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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1911
Page
10
A heavy afternoon rain yesterday, followed by a .02 inch dew, revived the region. Farmers report widespread showers and robust corn and grass growth, with vegetation turning notably greener as rain fell in many areas. Reports from various parts confirm the general rainfall.
An old advertisement promotes ZEMO and ZEMO Soap for skin issues from prickly heat to pimples. It urges sending five stamps to EW Rose Medicine Company in St Louis for samples and a booklet, with Mckinney Drug Co endorsed as a distributor.
Do not allow your kidney and bladder trouble to develop beyond the reach of medicine. Foley Kidney Pills give quick results and stop irregularities with surprising promptness. Sold by ALL Drugists.
Washington reports Secretary Fisher of the Interior will visit Alaska in August to study the coal field situation on the ground. The investigation will be deep and thorough and will cover the Controller Bay matter and 33 coal claims of Clarence Cunninghame and fellow-entrymen disallowed by the department.
Fast thirty to fifty foot power boats began from New York Motor Boat Cut with Camden Ned racing down the Jersey coast toward Camden opposite Philadelphia. In case of storms the route will run up the Delaware Bay and River to Camden.
Catherines in Toronto for Canadian Henley regatta on August 4 and 5. Oarsmen from across Canada compete as crews from the Mecca of Dominion rowing gather for the Journal regatta run by the Canadian Association of Amateur Oarsmen.
Members of the Afro American Franchise Protective League of Oklahoma lead a proposed colonization movement for American Negroes with a national convention planned in St Louis on August 4, 1912. They assert disfranchisement under the grandfather clause and urge Negroes nationwide to return to Africa to establish an independent nation free of white domination.
Norwegian lumbermen arrange to ship several cargoes of wood pulp to the United States as high prices in Norway create an appealing market despite duties. Over 8,000 tons were recently sent aboard the stern ship Starkad with more consignments planned.
Ten state attorneys general met in St. Louis for a conference on pending railroad rate litigation. Missouri's Major called the meeting at Oklahoma’s West request with representatives from Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Oregon, Kansas, South Dakota, Kentucky and Missouri. The group planned to press the appeal of a Missouri two cent passenger rate to the US Supreme Court in October.
A historical advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment that targets blood and mucous surfaces. It claims not to be a quack medicine and cites a physician’s endorsement, listing ingredients and urging readers to send for testimonials. It names Fr J Cheney Co of Toledo as the supplier and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Miss Burnside leaves the Oskaloosa Public Library for Bradley Polytechnic in Peoria with Miss Minton of Chicago set to take her place. Rachel Age oversees the library during transition. Miss Mathews promotes the Columbia belt entertainment in Des Moines. other small items record local visits and upcoming events in Wells, Washington, and Wellman communities.
A well known Des Moines woman suffered two days with a severe bowel complaint and was cured by one dose of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
The Scrap Book recalls John T. Raymond, famed as Colonel Sellers, touring London with The Gilded Ape. After arrival he visits Gillig's American Exchange, asks how to send money to America, then later how to take money from America in a quiet whispered request.
Memorial verse extols duty and gratitude, urging life of service and memory. It invokes spreading fragrance of deeds before rest, hoping lasting remembrance in future days. The piece references S ir Join Rowring and contemplates memorial virtues.
A WC T U delegate from the east asks if the train remains in North Dakota after a staff member clarifies they are not. The exchange highlights a sign in the buffet car and quick witted service with a polite offer of drinks.
A talking golf bug returns from a rough path near Satan's preserve praising a perfect course. He boasts about its beauty but admits no one plays there. An old soul on a safety valve realizes the twist: the owner won't permit anyone to play.
An Irishman, cutting through a cemetery on his way home, falls into a sunken grave after friends dug it out and covered it with boards. White sheet apparitions appear, and the victim replies with a wry joke about the prank, proving he keeps his humor in perilous moments.
A German restaurant keeper in New York spent $50 000 on improvements. While surveying the work theatrical impresario Herb J Meyer praised the place and predicted success. A friend added the fireplace remark and the owner quipped that even if he earns nothing the place will be a tombstone for him.
The future congressman Champ Clark joins the Campbellite church as a youth in Louisiana Missouri. After dancing on a moonlit river trip he is expelled, returns in tears, and kneels at the mourners’ bench to seek repentance, ultimately rejoining the congregation.
A family supper turns philosophical as Mary jokes that horses fear cars, comparing fear to a pair of pants lacking a man, sparking a brief, humorous reflection on modern dangers.
Sir George Reid, high commissioner for Australia, is described as brusque and burly. A debate anecdote claims an opponent warned him he might go too far, to which another legislator replied Then the fat will be in the fire, provoking laughter among all present.
Booth Tarmegton recalled an early play incident in Indianapolis where two actresses argued at rehearsal. The leading actress boasted of being the star, while the other quipped she’d look better as a meteor, highlighting the star’s thin figure.
A Pullman porter, angered by a poor tip from an actor and his wife, is told as they disembark in New York that the wife is back in the washroom making up her face. The quarrel highlights tension over gratuities aboard.
A collection of wry maxims on knowing it all keeping shortcomings hidden and the lure of stillness. It cautions against pretentious displays and suggests observing others for lessons. It notes how wealth can sour genuine warmth and how misfortune reveals alternative views.
A humorous poem recalls hunger from earlier days when meals were prepared by a wife and mother. It suggests the husband’s current grumbling at meals stems from his own poor appetite and outdated tastes, blaming him rather than the cook.
Dialogue notes a man’s softening moment as tears rise upon hearing a sad yesterday tale, contrasting with claims of his hardness. The exchange questions whether he truly lacks compassion and highlights emotional response.
A fragmentary dialogue contrasts men with guns and women with powder, touching on escape and failure. One speaker claims never failing, while another challenges that claim, suggesting the path was simply not trying.
The source passage describes a boastful individual who claims to have shot and then completed the act with an ax. It presents dialogue showing the accused or observed person fabricating or admitting violent behavior with graphic escalation.
A terse exchange questions whether kindness must always rule social cures. Two voices debate enabling performance of temper in daily life. The dialogue hints at practical limits of benevolence.
A fragmentary exchange blends bravado and doubt across apparent misquotes. The lines oscillate between fear and denial, with self reference and repeated negations highlighting tension and miscommunication. The dialogue reads like a playful street aside.
A cryptic verse notes a criminal remains at large and free while the public ponders the elusive suspect. The line invokes wandering time and a lingering pursuit without concrete details or dates.
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