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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1907
Page
6
On the Grand canal in Venice a crowd threatens a dwarf named Braganza and drowns a man, but Senora Valdois intervenes. Later Braganza saves Lenora from a robber in a gondola and is rewarded with a position at the Valdois palace.
A Detroit Free Press item recounts a Third Avenue household complaining about unruly neighbor children. A mother vows to move or confront the neighbor to curb the disturbances as Tommy and others cause damage and mischief during a shared domestic scene.
A mother calls a shop at 4 AM seeking knockabout shoes. The salesman offers styles in four to eight at $1, nine to twelve at $1.25, and two to five at $1.50. She asks to reserve a pair at $1, planning to arrive by 7:30 as per a judge’s note.
Derringer Dan insists Crimson Gulch will not hold horse races. An elderly visitor approves, noting the town stopped the dangerous spectacle after a year of losses and fewer hangings, to avoid riders seeking eluded horses and posse chases.
A humorous exchange in Chicago News features a speaker calling a poem a fugitive since handing it to editors forces him to flee. His friend questions why the poem is branded fugitive, and the versifier explains the recurring editor chase.
Maggie and her mother were away on vacation. Mr Newcomb painted their wood colored house white. Maggie returns and tells her father she would like it if it weren t so pale.
In a light exchange from the Kansas City Times a wife asks about a melon to cut and the husband identifies it as a watermelon. The brief dialogue highlights everyday domestic chatter.
The line “The child is father to the man” is challenged as not always true. The reply argues that growth and choice can diverge from early temperament, suggesting variation in how childhood shapes adulthood.
A St Paul man explains why moose rarely thrive in captivity. His father raised three young moose on a northern Minnesota farm, each attached to him but died after being moved to city parks. Lack of exercise and diet in captivity doomed them, one was even trained to harness before being shot by a hunter.
An ad touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a rapid relief remedy for hay fever and summer colds. It claims immediate breathing relief and healing of inflamed air passages, with a yellow package as the genuine product. Available from all druggists.
A vintage advertises Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup with a money back guarantee for curing constipation sick headache stomach trouble or indigestion. If the product fails the manufacturers refund the purchase price. Sold by all druggists.
A deep sea sailor in a Boston restaurant places an elaborate order including tenderloin steak broiled mackerel and many eggs and potatoes. The manager and waitress double check as patrons watch the scene. The sailor completes the meal slowly leaving few crumbs, prompting amused reactions from surrounding diners.
A New York Press column argues the typewriter threatens manuscript collecting as future value shifts to handwritten originals. It cites Howells Kipling Conrad Wells Shaw Freeman Twain and notes debates over whether typed copies, perhaps by secretaries, count as true manuscripts.
At the Botany Bay centennial celebration a 95 year old mariner Captain Charles identified the landing site and spoke with a Sandwich Island native who witnessed Cook's death. The native said Cook and his crew were killed after drying sails on a sacred shore strip.
A Chinese gentleman reported a cake sold as edible but found to contain entomological specimens including cockroaches centipedes and a beetle. The court heard the servant bought the cake. the accused said he made it as medicine for himself. He apologized, the assistant blamed, and the man was fined $2 and cautioned.
In Russia during a recent election a public speaker at a meeting presided by Professor Milyoukov extolled the constituent assembly. A police officer interrupted and forbidden its mention, prompting the speaker to cheer for what could not be named and a loud reaction from the crowd.
Cabled reports say Lord Curzon awarded Mark Twain the Doctor of Literature degree at Oxford University. The presentation reportedly did not involve Samuel L. Clemens as the recipient.
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