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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1906
Page
7
A young boy named Tommy leaves shore in his father’s boat and meets a mermaid. She guides him to a royal sea hall where merfolk warm him with curious hospitality and unfamiliar foods before inviting him to visit an aquarium beyond a window.
Letter from Miss Cora Goode of Chicago praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing long standing female troubles. She credits restored strength and health after regular use and urges other women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Mass.
The winter lecture course schedule lists events by date with acts and speakers including the Hungarian orchestra on November 1 John T. McCutcheon on November 22 Lincoln Steffens on December 3 Kry Concert Co. on January 14 Reno B. Welbourn on February 14 and Ligic Glee club on March 19. The organizers seek 400 ticket holders to avoid losses and keep Washington as a key lecture town.
One hundred dollar reward offered for an incurable catarrh case. I J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio promoted as honorable by Walding Kinnan Marvin druggists. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally, claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials available free. Family Pills for constipation also advertised.
Tommy sails with a mermaid to an underwater palace where a strange king sits on a coral throne. The king orders Tommy to wear a fish skin that makes him a merman with a tail and scales. They tour the sea, witness a whale and a wreck, then bid the king good night and awaken back aboard his father's boat as dawn nears.
Communion services will be observed next Sabbath at the Second U. P church. Preaching Friday at 7 30 p m and Saturday at 1 30 p m with Rev WO Fisher in charge. time changed from 2 30 to 1 30 p m as announced.
W B Brown of Pittsfield Vermont lauds Dr King’s New Life Pills as quick relief for headache constipation and biliousness saying they keep his family in splendid health The ad promotes Stewart’s drug store selling the 25 cent pills with a guarantee
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