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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1907
Page
4
Advice to light ovens five to fifteen minutes before baking to save gas and retain heat, plus a German proverb rendered in English about small things counting. It includes a humorous exchange about Aggie and a joke about pain tablets by Dr Shoop promising free trials and claiming pain relief from blood pressure effects.
A wandering sleight of hand performer in the London Globe recounts a trick. He asks loungers to mark a shilling with a date, has about a dozen volunteers, then gathers the coins and presents each man with a different shilling and asks if it is theirs. All answer no, and he triumphs.
A fragment quotes playful German American slang about friendship and lending phrasing. It questions who counts as a friend when money is involved and ends with a light query about wanting to be counted as one.
A fragment from an old drug advertisement warns that neglecting proper kidney and bladder health worsens disease outcomes. It urges using Foley’s kit ure products and claims safe results are tied to proper use, noting sold by all druggists.
The Delineator suggests preserving fried tomatoes for winter by frying large firm tomatoes in summer, packing them in hot stone jars, covering with worn lard, then cooling and storing. To serve, remove excess lard, warm gently, and enjoy as in summer.
Guidance to overcome restraint and shyness by greeting warmly and giving freely of oneself. Emphasizes not fearing overexposure or saying something regrettable, urging openness in interactions and genuine connection with others.
Tess mentions Mr Wise may be agnostic. Jess notes Miss Passay claimed the Bible records her birth, and he observed tampering with the date. The exchange centers on belief and a questioned birth entry in a family Bible.
Lists a port quarantine on all ships from Cuba in Costa Rica, with enforcement at all seaports. Also notes unrelated incidents including a Kentucky tobacco barn fire causing 150000 dollars in losses, a strike tying up Henderson traction, a Brunswick auto collision with no injuries, and renewed Arab attacks on Casablanca repelled with French losses.
In Des Moines Iowa on August 27 rain dampened attendance at the state fair yet races and the night show drew crowds. Scholarships were awarded in a stock and corn judging contest with Florence Dunham and Margaret Gray of Ames among top winners.
Lizzie Heigo a dining room girl at the Allison hotel mistook a fourth floor landing for the top and jumped from a moving elevator. A blown fuse stopped the car at the critical moment, saving her from likely death but leaving her with severe leg bruises and a badly crushed hand.
Joseph Miller of near Germanville six miles south of Brighton died at 2:50 pm from lockjaw after an injury ten days ago. A prominent local farmer he leaves a wife and several children. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Eldora resident Samuel Bowman, a blind musician, received a personal invitation from Queen Elizabeth of Roumania to join the charitable City of Light for the blind in Bucharest. The queen notes 100 residents, ten languages, seven creeds, and thirteen trades in the institution, and Bowman may become the first American entrant.
Prof. Frank I. Merchant arrives in Cedar Falls Iowa to assume leadership of the Latin department at the state normal school succeeding Prof. F C Eastman and succeeding Dean Currier to begin the fall term.
Riverside Iowa August 28 The Old Settlers picnic program has been issued Mayor E Nicola will chair Professor Wilcox of S U S will deliver the principal address Short speeches will be made by Hon J A Young of Washington Dean A J Schulte and Dr E F Clapp of Iowa City
Notice states a stockholders meeting of the Washington County Farmers' Institute on Saturday September 7 at 2 o'clock. Full attendance of members is desired. Ho-4t
Des Moines reports a quarantine at Mitchellville due to scarlet fever outbreaks among girls with several on the brink of death. No deaths yet. City hospitals, including Mercy with eighty patients and Methodist with sixty five, are crowded amid widespread illness.
Subscribers are urged to meet tonight at 7:30 at the Commercial Club to hear the report of the investigating committee.
Mrs Will Harvey and her son David left this morning for Columbus Junction to spend the day. Her daughter Dorothy, visiting at the Junction, will accompany them home.
At a large stockholders meeting in Fort Madison Iowa the Chautauqua association voted to end its assemblies and assess $3 per stockholder to close its affairs. The session was heated with strong opinions but the decision prevailed.
Daniel Aughey arrived from Dubuque where he and his wife visited their son Clarence. Mrs. Aughey remains there and Mr. Aughey plans to return soon and spend the winter in that city.
Dr. H. C. Hull of Crawfordsville has been feeble for several days but is improving. At eighty two he recovers from common ailments slower, yet the doctor is expected to be all right again soon.
St. Petersburg reports two extraordinary events captivate officials as the trial of General Stoessel, commander in chief of Russian fortresses and troops, unfolds amid tense attention.
Mr and Mrs Edwin Griffith and children and Mr and Mrs Fickling of Cambridge Ltd left this morning for Winfield to join a Huston family reunion at the Huston home nearby. The Ficklings arrived from Cambridge last night and stayed the Griffith home overnight.
A flurry of morning departures shows residents setting for Columbus Junction Morning Sun Muscatine Havre and Omaha for fairs visits and relatives. Notables include McElhinney Shellabarger and the Dodders along with families traveling for the state fair and family visits.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church will hold a sale of edibles and produce next Saturday in the north side furniture store.
Cheap excursion rates advertised for travel to the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad destination region described as the greatest stock country. Exension completed and travel folder available. Fifteen day tickets priced at 15.09 with Descriptive folder on request from Iowa Central Agents or A B Cutts, Minneapolis.
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