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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1910
Page
5
A dense listing covers social visits from Sigourney to Davenport, Chautauqua attendees, bakery specials at Vienna, furniture sales at McNamara’s, porch sets and hammocks, travel to Columbus Junction and Keota, and assorted moves and engagements. Included are movements of Mrs. Campbell, Miss Hines, Dr. Tate, and families visiting relatives and merchants promoting goods and events.
A father recounts a bedtime story about a 100 year old hall clock that seemed bewitched. One night loud banging and chimes reveal a cat and rat had gnawed the clock cause. The chase ends with the rat escaping, the cat embarrassed, and the clock quiet again.
In an old mining camp saloon a tenderfoot orders whisky and receives a whisk broom with the bottle. A big man in a red shirt gets the same broom and cleans the floor, then has a fit, while the tenderfoot watches in ignorance.
Call up phone number 589 for bus line orders and have them promptly attended by Frank Rogers. Provide street and number for delivery or pickup and ensure timely handling of requests.
Visitors to the west end tent at Chautauqua grounds will receive a souvenir. The Mason Transfer and Storage Co invites all to view operating engines and machines including washing machines churns cream separators feed grinders and water pumps at any time during the day.
A report notes asphalt in transit from Trinidad to northern ports often solidifies by arrival. Workers must shovel out semifluid material from holds, causing long port stays as ships wait to unload this difficult cargo.
The article reflects on death’s sting as a paradoxical experience. It notes unconsciousness in water or under anesthesia can resemble death, yet the living know little of true death. It contrasts death as gentle and grisly, beautiful yet terrible, per Loudov Spectator.
Anonymous verse tells of a luminous soul hidden by worldly joy until sorrow reveals its true light. The poem contrasts earthly glare with inner brightness and ends with the soul shining like a star.
In a Scottish village a boy causes a scene at church by whispering to his mother to end the service early. She signals him to behave but he insists the sheep's head cooking is spoiling the dumplings. The boy declares they must leave to save the kail pat.
A local Irish policeman, noted as a sportsman, guards a road near Dublin. He spots a first car at twenty mph with no sign, then a forty mph vehicle, and finally a grand motor racing at one mile per minute. He exclaims with humor that the last exceeds them all.
In 1819 at Oak Hill Virginia President Monroe entertained guests including Lafayette and John Quincy Adams. Adams credited the sibylline leaf image in the Oak Hill hall as the inspiration for his toast to surviving Revolution patriots, prompting another guest's astonished remark.
A tale from the Chicago Record era tells how George Ade chafed under political jailings in Servia. Victor F. Lawson redirected him by turning the press censor into a correspondent, solving the dilemma.
A Cambridge mayor challenges Charles Spurgeon over a sensational sermon about heaven. Spurgeon admits a correction after learning angels have no pockets. He then reframes the joke, saying a thief among angels would steal feathers from wings.
A manager met an actor wearing a mourning band and learned he had just attended his father’s funeral. The actor said he arranged everything as his father would have wanted and boasted that many people attended, but they were turned away due to capacity.
In an eastern city three rival clothing stores used sensational signs to draw crowds. The middle owner, after newsroom-style ploys by neighbors, revealed a crude ploy by painting Main Entrance across his doorway, redirecting customers into his shop.
A fragment notes a warrant issued north of the Ohio River, with limited readable specifics. The scant OCR hints at legal action but lacks names, dates, or locations to specify the case or authorities involved.
Miss Elsie Knecht entertained friends for a birthday with games and refreshments at her home. Invitations issued for Jessie Irene Laffer and Charles Almon Dewey to wed September 1 at the Needham residence with a reception to follow. Carrie Coppock wed Homer Coppock at the R. J. Rowan home near Ainsworth in a simple ceremony attended by families, followed by a four course dinner. A reception for the couple was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Coppock in Northington. Out-of-town guests attended from Crete, Neb and Lacona. A humorous statistic interlude on matches follows, noting 3 million matches lighted per minute and half of yearly consumption attributed to Americans.
A popular comedian and playwright praises suggestions for humor. He notes that suggesting a thing is funnier than stating it. He argues writers should remember that a pregnant suggestion can spark laughter, illustrated by a father's child math remark.
A playful dialogue centers on a mother asking why the suitor finally shows courage. The daughter smiles and recalls the moment when he kissed her, admitting he has grown attached and fears breaking the habit.
A terse, archaic verse fragment questions the fate of a skull lamp and the soul, using abrupt apostrophes to address the skeleton, bird, eel, and slave with stark, unanswered inquiries.
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