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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1907
Page
6
A public notice quotes an authority urging residents to trust a simple recipe claimed to cure catarrh. The message emphasizes belief and broad applicability, urging readers to follow the described remedy.
A well known authority advises keeping feet dry and warm to prevent seasonal illnesses. A simple home prescription combines Fluid Extract Dahlia, Compound Kargon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla in equal parts and taken after meals and at night. Voiced as a trusted remedy for catarrh and related ailments, it claims rapid relief and lasting effect with vegetable ingredients from a prescription pharmacy.
James Speed will visit schools October 14 to 17 with illustrated lectures for teachers and children. Tickets for external audience are 35 cents, school children 25 cents, with one ticket good for all shows. The evening program at Graham includes The Mount of the Great Blue Heron and a color slide story of the birds and nests.
Advertising a repair shop for sale in Washington, noted as one of the best equipped in the state for machine work. Reasons for selling include owner taking a salaried position. Terms to suit purchaser. inquire at this office. Also a health ad for Dr Shoop head ache tablets claiming rapid relief of pain and high blood pressure.
Mr and Mrs D Gove returned Saturday evening from a several weeks visit at Burlington and Gariton.
The London Chronicle notes Glastonbury's whitethorn blossoms in spring and at Christmas. The tree, rooted in abbey grounds, is linked to Joseph of Arimathea's staff and to a Christmas arrival myth. Descendants grow around Glastonbury and cuttings are traded globally.
A botanical expert explains that black and white pepper come from the same plant. The black form uses the seed plus its outer covering, while white pepper uses only the seed. The pungency mainly lies in the outer covering, and the covering contains the pepper oil.
Leading medical writers and teachers across schools of practice advocate Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for weak stomach dyspepsia catarrhal stomach liver complaints and chronic bowel problems. It lists ingredients like Black Cherrybark Golden Seal Bloodroot and safe glycerine base with no poisonous drugs. Endorsements from Bartholow Hare King Scudder and others support its use in chronic bronchial throat and lung conditions.
The piece promotes D D D Prescription as a skin cure for eczema and other diseases. It warns against treating the stomach and claims the germ theory of skin disease. It cites Dr Decatur D Dennis and supports the remedy with a Kentucky customer testimonial from Mrs. Francis Richmond and a local druggist endorsement.
A Chicago Record article describes a bachelor artist King who imagines a life with a wife. He decorates a special room with Mrs King’s shawl hat eyes and her embroider frame, keeping a guitar by the wall as a reverent shrine.
Scallops move by opening and closing their valves to expel water and shoot backward, enabling long travels. They appear in varied shell colors from purple to black, often darting in clear water in vertical horizontal and zigzag paths like a flock of winged creatures.
Juvenile humor outlines diplomacy as doing the right thing at the right moment. Freddie learns aloud what diplomacy is and recounts a bedtime mischief where he swapped beds to avoid a castor oil dose, humorously misusing the term.
Local brief items from Frey’s Studio promote new portraits at a price. The column lists visits from Everett Shearer, Mrs. Crawford, Miss Gorham and others, plus travel to Keokuk and Crawfordsville for synod and family visits. Medical ads cite Dr Shoop Restorative and Preventics cold tablets with routine distribution through area druggists.
Mrs. Mary Canfield Taylor of Alameda California has finished a weeklong visit at the Henry Sanford and Mrs. Garard homes and left for Chicago before returning west. Trial Catarrh treatments are mailed free by Dr Shoop Racine Wisconsin as a test of the Catarrh Remedy, offered by J H Stewart.
Advertises cheap land opportunities along a 250 mile railway expansion by the Minneapolis & St. Louis R R in Faulk, Potter, Walworth, and McPherson counties. Claims openings for investors, homeowners, and farmers with illustrated folders and weekly excursion rates. Contact B Cutts, G P and Zaksah Central Ry, Minneapolis for details.
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