Special Price Napkins and Sheeting Offer
Bargain note for fabric items offering napkins and sheeting at a special price. Drawing attention to a reduced rate of 2.25 dollars per running yard for selected textiles.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1907
Page
2
Patent cold remedy promises one day cure with laxative
Advert says take BromuQuine nine tablets to cure a cold in a day. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove’s signature appears on each box. Price 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W Grove
Yong-Did You Give Him the High Eign
Short dialogue from Chicago Journal about a tense moment where one speaker implies offering the best possible effort in a difficult situation. The fragment suggests a sports or competitive setting and a question of performance. No clear names beyond publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yong
Chicago Journal
Birds on postal cards fascinate Mrs Longworth
Mrs Nicholas Longworth catalogs a collection of bird themed postal cards praised for vivid natural plumage. The New York Press notes the cards feature Hawaiian and southwestern birds and reflects a vogue for feathered images.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Longworth
New York Press
Hawaii
Southwest
Birds on Display Cards Stir Controversy
Mrs. Longworth holds almost 200 bird specimens mounted on cards for a striking display. The feathers used are from fowls and colored, and the activity does not endanger birds, avoiding Audubon society ban concerns.
Drunkard Penalty Imposed by Judge Cleland in Chicago
A Maxwell Street Police Station case in Chicago ordered a salesman to buy his wife roses and candy weekly for four weeks and report back. The judge threatened to pay the bills if the man failed to learn life’s pleasures and to discharge him if happiness was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleland
Maxwell Street
Chicago
Cornish Dialect Glosses Quirky Phrases and Terms
A Liverpool Mercury note surveys Cornwall common words and endearments in local speech. It explains phrases like my dear and my 'ansome, plus terms such as young meaning unmarried and old ancient for old. A humorous anecdote ends with a boy alarmed by a burnt fig pudding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwall
Sonny
New England
America
Alfred
I S U Museum Receives Rare Geological Gifts
A Clinton physician donates rare geological specimens to the Iowa State University Museum in Dubuque. The article also notes a long standing $50 000 debt from a 1844 salt business tied to Ezekiel Oliphant that was discharged by Mrs Sage's attorney after the saga traced through Des Moines and Dubuque counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Iowa
Russell Sage
Ezekiel Oliphant
Oliphants
Des Moines
Dubuque County
Jones County
Joseph Slocum
General Slocum
Syracuse
N. Y
Oliphant
Slocum
New York State
Local arrivals and visits feature area residents
J A McCoy traveled this morning to Wyman while Elmer Hulse arrived from Keota. Miss Mabel Helwick from north of the city appeared in town aboard the Firefly. Mrs Tallman and Miss Hazel Hagist of Keota spent the day shopping. Miss Mame McCreedy left for Red Oak to visit sister Ethel. Mrs Henry Bales and daughter Evelyn from Keota visited relatives and planned to travel to Fairfield. Merle Saunders and Edith Riley depart Sunday for California with Riley to Los Angeles and Saunders to Palo Alto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. McCoy
Wyman
Elmer Hulse
Keota
Mabel Helwick
Tallman
Hazel Hagist
Mame McCreedy
Red Oak
Iowa
Ethel McCreedy
Erty Bros
Henry Bales
Evelyn
Fairfield
Merle Saunders
Edith Riley
California
Miss Riley
Frank Leeper
Los Angeles
Miss Saunders
Palo Alto
Clinton Doctor Donates Large Eastern Iowa Fossil Collection
The State University of Iowa museum gains a vast new display from Dr. P. J. Farnsworth a Clinton physician who spent years collecting fossils. The collection numbers thousands of specimens and is described as the most complete ecology and fossil assemblage in eastern Iowa to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Iowa
Museum
the State University of Iowa
P. J. Farnsworth
London hostess traits described by Mrs Marchbanks
The passage defines the modern London hostess as warm yet frostily distant. It notes a gush of welcome followed by an icy stare and describes her as vague and self absorbed. A quip contrasts a gracious presence with gracious absence, finishing with a wry remark about mismatched marriage and income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mrs. Marchbanks
Tore
Putnam's
Simple home Rheumatism remedy prescription
A noted authority on Rheumatism presents an easy home formula using Fluid Extract Sandalwood half ounce, Compound Karyon one ounce, Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla three ounces. Mix well and take a teaspoon after meals and at night. Ingredients are vegetable based and inexpensive from wood prescription pharmacies. Regular use for a few days is claimed to reduce pain and swelling and achieve lasting relief without stomach harm.
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Lts
Fante
I. S
U. Museum
Radfield
Egulator Coa
Atlamta, EU
Dallas News
Aving
North Side
Edwin Griffith
Standard Furniture Company
North Side Square
Work & Meek
Washington National Bank
Washington, Iowa
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