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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1919
Page
4
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The article ridicules Germany and its rulers as “Pythias” to the Kaiser, laments a future London trial for the Kaiser, and recalls Roosevelt’s Venezuela dispute where Germany refused arbitration, highlighting German arrogance and imperial overreach.
A narrator recalls years of farm labor and dreamt of leisure after quitting chores. Bliss fades as idleness grows dull, prompting a return to toil cows milking fieldwork and hay making, with fleas and bats in the old home and a resolve that true bliss lies in steady labor.
The passage critiques Kaiser Germany's aggression in China and asserts the United States demanded open Chinese policy. It notes Dewey’s fleet could sail to the Venezuelan coast if arbitration failed and characterizes Germany as hoggish in China. It concludes with a view of Germany's humiliation and the rise of U.S. open-door justice.
General Joseph W. Congdon of the American Silk association recounts a Georgia town exchange between two colored youths. One asks about carrying a trunk for belongings, the other clarifies it is to tote clothes and venture out, reflecting rural humor of the era.
A whimsical illustrated piece recounts a little girl asking about a kitten once shown by a visitor. The grown answer reveals the kitten grew up to be a gat, with playful dialogue about its fate and a lamp flame fading when Mary’s beau enters.
A teacher probes a student's odd study method as Annie repeats garbled terms like gosintos, fosintos, cagintos while attempting to describe arithmetic. The exchange ends with Annie explaining goose into two and four, counting steps into six in a muddled math moment.
A fragment from the Birmingham Age-Herald notes a speaker Scribit hes started to writing poetry and contemplates taking something for a, but nothing is offered. The odd phrasing suggests a brief, reflective snippet from a Sunday feature.
A Voltaire quote asserts that nothing can exist without a cause, treating chance as a meaningless term.
The article notes Windsor's ancient name Windleshera or Windle shores, possibly meaning windingshore from the river's curve. It cites Edward the Confessor’s lodge nearby and suggests alternative Saxon roots from the word windle meaning willow tree.
The East African Standard reports a nocturnal duel between a lioness and a motorcar near Nairobi. A chauffeur heard a bush commotion, glimpsed gleaming eyes, sped away as the lioness leaped, struck the hood and was thrown forward. The carcass was loaded into the car and returned to town in triumph.
The text traces early roller skate development with 1819 France usage, then English inventor Syers patenting and manufacturing in London. Syers designed a sandal on five wheels in a single row with only two contacting the floor at once, followed by several similar English patents over the next four decades.
Jane envies her playmate’s baby brother and wishes for a wee brother. When her wish comes true she grows excited until meeting him. Auntie asks if she is proud, and Jane replies she is but thinks the baby is a size too small.
Text explains that ancient laws in Tahytan during Nebuchadnezzar's era set doctor fees. The Hammurabi code awards ten shekels for successful bronze lancet surgeries on severe wounds or cataract removal for a gentleman, while a freed man's son earns five shekels.
Malayans and Johore natives hold that each tree species has a spirit that governs it. The camphor tree spirit is called Bisan and is believed to sing when a certain night sound is heard, guiding searchers to camphor nearby.
Fragmented text appears to hint at personal development themes but contains multiple garbled phrases. No clear event, person, or organization is readable to establish a factual item for a headline.
A reader from Tintler Tennessee reports high recovery rates using Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for summer complaint in children. The notice asserts safe use with castor oil and proper diet and claims ninety nine in every hundred cases recover.
Emma Novakova arrives from Prasoe to assist in American juvenile administration. She serves as personal assistant to Miss Alice Masaryk and works with the Czechoslovak Red Cross to study juvenile programs and methods.
The Fox Theatre promises an entertaining showing of Brass Buttons with William Russell. The smiling star delivers brisk action as a bogus cop plus high class comedy and a believable romance. Expect a lively Wednesday program with both matinee and evening performances.
An excerpt imagines alternate human forms like insects rather than apes and proposes placing youth at the end of life. The quotation speculates on a life cycle ending in beauty and love, reflecting a provocative rethinking of human development through Anatole Prance's fictional lens.
A new portrait featuring L Helster Kail, recently appointed United States senator from Delaware, highlights the political shift and regional leadership. The ceremony marked Kail’s ascent amid local reactions and civic expectations in the state.
The piece notes that success often follows youth and cites famed individuals. It mentions at sixteen Bacon correcting Aristotle, Edward Landseer gaining fame for Dogs Fighting, and Dibdin staging The Shepherd's Artifice at Covent Garden.
A document from a bureaucratic authority asserts air travel could reach up to 200 miles an hour, but warns of a flight path increase of about 150 miles due to curving routes. The observer notes pilots would prefer safer, simpler approaches to landings and takeoffs.
Advertisement touts a morning ritual of hot water with limestone phosphate to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims improved appetite and health, curing biliousness constipation and stomach trouble, and promises rosy cheeks and renewed energy after a short regimen.
The message urges directing enthusiasm toward constructive work and collaboration. It cautions against wasted energy fighting theories or others opinions and advocates standing for what is right while building up rather than tearing down to aid in the scheme of living.
Uncle Eben remarks that if every boy met his mother's hopes, there would be millions of presidents in the United States simultaneously, a humorous portrait of aspiration and family guidance.
Fragmentary rail timetable notice lists corrected dates for westbound trains No. 25 and No. 26 with passenger and local service details. references to freight, routes, and schedules appear jumbled and partially illegible in the OCR.
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