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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1905
Page
7
A cigar ad promotes Wadsworth Bros Chico as a Havana filler cigar priced at 50 cents. It claims steady burn, strong ash, and Carolina perfecto scent, urging smokers to try it regardless of previous prices. Also mentions Fitch Dandruff Cure and barber shops with druggist J B Lemmon.
An ad warns against mercury based remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and effective when taken internally. It claims action on blood and mucous surfaces and notes testimonials are free and price is 75 cents per bottle. It also advertises Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A fragment from a poem describes a poet wearing a dainty bonnet amid saintly hour and misty altar scenes. The narrator notes the rector’s faint chants and the poet hearing them as dreams. The piece evokes quaint conceits and a delicate, reverent mood.
A lyrical vignette celebrates springtime brightness and personal desire to evade costs. The speaker imagines Easter light, blooming flowers, birds, and a chorus of voices, noting a bill figure at the door and a wish to escape financial pressures by fleeing into the season’s beauty.
Roy Griffith recalls in verse how Betty's Easter bonnet dazzled at church long ago in sweet sixteen, and how, though the style has faded, the remembered charm remains dear to him despite time and change. The poem frames nostalgia for a beloved bonnet and a stable romance.
The king of mollusks lives in the Indian and south Pacific oceans and can reach 500 pounds with a bivalve shell. The gigantic tridacna is the largest mollusk known from the Silurian era, resting on the ocean floor as corals build around it.
A dialogue reveals Mr. Green announcing to Ethel that at their party her sister promised to marry him. Ethel forgives him, noting the party was arranged for that purpose.
The Houston Post notes Hastiem as a blunt speaker who describes his earnings plainly by calling them wages. The remark reflects a straightforward, no frills character trait highlighted in a brief editorial aside.
The Washington Star describes Japan’s cherry blossom festival as a native Easter, with children carrying chariots, masked theater, and pink petal snow along Tokyo’s Ueno Park and Mukojima. Crowds fill streets, picnics spread on blankets, and boats glide the Sumida river as geisha music enhances the festive mood.
A curious Easter custom in old France involved a dance atop sand and eggs. Philibert, duke of Savoy, courted Margaret of Flanders during a hunt and joined the egg dance, sparing broken eggs and sealing their betrothal with a happy ending as reported by the Philadelphia Press.
In the Philippines natives observe Easter Sunday with morning processions led by bands. The day continues with fencing and games, reflecting a festive communal celebration.
A reflection on Christ’s suffering and resurrection as the royal pathway to glory. Thomas a Kempis asks readers to accept the cross as the single true route to eternal honor and heavenly entry.
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