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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1910
Page
4
An old advertisement offers Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets with a money back refund if the remedy fails to cure. The copy highlights a druggist guarantee and references E. W. Grove or Grove’s Sanaqua style phrasing.
A fragment mentions horse meat and raw consumption, with unclear context about who, where, or why. The text lacks coherent details to identify events, organizers, or dates.
Paris hosts the first annual Friends of the Horse banquet as a society promotes breeding and feeding horses for food on a large scale. Horse meat fetches high prices, the board of health buys 2000 pounds weekly for hospitals, and tuberculin risk is very low, with mules and donkeys also sold to poorer classes.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages as a constitutional disease. The remedy is taken internally and targets blood and mucous surfaces, with a $100 reward for any failure to cure. Proponents invite testimonials and list of supporters from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A humorous vignette by Walt Mason lampoons a malingering invalid who moans of countless ailments while the narrator recalls a blister on his finger and warns against fussing over it. The piece, dated 1910, features Mason’s wry tone and playful moral.
New York observes the 23rd anniversary of Miss Liberty’s unveiling on Bedloe’s Island. Since October 28, 1887, the bronze statue has watched progress from ships to air travel and wireless messages while keeping its torch aloft.
Rev. Dr. Linscott leads a study on the Anointing of Jesus from Matthew and Mark. The piece asks provocative questions on faith, motive, love offerings, church visitation, and disciple dynamics, emphasizing practical spiritual duties and the place of love in Christian life. It cites a 1910 lesson date for Nov 7.
A snake charmer visits a garden hedge, using a flute to coax snakes from the plants. He is accompanied by assistants and a basket for the reptiles as he performs, handling them and placing them back, while warnings and fear fill the narrator’s account of the eerie display.
A parent lays out strict tests for a suitor to win his daughter. He requires fortitude, patience, strength of character, courage, and an indomitable will to endure misfortune. He asks if the suitor possesses these qualifications and asks whether other assurances are desired.
A friend of wine visiting a newly married couple reports the husband throwing stones at his wife. The remark asks if she was hurt and the response says she was not harmed and found it amusing, calling them diamonds.
Amusements note that the world and his wife will attend the Graham on Saturday to see Seven Days a Mary Rhinehart and Avery Hopwood comedy. Wagenhals Kemper bring a New York cast and Astor theater production replica for a three hour riot of laughter.
A local ad touts Rexall Orderlies as a gentle effective safe bowel regulator and tone, claiming complete relief or medicine free if not. The notice promotes two sizes 10¢ and 25¢ and directs readers to The Rexall Store Cook & Sherman at 8S W. Cor Square.
A fragment suggests a publisher or author defends his work amid criticism from friends who claim his books offend. The text notes the author intends posterity as a motive and seeks appreciation for literary output.
A vintage ad-style claim states Pazo ointment will cure all forms of piles within six to fourteen days or a refund is offered. The language emphasizes guaranteed relief and mentions refunds for failing to heal.
The philosopher of folly remarks that women feel men are clever because they imagine their partners will impress other women. He notes the social perception hinges on speculation about others judgments and reputations.
For over thirty years Foley's Honey and Tar remains a trusted cough remedy without opiates. Lennon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drag Co. advertise the product as a throat chest and lung helper available locally.
Incomplete lines reflect a meditation on rising beyond limits yet remain tangled in stray phrases about self and perception. The fragment hints at inner exploration before breaking into unclear imagery.
Good results follow Foley Kidney Pills notes claim the product contains ingredients to tone strengthen and regulate the kidneys and bladder and cure backache cited by Seminons Pharmacy Metilinney Drug Co.
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