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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1910
Page
7
A man asks for beefsteak to whiten a black eye and targets Riley’s shop two blocks away. He returns later with a coat torn, collar gone, nose bleeding, claiming Riley consented to let him use the beef. The incident unfolds as a local altercation in a butcher shop.
Poem fragment reflects on desire and longing as a ripe peach hangs aloft while another lies on the ground. The speaker notes the futility of chasing fame love or honor and asks why human yearning favors the elusive fruit over what is near.
A resident returns home in the early hours and crawls upstairs. At breakfast his wife accuses him of hugging a lamppost at 2 am, sparking a puzzled defense about jealousy of a lamp post. The anecdote carries the St Paul Dispatch flavor.
An 19th century anecdote contrasts Tom Marshall the famed Kentucky orator with Return J Meigs clerk of the national supreme court. Marshall, renowned for chewing tobacco, asks where to spit and learns Meigs has no spittoon. He spits on his shirt, leaves, then returns to continue his work.
Freeman Davis on the post office steps notes Professor Lane crossing the road to the wheelwright's shop. Davis jokes about Lane's letters and asks how he gained his intellect while Jabez Sewall notes Lane's lineage and school spelling prowess. The exchange appears sourced from Youth's Companion.
A wealthy man returns home and completes a marble palace on a hilltop. He tells the crowd the house is "full of Titians." The postmaster and locals react with shock and fear, asking if there is a way to kill them.
Former councilman L C Carran recalls Bill Nye visiting a farmers Institute in South Dakota. Nye agreed to speak after being spotted by the Lake Preston chairman who asked his subject. Nye joked he would offer humane dehorning suggestions for hydraulic rams.
An office boy named George fetched a large package for a Rev. Dr. So and so, but the boss discovers late that the parcel on his desk was for a euchre party. The surprise uncovers bottles, cards, cigars, and rye and port in the mix up.
In a churchyard an old man sits on a flat tombstone as rain refreshes the scene. A traveler remarks on the weather and a tramp jokes about spring. The old man hushes him and reveals a startling fact that he has three wives buried in the graveyard.
A traveler recalls a journey in Ireland with a rough passenger. The driver jokes about a man who served fifteen years for “saving his wife” by leaving her without visible means of support. Pat retorts the deed was throwing her from a third floor window.
A comic China tale shows ten henpecked husbands forming a society to resist wives. The nine flee when wives raid the meeting, leaving one man who is later found dead from fright after being named president. A farmer tricks a doctor with a payment pact over curing or killing his wife, ending with no fee due.
The article advises washing lace curtains in lukewarm water with ammonia and shredded latindry soap in multiple baths without lifting the curtains to avoid tearing. After rinsing, drain, then use a blueing bath and wring dry before hanging. Muslin curtains should be washed carefully and starched, then pressed on the wrong side to look fresh.
Instructions on marking clothing with initials by embroidery stamps or indelible ink and on washing heavy bedclothes. Steps include stretching fabric to prevent bleeding, using a clean pen, and soaking and pounding so fibers loosen dirt before rinsing and line drying.
Fifty years ago today on December 24 South Carolina’s representatives withdrew from the United States and Gov. Pickens proclaimed the state separate sovereign and free with right to levy war and make treaties as part of the secession move.
A stiff grass species grows abundantly in India and is used to craft matchsticks. The plant provides durable stems suitable for the lighting tools and reflects regional material practices in match production.
An 19th century style ad asserts Miller's Dypepsia Cure cures indigestion by conditioning the stomach rather than using medicine or restricting diet. For sale by Cook & Sherman.
A classic want ad promises rental help from a daily in a reader friendly line. It highlights quick placement and broad reach for those seeking items or spaces to rent through the newspaper.
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