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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1909
Page
6
Encourages steady progress and patience in work and life. Uses a freight train and sailing vessel as analogies for persistence, urging readers to move forward slowly, save money, and endure challenges toward long term goals. Ends with reflection on a straighter, narrower road to success.
Advertisement notes the hotel is charmingly set amid a garden with good cuisine and moderate charges. It highlights easy access to fishing with Balmon and trout nearby, mountain scenery elevating its reputation, and the landlord is described as speaking English very well.
The forthcoming log raft will be towed from the Columbia River to San Diego California next summer. It is a cigar shaped bundle of Oregon fir, 1000 feet long and 60 feet wide with the top rising about ten feet. It will contain about 7,000,000 feet of lumber.
A merchant once furious swore at dwindling mail order business. He learned to advertise his stock, and his store filled from seven until six, turning his mood and fortunes around as crowds swarmed in.
A Philadelphia Ledger retells a fairy tale where Silver Wing the goblin helper retrieves a jewel for Santa Claus and, after singing for goblins, is named royal charioteer. The tale follows dawn, bees, and toy makers on the way to the North Pole.
A short puzzle explains cutting a letter T from stout cardboard into four pieces, shuffling them, and asking a friend to reassemble the T. It notes many people take ten minutes or more, promising amusement in the challenge.
A dialogue among sun, snow, beam, rain, birds and flowers wishes a happy new year. The sun urges snow to depart for spring, while the rain and beam promise nourishment for blooms. Birds anticipate near spring and a joyful, welcoming forest and mead as children greet warmer days.
A note states that articles and illustrations by C. M. Barnitz from 198 are not to be re printed without special permission, signaling author rights and usage limits for newspaper content.
A humorous poem depicts turkeys in a cornfield and a reader fantasizing about a Thanksgiving feast. The speaker humorously brags of the turkey’s beauty while anticipating stuffing and roasting, ending with a boastful wish to dine on the fabled bird.
The piece traces the turkey’s mythic origins and rise as America’s emblematic poultry. It notes Columbus and the English misnaming, praises the Mammoth Bronze as the wild ancestor, and contrasts past pigs and geese with today’s vast turkey production of about seven million birds annually for a growing population.
Rural precautionary verse warns against letting chickens roost near the ger and cornertb and hog trough. It stresses humane treatment for livestock and warns that mismanagement of crops and feed will harm egg and poultry yields.
Describes the humane yet graphic sequence in a poultry packing plant from stun to final cooling. Explains steps in gutting plucking water dipping feather removal and final grading and freezing for shipment with notes on best practices to minimize bruising and contamination.
A lively call on Main Street invites residents to the winter poultry show with crowing roosters and clucking hens. The piece highlights 600 exhibitions in the U S annually, millions of fowls shown, and a billion dollars in poultry industry value, urging readers to join local association efforts and support better breeding practices.
A Shenandoah miner recovers a fossilized hen egg suggesting Barred Rock origins and mentions Turkey culture trends at fairs. The piece warns on hog and poultry feeding, fire risk from stove usage, and banding poultry legs. It also notes licensed judges at Niagara Falls and candle testing by merchants.
For sale items include farms and a town residence and business property near West Chester in Washington county Iowa within two to five miles of town. Also offered is a meat market with ice business buildings fixtures and a first class coal elevator. Local contact J D Dayton West Chester. Foley's Orino Laxative advertised as a cure for chronic constipation and sluggish liver.
Call up Phone No. 1 and leave orders to be promptly attended by Frank Rogers. Provide street and number for delivery or pickup.
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