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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1912
Page
6
The article extols hurdling as a great athletic goal for boys and details technique for high and low hurdles. It stresses practice, starting speed, body and arm positions on takeoff and landing, and the need for agility and sprint speed to achieve top times.
A fragmented poem scene describes a frightened narrator watching rows of stars shiver overhead. The sea appears as a black, sly, smooth vessel swallowing stars, prompting the speaker to hide and cry.
The item is a marked toy consisting of a central stick shaped to taste and pointed at the tom to spin. Players shoot marbles at the spinning tee totum while it moves. Each player contributes about five marbles to form a pool. The aim is to strike the turning object and cause it to stop and topple, awarding marbles from the pool based on the toppled outcome.
An essay titled Breath by a Milwaukee school teacher's pupil was read aloud by Prof Emil Otto at a Milwaukee dinner. The piece, described as the work of a Grieistes, discusses breath as essential to life and notes the dangers of carbonicide while highlighting respiration through lungs nose and other organs.
A playful exchange in a Sunday school scene shows a pupil asked to define a centurion. The teacher frames the lesson with a riddle about riding a bike a hundred miles, prompting a quick, humorous response from the child.
A playful activity for a rainy gathering invites youths to build a glass bridge using three glasses and three knives without shifting the glasses. After many attempts and laughs from spectators, the trick is performed as shown in the illustration, providing social amusement and momentary cleverness.
A garden sighting describes a dog eating meat watched by covetous crows. After several attempts to steal, a large crow tears off a piece, returns to the group, and dexterously drops it within reach. The dogs eyes then watch as crows gobble the meat while the dog sits puzzled. A second event notes three crows coordinating to seize a piece while a third bites the tail.
A mother asks Clara if she was good during a visit. The three year old replies she cannot tell, noting she had so much fun she forgot to pay attention to herself.
In a playful remark May recalls her parents’ frequent moves. She sighs that she was “just born everywhere and brought up all over,” reflecting a nomadic childhood and a sense of belonging scattered across many places.
The ivy covered cottage in Burlington New Jersey housed Gen. Ulysses S Grant during and after the Civil War. Locals recall his return from battle and a porch salute by Mrs. Kinsey with an American flag. A young John Shell recalls Grant’s friendly gesture and the famed visit.
The railroad column covers a Toledo line inquiry by the Pennsylvania, a New York Central cof fee rate from New York to upstate points, and a New York Traffic Club dinner at the Waldorf Astoria with speakers Perkins and Grosacup. It notes consolidation in Texas and Louisiana lines, Mississippi rail road commission rate parity, rising Kentucky taxes, no summer fare rise for western passenger lines, and various convention rates and baggage changes for 1912.
Washington druggists Cook & Sherman promote Adler-ika a German remedy for constipation sour stomach and gas. A single dose purportedly brings instant relief and antisepticizes the digestive organs by drawing off impurities.
Eastbound schedules show arrival No 3 at 9 27 a m and No 91 at 10 15 a m. Departures include No 10 at 9 37 a m and No 4 at 6 90 p m. All trains run except Sunday. J B Kunath, Agent.
The best gift shows thought and appreciation for what pleases the recipient, valuing usefulness over monetary price and counting value in consideration rather than cost.
Your druggist refunds money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days. Packaged 50 cents.
Partial timetable shows westbound and passenger trains with times for Chicago, Milwaukee, and nearby stations. Agent F L Broadgate notes provide limited scheduling details and line breaks in the fragment.
Advertisement notes a bogus remedy claiming to cure a cold in one day with Bromo Quinine tablets. Promises refunds if it fails with FE. W. Grovie’s signature appears on each box and the price is 25e.
An old реклам-like notice urges stopping gray hair with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy. It touts restoring color and reducing dandruff, claiming daily use shows results in a few days. Sold by druggists for fifty cents a bottle through McHinney Drug Co as special agent.
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