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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1907
Page
4
Des Moines reports indicate July may become the wettest in fifteen years with rainfall total rising to the high 6s inches after heavy Sunday night and weeklong downpours. The month defaults to record highs as readers note several heavy showers and ongoing danger of breaking the July rainfall record from 1892.
About fifty dogs were stranded on Mc Pike's island in the Mississippi above St. Louis. After days of fighting spurred by hunger they dwindled to two, a heavy mongrel and a fox hound. The fox hound killed the mongrel and stood sentinel baying at the moon.
In Muscatine Iowa on July 18 Tom Middleburg a drunken painter returned home to a locked barricaded cottage and fired through doors and windows. A bullet struck his wife in the knee as neighbors and a pursuing posse converged on the scene to overpower him.
An old advertisement extols REN GAW as a harmless yet effective headache cure. It promises relief within minutes for various head pains and urges readers to buy 10 cent or 25 cent packets at local drug stores or direct.
A terse attribution line appears, listing D. H. Wagner Company as the preparer in Fort Meson Iowa. The fragment provides limited context or additional details about the document or notice.
A Broad street massed band parade featured over forty bands and 1 500 players as part of Elks week in Philadelphia. William F Jocher organized the music for the event, with visitors then enjoying park entertainments before a night drill contest among lodges.
Blackman Michigan July 18 two 14 year old twins John and James Leathead are jailed on charges of breaking into a school building and destroying fixtures. They insist on their innocence and authorities expect additional arrests in the case.
Otto Hart wig, 15, drowned after falling from a plank into 25 feet of water at a brickyard swimming hole near Springfield. He could not swim and was unable to escape the depths.
Wisconsin legislature adjourned after enacting sweeping corporate regulation. Illinois Central declares 3% semi annual dividend. Russian ministers approve doubling Siberian railway project. Five battleship Georgia victims remain, four still uncertain. Priest Thomson to repair French battleship Tena at cost 1 000 000.
U S Army transport Logan arrives in San Francisco bringing the Seventh Cavalry and part of the Nineteenth Infantry returning from duty in the Philippines.
In Rood-Bye, Pitt, Philadelphia on July 18 Fitzsimmons was defeated by Johnson when knocked out in the second round of their boxing match.
A San Francisco Examiner quotation reflects a terse confession. The speaker explains his misdeeds by admitting guilt and noting he was surrounded by a bad crowd. The line captures a noirish, streetwise tone characteristic of the era.
A passage from Everybody's Magazine describes the snowshoe rabbit or wabasso of Hiawatha as a creature born of a snow drift and a little brown hare. It explains its two color seasons brown for six months and white for six, with snowshoe adaption as its strongest survival tool.
The piece discusses the role of a diplomat’s wife, highlighting Mrs. Bryce wife of James Bryce, as hostess at the British embassy. It details her lineage from England and Rhode Island, public stature in liberal politics, and prior lecture tours in the United States. It also offers etiquette on gown storage and home blending perfumed powders for wardrobes.
How to sort rags by color, tear into strips, and sew them into yarn and rugs. Techniques cover color grouping, overlapping seams, and suitable fabrics for bath and bedroom mats. Dye options exist with simple guidance and a small extra charge for color tweaks.
Instructions describe perfuming a closet by lining the wall with padded, fragranced material. A cheese measure doubles as a guide to wall length, two wadding sheets dusted with arms root and tacked in place form the scent layer. Rings sewn on allow hanging, with possible two lengths to reach skirt length.
A brief history of crochet tracing its origins to Mile Riego a French woman inspired by harvest field knots She invented crochet from a cotton chain and a hook and taught patterns to nuns at Black Rock convent Dublin The craft spread through workrooms supporting Irish women workers.
A simple emergency medical bag project uses two heavy fabric strips bound and stitched to form pockets. It holds bandages linen lint urnica witch hazel carbolic Jamaica ginger cotton salve soap and pieces of old kid gloves for improvised first aid supplies.
The article recommends a simple eight inch square sand bag filled with dry sand heated in an oven or on a stove to warm a sick person. It advises using flannel and cotton or linen coverings to prevent sifting and to replace unsafe hot water bottles or bricks for warming extremities.
For those not bridging a summer day, embroidery on cambrie petticoats makes a pleasant pastime on piazzas. Create a scalloped edge with sprigs flowers or a wreath. Works up quickly and yields a satisfying handwork piece or at least a modest display. Vogue suggests an effective pattern.
Hot alum water is praised as the best insect destroyer. Boil alum in hot water until dissolved and apply with a brush to cracks in beds and areas where insects appear. It claims to kill ants bedbugs and cockroaches without poisoning the family or damaging property.
A brief note suggests lemons stay fresh for weeks if stored in a bag of corn meal or kept in cold water with a weekly change. The tip reflects period kitchen guidance on prolonging citrus freshness.
Candles burn better and more slowly if stored in a dry place six or seven weeks prior to use.
A tip suggests adding a teaspoonful of salt to the starch to help a glassy finish when ironing linen. The note emphasizes salt enhances the starch for a smoother, crisper look.
The regular meeting of Chapter 1, P. E. O. will be held at the home of Miss Ella Warren Thursday evening, July 18, at 7 30. A good attendance is desired. Miss Laura Rich entertained Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Mount of Chicago and Miss Hazel Mount at a 6 o'clock dinner last evening.
The regular meeting of this commandery will be held Friday evening July 19 1907 at 730 for business. Wm M Terry E C.
The article compares current July rainfall of 4.15 inches to past months and years, noting 1902 as a banner year with 7.80 inches and August totaling 12.34 inches. It mentions some areas already surpassing seven inches this month and locals hoping to beat the 1902 record.
Agent Russell of the Rock Island reports from General Passenger Agent Boyd that the new interstate rate schedule will be in hand tomorrow and tariffs will take effect tomorrow the 19th. Miss Myrtle Jacobs of Crawfordsville registered at the Rest Room today.
Fresh salted peanuts and almonds decorate the Vienna while Mrs. Wm. C. Nuhin and family arrive from Cedar Falls to visit sister Mrs. Orville Elder. Mrs. Allen Welch travels to Washington to spend days with friends. Eunice Young leaves Wellmary for Columbus Junction with relatives. Will E. Chilcote family and Miss Effie McIntyre head to Cole Springs for sight seeing. Corp. Boyd Humbie, shot at the range, improves and is set to recover steadily.
The band presents a concert this evening at Sunset Park with extra chairs and all accommodations. Ice cream and cool drinks will be served. A strong program is planned and expected to draw a good crowd.
Newton Iowa July 118 Dan Melloy quits as city marshal rather than enforce the mayor’s Sunday closing order. John Robbins named successor after Melloy refused to close Townsend Bros confectionery, which remained open against the order. Mayor Cook had issued the order two weeks earlier.
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