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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1907
Page
6
A home made mixture using fluid extract dandelion Karyon (likely Kar yon), compound syrup of sarsaparilla and other ingredients touted to relieve bladder pain urination and backache. It claims to cleanse kidneys and improve eliminative function with a teaspoonful after meals and at night. A local druggist endorses its safety and advises making the mix at home.
The semi annual convention of the Central Iowa Homeopathic Medical association opens in Iowa City with scientific papers and a banquet. Contributors include Dr. George Royal of Des Moines Dr. Raymond Peck of Davenport and doctors C H Cogsnel and W A Hubbard of Cedar Rapids. DOUGHERTY BROS promotes tailor made suits. In Muscatine Forepaugh and Selis Brothers verdict favors plaintiff $200 after circus wagons damaged railway tracks. Preventics cold tablets sold by J H Stewart.
J TL Drevenstedt discusses a year of shows noting a drift toward American varieties. Rhode Island Reds advance in numbers and quality, with hens improving in color and surface evenness. Columbian Wyandottes rise quickly, White Wyandottes remain numerous but show quality dips in some regions due to white plumage trends and mislabeling by some dealers.
The illustration shows a handsome Silver Duckwing Leghorn male. This variety is very seldom seen and is not claimed to outperform White, Brown, or Black Leghorns in eggs or hardiness.
The plumage of the Duckwings is beautiful and easy to obtain in large numbers of Silver Shuckwing Leghorns as well as white Leghorns. This makes it a valuable breed for both farmers and urban breeders.
The text argues that uniform egg size is needed for uniform chick size at hatching. It notes eggs vary in size and hatchlings reflect that size, with larger eggs producing larger chicks unless feeding is restricted.
A cool brooder house houses chicks weaned from the warm brooder. It serves mainly winter chickens reaching weaning age when outdoor weather is unfit for range houses. Buildings often have hot water pipes to keep a steady about 70 degrees.
Farmers are urged to provide fine cut grass or green clover to hens and chicks daily to reduce illness. Poultrymen on free range should supply this feed as part of a mother hen's flock to improve flock health.
The passage notes young turkeys crave freedom and grasshoppers. It suggests driving them away from neighbors by guiding their foraging in a chosen direction, as they naturally follow the path set before them.
F H Sandros proprietor of the Iowa Clothing company plans to sue the Courier Reporter and Times-Tribune in Waterloo Iowa alleging discrimination in advertising refusals. He says local merchants pressured the papers to boycott his ads while he runs a 30 day stock closing sale. He believes the action violates the law.
On the range yesterday Company D posted scores for Col S W Brookhart Capt J H Steck Sergt G C Springman Corp J E Jackson Priv L G Ahrens and Priv J H Miller. Brookhart made a possible 25 at 600 yards finishing with expert rifleman status.
Advertisement promises refunds if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure coughs or colds. Claims to stop coughing, heal lungs, prevent pneumonia and consumption, with no opiates. States genuine product in a yellow package and urges refusal of substitutes. Sold by all druggists.
Local brief notes bulb orders at Keck Floral Co and a string of visitors in town yesterday. Raymond Benn of Titus and J A Biggs of Dubuque were in the city for business and attending events. Miss Dale Wagstaff joins Tendre & Benz millinery. extensive social notes follow.
A T. A. Weekly piece surveys quaint English inn signs and their possible origins. It cites Honest Lawyer in King’s Lynn, the Three Compasses, Cat and Fiddle, Bull and Gate, Bull and Mouth, and others as evolving from legends, puns, or historical hints.
A brief comic exchange from the New York Evening Journal portrays a buyer faulting a lantern that fails to light and a dealer remarking on the request for a dark lantern.
The Southern Methodist Church lay conference in Knoxville Tennessee on September 20 decided to organize a militant body of 10 000 lay members of the church.
W Neal of Washington Iowa spoke to Coop er school fourth and fifth graders on Egypt after returning from the world Sunday school convention in Rome. He is a guest of his cousin E F Neal at the Rock Island ticket office during his city stay.
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