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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1907
Page
5
A seller notes coal is essential in the cold season and urges immediate purchase. He claims the price for this month mirrors September and advertises a large stock of grades and sizes to choose from.
A 1910s-style exhortation on how a dining room should be the heart of family life. It argues the ideal dining room requires a mistress with ideals, pleasant lighting, warmth, and hospitality. It stresses daily effort to keep the room cheerful, welcoming, and free of fault finding, with attention to family needs and simple beauty.
An eminent specialist from New York lists credentials from multiple hospitals and announces a limited free medical campaign before November 1. Services include consultations, examinations, minor surgeries, blood tests, galvanism, and treatments for many diseases with no charge to the poor, with costs only covering actual expenses. Office at Roberts Block, Cedar Rapids reference Cedar Rapids Savings Bank.
The article advises wrapping embroidery hoops with a thin inch wide tape to keep them clean and prevent staining delicate fabrics. It notes wooden hoops are preferable to tarnished silver rings and stresses a tight fit with minimal wrinkles for best results.
A banana eating contest is arranged between Senator Jim Walker of Owensville and Melvin Smith of Petersburg. Smith lately devoured forty eight bananas in two hours then ate two pounds of bologna and one pound of crackers without water. He fell ill for several days but recovered and is ready to compete with Walker.
The Academy schedules two afternoon games this Saturday first against Ainsworth at 1 30 and second against Haskins at 3 30. Admission is 25 cents with ladies 15 cents both games for one price. Bright matchups anticipated with competitive play and strong crowds.
An advertisement claims Foley's Kidney Cure can cure any kidney trouble not beyond medical aid, sold by all druggists. News notes Mr and Mrs Edward Nicholson returned from Cleveland with him in good spirits and recovering well. Several local women traveled to Fairfield for a Woman's Relief corps district convention, while Mrs M L Miller arrived from Ainsworth to visit.
A humorous Punch caption depicts a man at a spa or health spa scene. The frame suggests leisure and medical cult of hydrotherapy in a light satirical tone reflecting contemporary wellness fashion.
The Royal Tailors of Chicago advertises cut prices on fall and winter clothing with an absolute guarantee for style fit and workmanship. Suits and overcoats priced regularly from 15 to 35 dollars are reduced during the coming season at tichelbergers Music Store.
In Muscatine Iowa on October 10 Herman Dolman died soon after the funeral procession for his wife as the first carriage returned to the home with mourners. He had watched from his window unable to attend the ceremony.
Telegraph reports unavailable by 3 30 this afternoon but long distance lines say the seventh inning score favors the Chicago Cubs 5 to 0 against Detroit in the world championship game.
Mrs D B Twinam of Crawfords Ville Mrs George Matlock Mrs John Diller and Mrs Jas Johnson of Brighton the Misses Faith Raymond and Edith Thoma and Mrs Sue Thoma of Haskins Mrs C Carr of Williamsburg and Mrs W H Chappel and Mrs Kya K Vernon of Noreatur Kan registered today at the Rest Room.
The article explains how fixed charges must cover losses from breakage, destruction, and theft. It notes cheaper stores suffer more from theft due to less trustworthy staff, and that insiders and outsiders contribute roughly equally though estimates vary. It discusses ethics among employees and how arrests follow only for professional shoplifters.
An anecdote recalls Sir Francis Knol Ilys at Marlborough House where he tells the Prince of Wales that gentlemen of the press seek entry. The prince replies show them in and notes they will enter by the ventilator if not at the door. A street railway strike is noted at Kenderson Ay.
A Yorkshire tree near Wetherby, the Cowthorpe oak, is described as about five centuries old. It has hosted gatherings inside its trunk cavity, measures a ground girth of thirty four feet three inches, and stands thirty seven feet high with twenty five supports. The cavity appeared in the early 1800s and earlier measurements show a larger trunk, with acorn production noted in past centuries.
Instructions describe a simple wall shadow show with cardboard figures. A candle placed on a table, a sheet as a screen, and a mirror fixed at the table edge project moving silhouettes onto the wall. The setup aims for a convincing illusion without revealing the method.
A German traveler writing from Palestine describes Jacob's Well near Mount Gerizim in Schechem. He notes the 70 feet deep, eight foot diameter well and the oak of Moréh where Abraham built the first altar. The site blends biblical history with Schechem's ancient trade past.
A young boy named Jesse, still learning to talk, refers to himself as she and recounts running in excitedly to tell his mother that a hen turned toward the hen house, saw a fox, and shook its wing before fleeing.
A playful verse describes a patient old clock that stands in the corner day and night. Its face shines like a moon and its hands grow on its face. it speaks of ticking time and the mystery of what happens when light fades. The poem blends whimsy with time's quiet watch.
The funeral for the late E. R. Lease will take place tomorrow at 10 30 in the morning from the residence in south Washington. The Rev W O Fisher will conduct the service.
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