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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1906
Page
3
Weather forecast for Iowa: fair in the east, showers in the west tonight and Wednesday. Washington area notes July 31. Special to The Evening Journal.
Local notes report Washington Wildcats set to host Ainsworth at southeast ballpark on Thursday with 15 cent admission. The page lists visiting residents and brief community movement details, including travels to Des Moines Fairfield Muscatine and Mt. Vernon, plus a tent exhibition planned for August 6 in Washington.
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe sure remedy for coughs colds and the white plague consumption. It warns against unknown preparations and promotes the genuine yellow packaged product sold by all druggists.
An excerpt from Cornhill Magazine discusses swans and their harsh behavior toward other waterfowl and newborn ducklings. It describes swan aggression during and after breeding, including fatal attacks on cygnets and rough treatment of offspring, with notes on retaliation by geese in calmer seasons.
The essay extols the national flag as the symbol of unity and ideals. It explains the meaning of its stripes and stars, with white for purity red for valor and blue for justice. The flag represents the people and their Will, not a ruler, and unites citizens across political lines in times of danger.
The history of the word asparagus traces shifts from sparrow grass in early usage to the revived asparagus in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Pepys alternated among sparrow grass sparagus and sparague as spelling settled back to the Greek Latin form.
The article notes hogs become unusually restless before bad weather. Pigs thrash about with mouths full of straw leaves or branches, signaling foul weather. In their native habitat hogs gather more straw or leaves to shelter from rain.
Fireworks began in the thirteenth century alongside powder and cannon. Florentines first used them and they gained popularity in Rome with papal influence. The earliest fireworks resembled current ones, made by Italian artist Torre and shown in Paris in 1764.
The Washington Star quotes a discussion where a girlfriend notes she remains unmarried and observers the disappointments of married women. Miss Cayenne agrees, suggesting there may be merit in the survival of the fittest doctrine.
A light exchange contrasts living on love with a life of money and flattery. The line, attributed to a Detroit Free Press generation, hints at romance over wealth.
Personal notice for Mrs A B Lingmaster a nurse at 626 West Washington Street with listed contact numbers 697 and 672 outside home hours Aug 30.
A parade of locals heads and returns from out of town includes A. White attending the state Republican convention in Des Moines Verne Ashby back from Des Moines after attending the Littler Kinkead wedding Mary McAtlin returning from Havre visiting her parents Mrs M J Calhoun home in Champaign Ill after a visit with the Fergusons James Trainer wife and son Graham of Chicago visiting L A Brindley home Obie Warner and Miss Hilda Daum back to Albert Lea Minn from visiting his parents Mrs and Mrs W H Warner Mrs John Gibson and children from Valley Junction arrive for a visit with the Dickson family W P Dinsmore who spoke at the M E church stays overnight at the Dowell home then travels to Seymour for another speech Moore Sloan from Vinton leaves for Wheeling WV to visit born and raised there W F Brinton returns to Fairfield after business Brinton Entertaining Co shows to 800 900 people in their tent last night.
Washington to Chicago round trip tickets go on sale August 4 5 and 6 good until August 8 and on August 11 12 and 13 good until August 22. The rate for the round trip is eight dollars thirty eight cents. Agent H W Russell announced.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is praised for preventing blood poisoning with antiseptic healing. Chas. Oswald of Rensselaersville N Y reports it cured Seth Burch of a large neck sore. It is advertised for cuts wounds burns and sores at 25 cents at Stewart’s drug store.
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