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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1908
Page
8
A veterinary note by W. R. Gilbert argues against clipping a horse's legs when trimming coat, noting long hair protects against wet dirt and clipped legs look smart but reduce protection. He warns cracked heels or mud fever risk rises with leg clipping and recommends trimming only to maintain appearance.
The article details simple shading methods for vegetables to protect them from harsh midday sun. Use empty soap boxes, fruit baskets, carpet rolls, and matting to create lightweight awnings. place bundles on supports and inspect air flow to avoid stifling plants. Employ movable screens and keep lettuces in cool corners. plant peas and cucumbers with proper spacing and timing for continuous harvests.
Wisconsin Agricultural College expert urges farmers to advertise with intelligence and enterprise to raise farming’s status. Give the farm a respectable business name and trademark stock and produce to build loyal customers and reduce prejudice against farming.
A dairyman explains nose ringing a yearling bull using a common halter. He warns against cutting or burning the nasal septum, notes that punching a hole with a trocar and canula is needed, and describes a hinged copper ring with a screw. He adds the practice affects nothing of the bull’s disposition beyond handling ease.
Start the separator slowly and bring the machine to normal speed then open the valve and stir the milk evenly throughout the run. After all milk leaves the supply can pour one quart of skim milk to flush cream from the bowl. This prevents butter fat from sticking to surfaces and remaining in the center. Warm water can be used but is less convenient. H Webster USDA.
A historical note explains how Uncle Sam became the symbol of the United States. It links Samuel Wilson, known as Uncle Sam, to beef inspections during the Revolutionary era and shows how the marks A A U S on shipments led to U S meaning United States. It also describes the origin of the dollar sign from U S markings and laments the enduring national symbolism.
A Mother laments Lotta’s poor spelling while eldest sister Katherine helps in a third grade lesson. The pair work on simple words with pie and wasp, then practice using familiar pairs like nothing and nothing, father and many, to build confidence. Miss Lane notes Lotta’s improving focus and love for spelling.
The passage describes Korean girls engaging in a lively seesaw game. A sandbag anchors one end of a plank while a rope provides balance for standing girls. Players spring from the plank ends, tossing partners skyward, repeatedly lifting them two to three feet as onlookers note their enthusiasm and endurance.
A word puzzle asks where the woman was born by hiding the town name in the man’s remarks. The clue play doubles as a census themed teaser, prompting readers to extract a specific birthplace from the dialogue.
The text presents a numbered riddle about removing initial letters from words to reveal new meanings. It mentions beheading Adam's sons, a public speech, a daily army provisioning allowance, a child, a month, a hollow stone arch, and a poetic stanza, seeking hidden results after each removal.
A riddle in two parts hints at a historic term. The first clue points to a place of learning, the second to a dwelling, and the whole to a valuable, happiness dispelling treasure tied to foundational state building. The verse references education, shelter, and a lasting societal base.
A series of word riddles clues the postman puzzle where each item loses letters to form new words. The list includes stove part becoming opening nut to grain head part to receptacle year part to insect a musical instrument to chance and a metal shaping tool to droop.
A narrator ponders rain and wind from a window for half an hour. He rules out animals houses pumps fences and stationary objects. The trees alone bend and bow as wind grows stronger, and he concludes the trees make the wind blow.
A child, Little Fred, visits a farm and watches his uncle milking an old cow named Brindle. He asks where the faucets are to release the milk, peering beneath the animal as the two streams flow into the pail.
A Paris couple welcomed a daughter named Eiffeline born atop the Eiffel Tower platform. The family joked the high setting made her birth almost celestial, inspiring the choice of a lofty name.
An eleven letter name of a renowned artist is hidden in a wordplay riddle. Each clue specifies letter positions forming words: lk 4 11 9 yields an unusual term, 8 6 10 1 gives a time unit, 3 2 16 21 yields acid, 7 10 1 3 0 yields a caregiver in illness, and 8 9 11 60 yields a medicinal plant.
Local readers report visitors and travel from Davenport to nearby towns. Mrs George Dowell and Hazel Whitcomb visited Davenport. Miss Nena Wilson left for Muscatine. Mrs F A Legg returned to Eildon after visiting. Mrs J M King and two children left for Eldon. Roy McGugin of Davenport visited relatives. Mrs Katherine Smith traveled to Clay after visiting Barnett and Ferrier homes.
A series of eight clues hint at letters sounds and meanings, forming a composite answer. Each line points to a word element, culminating in the identification of a day of the week.
Prefix the suffix of wit to the suffix of words to form ill tempered. Prefix the suffix of belonging to mankind to the suffix of one who does wrong to form method.
A pimply faced youth hurled a pop bottle at an umpire. A policeman grabbed him by the collar, measured his head with a tape, and warned him off with a quip about the asylum for the feeble minded. No further bottles flew in that game.
A St Paul Pioneer Press cartoon caption jokes that happiness hinges on having a wife, while a counter line notes it may instead depend on not having one. The exchange reflects light social humor about marriages and companionship.
A brief Yonkers Statesman item notes Patience and Patrice discussing a recent town visit. Patrice, when asked if anyone was recognized, says not much. He mentions being in an automobile during the trip.
A listing of puzzle items with various clues including Hidden Birds, Connected Circles, Charade, Palindromes, Arboreal Puzzle, Jumble Fruits and Flowers, Additions, Pronouns. Entries show solved words and pairings such as Wren Owl Raven Birch Apple Sumac Elm Butternut Ash Linden Locust Hannah Ada Parallels include Poe Greeley and others.
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