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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1907
Page
7
An old medical ad explains that a tired liver signals overall tiredness from poor nourishment. It advises starting with digestion, using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to restore stomach activity and liver function, and avoiding indigestible foods until vigor returns. The product is non secret, alcohol free, and lists its ingredients on the bottle wrapper.
A description of an experimental pipe arrangement to steam cook grains in barrels. Two designs use inlet pipes and perforations to inject steam in jets or around the bottom, reducing steam loss and speeding cooking.
Guidance from R. M. Wilcox on preventing rot in stored sweet potatoes. Keep roots dry during storage, ensure ventilation, and maintain ~70 degrees. Avoid moisture on dirt piles when harvesting. destroy and burn diseased roots. do not feed them to animals if manure will be used on fields. Use commercial fertilizer and consider sulfur soil treatment or Bordeaux spraying for disease control. Rotate fields to limit infection. collect and burn diseased material.
East of Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station urges breeders to select top yielding seed from plots and mix for planting to sell. Keep isolation to avoid crossing. Emphasizes careful small-point practices, germination testing, and soil treatment to double yields and profit while preserving soil fertility.
Delaware grown Kieffer pears delayed ten days before shipment softened in cold storage and suffered at least 50 percent loss in commercial value. The report notes small fruits are especially vulnerable to storage delays, with twelve to twenty four hour delays accelerating spoilage and mold in hot weather. S Hi Fulton comments on storage impact.
Miss Florence Crone and others arrive home after a week of teaching and city business. Various residents including Harry Welch and Mrs. Howard White travel from West Chester. Rev L K Young delivers address in Keota. Mary J Holmes play Tempest and Sunshine to be shown at the Graham on October 10 offering entertainment and a moral lesson.
Captain John Theaker aboard the Earl of Eldon staged a fire drill to amuse passengers while en route from Bombay with a cotton cargo. Pretend flames and a presumed powder magazine disaster led to actual explosion after boats were launched. all passengers survived after fourteen days at sea.
An advertisement for Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills promotes their use for nervous exhaustion in children and describes a Buffalo mother’s testimonial about her now grown daughter. The box is sold by A. W. Chase Medicine Co. in Buffalo.
A poem about Santa Claus on Christmas Eve with modern touches and a teddy bear sleigh replacing reindeer. It contrasts old myth with new fads as St Nick travels by snow and sugar plum land to deliver gifts.
A prominent speaker, Mand Ballington Booth, draws large audiences and commands top prices to fund Hope halls for paroled prisoners. Her offices are in New York City. home in Montclair New Jersey. she and husband Commander Ballington Booth have two children. Demand exceeds dates. 300 season tickets needed for Washington course. tickets priced at six entertainments for 2.00.
Notice to customers that Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs. It is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults and sold by all druggists.
Fine machine and repair shop for sale in Washington praised as well equipped for all kinds of repair work. Owners selling to take salaried position with flexible terms. Inquiries at this office with note on family health and Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup advertised as cure-all.
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