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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1907
Page
2
A step by step Popular Mechanics card trick explains splitting a new deck into red and black piles, tempering corners, reassembling with alternating colors, and using thumb pressure to reveal red or black as desired. The method produces a dramatic color display for the audience.
Indian girls play pah pah se kahway a ball toss game with deerskin bags tied together and five foot sticks. Players chase the ball keep up a pigeon like cry Amgoo and prizes of red cloth beads and ribbons are awarded to winners as villages watch.
The article reviews how selah is treated in biblical scholarship. It cites Smith who says beyond its musical use nothing definite is known. Mattheson argues many theories are faulty and concludes selah equals da capo, directing repetition from the start to the marked point for temple chants.
A notorious conman advertised a cure for the potato bug pest promising a delivery for twenty two cent stamps. About 6000 to 7000 farmers sent stamps and got a paper urging them to "Put your bag on a shingle and then hit it with another shingle." Farmers sought him with clubs but he fled to Europe on urgent business.
The text explains that the heart, like other organs, has brief rest periods to function. A heartbeat lasts about eight-tenths of a second with four-tenths spent on rest and half the cycle devoted to contraction. It notes that the brain rests during sleep and has the longest rest periods.
In a table chat, Papa teases Tommy about eating speed while Tommy explains his quick eating between bites. The playful exchange centers on a growing worry he may finish before he has enough.
The piece argues for justice over loyalty in parent school conflicts. Parents should listen to children without preconceptions, seek the full facts, and avoid moralizing. Teachers deserve fair treatment, but fairness to the student is paramount.
A New York inventor’s six in one post card design appears as a backdrop to a family saga. Stott and the judge face an impeachment finding, while Shirley’s arrival from Paris tests a strained household in Massapequa as domestic staff tensions mount.
The box hides six cards on a slide that fans out when withdrawn. Guides limit movement and arrange the cards in a neat heat arrangement. The rotating scenes and local views enhance the card, mailed with the addressee’s name and address on the reverse.
A writer in Outing Magazine argues bad mental habits ruin beauty in both men and women. Anger worry envy jealousy fear and irritability distort the face and hinder vitality, urging women to cultivate good nature calmness cheerfulness and trust to achieve beauty.
A tip urges washing light kid gloves by placing them in a glass fruit jar with gasoline to fully cover. Seal the jar and shake vigorously until the gloves are cleaned, an approach the author says works very well.
Activity rises at the Rossmore residence in Massapequa as Eudoxia and Mrs Rossmore ready the cottage for Shirley. Eudoxia resists but agrees to prepare the room, signaling the anticipated guest's forthcoming visit.
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