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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1903
Page
1
Witnesses told of dynamite attacks on non union homes, a bus yard raid, damaged locomotives and bridges, and threats during the anthracite strike. A young man feared attending his mother’s funeral as unions blamed, amid reports of beatings, boycotts, and houses stoned.
Testimony at the hearing featured Thomas Washaiski a Hazleton clerk married Sept 16 recounting hostile crowds at the church as he and his bride faced insults and a blocked carriage. Charles Carl Mahanoy City described attending funerals under jeers while threats and family distress followed him at home and at work. A Pottsville officer documented shootings derailments and arson tied to the Iver Creek colliery.
United States Minister Powell in Santo Domingo demands immediate payment by the Dominican government of 325000 dollars owed to the Clyde line.
Governor Gage reiterates in his biennial message to the legislature that there has never been and is not now bubonic plague in San Francisco.
The article mocks Cuban musical taste comparing a cacophonous band setup to violent street sounds. It lampoons the Cuban national hymn and dance as best heard only with such inharmonika bands and calls for a new approach to music in Cuba. It critiques cultural preferences with sharp satire.
The text claims 88 million to 40 million babies are born yearly and that girls outnumber boys by One to five percent. It asserts millions die before speaking, walking, or attending school, creating a persistent female surplus in the world population.
The text explains a frog or reptile swallowing process where the lower jaw halves move independently. One side grips and slides forward to drive teeth into prey and pull the jaw back, then the opposite jaw half repeats to force the victim inward. The snake skin stretches, the jaw dislocates, but ligaments keep bones connected.
The piece notes the compass plant of Asia Minor along the eastern Mediterranean coast reaching Arabia and Persia. It portrays it as an annual shrub resembling false Indigo with branches on the north side and valued by travelers for reliable directional use akin to a mariner's compass.
A Texas farmer faced crop losses from boll weevil and drought while his daughter eloped, son chased the circus, and his wife bore triplets. A self-inflicted death by hanging was ruled justifiable homicide by the coroner, according to the Halletsville Herald.
The piece notes porcelain origins in China with early dating in official annals to about 200 years BCE. It cites Father Entrecolies, a resident in the 1600s, and describes King Te Ching’s porcelain works with hundreds of ovens illuminating the town at night like a vast furnace.
A streetcar passenger searches her purse for a pen to add to a shopping list. She asks a gentleman to lend his necktie to write with, prompting surprised looks as readers recall his remark about a pen. The anecdote ends with the comic reveal.
The Kansas City Star notes singular and amusing neighborhood names across Missouri. Caldwell county includes Zion Lickfork and Pole while Worth county lists Eebo Dell teadtown and Dawson City. Nodaway county features Toad Hollow Sunrise and Posxam Walk with Henry county home to Coal Pigeon Creek. Atchison Daviess Sulliven and Butler counties hold Centennial Civil Bend River Dots Splawn Ridge Sleepy Hollow Ivy Hill and Esrom Echoes. Names reflect county seat press snippets and often aim for harsh or humorous christenings.
A Washington Times report describes a man named Daneerene chiding Brer Jake after a rough poker night. He mentions returning home to his wife and a dispute over a second game, with implied trouble at Marth Ann and a strained evening.
A fragmentary reflection notes poetry and common sense with the refrain What is it good for? The voice imagines an answer as absurd as a cabbage triumphing, attributed to Lowell in a terse aphorism.
A brief exchange as a reader questions if effort and genius mingle, noting that true genius sometimes lacks effort and would be greater if effort accompanied it.
A Chicago News blurb notes that by the time a man finally speaks he has learned the value of remaining quiet, illustrating a concise reflection on restraint and timing.
A Philadelphia lecturer laments repeated child deaths from poisons left in reach. He urges parents to store poisons inaccessible, to prevent accidents and teach constant care and precaution.
Evidence in a Basex assizes stabbing trial notes rural fears about fetkiore survival in Ding land. Greased knife allegedly used to aid healing by preventing rust and superstition links metal rust to infection. A belief ties oiling knives to curing burns and scalds.
An essay on marriage without love argues society accepts arranged unions for many reasons beyond love. It notes most women would choose death over loveless matches and cites Sir Walter Scott’s The Bride of Lammermoor as illustrating the horror of such unions.
In Brooklyn Life a seven year old boy studies the new arrival with a critical eye. He notes the baby’s shiny head and toothless gums and quips that the brother is not finished yet, delivering a gentle humor about family addition.
An English physician tested gender differences in imagination by giving 100 hospital patients sweetened water and claiming a powerful emetic was given. Within minutes four fifths of subjects reacted, mostly men, while all women remained unaffected.
A visitor asks a boy what he will do when he grows up. The boy, with a grave face and a voice touched by sorrow, replies that he will whip his papa. The remark conveys a troubling backdrop within a fragile family scene.
A London alderman seated in state to hear schoolboys’ Greek orations kept bowing whenever the word ouden was pronounced as he believed it sounded like his own name.
The licorice plant is chiefly cultivated along the Tigris and Euphrates. The rivers pass through flat, treeless plains of sparse population. Summer brings 104 degree heat for three months, while six months offer moderate, healthy climate and three months of harsh winter with nights near 30 degrees.
A New England minister known for vivid charity talks with a fine voice and lively incidents wins laughter and tears from listeners. After a successful meeting with substantial charity gains, an elderly lady asks if many of his stories about the poor children are true.
The Zoologist editor warns readers not to judge animal ethology from human view. Animals use senses beyond speech and may communicate in ways not tied to human ideas, with odors like the hurian fruit affecting both orang and man differently.
A mother and her child discuss a screen used to hide something in a room. The boy asks why the woman had the screen and whether she peeped behind it when she thought she wasn’t being watched. The exchange hints at secrets and curiosity in their home.
A myth recounts King Roberthe Prore owed protection to a Khan. An owl perched on a bush signaled danger to pursuers, leading the Khan to flee unseen. Later the Khan reached his camp, inspiring reverence for the owl and vows of victory among his followers.
A short prison wall poem, scratched by a maniac, envisions ink to write God's love if all parchment and reeds became quills. Its elegant expression sparks debate over authenticity, but the tale endures in local lore and the All the Year Round publication.
In a Paris Cor, London News-inspired sketch a famed General Cambroune shows a rare Prench army skill with a hoole and a Brittany costume. He designs intricate corsage stitching for a fancy ball while pondering tedium and finding solace in needlework.
In an old Long Island cemetery four tombstones memorialize the successive wives of a local man. The stones grow larger with each marriage, from a modest headstone to a granite shaft, serving as a folkbarometer of the husband’s rising fortunes.
Laron Munchatsen tried to shoot a deer with a cherry stone loaded gun. The shot failed to kill. The deer escaped and later returned with a cherry tree growing from its forehead, covered with blossoms and fruit.
A playful exchange in the Boston Transcript features a speaker declaring a well dressed woman is head and shoulders above her gown, while noting the gown can hinder a man’s steps.
An observant expert explains how hat fit and style reveal personality. Large hats mark thinkers with grand ideas wearing loose clothes, while small hats suggest deceit or coquetry. Backward tilted hats imply easygoing or frivolous traits. The wearer may reflect this in behavior.
Two speakers discuss a cashier missing for several days. One says he’s out of town, while the other wonders if he left for a rest or to escape the issue, indicating uncertainty about his whereabouts and motives.
A brief fragment notes a playful exchange between Knippe and Tucque. The source cites Syracuse Herald in a quirky dialogue style about keeping a light burning and language at night. No further context is provided.
In a brief exchange the Bixbys discuss a planned ace trick described as their joint scheme. The source centers on a partnership plan with characters named Mr. and Mrs. Bixby and mentions a WU trump.
Ancient Greek athlete Milo born around 20 B.C. won Olympic and Pythian games six times in a row. Tales recount him carrying an ox four miles, killing it with a cowbell and eating the carcass in a day. His daily fare reportedly included twenty pounds of bread, meat, and wine.
A judge addresses jurors in an Irish Law Notes report noting the rising pig theft sting and warning that the scheme must be stopped or public safety will be at risk. The indictment cites the prisoner’s arrest for stealing a pig.
A classroom exchange shows the teacher laments the pupil's forgetfulness and the pupil replies that the difficulty lies in forgetting rather than learning. The dialogue underscores contrasting views on effort and retention.
Porter confirms the exhibition pleased the gentlemen though they did not vocalize praise, only laughter from the audience. The artist notes the reaction as a sign of approval despite silence.
A testimonial claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery stops sickness draining earnings by stomach related diseases. The writer, Winommediy of Lorain Ohio, says doctors offered no help until using the Medicine and Pleasant Pellets, reporting marked improvement and continued good health.
A witty exchange from Smart Set features Mrs Rivers doubting the speaker’s intelligence and her husband defending him. The dialogue humorously reveals who is seen as a fool and who remains confident.
An irate female shopper confronts a small man pacing a store an asking if he is the floorweather. The man denies being that and reveals he is only the proprietor.
The quote reflects George Eliot on aspiring to the good and striving for excellence, acknowledging that the pursuit may end in failure yet remains essential to virtue and growth.
A saying cited by the Saturday Evening Post cautions that a trick loses its vitality and may explode to harm the person who set it off, highlighting the danger of deception and the unforeseen consequences of clever ruses.
A Washington dispatch outlines Democratic prospects for 1900 with a southern tilt toward Judge Alton B. Parker and opposition to the omnibus New Mexico bill over Spanish language dominance. It notes Beattie and Scott dissenters on reciprocity and recalls Cannon questioning Indian appropriation practices amid intra-house maneuvering.
One hundred fifty leading Indianapolis businessmen banqueted at the Columbia Club Tuesday night and subscribed a majority of the stock for a coliseum to cost 250000 for entertaining national conventions. Addresses were made by George Bliss Hugh J. McGowan FE M Clendenning of Kansas City George F McCulloch John R Wilson John Feltman and Samuel B Morss.
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