West Chester notes on farming autos and local life
West Chester correspondent writes of a Chrysler 4 purchase, improved Iowa crops, thrashing season, a California trip by Jake Conrad and family, and community life. He laments Prohibition era politics, discusses farming prices, and shares a mouse tale with Jiggs. He mentions Mr Coolidge and local events including KTNT music from Muscatine and Washington County losses.
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West Chester
H. W. Luers
Herman
Iowa
Jake Conrad
California
Conrad
Jiggs
Page
Washington
L. A. Fink
Daryl D. Dayton
KTNT
Muscatine
Ilowa
World War Blind Soldiers
Coolidge
Cal
United States
Alex Marboure
Washington County
Too Much Haste in Our Time
A compact reflection on rushing for material goals and avoiding inconvenience or delay. The author notes a spiritual and physical hurry that sacrifices prudence and steady effort in pursuit of success, urging steadier, more thoughtful progress.
Jack Rabbit Outruns Auto In Highway Chase
A western physician returning from a call reports the jack rabbit kept pace with his car at 25 30 and 40 miles per hour before veering into brush. The Evansville Journal notes this establishes the rabbit speed and compares it to hounds and greyhounds in a race for speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville Journal
Mark Twain
Mans & Good Hound Dog
Gospel in Form That Appeals to Tibetans
A missionary suggests Tibetan styled New Testament prints to attract Tibetans. The British and Foreign Bible Society reports St. Mark now appears in Tibetan dress to draw readers to the contents and Christ.
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Tibet
British and Foreign Bible Society
Do Animals Weep A Question Of Animal Emotion
A Vancouver writer questions whether animals weep. Poets claim stag tears but lack verifiable sightings. Virgil’s horse at a master’s bier prefigures myth, not contemporary evidence. The piece argues animal grief is unlikely as animals may not grasp human motives. The crocodile case remains speculative and humorous.
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Vancouver
Walker Sold to Giants Nets $25,000 for Denver Pitcher
Denver owner realized 25000 from selling ill Walker to the New York Giants as the Western Association season ended. Walker, a pitcher, is reported to report to the Giants afterward.
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Walker
Denver
New York Giants
Giants
Bring On Your Victims Weill and Hamlet Mock Therapy
A bearded physician analyzes Hamlet noting multiple personality traits and melancholia while declaring him safe. Hamlet retorts by asking where to sharpen a dagger, signaling darker intent beneath the mock medical talk.
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Weill
Doc
Hamlet
Coconut bone caskets of Hawaii kings found in cave
In Honolulu two coconut fiber caskets carved to resemble royal effigies of King Liloa and Lenoi kama kobiki were discovered containing the kings bones. The rare coffins, shaped like mummy cases, came from ancient Hawaiian burial caves where chiefs bones were hidden to shield them from defilement.
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Honolulu
Liloa
Hawaii
Lenoi Kama Kobiki
Colored man_hauls trash with small horse in witty exchange
A colored man who owned a large wagon and a small horse was hired to haul trash from a home. The owner quips for a larger horse. the man retorts that lifting the horse each morning makes it heavy enough.
Jingoism roots traced to Masque mountain soldiers tale
An excerpt outlines how the term Jingo derives from the Masque mountain soldiers used by Edward I in Wales. It notes their oath by Jamnko and cites McDermott’s 1878 music hall song as the modern origin during tense Britain Russia relations, highlighting the line We don’t want to fight but by Jingo If we do.
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Edward 1
Wales
Jamnko
McDermott
Russia
Great Britain
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H. J. Ward
Dr. Wests Tooth
Pino P Vli
Tj Ie
Pepsodent
Pebbeco
Coty L’origan
Kolynos
J. D. Dayton
John L. Sullivan
Jack Rabbit
Campbell
Heinz Large Bottle
Libby
Nna J
Naptha
Prince Albert
Velvet
Arclay
Prank L. Wilson
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