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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1909
Page
8
A country daisies life unfolds under sun and lark singing in the open garden. A cage binds a free bird, two boys contemplate turf and plumage, and the daisy fears harm while longing to help and seeks a way to share hope.
In a garden a proud peony and bold tulips ignore a humble daisy as a lark visits for a moment of beauty. After the birds’ thirst and hunger, the lark dies, and villagers bury him nobly while the daisy, ignored, withers alone.
Washington reports show leaders push only appropriation bills as time runs short. Lawmakers from both parties fear failing to pass measures for their states while critics urge action on bridges and navigational improvements. Gompers may refuse pardon if Supreme Court upholds lower court. Meats inspection costs rise to about 2.75 million yearly with a 3 million appropriation. report details spending and beneficiaries.
In Richmond Virginia Miss Marie Louise Stumpf aged nineteen was beaten in the city’s finest district. A man who heard her cries intervened saving her from further attack. Charles Gillespie twenty five, a Black man, is in custody.
Thirty five pupils and their teacher Miss Laura Diesher were overcome by coal gas from a leaky stove pipe in Mount Carbon school south of Pottsville. Neighbors rescued them after finding their unconscious condition.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr starts as a wool sorter earning five dollars a week at 7 am to 6 15 pm with a 45 minute lunch, says he aims to learn carpet and rug manufacture and wants no special favors. The piece defends his honesty and patriotism stating manual labor is honorable and essential in America.
Beavers postoffice shut after postmaster Olaf Johnson contracted smallpox. Government orders quarantine and a temporary office open to handle mail. Nine local schools closed and wholesale vaccination ordered to contain exposure.
Cleveland dispatch reports Mayor Tom Johnson declared by city hall associates to seek the Democratic nomination for the 21st Ohio congressional district vacated by Burton's elevation to the senate. A special election is planned soon and Johnson believes he can carry East Side wards that compose the district.
The article explains aphids reproduce by budding on the parent, with females laying eggs but rapid asexual multiplication. Each old aphid yields twenty five young daily and those offspring mature to produce twenty five more the next day, leading to explosive growth to astronomical numbers.
A New York multimillionaire recalls a Paris chef who commanded high pay but delegated quality. He describes a lavish dinner of 200 covers, then finds the cook in a taxi with two French dancing girls. The chef explains such meals require not his hands but assistants.
The Doctor laments plans to travel for a weekend in the country hindered by professional duties. The Professor argues that fate and natural weekending influence outcomes, while a witty exchange hints at shared misfortune.
A Houston Post excerpt shows a confrontation where a man warns a boy by declaring he would defend his child if insulted. The exchange frames neighborhood tempers and a threat of violence as a reaction to a perceived insult.
Domestic accounts note chairing costs in 1675 with charges to Mrs Knight Mrs Cassell and Mrs Churchill. Four shillings for chairing to multiple ladies and eleven hours waiting cost 11 shillings 6 pence. Payment dated 13 October 1675 in London Chronicle.
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