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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1907
Page
3
Davenport readers weigh deliciously twisted math in a playful letter asking how many apples Adam and Eve ate. The joke trails through garbled fractions and wildly growing totals before concluding both ate 81 896 864 apples.
A health-promoting claim advises avoiding appendicitis by preventing constipation. Orine Laxative Fruit Syrup is advertised as curing chronic constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels, restoring natural action without nausea or griping. Sold by all druggists.
The Parker-Jersey Company presented Nature's Nobleman at the Graham venue last night. The melodrama mixed with comedy pleased patrons, aided by special scenery and music. Millard Fillmore, Alma Adams, and Freddie Stewart offered strong specialties. tonight The Wayside Inn, a rare military play, headlines the bill.
Trial catarrh treatments mailed free by Dr. Shoop of Racine Wisconsin. Tests prove the value of this scientific prescription known to druggists as Dr Shoop's Catarrh Remedy. Sold by J H Stewart.
A Washington Star description shows how to craft a balanced toy bird using two cardboard disks, a wire, and a lead ball. A small cardboard bird rides the wire and bobbles as the drum rolls, creating a lifelike motion.
Local shoppers view 200 hats at Miss Lewis while Snouffer Hughes Co promotes tailored suits at special Friday and Saturday prices. Numerous residents travel between Havre Fairfield Ottawa Muscatine Keota Crawfordsville and Columbus Junction for visits and business.
A writer on bird life notes a curious West Indies bird called the trembler. It feeds on coffee berries and, while hopping between twigs, stops to shake its wings and perk its tail in a comical display. When several are together they bow with wing quivers and tail vibrations.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow showed studious habits in a Portland school where a master called him one of the best boys. He passed Bowdoin College entrance at fourteen and finished fourth in his class in 1825.
Create a small embroidery hoop with two yards of half inch ribbon. Cross the ribbon from side to side in two places on the ring. Form four bows and sew each bow to the ring. Sew nine bells on the cross ribbons at even intervals. Repeat on the opposite side to finish.
A teacher showed a zebra to pupils and asked what it was. A child answered with a humorous line calling it a horse in a bathing suit, reflecting playful local humor in Home Magazine.
The piece ponders daily life with a playful promise to greet morning with laughter and noontime restraint, ending in a vow to stay cheerful as the town’s happiest child. Washington Stas’ ballad-like verse captures a lighthearted, optimistic tone.
A physician extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for foul stomach and blood issues. The text compares the stomach to a churn, claiming a foul stomach taints all it processes and that the tonic cures biliousness indigestion and related symptoms. It urges mailing for a booklet detailing ingredients and medical opinions.
Mrs. C. A. McWilliams and her sons Verne and Edgar depart for Farmington Iowa where Mr. McWilliams has located their future home. Washington expresses regret at losing the family and extends best wishes. C. J. McWilliams of Columbus Junction traveled with them to his home after a brief city visit.
Foley's Kidney Cure claims to restore kidney function and cure all kidney and bladder diseases. It strengthens the whole system and is sold by all druggists.
A Pittsburg speaker recalls Francis Murphy as a leading temperance reformer whose efforts inspired over ten million pledges. He notes Murphy’s plain manner and his rebuke of snobbery at a dinner where a rich English widow’s party excluded a humble grocer, who answered with quiet wit.
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