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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1907

Page

2

Local News and Notices from Cotter and Nearby

Small house for rent and local social notes include visits from Cotter residents Miss Mae Bell and Mrs Roy Combs. Births, marriages, licenses, illness updates, and upcoming events are listed with names such as Wilber G Harvey Lyda Herr Frank McClean Grace Frazey and B F Whitacre Jr Daisy Sumner.

Gol Nicola Mae Bell Cotter Roy Combs D. N. Anwyl Crawfords Yester Wilber G. Harvey Lyda M. Herr Frank R. McClean Grace E. Frazey Foley All Drug B. F. Whitacre, Jr Daisy J.sumner Brighton Dr. Stewart Ts. A. C. Ralston Effie van Sickie West Chester

Patent Medicine Claim for Foley Honey and Tar Cough Remedy

A marketing notice certifies that druglists authorize refunds if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure coughs or colds. It claims to stop coughing, heal lungs, prevent complications, and cites protection against la grippe cough, pneumonia, and consumption. Contains no opiates. sold by all druggists in a yellow package with no substitutes offered.

Foley Cardus Sallie H. Blair Johnson City Tenn

Notable Medical Discovery Promotes Mi o Na Stomach Treatment

Washington readers are urged to try Mi o Na a stomach remedy praised for easing indigestion. The formula claims to strengthen stomach and bowels increase gastric juices and relieve distress after meals flatulence heartburn headaches and dizziness. Lemmon's Pharmacy offers an absolute money back guarantee if it fails to cure with proper use.

Washington Lemmon's_ pharmacy

Sawyer and Rural Comedy Pleases Graham Audiences

Quincey Adams Sawyer draws a packed Graham house with a large regional audience from Brighton and nearby towns. Samantha Green provides comic relief while Ida M. Rogers, Al Marks and others contribute strong performances in a wholesome rural comedy with light song and dance.

Quincey Adams Graham Brighton Samantha Green Abner Stiles Ida M. Rogers Samantha al Marks Hiram Maxwell

Calumet Baking Powder Praised for Purity and Consistency

The Calumet Baking Powder uses carefully selected materials and precise proportions to deliver bread cake or biscuits free from additives like cream of tartar or ammonia. It is marketed as chemically correct, reliable, and recommended by physicians and chemists, complying with pure food laws.

Exchange Sparks Between Horn and Pipe Jokes

A brief witty clash quotes a taunt about blowing and hot air in a humorous exchange cited from a St. Louis Post-Dispatch item.

Horn St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Quinsy and Sprains Ailments Ease With Pain Balm

In November 1901 Mrs. L. Cousins of Otterburn Michigan says she caught cold and quinsy. after applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm her throat eased and in two days she recovered. The liniment is noted for sprains and swellings and sold by Cook and Sherman.

Chamberlain

Bathing in the Great Salt Lake a unique, risky dip

Travel Magazine recounts a bath at the Great Salt Lake with steps to the platform, shallow water, and buoyant, sinking-free water. Visitors note cork-like floating, eye and mouth stinging, eight times less salty ocean water, warning signs against chatty frolicking, and salt crusts on skin needing fresh-water rinse and brushing.

Great Salt Lake Cork Travel Magazine

Needed Improvements The Country Cousin and The City Boy

The New York World comments on urban progress noting Willie’s request for more houses cops street cars and sign restrictions to improve the city scene. The piece frames a dialogue about municipal development and civic amenities.

Willie New York World

Staple Foods and Global Nutrition Observations

The passage notes that humanity relies on a small set of staples for most nutrition including flesh milk eggs grains and a limited range of roots fruits and vegetables. It contrasts broad variability with the core animal products grains and major staples and cites a humorous medieval quip about limited varieties.

London John Leech

Numerous travelers depart for business and visits in Iowa towns

Fred Neiswanger returns from Burlington while Col. Brookhart heads to Columbus Junction on business. Mr. and Mrs. Nutt travel to Winfield. Reesink from the Muscatine Journal goes to Crawfordsville. Several others, including Mrs. Ball and Mrs. Sturges, return from Crawfordsville. Warnings for Dr Shoop remedies appear alongside local travel notes and military officer Kreger's Cuba assignment. William Mayhew arrives from Crawfordsville.

Tragedy on Northwestern Bridge Claims Mrs Prentiss

Mrs Sam Prentiss, 60, died when her foot snagged on Buxton trestle while crossing the Northwestern bridge. She struggled to free herself as a train approached and was struck, the engineer failing to see her, at 10:30 Sunday morning in Oskaloosa Iowa.

Oskaloosa Iowa Sam Prentiss Buxton Northwestern Bridge

Cure for the common cold praised by a Virginian

Mr. W. L. Hall of Waverly Virginia advocates Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best cold treatment. He has used it for years and recommends it to friends who agree. Cook and Sherman offer the remedy for sale.

W. L. Hall Waverly Chamberlain Cook Sherman

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