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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 02, 1904

Page

3

Tryssenhart figlet candy and travel tidbits

64-tf Mrs. John Merrill and son left for Keota this morning. Peter Eicher of Wayland was a business visitor yesterday. Rev. Zimmerman and daughter of Wayland spent yesterday in the city. Edith Bailey returns to Mason City to teach. The Higgins Real Estate Co plans a Kansas trip Monday night January 4.

John Merrill Keota Conner Schilling Peter Eicher Wayland Zimmerman K. Coates Eldon Mabel Crawford Greeley Colo Frank Wilson Frank Wells Milwaukee Chicago Alonzo Beitel Muscatine Grace Hill Harry Ragan Manton Hebner Verdi Wm. Walton Philadelphia Washington Edith Bailey Mason City Lloyd Ross Lloyd Hartwick Mert Teeter Jay Adams Ottumwa Nancy Davis John Park Herbert Higgins Real Estate Co Kansas

Canals in England Timeline Highlight Roman and Industrial Growth

The text traces early Roman canals in Lincolnshire the Foss dike and Caer dike to the first British canal built in 1134 by Henry I linking the Trent and Witham. It notes the late eighteenth century canal boom driven by the Duke of Bridgewater and engineer James Brindley, culminating in a canal mania in its final decade.

England Lincolnshire Foss Caer Henry I Trent Witham Duke of Bridgewater James Brindley

Reading in bed and the habit of late night reading

The article surveys prominent literary figures who read in bed, from Johnson and Gray to Lamb and Wycherley, noting how bed time reading shaped their lives and writings. It cites Johnson’s advice for melancholy readers, Gray’s bookish ease, Lamb’s midnight darlings, and Wycherley’s night rituals, ending with a nod to Grub Street hacks.

Johnson Boswell Gray Crebillon Martvaux Elijah Fenton Pope Lamb Chase Enfield Wycherley Seneca Montaigne Rochefoucauld London Globe

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