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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1911
Page
6
The Wyethical Company of New York offers Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy to darken hair and combat dandruff and grayness. Available from druggists for fifty cents a bottle with a money back guarantee if it fails to do exactly as represented. Special agent McElhinney Drug Co. markets the product.
Pure bred March and April farrow Poland China hogs and some fall yearlings for sale. Hogs sired by Junction Chief Black Giant and Longfellow. Three exceptional male stock over six feet long with nine inch bone. All guaranteed breeders. Located 6 miles west of West Chester Iowa.
The McElhinney Drug Co promotes ZEMO SOAP and ZEMO as a quick remedy for irritated or inflamed skin and scalp. A warm bath with ZEMO SOAP followed by ZEMO application is claimed to bring swift relief and a cure in sight, with distribution in cities and Washington via McElhinney.
New York reports observers at a meeting of deans and 9,000 collegiate alumnae noting that college girls avoid silk stockings high heels heavy makeup or curls. They favor restrained millinery plain belts white collars cuffs and plainer dress with lean ankles and minimal adornment.
Venezuela adopts baseball as its national game while Hughie Jennings plans spring training for the Tigers and John Tighe to replace Del Howard as Louisville manager. Harvard faces Brown in a tough test as intersectional showdowns loom with Vanderbilt Michigan and Penn State. Maud S. trots 33 years ago and major bouts anchor a busy sports week ahead. A New York tax bill targets professional baseball gross receipts.
Col Theodore Roosevelt turned fifty three today and received calls from many prominent men at the Outlook office. Scores of felicitation messages arrived from across the country.
Governor Deneen and state officers attended the dedication of the Abraham Lincoln Memorial hall at the University of Illinois Urbana on October 27 with university and college presidents from across the United States in attendance.
A historical note recalls the late reign of Louis XIV when men wearing their own hair or small wigs was seen as morally dubious. It notes fashion norms and social pressure shaping hair choices in that period.
Governor Vierpont informed the U.S. government that the new state of West Virginia would raise ten regiments for the Union. Some 8608 arms and equipment could be supplied for the units. The news also notes Yale College becoming a university, Queen Christina freeing Cuban slaves, and a siege in Sofia, Bulgaria.
In his last will and testament Charles Lounsbury bequeaths to good fathers and mothers in trust for their children all good little words of praise and endearments. He charges parents to use them justly and generously according to their children’s needs as his worldly interest passes to succeeding men.
An eczema cure claim touts Meritol Eczema Remedy as rapidly overcoming all forms of eczema with positive relief when others fail. Lemmon's Pharmacy is listed as exclusive agents.
Ames Iowa Oct 27 Poultry expert Prof W A Lippling edtt of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station unveils a dressing method that yields light meat dark meat and dressing in one slice. Market fowl from this method bring up to 50 cents a pound to fancy trade. bulletin 125 “Trussing and Boning Chicken for Fancy Trade” details eighteen illustration steps and is available from the Ames station.
Des Moines surgeon Dr. Wilton McCarthy, head of Mercy hospital, may lose sight in one eye after a train accident last Sunday while returning from Nevada. He would collect 85000 in accident insurance if the eye is lost. A burning cinder entered the car through an open window and burned a hole through the cornea.
Des Moines Iowa October 27 Sparks may head Ames as the state board of education considers the tender to President Sparks of Pennsylvania State College for the presidency of the agricultural college placed in Ames by the board.
A promotional notice from Cook & Sherman at The Rexall Store asserts a microbe causes baldness and that Rexall 93 Hair Tonic can remove dandruff, kill the microbe, revitalize hair roots, and restore color. The ad guarantees refunds if expectations aren’t met and lists 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes.
The article notes that although once thought abandoned, the person remains a potential candidate at Ames and is still considered a possibility.
Cedar Rapids Oct 27 An across the state run for Y M C A athletes of Iowa is being planned by W A Kearns physical director of the Cedar Rapids Y M C A The scheme will be laid before the state association meeting soon in Des Moines Kearns previously directed three successful similar events in Nebraska
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