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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1911
Page
8
LW McParland purchases the repair shop south of Smith & Gibson garage from O Simon and takes possession today. He will continue general repair work and also offer new and second hand bicycles and tires, with a promise to welcome customers and guarantors.
A collage of era jokes and vignettes mentions a curfew toll in a rural poem, car culture in Chicago, auto mishaps in New York and Houston, a novelist’s train tunnel anecdote, and a baby weighing at a corner grocery with playful misreadings.
A garbled collection of dialogue from multiple papers features an angry caller demanding action, a police reply about reporting, and scattered quotes about appetite and mischief. The text mixes city crowds, a grieving widow, and a humorous exchange about boys and birds, lacking coherent narrative.
A collage of overheard phrases and misattributions from Washington Star and Philadelphia Record. The fragment mentions a schoolboy's composition on Patrick Henry, a jab about highbrow dialects, and a garbled take on liberty or death with color notes on Patrick Henry.
A Baltimore American quotation jokes about being in a pickle and a bad crowd, hinting at humorous wordplay on science and DNA themes amid a dry wit remark. The line blends playful critique with light scientific allusion.
A Chicago News snippet depicts Dad Waller refusing lessons on the corner while Pop Weelks disputes the claim. The brief item highlights neighborhood tensions and a mistaken accusation related to service.
A fragment from a dialogue featuring Maud Cornel and Bobby in a Sunday School scene. The conversation touches on wit and gender, including a joke about a toothache delaying a father. Browning's Magazine appears as a referenced source or title.
An old advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as effective for coughs in children and adults with no opiates or harmful drugs. Sold in a yellow package, it urges to refuse substitutes and directs buyers to all druggists.
Chicago July 31 Coincident with general reductions a glass in express rates between points in United States will go into effect after today the reductions range from 20 to 25 percent The biggest reductions are on small packages and short hauls.
The article reports on a youthful minister, Heywood, who resigns from his post at Wentworth Avenue Chapel to pursue a possible marriage. It portrays a conflict between his pursuit of a wife and the congregation’s finances and support.
Ohio official record shows Frank J Cheney senior partner of BF J Cheney & Co swearing the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Wal Catarrh Cure. Notarized oath dated De Ie A Ue ISG uth A. W. Gleason. Nolls Catarrh Cure marketed as taken internally with testimonials offered. Sold by all druggists, Toledo Ohio.
A brief exchange weighs the idea of two living cheaply versus one. The couple discusses finances and shared housing as a practical solution.
Chicago July 91 shareholders meet to ratify an increase in capital stock from 20 000 000 to 30 500 000. New stock of 15 1 500 000 to be issued as share for share with Hibernian Banking Association owners of 15 000 shares.
A Boston Post excerpt explains water resisting compression and withstanding tension, describing how liquids resist force, the possibility of a water rope under tension, Berthelot’s experiments with stretched water, and the broader role of cohesion and adhesion in keeping matter bound while noting potential daily inconveniences if such forces acted universally.
Feature on the daring ringers of the Giralda in Le Ville who ride swinging bells from the belfry. They press the bells with their feet while perched on the cross, creating thunderous notes as the massive bells swing outward and inward. The scene blends peril with precision as riders balance amid deafening echoes.
A historical note outlines how height and body type affect insurance risk. It cites the National Fraternal Congress and experts like Brockbank, American Medicine, and Astin, linking taller, heavier frames to higher odds of illness and death, while lighter builds are seen as better risks though not without their own concerns.
Experts note a trend as deeper mining yields leaner ore. Above 3000 feet the water pressure and rock conditions strain profitability. Nine mines show declining deposits with depth, as underground bores struggle to repay costs.
A fragmentary exchange shows a character asking about movement and height while another laments dizziness and delays. The dialogue hints at a stalled climb and a looming rent due, set in a casual, stubborn exchange.
An excerpt notes a Louisville Courier Journal line about two leading ladies and a tense demand for the center of the stage, followed by an anecdote from the Parks item about a parrot dying after an aunt’s death and a joking remark about poison from the Boston Transcript.
A brief exchange notes a husband’s death as the explanation for a marriage ending. The Chicago Record-Herald reports the remark as a pointed aside.
A compact note tracing how flowers got their names. It links dogs and people to plant names, mentions Leonardo Fuehs and Andre Dahl, describes camellias named after Katvel, magnolias honoring Magnos de Montpellier, and explains why anemones and lavender carry their meanings from Latin and Roman customs.
President Taft references an amendment to the Pure Food and Drugs law in relation to prepared medicines. The piece defends Foley's Honey and Tar Compound and Foley Kidney Pills as trusted, standard remedies recognized by the medical profession for coughs cold and throat chest and lung ailments, noting their long-standing efficacy and availability from druggists.
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