at 50 cents as a universal cure for constipation, sick headache, and stomach trouble for every family member. It claims availability at all druggists.
Local critic praises W B Patton in The Slow Poke stating he is in a class with Tim Murphy and Sol Smith Russell and that his easy droll manner and original style anchor a high class Western life drama. The show, with a strong company and fine costumes, plays one night only Thursday October 5, drawing packed houses.
Mrs. Eli Martin Miles VanHorn and Miss Elizabeth Vanttorn of Mason City Illinois visited friends in the city yesterday and attended the funeral of the late Dr. H C Hull at Crawfordsville on Sunday.
A vintage druggist guarantee promises refunds if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure coughs or colds. It claims to stop coughing, heal the lung, prevent pneumonia, and cure grippe cough, with no opiates and a yellow package. Sold by all druggists with no substitutes encouraged.
Keota churches host rally day observances on September 20 with Methodist and Presbyterian schools reporting attendance and activities. The Methodist enrollment reached 192, seven probationers joined, and a 7.72 dollar collection occurred. Presbyterian services were well attended with reports from all departments and festive decor. A Christian Endeavor convention is planned for October 11 to 12 at the Presbyterian church with a missionary luncheon on Friday.
Lemmon's Pharmacy promotes Hyomei with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure catarrh. The complete outfit costs $1.00 and is claimed to deliver direct healing to air passages. The ad notes the formula is public to physicians and assures compliance with the Pure Food and Drug Law.
Abe Essley returned from Iowa City where he spent the day with his daughter Mrs. Roy Stewart of Denver who is recovering from an operation at the University hospital.
The Kansas City Star recounts historic tales of perfumed gloves used to poison victims in Italy during the Borgias era. It cites legends of Alexander VI and Cesare Borgia, plus a 15th century poisoner who boasted of killing about fifteen people with glove poisons, a crime exposed by slow detection.
A comic anecdote from The Minneapolis Journal recounts the actress Rachel and her admirer Prince Demidoff. She teased his attire, pinning his tie jewelry to a pincushion, prompting the prince to adopt the habit. The tale shifts to Arthur Symons' reflection on Shelley, noting his impulsive nature and aesthetic selfishness, and his restrained compassion for humanity.
An Englishwoman recalls a Gainsborough portrait in the National Gallery Edinburgh showing the life sized image of Mrs Grahame. She sat as a bride but died before delivery. her husband, who fought in wars, never opened the case. On his death the slipper she gave the painter was found inside the frame.
A humorous exchange between a pendulum and a clock from the Chicago Tribune notes how the pendulum’s back and forth keeps the clock functioning, while the clock worries about hands getting into trouble from the swinging.
A Philadelphia Record item notes a lighthearted exchange where a husband jokes his wife is upset by his absent mindedness. She forgot what she intended to scold him over and cannot recall the reason.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat feature quotes a wife praising her husband Jim as indulgent while noting others comment he indulges a little too much at times.
The total area of the Sandwich or Hawaiian islands is about the same as New Jersey.
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