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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1903
Page
4
The Evening Journal lists subscription terms and rates for 84 East Main Street. Weekly, monthly, and yearly options are shown with prices, including discounts for advance payment.
Holiday sale advertises all items reduced by a quarter with a 25 percent discount across the store. Shoppers are invited to browse seasonal merchandise and savings during the promotional period.
Special to The Evening Journal reports Iowa weather for today and tomorrow. Generally fair tonight and Wednesday with warmer temperatures, and a northwest portion tonight.
A farmer explains an easy rule to estimate hay stack tonnage using overthrow length. For a rectangular base six times length by breadth times overthrow divided by 10000 yields tons, and for a cone shaped base three overthrow times circumference squared divided by 100000 yields tons.
A Philadelphia Inquirer quote criticizes modern young men for self analysis and pampering, noting rising costs of attire and a desire for instant success. It argues no quick rise to positions like bank president or judge is possible, citing a fear of being labeled a tramp.
A quotation from the Engineering Record notes that scientific terms retain stable meanings, while common usage shifts many words. It cites let as an example, shifting from hinder to permit, and bisect as a long preserved term.
The passage argues play separates higher from lower animals, noting fishes and many mammals lack play or teaching ability while kittens and lambs play. Human youth are described as true players and play is said to develop manhood, with Dr Hutchinson cited describing children as amorphous bundles of possibilities shaped by play.
A compiled schedule of Iowa events from 1903 to 1905 notes poultry association shows in multiple cities including Alta Clinton Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Mason City and Webster City. Key organizers include L Kesterd C Curtiss F W Miller and J Paustian with dates across December 1903 to January 1904.
The Fairfield Journal notes Johnson's candy, bakery goods on sale this week and urges regular customers. It mentions visitors Mrs. Jake Leffler and Miss Nora Hamilton in the city, Atty. S. W. Brookhart in Chicago on business, and Dewey couple in town from Washington after attending a horticultural society meeting in Albia.
A remote Oxfordshire subpostmaster with a wooden leg used to deliver mail by donkey cart. To rise and descend easily he carried a tin bucket of stones and hurled them at neighbor doors as he went, a rustic form of the postman’s knock.
A noted figure named Hehendriac visited Sir Conan L during the early period described. Details remain sparse, but the encounter marks a historical footnote in their circles and bears on their later connections.
A doctor in the London Chronicle recalls a patient who claimed a severe side pain when touching his head. The physician questions why the patient would touch his head if the pain is triggered there.
The fragment shows a photographer and Murphy in a tense exchange about a portrait. Murphy insists on a fierce expression, fearing his wife will send the photo to her mother to influence a visit.
Special land buyers excursions will run to Greer County Oklahoma and other sections of the great Southwest in November and December via the Frisco System. Tradesmen and farmers may secure lands at one fourth to one tenth the cost of eastern and northern lands. The trips offer rich and fertile farming land with strong acre yields. For full details and rail rates contact R S Lemon Secretary Frisco System Immigration Bureau St Louis Mo.
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