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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1910
Page
7
Articles describe women volunteers forming a medical corps to tend wounded soldiers, with daily lectures on first aid and nursing. Training covers signaling, stretcher drills, sanitation, and field care as branches may spread beyond London.
A Louisiana man has developed a process to stain wood while it grows. A coloring fluid is hung near a tree and applied to exposed bark and fibers, coloring the sap as it circulates. Any light wood can become darker, and the method saves later dyeing costs.
Japan provides bounties for building ocean going ships by native builders and offers navigation bounties to all twelve knot ships over 3000 tons owned by Japanese. The policy appears effective.
England plans a serious move to use street car tracks and electric power for heavy freight. Leeds has won an experimental contract to move about 80 000 tons of sand and gravel on streetcar routes.
Correspondence lists visitors and trips across towns. Names include Mesdames Desing Moothart Deen Glassburn Carrie Mason Florence Kirkendal and many others with visits to Iowa City Kalona Riverside What Cheer Toledo Columbus Junction and Independence. The week notes church events and a high school football formation led by captain William Trieschmann and manager Carl Oldfield.
The Washington Baptist association will meet at the Ainsworth Baptist church Wednesday through Friday with sessions at 10 45 a m The program features sermons by Rev A Woods and Rev J L Ayrault plus a missionary address by U T L Ket man The note urges attendance and highlights gathered talent and church letters from regular business sessions.
A. J. Mitchell of Gove City visits son Will Mitchell in Ainsworth while James Hunter and others tour Washington for a day. Des Moines visitors return home. Mrs. Vesey arrives from Winfield. Clergy and families attend Evangelistic meetings in Wyman. J. W. Harper and Mrs Miles visit Hedrick. ad promotes Foley's Kidney Remedy with testimonial.
A poem by Walt Mason from 1910 laments the dead buried in unmarked pauper graves. It contrasts the grim final scene for the poor with the glory granted to the wealthy and shrewd, urging respect for dignity beyond money.
An old fashioned remedy article notes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur as a modern scalp tonic and color restorer. It claims the product preserves dark, glossy hair and reduces graying, sold by leading druggists in 50 cents or 1 dollar bottles and by Wyeth Chemical Co. at 74 Cortlandt St New York. For sale and recommended by Mc Elhinney Drug Co.
The story notes market gardens near Paris achieving high intensity farming with rents exceeding 250 dollars per acre per year. Four crops are harvested from February to November, highlighting the productive method. It also cites Guernsey Island in the English Channel where farming land is valued at 1,200 dollars per acre.
Merit Wins claim Foley Kidney Pills cure disease and boost vigor. Ad lists backache, headache, nervousness, loss of appetite and sleep difficulty from kidney or bladder issues. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McRhinney Drug Co market the product.
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