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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1905
Page
8
A desperate man plans a bank safe theft but a sleeping baby in the nursery foils him. The cashier, revealed as the cradle of mercy, admits the thief was not caught and promises reform with the child as his witness to a higher path.
A New Orleans Times Democrat critique discusses Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Death Song and his use of dialect. It notes his faithful rendering of african American speech and contrasts it with other writers who alter sounds. The piece highlights pronunciation patterns like using i for e and gwine for go.
A concise collection of aphoristic lines discusses frugal living, privacy, and social behaving norms. It notes that a dollar seems small for bread yet a large stake in poker, while parental blame shifts with children’s conduct and praise.
Mr. J Collier estimates at least 5000 distinct languages worldwide and notes vast dialectal diversity. He cites over sixty vocabularies in Brazil, Nahua dialects in Mexico, and hundreds in Borneo, with Australia showing fewer dialects as culture rises. with an average of fifty dialects per language, the total swells to about 250000.
The article describes rituals when pubs lose licenses in parts of England. The signboard is removed, paraded through the bar, and buried at closing time. A solemn service ends with watering the grave with beer or whisky.
A literary essay praises John Keats detailing his rich technique and growth despite a short writing life. It highlights Hyperion La Belle Dame Sans Merci The Eve of St Agnes and Ode to a Nightingale as defining works. The piece reflects on his intense art and enduring influence.
A review extols a writer whose life blends intellect and emotion in a vast output of sonnets and nature studies. It argues that despite earlier faults, his later works demonstrate rich imagination and noble interpretation within a broad December-tinged literary record.
A wrong yet elaborate account links Boss Tweed to a kidnap plot and his capture at Vigo Spain. The tale traces Nast cartoons misread on a wall as a confession, then notes Tweed returns to America on the Franklin, preserving almost all Nast drawings.
The 1772 will of Sir William Browne bequeaths gold medals for Greek and Latin odes and epigrams to Cambridge University. It also requests a private burial with no pallbearers or attendants, save his men servants, to avoid spectacle or distress to friends, and to place his worn Elzevir Horace in a leather coffin.
A historical reflection on early gas lighting from coal beds. Sir Walter Scott and others observed combustible air rising to the surface and fueling perpetual flames. The emergence of gas lighting began in London and Westminster with the first parish contract for illuminated streets.
A discussion on how violin tone changes with material shifts in the body due to vibrations and with playing style and setup. It notes the sound post, strings, bridge, and pegs affect tone, weather and mood of players influence playability, and instruments can blame the instrument for these moods.
The piece notes that almost all deaths occur without physical pain as the heart ceases its action, leading to death. It emphasizes the natural ending of life through cardiac cessation and the peaceful transition often experienced.
In a country tour, Edmond Rostand and friends go to a mairie to register a newborn. The adjuner asks Rostand for his name and vocation. Rostand replies I am a man of letters and member of the French academy. He is asked to sign and offered to make a cross if he cannot write.
South Bend Indiana report notes Citizens Bank of North Liberty failed to open. Established about two years ago by J. W. Brooke. Believed deposits have run low with no one charged for a large amount.
Washington January 6 Representative Adams of Pennsylvania has introduced a bill to establish in the District of Columbia a whipping post for wife-beaters. A second item notes Standard Oil trimming crude oil prices by five cents in all grades except Raglin, marking the third similar cut in three weeks. Belle Cole, American singer, is dead in London.
Dedicatory exercises for Beloit College’s $50,000 Andrew Carnegie library were held in Beloit Wisconsin on January 6. Notable speakers included Horace White of New York City a Beloit Class of 1952 member and librarian Thwaites of the Wisconsin State Historical Library.
Madison Wisconsin January 6 The state treasury muddle is resolved Private Secretary Hianmin advised Acting Treasurer Purtell that Kempf bonds were examined and approved Kempf then proceeded to the treasury counters as the formal transfer began
William J Brean visited his daughter Ruth at her New Orleans home for the first time since her recent marriage to William Homer Leavitt, a portrait painter from Boston. Ruth welcomed her newborn grandchild during the visit.
Mrs Mary Tucker aged 78 ate a cracker believed poisoned by a housekeeper in Hewanee Tl. She was slightly deaf and did not hear the warning about rat poison in the cracker. Prompt medical attention followed and her condition was reported as possibly improving.
Senate commerce panel finalizes a favorable report on W. D. Crum colored nominee for Charleston collector. Bets Cortelyou and Mrs. Cortelyou depart Washington for a seven week southern Europe tour. Pan American Medical Congress convenes in Panama as Tiloni of Italy suffers a stroke with uncertain prognosis. Explosives at ristiana Pa borough kill no one. dynamite blast feared.
A wealthy Indian merchant discovers a rival’s plot after examining a cigar case. Five boxes appear untouched until the sixth shows finger marks and a thorn dipped in venom. The merchant alerts police, and the suspected LaJ collapses when asked to smoke the tainted cigar.
In a Chicago News item, Emperor Francis Joseph dissolves the turbulent Hungarian diet after failed efforts to obtain business. A physician quips the patient’s trouble stems from excess adipose tissue while Mrs. Plumpton questions if fatness explains her appearance.
At the residence of the late Conrad Gimbel five miles northwest of Washington on Tuesday January 10 1905 starting at 10 o clock a m. sale includes seven horses five cows with calves four spring calves ninety hogs four thousand bushels of corn four hundred eighty hundred pounds hay and farm machinery many items new with terms credit 12 months over ten dollars cash under ten dollars cash with note and security six percent discount for cash.
Greatly in demand medicine meets modern needs for a blood and system cleanser. Dr King s New Life Pills claim to cure stomach and liver troubles. Available at J H Stewart s drug store guaranteed.
The course third session titled Humor Refined will be given by S Platt Jones. The lecture is set for Monday January 9 with admission prices 35c and 2c. Remaining six numbers of the course 81.
Interest for the period ending Dec. 31, 1904 is due on all savings accounts. Please present pass books promptly for credit. The Journal received a short unsigned note from Washington Iowa dated Dec. 30 ordering The Journal for one year. If the writer sees this notice please send in the name at once.
Removal notice states Dr. Wm. M. Terry moves from south side of the square to 208 West Washington Street in the new Keck Keeley building and will attend to patients at the new location.
SICKENING SHIVERING FITS of Ague and Malaria can be relieved and cured with Electric Bitters. This pure tonic medicine benefits malaria by exerting a curative influence and driving the disease from the system. It is preferred to Quinine with no after-effects. A Texan resident reports a brother saved from malaria and jaundice after using Electric Bitters at 50 cents.
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