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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1907
Page
7
Those required to furnish Internal Revenue Bonds as brewers and tobacco manufacturers or seeking guarantees on Contracts for Supplies to the State or Federal Government are advised to visit us to avoid delays and hassles.
Young Jeremy Todhunter on crutches injures his foot crossing to a circus near his home. A prankish elephant test causes a pie dispute with keeper Slivers, as the boys contemplates damages and a possible compromise over damaged pies.
A circus elephant doors the Todhunter yard to steal pies guarded by a sleepy boy. The keeper wakes and scolds, while townsfolk debate the show’s morality with clergymen supporting it from sea to sea. The boy asserts duty and piety, claiming he was ordered to guard the pies.
The article extols American forest plants as sources of cures and highlights Dr. R. V. Pierce of Buffalo New York. It discusses Dr. Pierce’s therapies including a cleanser and Favorite Prescription, their glyceric extract basis, alcohol free formulations, and claims of curing heart, digestive, and women’s ailments with a free booklet offered on request.
In a rural dispute over damaged pies, Slivers proposes to settle with ticket orders after acknowledging a pie habit in a foxlike animal. Mrs. Sodhunter accepts, while Gimp the elephant is drawn to the kitchen. The New York Herald notes health ads for Dr Shoop’s Restorative.
A hollow trunk sixty five feet in circumference houses a living tree nine feet in circumference. The older trunk perished about 130 years ago leaving thirty feet of the core, while the inner tree is around 110 years old. A curious botanical specimen noted in the Boston Transcript highlights longevity and unusual growth.
A southern congressman recalls meeting an old darky in a Charleston railroad station. The exchange centers on the congressman wanting to deliver a note, the servant’s quip about knowing the house, and a jab about money and liberty. The piece closes with a quiz line about Patrick Henry and a London reply.
Mr Geo W Brock, publisher of the Aberdeen Md Enterprise, testifies that Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy offers a quick safe cure for bowel complaints. He cites twenty years of personal use and recommendations with never disappointing results. For sale by Cook and Sherman.
The passage argues bachelors lack the genius for matrimony and outlines how inspiration or desperation drives marriage. It notes that some men choose single life by malice and mocks the phrase Dear me as a corrupted abroad form Ay de mi from the James I era.
Notice to customers says Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law because it contains no opiates or harmful drugs. It is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults and sold by all druggists.
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