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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
4
A children’s parlor game called Flore keeps players in a line or circle. A leader starts with I have a hen and players pass phrases around, then answer with feathered and walking motions, crowing at the end. Laughter costs a forfeit.
A 19th or early 20th century style recipe explains making large durable soap bubbles. Dissolve brown laundry soap in warm water, add gum arabic, glycerin, then cold water. Split into cups to tint with dyes or fruit juices for pink or yellow bubbles. Hot water aids dissolving. cold water slows rapid bursting.
A Peru river trap described as a yellow slick of petroleum like fluid oozing from a rock vent near the Diamante. An expedition found many birds trapped and skeletons around the edge, with four legged animals such as marmots and foxes also caught. A skunk was once seen dead in the strange viscous pool.
The bat relies on an exceptionally refined sense of touch in its wing membranes to navigate at night. Though nearly blind, it rarely collides with objects due to highly developed tactile nerves reacting to distant stimuli.
A child narrator claims to borrow granmuvver's hood and pretend to be a witch. She plans a night broom ride with Tommy to scare people, insisting it is only for a play and not real. The piece appears in the New York Tribune.
Panora residents reel from charges against M E Coons jailed on 5000 bond for shooting neighbor’s stock. Frank Dudley, 38, released on 1500 bond after pleading to grand jury on criminal assault of Retta Coons, 15. Confessions from the girl and Coons’ 17-year-old son linked the case amid ongoing farm animal killings in the area.
Barret Foster of Wellman visited the city today. Barrett & Link installed a new mutual telephone in their meat market. Mrs. J. H. Lathrop left this morning for Davenport for a short visit. Mrs. George Dempsey of Davenport is spending a brief stay in the city.
A New York Tribune report recounts a group discussion in which several men confess unusual aversions to injuries and medical tales. One fears wrist injuries, another eye diseases, others paralytic shocks, blood, skull fractures, or appendicitis operations, each revealing personal quirks in reaction to gruesome accounts.
Two brothers who had not seen each other in ten years meet at Grand Central New York. They embrace kiss and laugh, jailed for disturbing the peace as onlookers watch the reunion. An eminent Bostonian returns after twelve years and notes the familiar club scene and voices of old acquaintances.
Conversational exchange from Cleveland Leader where Mrs Musique asks Mr Flisteen about Brahms and his dislike of fancy dishes causes indigestion. The brief vignette captures a humorous misalignment between taste and conversation.
A compact aphorism reflecting on how love avoids crossing abysses yet may hide within them, suggesting a paradoxical intimacy with void and depth. The line frames love as both profound and inescapable, a murky inward landscape.
A New York inventor introduces a movable dress form that slides up and down the upright rod to fit long or short waists, promising cost and time savings by replacing multiple forms. The piece contrasts fashion practicality with social snobbery, urging readers to embrace plain living and higher thinking over class pretensions.
A household guide presents Sunshine Cake with whisked egg whites and yolks folded into a lemon flavored batter, plus a yellow iced finish with candied orange peel. Also detailed are Lemon Ginger Beer and Lemonade preparation, including steps for steeping lemons, sugar, ginger, yeast, and cooling before serving.
A brief editorial argues for reduced snobbery among American women urging openness toward others and less shrinking from people who are different. It advocates gentler social grace and inclusivity in daily life.
News in brief reports Rev Edmund B Tetley of Meredith chosen by the New Hampshire Prohibitionists at their state convention for governor. Other items note a rumored murder of athlete Harry S Cornish tied to a historic Adams poisoning case, and Sven Hedin reportedly safe after friends worried. A typhoon on the Chinese coast reportedly killed 12000 people.
A girl in a long pongee coat with embroidered black bands from Chinatown becomes the center of attention after a laundry mishap. The embroidered strip around her low neck prompts the laundry staff to recognize Chinese trousers being held up, causing unspoken amusement.
Thackeray enjoyed onions and raw oysters, noting a fondness for a dish of tripe and onions. An anecdote recalls him dining with the Marquis of Westminster after seeing a sign offering Tripe and onions that night. He claimed to have met an old friend and wrote an excuse, while later praising Providence River oysters as an appetizer. He quipped at Boston that he felt as if he had swallowed a baby and must eat an onion to digest him.
A man watching a balloon from his home roof in Hagerstown Maryland lost balance and fell to the ground dying. The incident is reported as a fatal accident with no further details provided.
Company D and another Fifty Fourth Regiment unit head to Fort Riley for intensive drills with regular army troops starting August 30. Iowa South Dakota and Minnesota regiments will undergo a demanding schedule through September 7 featuring patrols outposts reconnaissance formations and combined maneuvers before returning home.
Seven children from three families fell ill with ptomaine poisoning after eating ice cream Sunday afternoon in Hamilton. Doctor Hughes treated them at A S Cooper residence. The group of a dozen poisoned, including adults, also involved a Burlington family en route to Texas, visiting Hamilton for an afternoon treat.
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