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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1904
Page
8
The Birmingham Age-Herald recounts jeffing as an old gambling game using seven quads. Players each put 50 cents in, aiming to turn the most nicks in three throws. A mollie is a blank. three mollies win the pot. Cocked quads and stays tie players to the pot, with rare high scores noted.
A woman who feared future troubles kept a list of likely woes. Months later she found none came to pass, leading her to adopt optimism. The tale urges letting imagination not shape fate and warns fear slows achievement.
Archdeacon Sinclair recites a diary from a Scottish shepherd noting daily “a dram” at each task from rising to kirk. The tale links the Semi teetotal Pledge association to the archdeacon’s own experiences with hospitality and social pressure as a temperate gentleman.
A quoted reflection by Max O Reill on how love heals yet can derail relationships. The piece contrasts Cupid Hymen and suggests better introductions to love, noting novelty attracts and habit binds, while a bottomless chasm can swallow romance if not managed.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note records a couple eloping, the girl sighing they will miss a roomful of presents while the youth jokes they will bear the loss with philosophy since they won’t need to give a roomful of presents in return.
A Sharp exchange notes the game of getting a man to propose and then rejecting him. The woman explains the risk of being fooled by a false yes while the man acknowledges the thrill and danger of the moment.
A Sunday school scene captures a student rejecting heaven with blunt humor. The teacher pressing heaven’s appeal faces a wry retort that the afterlife will be populated only by women and preachers. The Chicago Tribune quotes the exchange.
A distressed mother questions how her son could get so dirty while the boy replies he will show her, illustrating a vivid, playful moment captured by the Chicago Post.
The Atchison Globe riffs on the phrase bow to the inevitable noting a quip about taking off one’s bat to one's wife, reflecting a local humorous take on a common saying.
A group at a city club hear Gregory claim laws favor the rich. Disguised as a ragged man he buys pricey goods, a diamond ring, and a box for the theater while being shadowed by detectives. He is arrested on multiple charges but released after fellow clubmen explain the misunderstanding.
An editor’s ridicule inspires a spoof letter filled with inflated terms. The writer blasts the editor for deriding his poetry, claiming his grandiose vocabulary proves the worth of many obscure words found in dictionaries.
The article surveys theories on the bridal veil origin from milliner’s substitute to Hebrew marriage rite and Roman flammeum. It cites the cave cloth of Anglo-Saxons and the Hereford missal and notes Margaret Tudor wearing a veil beneath her coronet at marriage to the Scottish king.
The text traces bed development from the early truckle bed and tester to the four poster and Arabian bed. It notes royal use by Victoria, post medieval coverlids, and the shift from straw sacks to feather and woolen blankets, with origins tied to various regions and eras.
The German historian Theodor Mommsen, aboard a trolley from Berlin to Charlottenburg, remained absorbed in his book as fellow passengers left. After an hour the crew freed the car and he calmly noted that they had come to a standstill.
The Frankfurter Zeitung argues Germans are the most polite and ceremonial people, claiming ceremony governs greeting, seating, drinking, and speech. It contrasts this with the British whom the author says ignore these customs and seem like a herd of rubbers.
A humorous quip from Puck features a young lawyer facing a bigamy case and an old lawyer advising to defend on insanity grounds to sway henpecked husbands on the jury. The joke critiques courtroom strategy with a witty twist.
Nell presses Bertie to push ahead with a plan despite papa’s calm warning that objections are useless once Nell is set on something. Bertie recalls Nell’s determination and the family’s reluctance.
Invitations to call and settle accounts are discussed as messages from a friend asking about invitations and Archie’s status. The exchange centers on whether invitations exist and who should respond to settle outstanding matters.
An economical disposal of stale bread is to eat it. The Detroit Free Press notes it cuts health costs and promotes frugal living.
Charles Baker assists at an east side restaurant for a few days. Gunton's Magazine argues that culture is relative and grows from wealth and time. It notes that the newly rich show cruder culture than established aristocracy in the old world and in older American regions.
A Bulgarian pre Christian tradition on wedding day involves shaving the groom amid a dancing crowd. Hair clippings are saved in the bride’s chest, the barber is gifted a linen cloth and coins, and the groom kisses the girls hands after washing his face and donning the weighted wedding dress.
A historical reminiscence recalls primitive Highland living. The duchess entertained vast company at Kinrara with servants sleeping on kitchen furniture and guests, including a niece, sleeping in the duchess’s small bedroom. Nearby, a brook provided washing and a waterfall near Ochtertyre served as a bath for Sir William Murray and his brothers.
The first fatal duel in what is now the United States occurred on Boston Common on July 3 1728 between Benjamin Woodbridge and Henry Phillips. They quarreled over cards at the Royal Exchange tavern in King Street and dueled with swords after drinking. Woodbridge died the next morning. Both were young gentlemen of standing. Phillips was connected to Gillam Philips and Peter Faneuil families. Woodbridge was nearly twenty. Phillips, a Cambridge graduate about twenty-three.
For Sale A new property in North Washington and a 120 acre farm in Jackson township. Will take live stock on either. See W. W. McFarland. Seven horses aged 3 to 6 years offered by H. F. Maass. Found glove. Apply at Journal office. Percheron stallion and 2 3 year old colts available through H. F. Offer also Furnished rooms for rent with heat water bath access Over the Crown Cafe. 55 tf
Miss Ethel McCreedy of east of the city left for Des Moines last evening to attend Drake University. Mrs. M. P. Dickson, visiting her daughter Mrs. Gibson in Valley Junction, returned home last evening. Mrs. DeWitt of Wyoming Iowa, visiting her daughter Mrs. Ambrose Cunningham, returned home this morning.
Woodbridge, son of a Barbados magistrate and former Groton pastor, faced Phillips in a dawn duel on the rising grounds of the Common near a powder house. Woodbridge died on the spot. Phillips fled to the Sheerness and died in France within a year.
The piece argues that great authors like Charles Reade used newspapers as life’s record and that plagiarism is inherent to literary creation. It cites Reade’s novels exposing social wrongs and a celebrated boast that all writers plunder past masters, with Shakespeare and Moliere given as examples and Warwickshire’s thief cited as a model.
The judge recalls a hurried marriage where the couple urged the minister to hasten the ceremony to fit an hourly cab arrangement. The exchange implies a hasty union motivated by time and convenience.
A Fielding quote asserts that custom may tempt a man toward errors yet cannot excuse wrongdoing. The remark emphasizes personal accountability regardless of tradition or social norms.
Short aphorism from the Atchison Globe noting that some talented individuals go unrecognized within their families.
Hoogs estimated receipts 37 000 left over from yesterday 5739 prospects 5 lower than yesterday average light 435 to 490 mixed packers 455 to 500 heavy shipping grades 455 to 510 rough 455 to 475 cattle 7 000 prospects steady sheep 13 000 prospects strong
Hog receipts today 37000 officials left over yesterday 5739 estimated receipts tomorrow 44000 market weak mostly 10 lower hogs bulk 470 to 490 light hogs 455 to 485 mixed packers 450 to 500 heavy shipping grades 450 to 8500 rough 8450 to 8465 pigs 8390 to 8440 porkers 465 to 475 cattle receipts 7 market slow and weak beeves 320 to 570 cows and heifers 125 to 440 stockers and feeders 8200 to 410 sheep receipts 13009 market strong natives 275 to 450 western 260 to 435 yearlings 425 to 8530 lambs 425 to 8630 western lambs 400 to 625 official receipts yesterday 36891 official shipments yesterday 7608
Closing in Chicago on January 5 shows hogs weak with prices mostly 10 lower than yesterday's average. Light hogs 435 to 485. mixed packers 450 to 8595. heavy ship's grades 450 to 500. Cattle market slow but steady overall.
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