This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
7
A member proposes open meetings with entertainment to attract newcomers. Members give cards inviting friends, guests wear a guest badge, and the secretary sends literature. Georgia added fifteen lodges in a year, grand domain counts 197 lodges and over 15,000 members. Ohio gained 2022 members and $187000 in finances last year.
The article notes sacred relics from Potomac Lodge No. 5 Alexandria-Washington Lodge No. 22 and Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4 are kept secure by guardians in their lodge rooms. It mentions a three month trip by Dr. R. A. White for Masonic data, a $100,000 Kansas City temple, Alabama homes, John S. Bailey’s deed of Clinton county real estate to a Masonic home, Minnesota’s 22,000 Master Masons, St. John’s Lodge Boston founded July 30, 1755, a new $250,000 eight story Melkeesport temple, and Madisonville Kentucky’s upcoming temple.
The report highlights diverse career shifts among Modern Woodmen applicants for hazardous occupation certificates, noting roles from metal mining to law and mining engineering. Missouri ranks as the second largest jurisdiction with about 80 000 members, Minnesota reports nearly 60 000 members in good standing, and Kansas shows about 70 000 members. The year 1906 lapse rate was 47.79 per 1000, with an average member death age 42.60 years and 8 years 4 months average membership duration.
The order reports rapid growth with continued strong work nationwide. In the last year a net member increase of 6 445 brings total membership close to seven hundred thousand.
Shirley refuses Jefferson saying her father must be restored to honor first and she must depart for Washington. Jefferson pleads while Ryder concedes nothing and presses for repayment of funds after Shirley rejects his biography payout.
Hints for farmers explain carrots as a versatile horse food. They restore appetite, aid conditioning, and act as a gentle laxative when given regularly. Suitable for all ages and coats, carrots can substitute other foods and should be pulped with grain or chaff. half a bushel daily is advised.
A renowned veterinary surgeon claims grass defeats drugs for sick horses and mules, urging daily grass intake from spring to fall and denouncing the idea that grass is harmful. He compares grass to vegetables for humans, noting cravings prove need, and condemns drivers who deny access. The text also notes manure plant-food values across wheat straw Timothy hay clover hay and alfalfa bay.
A Philadelphia Inquirer excerpt shows a teacher describing how smoking harms the heart and that people with weak hearts sometimes die. A curious boy asks how many must die before they stay dead, illustrating a blunt classroom moment.
The article explains that hen diet changes egg yolk color with corn yielding deep yellow yolks while wheat gives lighter tones. Oats are intermediate. Diet also affects chicken flesh color, with oats and wheat tending to produce whiter flesh in birds.
A farmer advises placing a lantern area behind cattle and horses with sliding wire hooks to move lanterns as needed. Use a cheap smooth wire hook rather than nails, ensure lanterns hang straight, and keep hay and other flammables away. Do not set lanterns down.
The article explains lime content in foods and how oyster shells clam shells marble lime stone and chalk share carbonate of lime while bones provide phosphate of lime. Fowls use oyster shells and lime as grit and fresh bone from the butcher supplies lime and nitrogen. Green bone cannot be ground and must be cut with a bone cutter. dried bones can be ground and used year round.
Feeding hay and grain before milking creates dusty air in the stable that settles into the milk pail. Wiping the cow’s flank and udder with a damp cloth before milking reduces bacteria entering the milk pail.
Short wire pieces are twisted around the wire on each side of a post to secure it. By looping and twisting around multiple posts the wire tightens firmly without using a stretcher.
To succeed in hog raising, every animal must be carefully watched and every small detail of the business attended to.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.