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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1906
Page
8
A Chicago News correspondent reports from Switzerland on a city appointed collector who gathers Jane bugs from property owners. He fines missing pounds and pays a small premium for extra bugs, while schoolchildren help harvest. An ancient village once executed bugs by dropping them from a peak, but the insects flew away instead.
The Amsterdam aquarium houses cod kept near the surface exposed to strong light. Their eyes exhibit extraordinary hypertrophy, becoming over grown and useless for vision. The rapid change occurs within months, with all individuals affected, illustrating swift adaptation to light in shallow to deep water migrations.
A London Chronicle excerpt portrays Sardinia as violent and premodern with peasants clad in goatskins, armed for defense, making interior travel risky and shore visits perilous. It likens Sardinia to the Malays of the Mediterranean.
A reporter describes a three inch spike studded dog collar used in the Himalayas. He notes leopards hunt dogs and strike the neck, making the armor a crucial defense that often saves dogs from fatal attacks.
At a Cape Town hotel a misdirected mustard poultice was applied to the elderly governor general by a wife seeking relief for her husband’s cold. She mistaken a sleeping man for her husband and fled. The incident caused an uproar as the governor general blamed Lord Carrington for the prank and departed the hotel the next day.
John Milne argues in National Review that irregular shifts in Earth's axis may drive seismic strain and that large earthquakes occur when the globe's rotation wobbles. He notes pole wandering, varying rotation, and the possibility of a common cause behind earthquakes and axis irregularities.
A discussion on horse color and Derby winners notes rare colors and foal descriptions in Stud Books. It cites misdescriptions by owners and records of colors at foaling. The porcupine spine description explains how barbs on spines drive penetration and injury when embedded in skin or fabric.
At Varzin Bis marck says political activity gave small pleasure but caused vexation and trouble. He laments not making people happy yet believes his actions spared three great wars and saved 80,000 lives, avoiding further mourning for many families.
U S Senator McLaurin rebuts Governor Vardaman’s recent interview remarks calling him vain and insincere. He characterizes Verdamans critique as unprovoked vicious and notes the governor’s false claims of bossism and political ambition dating to 1894.
In Vitteburg Pennsylvania a westbound flyer derailed the engine left the rails but cars stayed on track blocking four lines near Blntreville at midnight. No injuries reported. Across the nation prices rise on pork products and mutton. A large meteor lighted Evansville streets around 6:15 PM and exploded nearby, no fragments found. Oregon? Ohio saloon counts drop following Atkins-Vetter law halves year.
Jacob Svodlar, 40, from Budapest Pangary, a Spanish American War veteran and former New York politician, was arrested by Central station detectives Thompson and Farrelly for allegedly stealing SS.00000 from Mrs. Foward L. Walsh at 1422 Spruce Street on May 6.
S A Brown of Bennettsville S C reports his wife was restored to health after years of dyspepsia and torpid liver by Electric Bitters. The ad claims the remedy treats chills fever malaria biliousness lame back kidney and bladder disorders and offers a 50 cent guarantee through Stewart druggist.
Mrs. Leary Orton, wife of a Thomsonville farmer, is jailed on a murder charge after the body of her eleventh child was found in an old straw pile with a broken neck. An autopsy sparked new evidence as Franklin County residents await preliminary hearings.
Philadelphia lawyer George T Bispham dies in Newport due to paralysis while tributes note his law books. Rep DeArnond of Butler Missouri wins renomination. Rockefeller arrives in New York from Europe declining to comment. Mrs Seeley’s divorce and Arnold Lawson's marriage headline social moves. France discards guillotine reform. Wisconsin Minnesota crops harmed by storms. Sail law, St Louis saloon enforcement strong. Dupetit Thouars crew shooting victim Lieutenant England near China. Chattanooga incident noted. John Mitchell named possible Democratic VP candidate. Lenox College president Grossman resigns. Wisconsin board appoints Mrs Cora S Woodward adviser to women.
A.M. Bruce of Farmville Virginia testifies after a twenty year struggle with chronic piles and malignant sores the Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured both leaving no trace. It’s advertised 25 cents at Stewart’s pharmacy for old ulcers cuts burns and wounds.
Upton Sin clerk of Princeton and author of The Junge has been nominated by the Socialists of Mercer, Hunterdon, and Somerset counties for congressman from this district. Sinclair has consented to stand for the nomination and plans a thorough canvass. The district is normally Republican.
Provie Henry aged 19, known as the Atwomi fat boy, died at Arcola. He weighed 406 pounds with a 73 inch waist. Death was due to fatty degeneration of the heart. parents listed with typical weights.
A detailed roundup of Saturday and Sunday major and minor league baseball results across leagues, with scores from Philadelphia Boston Chicago New York Brooklyn St. Louis Detroit Cleveland St. Louis Washington and others. The report includes doubleheaders and inning details. It closes with a note on the Alexandrian Era dating from November 12 324 B C and its adoption in Egypt and surrounding regions.
A quotation from American Spectator notes a paradoxical remark about a man who pays as he goes being welcome to stay, highlighting themes of budgeting and hospitality in a witty exchange.
Summer months bring bowel disorders in children requiring prompt care at first looseness. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is recommended to quickly control abnormal bowels in children and adults. Sold by Cook and Sherman and Stewart's Pharmacy.
The brief asserts a caution about dwelling on sin, suggesting repeated gaze may glamorize wrongdoing and influence judgment. It frames the idea as a moral warning rather than a detailed report or event.
A Comrade from Elgin Illinois recovering from cholera morbus after Grand Army encampment at a city in agen reported by J E Houghland of Eldon Iowa that Chamberlains Colera and Diarrhoea Remedy saved his life. He says he carries the remedy on immigration trips and urges travelers to have it, with Cook & Sherman and Stewart's pharmacy selling it.
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