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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1905
Page
3
The Evening Journal prints a special forecast noting showers tonight and Thursday with cooler conditions in the extreme west portion tonight and on Thursday. The report is filed from Washington, D C and covers today and tomorrow.
Local brief notes list Miss Ethel White en route to Ainsworth and Kate Norton arriving from Ottumwa. Several residents and visitors are noted in city, with Chautauqua grounds preparations by Wells & MacGugin offering a full range of eating supplies. Carriage service to the grounds and land seekers heading to Canada are mentioned alongside various arrivals and departures.
Nancy Campbell died after six months illness at 85. She lived with her daughter Mrs. 8 D Carris near Dublin. Funeral at 2 PM tomorrow at the S D Carris home conducted by Rev Stephenson. Interment in Tyrone Cemetery.
A notice from Colenso barber shop located north of Frank Brindley’s grocery store invites customers to visit while the room is being prepared. A. T. Cockayne and Chas. Outright are listed as props.
Squire Latham of Bridgewater Massachusetts is depicted in a humorous incident showing his calm humor. Awakened by his wife he discovers a rough burglar trying to force a back door. He exclaims the door slides back and the thief is baffled by the simple misdirection.
The article explains joining tortoise shell with hot pinchers that compress and fuse edges. It describes using fire raspings and powder, molded and boiled to form plates or pieces made from a solid block.
The article notes Babylonian use of the clepsydra at an early date and Rome’s Scipio Nasica around 158 B C. Ctesibius added toothed wheels about 140 B C. Some claim Caesar found them in Britain in 55 B C. A clock supposedly sent by Pope Paul I to Pepin in A D 768 is mentioned.
A witty Washington Life exchange contrasts sensational reading with a bill from a dressmaker, hinting at domestic humor and a playful mood in a social note.
A compact note compares phrases in Chinese and English noting that many expressions carry numerous meanings. It highlights how a single phrase like You amaze me can be hard to pin down and invites listing a single interpretation.
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