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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1912
Page
2
Communities in the County and Bert Rittenhouse and family of Wellman spent Sunday at Baxter Inghams Edgar Inghams and A La Kochs.
Dublin reports the heaviest rain in days with 3% inches and wind Saturday afternoon. Locals Jim Lewis of Oskaloosa Mrs Stevenson and J D Dayton of West Chester visit W E Augustine. Geo Triggs Richland buys chickens as Geo Mangold threshes clover. harvesting to wind down this week.
West Chester notices list cattle shipments and stock movements to Chicago and Washington. Residents travel for business and vacation, with several names and destinations including Keota Montgomery City Osceola Des Moines and Brighton.
A two year old playmate in the south room complains about glare from sunlit window. He says I don’t like it and directs the helper to blow it out, indicating a simple effort to block the light.
Quote attributed to Marshall Field suggests persistent bad fortune stems from neglect mismanagement improvidence or lack of application, implying personal responsibility for outcomes.
A wry remark from the Office Cynic notes a man so cautious and persevering he reads every line of a lease. The quote underscores scrutiny of contract details amid caution.
A brief dialogue reveals a playwright’s view on success as one manuscript returning from a manager. The exchange notes the artist’s claim of having written several plays and the interviewer’s question about attaining success.
The article describes the black fish a large whale like species seen off Cape Cod as a ten to twenty foot heavy bodied creature. It notes its value as a modest old revenue source and recounts how schooling behavior leads to dangerous mass charges toward reefs and shoals exploited by fishermen who slaughter stranded fish.
Census officials have tracked a Prussian woman who turned 125, with memory praised yet mobility faded by blindness and rheumatism. She married in 1801 at fifteen, had ten children, and Counted nearly three hundred descendants. An Italian historian visited her decade ago to verify dates from Napoleonic era memories.
Eleven skeletons uncovered in Craigshill Ellensburg Washington lie 20 feet underground in a cement shale layer. J P Munson states the jaws and femurs are oversized suggesting a primitive man around eight feet tall with low intelligence based on skull slope and tooth wear.
Journal boys gathered July 24 1912 on the banks of the Chicangna near Brighton for a noonday picnic with fishing ball games and swimming. Early rising. 3:30 am start. 4:00 am departure. many wrestling fish and river feats. some boys swam while others hunted snakes and tried rock throws across the river.
Two sand diamond games featured Victor Freding and Norwood Jones. Freding’s team won 6 to 4 in the first, Norwood’s crew 7 to 3 in the second, with strong batting from Jones and Norwood and notable fielding by Ross Eckerman and Kracaw. A river-bound rule added unusual play, followed by a lengthy postgame dinner and picnic ending around 2:30.
Fifty years ago in New York City tea sold for 80 cents to 1 dollar per pound while coffee stood at 60 cents and sugars ranged from 9 to 10 cents. Butter cost 40 cents. The notes mark high prices in 1862. Twenty five years ago a new Panama canal loan only half subscribed and De Lesseps’ completion hopes faded in 1880.
Markets show opening strength with receipts estimated at 16 000 and yesterday 4 591 leftovers. Prices steady to 5 higher than yesterday's average across Light Mixed Heavy grades with ranges 7.65 to 8.15 for Light and 7.30 to 8.05 for Heavy. Cattle prospects steady to 10 higher. Sheep 16 000 head with steady prospect. Second report covers hogs with today receipts 15 000 yesterday 16 025 and shipments yesterday 5 440.
A garbled OCR listing shows scattered prices for corn oats hay flour bran and related grain products with figures like 17.95 17.82 and 18 10.57. The text includes station and facility codes and partial product names, lacking coherent context or complete items.
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