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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1907

Page

6

Show Girl to Open at Opera House Monday

An all star company of fifty performers brings the musical comedy Show Girl to the opera house on Monday November 4. Manager John P. Goring leads a strong cast including Sutherland Langdon Wilson Jack Kiefer and Kline with twenty chorus girls. The show features seventeen popular tunes and promises a refined theatrical treat. Huston returned home to Wyman after a brief visit.

Opera House Imedy John P. Goring Sie Sutherland Weber & Field Orotions Edith Langdon Grace Wilson Funny Jackis John Kiefer Sam Kline Rty New York Tcke Lillie Sutherland Shoop Racine Wis J. H. Stewart

Patent medicine claim for Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy

A dated card claims Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and grippe pneumonia without opiates. It asserts the product heals lungs and prevents serious illness, notes a yellow package, and states it is sold by all druggists with refunds if unsatisfied.

Foley

Elsie and Molly Escape with Babs in Pin Motor Tale

Elsie worries about missing toys and a wax doll named Babs. A gray suited man lures them on a toy journey using safety pins and pinwheels. Molly frees Babs, and they fly away on a lamb with a pinwheel ladder before the gate trap closes.

Lise Babs Rover Molly Elsie Mamma

Journey Through the Milky Way to a Pin Castle

Elsie Babs and a little gray man voyage through space to a Milky Way gate made of pins. They drink from a penny-pinched well, rescue Molly, and tumble back to the nursery floor after a perilous ride.

Elsie Babs Molly Mamma New York Tribune

Hopper the Quaker Teaches a Soap Froth Lesson

Isaac Hopper stops a boy with a dirty face and asks if he studied chemistry. When the boy says no, Hopper explains a simple experiment: wash with soap in water to create a frothy lather and whiten the skin, calling it a curious chemical demonstration.

Isaac Hopper Friend Hopper

The Lion as Perceived by a Young Student

A child describes a lion as king of beasts and very fierce with dark brown skin. She notes its tail and neck, its strength, and its usefulness for skin and teeth though some words are misspelled.

Name of a former president Polk guessed by letter clues

First letter appears in reap but not sow. Second letter in known and grow. Third in Joe but not short. Fourth in knife and fork. Whole forms a president’s name. Answer Polk.

Polk

Icebergs and their global economic impact in history

Alfred Sidney Johnson explains how icebergs shed sand and rocks as they melt, creating submerged banks from Labrador to the Bay of Fundy. These banks support vast shoals of cod and herring, underpinning an enduring maritime industry and shaping North American climate inland.

Labrador Bay of Pundy North America Alfred Sidney Johnson

Absentminded Bunsen Confuses Evening Clothes Tale

In a Roscoe autobiography a German scientist Bunsen displays notable absentmindedness. He forgot his evening clothes then shows up at the wrong time and narrates the mistaken prior night to the card party attendees. He ends by arranging to go the next night and recounting the very event.

Henry Roscoe Bunsen

Drayton Father Uses Firm Promise to Force Bedtime

In a Drayton household episode, Mr. Drayton delivers a stern ultimatum to Bobby. If the child will not take medicine and go to bed, he will be put to bed without medicine. Bobby, startled, complies and goes to bed. Youth's Companion.

Drayton Bobby Mrs. Drayton Mr. Drayton

Medal-wearing rescuer sinks with weight of honors

A dock worker who had twenty seven medals for lifesaving drowned after falling in while wearing all the awards. The incident recalls the risk of heroism and the-cost of public honors.

Jimson

Women in Hospitals and the Pinkham Remedy Claims

A discussion on why many hospital operations involve women and girls and how Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is promoted as preventing surgery. The piece cites letters from users praising the remedy and asserts it has cured numerous female ailments.

Lydia EK. Pinkham Lydia E. Pinkham

Mrs Pinkham Invites Women for Personal Health Advice

Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts offers free confidential guidance to women with female weakness. Requests symptoms to locate the trouble and suggest the quickest recovery method drawn from her extensive works. Her advice is described as helpful and accessible.

Donovan property sale advised for strong rent yield

A buyer is advised to purchase a city property for 500 to 600 dollars as it can rent for 72 dollars annually. The notice urges buying one of the Donovan properties next Saturday.

Donovan

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