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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
8
A senatorial commission report on the August 29 disaster aboard the French battleship Fena in Toulon accuses naval administration of irresponsibility and indifference. It cites administrative reform needs while detailing the accidental ignition of B powder near the dynamo room as the immediate cause, costing over 100 lives.
Dr Waldron Mrs Keaudling Mrs Hobbs and Mrs K worth of Rochester were injured when a mobile run by Dr. in Rochester near Canandaigua was struck. In Jackson Michigan on August 2 Frank Buckland told police two armed men jumped him at the Mechantc street bridge and searched him. nothing of value was taken.
Chicago Aug 29 scores show New York 8 over St. Louis, Brooklyn 4 over New York, Philadelphia 1 over Pittsburgh, and Boston 4 over Einennau. American League New York 5 over Boston. Cleveland 5. Des Moines, Minneapolis, Indianapolis results in Western and Associated press notes. Wright ly News quotes a broad minded man. Ex President Cleveland rumored ill due to indigestion. NYSE to close Saturday and Monday for Labor Day.
Mars facts describe day length and year length, thinner atmosphere, twin moons, and red canals resembling window lead lines. A brief fiction excerpt follows about honesty and a man who keeps a promise, then a prisoner gnaws free and a barroom quip about drinking.
The passage promotes hot weather plants thriving with adequate root moisture, noting their unrivaled display when well watered. It highlights massed flowering shrubs and evergreens, suggesting a background of trees and a robust floral show, with emphasis on rich color and plentiful bloom.
A horticultural note details showy bulb blooms with numerous shoots per root, mandating winter storage like dahlias. It also discusses currant culture for two-year-old wood, pruning, and shade needs, plus a shift to smaller fruit packages boosting consumption. Additional remarks cover fruit packaging shifts and foliage russeting from Bordeaux sprays in demonstration orchards.
A long narrative recounts a meeting between Abraham Lincoln and Mr. Dixon of Rhode Island. Dixon describes Lincoln’s cautious approach to appointing advisers, the president’s demand for guaranteed loyalty, and a sharp remark about executive action. The tale contrasts Lincoln’s prudence with Dixon’s desire for approved policy.
A fragmented humorous piece exploring uncertainty and awkward encounters. It includes a verse about a cautious driver and a nervous servant with imagined threats, then shifts to a job interview where a lineman candidate recalls years of mule carrying as a joke setup.
A garbled OCR fragment questions community health while quoting wary residents. It mentions doctors, new medicines, women eager to try pills, and aging phrases about progress and invention. The passage includes stray proverbs and half remembered lines about a cook and intelligence office.
A collection of stray aphorisms on age and wisdom, liberty and generosity, and social behavior. The piece muses that age should bring wisdom, liberal views are pleasant, and hot air is often preferred to be given than received, while noting some men would seek police if work were found.
All nations are endeavoring to check the ravages of consumption the white plague that claims many victims each year Foley Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds perfectly and you are in no danger of consumption Do not risk your health by taking unknown preparations when Foley’s Honey and Tar is safe and certain in results The genuine is in a yellow package Sold by all druggists.
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