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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1907
Page
6
The article explains blanching celery by banking stalks with soil for best flavor and white emergence. It cautions against storing early varieties like White Plume and Golden Self Blanching, recommends storing in frames with earth or litter, and describes trenching and covering methods to protect celery from frost.
Farmers who provide year long, well paid work attract and retain reliable workers. Long term crews foster personal investment in the business and deepen familiarity with farm details, making labor more valuable and consistent. A farmer earns effort by promptly valuing and rewarding the worker.
Rural New Yorker reports a breakthrough claim that alfalfa pastures can yield profits up to $50 per acre by grazing hogs. The piece argues alfalfa boosts farm prosperity, contrasting coastal pig production with corn shortages.
On the Last Day the narrator Gabriel laments to Israfel that his trumpet blasts go unheard as people flee curbstones and scan for the path of an approaching automobile in Meveland Leader’s street scene.
A testimonial from Mrs. B. J. Johnston of Linton Mississippi claims Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saved her sick child after three doctors failed. The ad notes the product is for sale by Cook and Sherman.
The passage explains how sun and moon drag on Earth’s waters under gravity. When aligned, tides peak. when opposed, tides dip. The moon drives most of the pull due to proximity despite its smaller size.
The article extols love as supreme disciplinarian and harmonizer. It claims love melts cruelty and cures malice with charity and sympathy, presenting love as a universal antidote to violent passions.
The London Saturday Review notes Tunisian users evade alcohol bans by smoking hemp flowers. A milder form named kif resembles wine in moderation, while the concentrated essence called chira causes rapid intoxication and can trigger delirium tremens.
A playful party game described for a quiet piazza afternoon. The hostess selects who may join the picnic based on guests choosing two foods whose initial letters match their given names. The process continues around the group until each person understands why they may stay home or go, often amusingly revealing misaligned initials.
A 19th century notice claims fast relief from piles using Dr Shoop Magnetic Ointment. It promises to cure itching pain protruding or blind piles with positive, certain action. Large nickel capped jars priced at 50 cents, sold by J H Stewart.
A piece explains that the belief in a special nerve linking the fourth finger to the heart is a superstition dating to classical times. It notes no such delicate nerve exists and criticizes the lingering uneducated belief about scratching or salves on that finger.
Our conclusions with regard to tea are that its use as a stimulating beverage with breakfast is justified and harmless. Indiscriminate consumption with meat foods is likely harmful. China tea is less harmful than Indian tea due to lower tannic acid. Ginger beer showed little influence on digestion.
The text explains that the Russian ruler is officially the emperor, not czar or tsar, a term only meaning king and not used by educated Russians. It also notes the German ruler is the German emperor, a title agreed upon during the German Confederation era.
A New York World feature on a tale titled Brains Not Essential In Week Without Brains. The piece uses a playful, satirical tone from the era, reflecting humor about brains and intelligence through fictional or fanciful characters in a domestic setting.
The mind is like a bow, the stronger for being unbent expresses Ben Jonson's metaphor on inner resilience.
Advert says Foley's Honey and Tar gives quick relief from hay fever and summer colds by easing breathing and healing inflamed air passages. Claims the genuine product comes in a yellow package and is sold by all druggists.
A crowd lifts a newspaper as a tower to house a princess. An enemy asks for Margaret and the answer points to the tower. They remove pillars to lower the canopy until one child remains, who drops the canopy and is chased by the princess. The captured child becomes the princess.
A collection of quick pun questions and punchlines ranging from why a policeman is like a rainbow to the largest room in the world and a tree falling against a window. The humor hinges on wordplay such as letter puns and homophones.
Four siblings and two dolllike figures are described as little green ladies and white ladies quarrel over a broken pitcher and a doll in a nursery night scene. A frog and a bat observe from the yard. The verses end with a child named Nicholas.
A mother finds her son Wil lie in mischief and reprimands him. He explains he is tired of being good so brother Bob can become well behaved, showing surprising child insight. The passage ends noting that some youngsters seem wiser than their years.
At a school opening, Julius Moses offered the motto The pen is mightier than the sword. When asked why, he quipped that you can sign checks with it. The exchange highlights student humor during the mottoes and sentiments moment.
A humorous dialogue features a driver and a beetle asking to alight at the next corner. The beetle asserts ownership of the corner, prompting a light exchange about stepping off the footpath and exiting.
For twenty five cents you can insure yourself against bad results from colic or diarrhea during the summer months. The Chamroea Remedy bottle price may save life. For sale by Cook and Sherman.
A settlement worker recalls seeing a young Polish immigrant released from Ellis Island. She is met by two women including a sister, and the trio heads toward the ferry. On the upper deck the newcomer is dressed in finery by the others to present a polished homeward appearance.
Wes expresses worry as Julia leaves a sickbed to attend a matinee. She insists on going because she has a ticket, illustrating a conflict between illness and obligation.
A Victorian style advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh in all stages by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for any failed case and directs readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio with sales through pharmacists at 75 cents.
The future Duke of Clarence, William Henry, known as the Sailor King, meets a frostbitten Jack Tar named Bob Clewlines on London Bridge. He buys him new clothes and linen, and pays with a watch case and cash, using his own funds to refit his former shipmate. Bob later recalls the act, bolstering the prince’s popular image in London.
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