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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1908

Page

2

Wealth and Power Entangle a City Boss and Courtship

In a manners-filled city cliff house, financier Charles Wainwright and his wards Dallas and Perry plot influence, romance, and political moves. Gibbs, a rising broker, faces Dallas amid rumors of an engagement and competing suitors Alwyn Bennett and Judge Newman weave into the social web as city politics and a streetcar deal threaten to shake their lives.

Charles Wainwright Wainwright Newport Casino Lenox Cottage Dallas Perry Thompson Gibbs Dick Tllorrigan Shepherd Crook Horrigan Phelan The Eighth Phelan Toor Tve Police Judge Newman Gibbs, Norton & Co Queen Anne House Newman Mr. Gibbs Charlies Dalles Retary Renson Miss Wainwright Perrs Wall Street Alwyn Bennett Bennett Bin Tibet Alwyn

Census Humor Shows Puzzling Occupation Labels

Officials note enumerators sometimes misclassify jobs with terms like O. T. and N. G. due to literal descriptions. Examples include a drunken worker labeled not gainful, crooks and gamblers marked N. G., and a tramp recorded as loafer not gainful. The piece cites humorous cases from Iowa, New York, Alabama and New England reflected in the Minneapolis Journal.

Census Bureau Washington Iowa N. G New York Alabama New England Minneapolis Journal

Woman Fearful Of Cows In Pasture Encounter

A frightened woman, wary of cows, balks at crossing a pasture. Her husband calms her as a placid cow rises on hind legs, and she cries out fearing an attack, while the animal begins to spring toward them.

Blind Justice Dialogue Clip Sparks Witty Exchange

A short, humorous exchange imagines why Justice is depicted with a bandage over the eyes. The dialogue plays on a child’s question and a father’s pun about a blind woman and lawyers.

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Chapter South Sea Yourself Wain Mr. Horrigan Soittle Charles Miss Garrison Cynthia Garrison Verry Rince Dallas Wainwright Scott Gibbs Blind Justice
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