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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1905
Page
2
A dialogue notes enthusiasm for Mike Hygee as a singer with remarks on beauty. The exchange reflects a musical critic's view that she is a singer and attractive, describing her in conversational tone. The piece captures casual commentary on performance and appearance.
A visitor asks how long the Bearded Lady’s beard has grown to its present size. The Bearded Lady replies that no man has dared ask her age, signaling irritation at the intrusion and maintaining dignity in the dime museum setting.
A political meeting in Boyertown featured a candidate praising local citizens before declaring the town the center of the universe. An old resident challenged the claim, prompting a geography quip about the sky fitting around the horizon.
Mr. Snively moves his family to the country for summer believing the children will benefit. Mrs. Snively and neighbors adjust to the change as morning train rushes disrupt routines and Mrs. Jones inquires about the husband’s pursuit in life.
In a Waldorf Astoria call in England, Mayor Dunne described meeting a Birmingham man who praised an American named Roberts. The Birmingham acquaintance boasted about the United States and claimed Roberts lived in Texas, prompting Dunne to request the town.
A pale young woman sits in a steamer chair as a wind blown voyage unsettles the ship. A sympathetic friend offers comfort while a motherly reproach follows about settling quarrels with a neighbor lad, the boy next door.
A witness asks what reason exists to doubt Addmeup's accounts and suggests no specific issue besides resistance to an audit. The quote notes he is “kicking like a steer” against having his books examined.
A man spent two hours Wednesday afternoon debating whether the whale swallowed Jonah. The writer half suspects Jonah sought retirement of the inner economy of the whale to avoid religious argument.
Advertisement notes a Saturday sale at the north side furniture store offering lounge sofa and davenport items. Local Prohibition era style mentions Mr J T Barber of Irwinville praising Chamberlain’s Colic remedy and local pharmacy sales. Also mentions Hyomei catarrh treatment and a Johnson county Kansas City tale of two girls. Children’s day flowers urged for Methodist church. Home Guards attendance to cemeteries offered with carriages.
A 1905 correspondence from Maripipi Leyte details crop work in dry weather. M. E. B. McParland discusses corn tobacco hemp and cocoanuts, income from sacks and share agreements, and hopes for future harvests while in good health.
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a cure in catarrh related cases. It offers one hundred dollars for any deafness case caused by catarrh that cannot be cured and lists the Toledo based F J Cheney Co as the supplier along with Hall's Pills for constipation.
Cedar Falls June 9 One of the largest classes in the history of the laws State Normal school was graduated with appropriate exercises yesterday. State Superintendent John F. Riggs delivered the principal address and President H. H. Seerley conferred the degrees. Most graduates will teach in Iowa with a few positions filled in the Dakotas Kansas Utah Wyoming Montana Oregon and Washington.
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