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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1909
Page
3
The article recounts Theodore Roosevelt describing how he killed a charging lion in Africa using three precise rifle shots while Simba the lion’s current rider and Lady Pease watched. Additional anecdotes describe Carl Akely of Chicago killing a leopard barehanded after a brutal struggle.
A poem from the Boston Herald about a father who spends the day hunting, returning tired and cross for supper while the narrator dreads the endless hunt and wishes for different outcomes. The speaker notes the family dynamic and the desire for game versus the burden of the hunt.
Paris fashion returns to New York as singer Mme Noria lands off a ship wearing a tight velvet gown that bags at the knees and ankles. The outfit features loud black Spanish buttons and a white fox turban with a matching fox mat and stole, drawing attention on the dock.
News from Vienna reports a wedding fashion advance where the bride mother wears a wreath of roses during the ceremony and removes her hat at home to reveal a half circle of rose buds with silver petals and foliage.
The German government has spent more on aviation than any other nation, reflecting a strong push to advance air travel and military aviation capabilities.
During the past year or two hard times no one was too poor to pay a quarter for a bottle of this indispensable family medicine. Be sure and get the genuine. 5¢ 35¢ and 60¢ bottles.
Tenchira Bros of the Japan art store in Eureka say they will seek indemnity from the United States after a dynamite blast wrecked the shop. They report the Japanese consul will visit Eureka to investigate the case and have urged for rewards leading to arrests of the dynamiters.
Mothers seek remedies for coughs colds and croup Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is recommended as beneficial In croup give at the first creaky cough to prevent attack Keep it ready for instant use Sold by F L Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
An advertisement promotes Rexall Mucu Tone as a preventive and curative for coughs colds and catarrh. It claims weak immune systems cause infections and offers a physician formulated remedy with a two size price option and a money back guarantee. Sold at Cook & Sherman Washington at 8 W. Cor. Square.
Danish explorer Kond Rasmussen spent years in Greenland studying Eskimo ethnology and history. The article notes his travels from 1902 to 1904 with the Danish expedition and his 1906 return to continue research, detailing his life, works, and the three Eskimo branches he studied.
A classic advertisement claims despondency in women stems from a female illness and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It cites letters from Baltimore and Rockland praising cures after other doctors failed, highlighting decades of use and a free guidance offer from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
Twenty head of good mares and geldings at a Winfield Iowa sale on Saturday October 30 1909 at 12 30 pm. Includes a full breed Percheron mare in foal and extra good, several aged mares and a bay driving horse. Prices cash or bankable with 7 percent interest. Paschal Bros and D F Macon as organizers with McClorkin as clerk.
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