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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1908
Page
8
The page lists a multi part word puzzle with clues labeled I and II, presenting synonyms or definitions for each item. Answers appear to align with common English words such as change stage growth insect stage entertain avoid current prices portico musical composition come again to mind rough state small timid animals feminine name nimble severity audibly droves.
A cryptic sequence lists commands to behead and curtail words and assign new meanings. It references beheading plates of stone and adorers, then links to actions like suspend tardy wander and above the top in a puzzling, archaic tone.
Jumbled words form titles of twelve books including island adventures grizzly bear old man Rob Roy Alice's Adventures in Wonderland the Grandfather's House of Rob Roy biography of Roy beauty and the beast the fair maid of Perth the water babies the seven little Australians and the black house of the seven gables.
A cryptic poem asks to drop one letter to reveal the word who. The speaker hints at First, Second, and Whole, with lines about widening circles and the world, stars, and a lady's eyes. It includes health, strength, disease, and a fading wave, inviting the reader to guess the answer.
The Philadelphia Record presents a clever substitution puzzle where a stray letter is swapped to reveal an apt motto for a brave knight's shield. The clue hints at wordplay and valor, inviting readers to decode a fitting heraldic message.
No 54 presents seven clues: the wife of Jason, a Dorian city, Kent's alias in Lear, a major African country, a defeated Marathon general, a Greek letter, a daughter of Tantalus and Cadmus. Reading initial letters downward reveals an ancient European nation.
A compact list presents seven terse clues linking famous roles to writers. Each line names a writer type such as poet novelist or novelist alongside a cryptic two word descriptor. The item combines mystery style hints with brief attributions.
A child named Willie is described as delicate after a bilious spell. He refused meals, had a sequence of snacks at set hours, and grew worse by the day according to the narrator.
A scrambled list of word pairings and puzzles from a page labeled No 41 to No 48. Includes items like Defer deer versus Farce face, and a riddle on Overshoes. Also features puzzles on initial changes, arithmetic, and references to Whittier and Jack the Giant Killer.
Mary and Harry divide garden tasks in a spring planting project. Mary grows geraniums begonias heliotropes from cuttings while Harry seed-planting phlox aster picotee pinks mignonette nasturtium and ten weeks stock. A fragrant Japanese cowslip delights them as their summer beds flourish and begonia prize wins at the children’s show.
In Philadelphia the will of 85 year old Mrs. Annie L Lowry probated after her Aug 1 death provides half a million dollars for charity from a 600000 estate. Five thousand dollars is to be invested for Violet Peark the cousin who will care for Mrs Lowrys cats and parrots with income shared among surviving pets until their deaths when the fund reverts to other heirs. Major bequests include 110000 to the American Sunday School Union 58000 to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 15000 to the American Anti-Vivisection Society 10000 to the Humane Educational Society in Boston 10000 to the Missionary Society for Heathen Lands and 50000 to the Children’s Seaside Home at Atlantic City plus about fifty other institutions and societies.
Mrs Margaret Castens aged ninety four died at her daughter's home in St Paul. Three years earlier the Berlin bank paid her more than fifteen thousand dollars after a pact among sixty five German convent classmates. The girls agreed to contribute works each year until only one remained, and Mrs Castens became the beneficiary.
Lansing with Robert J. Shields of Houghton as state tax commission president notes May is a favorable month. He was born in May twenty five years ago and began newspaper work in May. During May he accepted two major mining positions and joined the tax commission in the same month.
Lieutenant General Henry Corbin, retired, says Taft acted solely on a direct presidential order in discharging the battalion of the Twenty fifth infantry. Corbin has just returned from Ohio and clarifies the chain of command in the matter.
Aug. 8. Joseph Landis, Socialist candidate for Congress, attempted to shoot Prosecuting Attorney William Bach in Bloomington. The attack failed and Landis was arrested, stemming from a bitter newspaper controversy.
In Carmi on August 8 the badly decomposed body of Virgil Ingold, a student missing for some time, was recovered from the river near Meyer. Death cause undecided whether accidental or otherwise.
A voluntary bankruptcy petition was filed in Pittsburg, naming Harry K Thaw and filed by attorney Charles Morschauser. Separately, the heavyweight championship fight between Tommy Burns and Bill Squires is scheduled for August 24 in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
President Roosevelt and Secretary of War Wright held a conference about the West Point hazing case but reached a secret conclusion. Hamilton Manufacturing Company mills in Lowell Massachusetts shut for two weeks and will resume full time on August 24.
Teheran dispatch reports the shah obtained a $250,000 loan from a Russian bank backed by the crown jewels. The funds will finance preparations for an expedition against Tabriz.
The official forecast calls for generally fair skies in Illinois Indiana Lower Michigan and Wisconsin and generally fair conditions in Iowa with warmer temperatures in the western portion.
Chicago Board of Trade quotations for wheat corn oats pork lard and ribs with cash sales by sample for winter and spring wheat corn and oats. Live stock hogs cattle and sheep prices and receipts listed. East Buffalo reports slow cattle and hog markets with lambs and calves showing steadier to strong prices.
A classic meditation on self belief and health arguing that persistent negative thinking can cause illness while positive thinking fosters vitality. It explains auto suggestion and suggestive therapeutics as reflecting a broader truth that mind shapes body, with the mind’s stance influencing health outcomes.
Chicago Aug 8 Following are the standings of the major league clubs and the day’s scores Across venues including Brooklyn Cincinnati New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago Detroit Cleveland St Louis Weather and several minor league results from Toledo Indianapolis Milwaukee St Paul Denver Sioux City Omaha.
Seventy Iowa University graduates and a few advanced students will serve as superintendents, principals, and teachers across Iowa for the new school year. Three local women Miss Dora Montgomery Miss Katherine Buxbaum and Miss Edith Bailey secured notable posts teaching English German and mathematics in Pomeroy Lamont and Fort Dodge High schools.
Mrs Chas E Smith of West Franklin Maine endorses Dr King’s New Life Pills as an effective painless family laxative sold at Lemmon’s Pharmacy for 25 cents. She says they are good and do their work without fuss.
Mr and Mrs R M Wilson with children Bruce and Georgia Mrs H W Russel and son Henry Mrs A VanSickle Miss Nellie Wilson Dorothy Harvey and Richard Palmer left this morning for Columbus Junction to attend Chautauqua.
Miss Jennie Stephen spent the past week visiting Waterloo Cedar Rapids Vinton and Columbus Junction and returned home to Keota this morning.
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as giving immediate relief to asthma sufferers and curing many cases unresponsive to other treatments. It claims to ease coughs colds and throat and lung trouble with no harmful drugs and is offered by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Any person with goods to be moved to the Chautauqua grounds should contact Frank Creath by phone at 265. C E Cissell traveled this morning to Winfield on business.
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