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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1905
Page
7
The production features stark New England types with heightened realism. A simulated winter snowstorm driven by machinery intensifies the scene at an old New Hampshire farm. The cast chosen by Manager Brady is among the strongest for this dramatic piece.
D K Harkness of Iowa City is in the city today to call on his trade and conduct business activity related to his profession.
A collage of jokes and quips from multiple papers includes court alimony lobbies, a divorce line, a caveman beggar, and social satire. It also features light humor about a wife, a parrot, and a resort scene with a bathing suit.
In the Philadelphia Record and Ledger quotes, Nell Maud is described as liberal minded and unable to keep secrets. The exchange features witty lines about eavesdropping and a remark on a person named Jookley and a sharp phrase about an icicle.
A collage of snappy quips and exchanges from various papers. Jokes about marital persuasion shop visits in bonnet stores, pocket knife gags, natural happiness, physician wealth luck, and dating mishaps collide in a breezy, quotable slice of early 20th century humor.
A Louisville argument over a daughter's suitor reveals a wary father fearing moral dangers, with quips about altruism and a better match. The Chicago Record-Herald warns of illness and touts Electric Bitters as a malaria cure, citing Henrietta Texas resident E S Munday.
Rock Island Fast Mail No 2 will stop at Washington Iowa to aid local travelers, after Chicago headquarters approved the move. Muscatine News Tribune notes No 20 has always halted here, while last night’s temperature hit thirteen below zero according to government records.
Advertises special half rate tickets on Jan 17 Feb 21 and Mar 21 to points in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico through L D Higgins Co. Also promotes Warner's Wild Cherry cough syrup and an excerpted theater review praising Arizona production and Austus Thomas' play.
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