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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1903
Page
5
Elbert Huppard states that art represents the joy man finds in his labor. He emphasizes that creative act reflects inner satisfaction and purpose in the craft.
In Toom Stone County a storekeeper schemes to trap Dandy Jim for a $1,000 reward aided by a trusted schoolmarm wife. A hired sharpshooter woman outside and a staged signal promise the kill, but the plan backfires as Jim and the conspirator are outmaneuvered and the loot vanishes leaving $12.50 mischarged to profit and loss.
Berkeley reports W A McKowen secretary of UC regents arrested as a defaulter after attempting to cover racetrack debts with a check by Phoebe Hearst. He confessed to President Ide Wheeler that he took about twenty thousand dollars and likely more, much lost at the racetracks. McKowen, 40, unmarried, 20 years at the university, earning 2400 a year.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer remark notes a prisoner appeared intoxicated as he held a glass upside down, attempting to fill it from a tightly corked bottle. Witnesses described the scene and questioned the prisoner's condition.
In the Cincinnati Times Star a witness describes firing a confidential man for insufficient qualifications. The speaker notes the other party was discharged as well for knowing too much. The exchanges hint at workplace intrigue and mutual scrutiny.
A literary quip pairing The Attraction with a playful exchange about riches and love. The exchanges show witty banter where one says wealth could be sacrificed for love and the other retorts that such sacrifice would negate the relationship.
A brief line from the Philadelphia Record notes a boyish remark about leather slippers being felt, reflecting a casual newspaper quip or adage in a fragment.
A brief quotation notes honesty and accuracy as linked virtues credited to Simmons.
About 1 000 miners in Myersdale coal region quit over proposed wage cuts. Lieutenant Governor Newton W Gilbert withdraws from Indiana governor race due to ill health. Southern railway hosts threat of a general holler nakers strike. Financial crisis grips Neme merchants refuse cash for purchases. Boodle charges fly at city council. A Cleveland Southwestern electric car derails near Stroupsville Center injuring twenty. Grand Waterfall stall causes delay in Cincinnati. Pension for anthracite miners likely until Jan 4. Structural Steel Car plant Canton sold for 100 000. Detroit donor to build Lipton cup challenger. Sydney Bluementhal mill shuts indefinitely. No price change in structural iron. Greek professor A O Versell dies. Solomon Paddock commits suicide in jail. Roosevelt indorsing resolution defeated by National Negro League.
An official inquiry into the Braidwood fire that killed three people is likely. Authorities suspect arson linked to revenge after Joseph Messersmith opened a discounted meat market following his wife and daughter's deaths, provoking strong local opposition and threats.
Homer T Fowler swore to twenty nine complaints against Minnesota grain inspection officials in Superior Wisconsin. The charges allege violations of the Wisconsin grain inspection law of 1895. Most complaints carried signatures on certificates showing wheat and grain weighed or inspected in the city.
Right Rev. Daniel O Connor, vicar general of West Virginia and longtime parish priest in Clarksburg for forty years, died in Washington after an operation.
Rev. G. Brinley Morgan of New Haven declines the Springfield diocese coadjutor appointment in a statement from December 18.
Illinois and Indiana generally fair and warmer with variable winds shifting to southerly. Lower Michigan sees snow in the west portion with variable winds. Wisconsin reports snow flurries and rising temperatures with increasing southerly winds. Iowa is partly cloudy with possible snow flurries in the east, warmer and brisk southerly winds.
A humorous reflection on legal eloquence contrasts the nerves of new lawyers with seasoned practitioners who win by plain heart to heart talks. A tale about two farmers from jury duty, praising the plain explanation over theatrical speeches.
Wahlington residents invited to a free admission exhibit of local school work in the court room on Saturday Dee I. The display showcases projects for the St Louis Exposition and encourages public interest in education.
The biographical anecdote recalls Lotario Sarsi joking that Babylonians cooked eggs by sling whirling. Galileo retorts with a rational argument, noting that lacking the Babylonian condition explains why eggs fail to cook, despite available heat, slings, and strong men.
Chicago and East Buffalo market notes show hogs selling mostly 4.40 to 4.55, cattle receipts around 10 000 with steers at 5.30 to 6.75 for top grades, stockers and feeders 2.00 to 4.20, cows 1.25 to 4.50, and calves to 6.75. Sheep receipts near 12 000 with western lambs 3.40 to 6.00. East Buffalo quotes steady hogs at 4.60 to 4.75, cattle steady and calves firm at 7.50 to 7.75.
The article notes Manilius a contemporary of Caesar and Cicero claimed a system like shorthand existed in his era. It describes compact writing where small marks stand for whole words and a sentence fits a single letter, paralleling modern stenography.
General Lew Wallace is in New York under a eminent specialist care. He is receiving N ray treatment for a cancerous nose condition and may submit to an operation if the treatment fails. He has suffered from this ailment for years.
Chicago markets report dated December 18 1903 from Beach-Wickham Grain Co and McCall Bros Agents Washington La lists grain trade figures and activity under the Chicago Board of Trade.
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