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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
6
A fanciful tale shows a chancellor misreading friends and foes until a fairy explains that invisible blue spectacles distort view. The chancellor orders everyone to wear rose tinted lenses, transforming a quarrelsome kingdom into a peaceful scene. The playful satire ends with a hopeful lesson on perspective.
Henry Minnick and Elrod Dayton are among three individuals pledged to Washington Academy. The brief item notes these names and the institution involved.
The Misses Jenness and Bather Abbey who have been visiting relatives and friends at Muscatine arrived home last evening.
Three Feline Dudes. The Musk Deer describes a small musk deer living in the Himalayas and Tibetan mountains at about 9 000 feet. The male yields the finest musk and large quantities. The deer are shy and alert and hard to capture.
A magician explains a cloth bag concealing plates and coins on a table. By lifting a plate behind the edge and dropping coins onto the hidden plate, spectators believe the coins vanish when the handkerchief covers the plate and is removed.
Chauncey Myers O H Dunlap W H Cress and 8S M McCleery plan to attend the county officers and good roads commission convention next week at Waterloo. The event promises a successful gathering with special preparations for attendees. Governor Cummins will address the convention.
A party game assigns one player to guess an animal. The others name the animal by asking questions as if the player is that creature. Questions cover scratching, claws, springing, and fur markings. The guesser asks if he is a cat and keeps guessing until correct. The next player leaves the room to guess.
A traveler s palm is described as an Asia based tree with a fan shaped growth resembling an ostrich feather. The text lists eight major planets Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune and notes many minor planets discovered since 1801. It asserts Jupiter was known to the ancients while others remains uncertain.
A succinct meditation frames aging as time passing for all people while a doorbell, an inanimate prompt, quietly demands responses from each moment of life. The concise fare echoes common life puzzles.
The Roman senate grew from about 100 members to 300 under Tarquinius Priscus, then to 600 by Sulla, and to 900 under Julius Caesar. Augustus later reduced the body to 600 members, shaping its later structure.
Local news lists Miss Cora Bell and other residents traveling to visit friends in Vinton and Columbus Junction, with multiple arrivals from Newton West Chester and New Sharon. It notes Edna Morrow's fall from a window at Ainsworth, new horse purchases by Ed Wells and George Teas, and praises Washington county's strong horse breeding and local horsemen crowd.
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