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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1910
Page
7
A renowned hostess entertains ministers and delegates at her home during a convention. One weary delegate stays after while a library fire crackles and a cricket chirps. A clergyman remarks on Zion songs as the hostess misinterprets his meaning, replying about crickets’ hind legs.
A poem by Charlies Henry Webb cautions that wielding vengeance harms the wielder more than the target. The verses describe a blade without edges in hand leading to a deadly wound in the user, blood reddening steel, and the blade returning to the killer.
A humorous sketch describes a hot day at a phone booth with various citizens using a call as a plaything. A final scene shows a wreck paying a dollar for a Turkish bath, as a drug clerk questions the strange bill.
Eminent French lawyer M. Barboux known as a speaker and legal mind. He recounts overheard banter outside a divorce court about obtaining a divorce and child custody with the judge reportedly on the plaintiff side.
An Irish school inspector tested a pupil on longitude and is asked about latitude. The boy quips that there is no latitude in Ireland because the British government forbids it, reflecting a humorous wartime sentiment in schooling.
An Irishman and a Scot travel the western prairie and share a single quail for breakfast. They agree the eater will be the one with the better dream. The Scot dreams of a heavenly basket and paradise, while the Irishman awakens to see him rise and decides to eat the quail, hoping the dream proves true.
A jury discusses the case finding the plaintiff seeks only repayment of expenses for presents and pleasure trips. The foreman agrees, noting the plaintiff’s lack of damages for blighted affections and that enjoyment with the girl was personally his risk.
A small draper's shop shows an apprentice new to business as a customer seeks silk at 10s 6d a yard while the master corrects him. Later the same old lady returns, ties and tape are swindled by the apprentice who quotes eight pence a dozen yards, citing a stock price rise. She hits him with her umbrella.
A journalist asks Mark Twain his baptismal name and he jokes it cannot be said. He explains a twin brother and a bath incident that left them unsure which twin drowned, leaving the interviewer discomfited by the grim punchline.
A secretive Siberian factory imprisons workers for life behind a wall. Paula and Peter, lovers separated by poverty, plan and execute a tunnel escape with help from Paula’s daring notes. They reach safety when they finally emerge into a brush-covered escape route and settle in North Dakota three months later.
A New York stockbroker buys a forty horsepower car and jokes with his son about lighting gasoline. In Melbourne Parliament a question about Nero prompts a witty exchange with a Victorian chief secretary and a Roman butcher. A country church wedding ends with a gruff groom saying OT will as a groomsman clarifies it.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church hosted about 100 guests at Rev. and Mrs. Smiths West Second Street home with a short musical program and Ellis Island talk. George McClean, visiting from Jacksonville, Florida, attended a lawn party in Southwest Washington hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Tom McClean with lantern lighting and refreshments. Misses Lucy and Nena Wilson hosted twenty five ladies for an informal sewing on East Main Street with lawn socializing and refreshments, with Chicago guest Miss Margaret Gavin in attendance.
The Woman's Missionary Society of Pleasant Plains Auxiliary will meet Wednesday Aug 3 with Mrs T J Berdo. The Presbyterian church will meet Tuesday at 2 30 PM in the church parlors. The Standard Bearers will meet Monday at 4 PM with Miss Grace Ineaham Mae.
Leta Donaldson, three, daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Donaldson of Glendale, had her thumb torn from her hand this morning when it was caught in a hay pulley. She was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
The Flora De Voss company presents A Romance of the North at the Air Dome, opening Monday night. Pricing ranges from 10 to 30 cents with a special offer: free lady seats with a paid ticket bought before six. All shows feature new material and the company boasts strong merit.
William Curry recalls a dining car tip from a colored waiter who used a spoon in the coffee cup to prevent spills on a swift moving train. He notes how few people know this simple device.
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