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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
8
The Puzzler No 73 Hidden Cities presents a set of clue phrases including a Lincoln memory reference and a finance question about par whey silver while noting a list of favorite plants such as sesmos cowslip Canterbury bell and granium. No 74 references Jumbled Names.
A compact puzzle presents items like a consonant a kitchen tool a gem a sailor a vowel and playful clues. It then repeats with a consonant an exclamation a shield a summary and a vowel to tease linguistic connections.
A word ladder style puzzle where every solution has the same length. Start with a clue for 1 and build each next word by taking the last two letters of the previous word. Clues cover pair, hard substance, solely, instrument, true, besides, to fly aloft, a host of soldiers, a legend, to melt, filled with dread, and rim.
No 77 presents a riddle describing objects made from silk or wool or wood by tradesmen. Some include metal inlay, and the verse notes a gift or grace added. The clue hints at an item associated with transferring a gift or grace from one to another while security staying with the giver.
A brief feature lists four clues for a word squares puzzle. Clue one hints at a chief interest in a story. Clue two signals smooth form free of irregularities. Clue three points to something genuine. Clue four describes something unique in its class.
No 79 presents a double acrostic with primals spelling a Chinese city and finals naming an English city. Clues include traits of a surly dog, the word in addition, a part of speech, to step upon, to excel, and an article of table furnishing.
A set of ten cryptic style clues defining vegetables or related terms through wordplay. Each clue blends a vegetable with separate word fragments, pronouns, or small words to create paired meanings and definitions. The puzzle presents cross definition style hints across items 1 to 10.
Exchange from Harvard Lampoon features a witty line about falling behind in courses to pursue one’s ambitions. Source tone mirrors campus humor with a sharp, brief punch.
A compilation of puzzle items including Diamond Lid Solid Silence Fence Ice KH Greek Cross Beheaded Rhyme and other entries. It lists various No numbers with word puzzles such as Charade The Star Spangled Banner Sind bad the Sailor and multiple Combinations and Riddles entries.
May Loring, an eighteen year old village brunette, flirts with Harry Hayford while dreaming of heroism. He professes love. she rejects him, then later learns he dies in a mine explosion. Twelve years pass as she becomes a respected preceptress troubled by memories. A reunion reveals a mistaken identity and May resigns her teaching life.
The guide outlines several cleansing methods for oily hair including an egg and soft water rub, quillia bark decoction shampoo, and a blend of green soap with cologne. It cautions against frequent washing and warns against overstringent tonics, offering a nightly scalp tonic recipe and an alternative if soreness occurs with ammonia.
The passage extols ice cream as wholesome and nourishing food with no harmful effects. It praises its purity and broad health benefits, suggesting it strengthens the strong and aids the sick, and notes its obscure origin but implies a deserving commemorative figure if traced to a single inventor.
A Washington Star quotation describes an engaged woman who claims practicality in home life, while Miss Cayenne counters that she thinks only a chafing dish and a rubber tree are needed to keep a home happy.
Chicago Aug 14 following are the standings of big league clubs and daily scores. PittsburghChicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 1 hits Chicago 4 Pittsburg 5 E r r ors Chicago 2 Pittsburg 0 Vatter sea Chicago Ruelbach Moran Pittsburg Tiefield Gibson At New York Brooklyn 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 New Yorks 4 4 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 x 5 Hits Brooklyn 9 New York 12 rrors Brooklyn 1 New York 0 Batteries Brooklyn McIntyre Bergen New York Ames Bresnahan At St Louis Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O H -1 St Louis 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 2 x 7 Mits Cincinnati 3 St Louis 7 Er rors Cincinnati 4 St Louis 1 Bat teries Cincinnati Coltz McLean St Louis Beebe Bliss At Philadelphia Posten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 0 Hits Boston Philadelphia 5 Je rers Boston 2 Philadelphia 1 Bat teries Boston Dorner Graham Philadelphia Moren Dooin Association At Milwaukee Columbus 9 Milwaukee 7 at Kansas City Toledo 9 Kansas City at St Paul Indianapolis 6 St Paul 2 at Minneapolis Louisville 1 Minneapolis Western At Omaha Lincoln 2 Omaha 1 at Pueblo Des Moines 0 Pueblo 11 at Denver Weather
Quotations on Wheat Corn Oats Pork Lard Short Ribs and cash sales listed with open high low and close figures. Includes receipts and price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and calves at Chicago and East Buffalo markets.
New York Aug 14 grand jury indicted Mrs Benjamin Teal Harry M Mowe ley a private detective and Julia Fleming a seamstress for attempting a subornation of perjury by soliciting Mabel MacCaustin to testify falsely against Frank J Gould in Mrs Goulds divorce case All defendants are at liberty on bail on similar charges.
Thom Lewis Sickey, fifty, a prominent farmer and political figure, was found dead near his home with a broken neck after his horse returned alone. A widow and four children survive, making him the fourth family member to die violently.
Phillip Tully, 24, entered Bellevue Hospital after being attacked by two men. He wrote that his jaws were stock and bruised, a tetanus germ developed in the wounds, and death is expected. The incident occurred in New York on August 14.
Springfield Aug. 14 Rep Charles McBride filed notice with Morgan county clerk Graff to withhold Montgomery's nomination certificate. McBride announces plan to contest Montgomery's nomination from the last Saturday's Democratic primary for representative.
Des Moines Aug 14 State Student Secretary Paul Smith announced that the Y M C A will install branches in every high school in Iowa this year. No other region has planned such a comprehensive movement.
In Fort Wayne Indiana on August 14 Thomas Shaughnessy aged 57 known as a ne er so well man fell from a river embankment and broke his neck. He lived only long enough to utter the words Let me alone.
In a humorous exchange overheard at the zoo, a visitor asks for the new American animal the Teddy bear. An attendant replies that the Teddy bear belongs to the monkey house, prompting amusement in the Tatler’s brief item.
A classroom joke recounts Elizabeth leading the pack as the teacher tests arithmetic. Mary Small claims five and seven equal thirteen, prompting correction, while Josephine Little offers eleven then twelve, and the narrator finally hits twelve correctly.
A playful exchange unfolds as Bobby laments mosquitoes and Flossie offers a comical putdown about bites swelling him, ending with a lighthearted moral in the Youth's Companion style.
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