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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
7
The puzzle lists behead and curtail clued phrases. Each clue combines time words two-fifths of Spain and winds to form a bird or a flowering vine and ends with verbs like leave, have, be able, flowed, or marked with a hot iron.
A tranquil rural scene portrays quiet fields flowers and cattle beside a river under peaceful skies. The speaker longs for the country’s gentleness away from the city with sweet flowers hills and fields, recalling well loved scenes and golden cowslips in a reflective mood.
No 107 Anagram features a famous American soldier. The terse item notes a renowned figure celebrated for strength and service, framed as a brief cultural caption in a historical newspaper style.
A riddle describing a house of cards crafted by anyone yet fragile and light enough to be blown by a breath. It is never truly asleep, holds many dreams, amuses the builder, and often brings joy to the unfortunate. Ultimately it is usually destroyed by its own creator.
Philadelphia Record presents a word-square puzzle with six clues. Each clue yields a word of equal length. writing them in order reveals diagonally the name of a renowned English poet. Clues include a clear relative, a steering device, a moth, a dealer in certain garments, a bottle for aerated water, and a very large snake.
Four clues ask to drop a letter from each word to yield new phrases. First yields a word meaning a finned discovery, second seeks a word meaning relinquish paired with brandish, third hides a church center, fourth links to a method via undulating.
A playful 19th century word puzzle asks to find names like Tom Peter Jack Will Dick Ben Hal Nate and Joe hidden in phrases and objects. It ends with a quip about naming a celebrated man to tell a servant to replenish the fire, concluding with Philip the Great as the answer.
A compact catalog of puzzle solutions and hints including Concealed Inventors Jack Sprat Diamond Word Square Charades Acrostic Three Flowers and Separated Words with listed answers and brief cue lines for each item.
Mount Clemens Michigan August 19 Fdison Purr a wealthy farmer just across the Macomb county line burned four thousand five hundred dollars in currency and his eighty five thousand dollar residence during a deliberate fire. He sent his wife to Almont and reportedly one thousand dollars of the money belonged to her He drew three thousand five hundred dollars from the bank took it home and placed it with a thousand dollar roll then set the house alight He slept in his tenant's house nearby and then hanged himself in a shed at dawn His second wife the sister of the late Senator William McKay survives him.
In White Pigeon Michigan on August 19 Robin Swartz ten year old son of Edward Swartz a Lake Shore Railroad employee swallowed a ten dollar gold coin. The boy examined the coin after his father received his monthly pay in gold and playful handling caused the coin to slip into his mouth and down his throat.
Marshall Mich August 19 Oliver Rouse a prisoner held for trial at the September term of the circuit court on a statutory charge died after refusing nourishment. Physicians had to inject food into his body. He was sixty six years old and preferred death to trial on the charge.
Candidates on the Democratic state ticket gathered in Bloomington to confer with Adlai E Stevenson the gubernatorial nominee. The daylong conference culminated in a dinner at Stevenson's Bloomington home with visiting Democrats as guests.
Columbus Ohio August 10 The Aero club of Canada has entered the international balloon race in Columbus on August 28 with the King Edward a craft of 80000 cubic feet piloted by Lieutenant Bennett of the signal service
Chicago Aug 19 standings list the major league clubs with daily results across venues Boston Pittsburg Chicago Philadelphia New York Washington and Boston plus Association results from Minneapolis St Paul Kansas City and Milwaukee. The report records hits errors and battery details for each game, including notable extra innings and darkness delays.
A Chicago Inter Ocean note describes Eskimo boys in Alaska enduring weekly sweat baths in a hot central hearth, with respirators, then a cold snow plunge, plus an observer recounts a hawk mistaking a strapped mouse on a straw stack for prey and dropping its prize in fright.
The author of Travels In a Tree Top notes hawks' curiosity and fear make them easy targets. Winter lulls attract traps. a novel lure can trap a hawk as readily as a mouse. A black hawk perched on a straw stack became a target during midwinter mousing.
A New York Mail line quotes a pickpocket addressing a preacher, claiming gratitude for his kindness while in custody and promising to send his best watch upon release. The excerpt frames a streetwise exchange and hints at future restitution or taunt.
The official forecast through 8 o clock tonight calls for generally fair conditions across Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin with cooler air in the south portion Moderate temperatures in lower Michigan and warmer readings in Iowa The outlook emphasizes stable conditions with no significant precipitation anticipated.
Chicago August 18 market report shows wheat prices with highs lows and closes for Sept Dec and May contracts. Notable figures include Sept at 91 2 93 2? and Dec around 98 4 28 4 with May near 98 98 97 8
A detailed list of commodity prices and market quotes includes corn, pork, lard, and various wheat categories with by sample prices for cash sales. Live stock data covers hogs, cattle, sheep, and calves with receipts, price ranges, and representative best bids from East Buffalo and Dunning & Stevens, reflecting market activity and price levels for the period.
Call up City bus line by phone and leave orders. Include street and number for prompt service by Frank Rogers.
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