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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1907
Page
7
A text explains a money puzzle in the English system where any valid £, s, d triple yields the same result 12 18s 11d after a sequence of reversals and sums. An example uses £9 16s 7d and demonstrates the invariant outcome.
Players form a hollow square or sit around a table with one person left out. They hold a sheet stretched under chins, place a fluffy feather in the middle to represent a snowflake, and blow it about as winds. One player opposite the square tries to catch the feather. if caught, it becomes their passport to a new place, the catcher then repeats. If blown off, the feather is reset at the center.
Ruth and Jack refuse to cooperate until they hear a tale about quarreling scissors. After the blades separate and are cast away, they feel ashamed and choose to work together. They help mother with threads and play a game of hide and seek.
The word cigar traces to sixteenth century Spain when tobacco came from Cuba. Gardens fed the plant and leaves were rolled as Indians did. The Spanish terms cigarral and cigarra shaped the phrase and the modern term cigar.
The article asserts Robin Hood was a real person with no room for doubt, claiming he operated in Sherwood forest robbing the rich and dealing gently with the poor, described as a well authenticated fact.
A playful verse feature paints garden characters as talking flowers and plants. The lilac violet and crocus debate manners while a tiger and dragonlike blooms clash. The piece endures a light tone as Julip’s laughter rings through the garden path.
An advertisement proclaims Lax Digest as a gentle laxative digestant by a renowned medical man. It claims no griping, natural digestion after use, and superiority to salts or oils. Sold in 10¢ and 25¢ sizes, available at druggists or prepaid by producers from Fort Madison, Iowa.
The Philadelphia Press reports a party dubbed Tough Mog ball where attendees recall arriving late and paying ten dollars plus costs the next morning. The note reflects social nightlife and casual fines in a city context.
Ad offers a free trial box of Dr Shoop Catarrh Remedy claiming instant relief for catarrh of the nose and throat. Describes snow white balm with ingredients like eucalyptus thymol and menthol and invites readers to request it from Dr Shoop in Racine Wisconsin. Available in large jars for 50 cents, via J H Stewart who sells the product.
A Harper’s Weekly caption notes a photographer struggles with glare and fogging on a plate, affecting image clarity and timing. humorous aside on sunny conditions for proper exposure.
Twenty five cents buys life insurance against bad results from colic or diarrhoea attacks in summer. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy marketed as never failing. Buy it now. may save lives. Sold by Cook and Sherman.
A reflection on focus and depth over breadth in study. The speaker suggests deeper engagement with a single book yields more understanding than skimming large libraries. A cottage flower feeds a bee while a king's garden feeds only a butterfly, illustrating selective value.
An article from the New York Telegram stresses childhood dental care as essential for lasting teeth. It urges regular brushing with proper technique and daily flossing after meals and at night to remove debris and reduce future dental bills.
Advice on selecting bananas from a period voice explains avoiding long thin bunches as they ripen prematurely and taste sour. It describes how bananas grow quickly in length then swell, and how picking near full ripening versus overripe affects flavor and weight.
An early 20th century tone extols blood cleansing potions by Dr. Pierce. It links impure blood to brain and skin ailments and promises cures for scrofulous swellings, ulcers, and eczema with Golden Medical Discovery and All-Healing Salve. It notes ingredients listed on the bottle and offers mail order for the salve.
A fragmentary item hints at a dramatic scene with a mistress hidden in a clothes press and a soldier sweetheart. The text features exclamations and garbled phrases suggesting a period dramatic dialogue or racing mood from a bygone era. No clear names or places are established.
Cloth top slippers should be whisked after wearing and occasionally cleaned with naphtha or gasoline. Light pastel kid or silk slippers can be cleaned with art gum erasure. Bronze leather gilt or gold cloth slippers require careful handling and should be painted with liquid bronze or gold to prevent tarnish and preserve shape.
A fragment from Sloper's Half Holiday bids farewell with colorful dialogue about luck and irritation as the speaker talks to Jimmy and jokes about swallowing a sweet and losing time.
An article describes a fifty mile long avenue of cryptomera trees from Na manda to Nikko. Each tree is a perfect specimen, straight and towering from 130 to 150 feet tall and 12 to 15 feet in circumference.
Fresh spirits are poured over salt balls to refresh the mixture and preserve strength for years. Ammonia spirits are common but a stronger mix uses two parts ammonia to one part lavender oil. Avoid aromatic spirits of ammonia as the water content prevents proper mixing with oil.
Guide lists practical household weights using common items. It states ten eggs equal one pound and gives mappings for butter sugar flour brown sugar and meat, with volumes like pints and teacups, including level and heaped measures, to estimate weight without scales.
An advertisement from Dr Shoop of Racine Wis promotes free samples and a book on Dyspepsia and Kidney Heart issues. It argues symptoms reflect deeper ailment tied to inside nerves and urges readers to request sample and free book.
A western woman notes New York’s constant cooking with coffee and broiling meat wafting along streets. She says there is no set meal time and breakfast seems to occur any time from 6 o clock to noon, reflecting the city’s perpetual culinary buzz.
Instructions describe making boiled icing by beating egg whites and boiling sugar with water to a stiff stage. The syrup is added gradually to the beaten whites while continuing to beat, then heated again until all syrup is incorporated.
Recipe steps describe cooking strawberries with water, straining, adding sugar, and boiling to a syrup. Layer bread in a bowl, cover with hot strawberry syrup, and serve ice cold with sweetened whipped cream.
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