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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1909
Page
6
A persuasive advisory extols paying as you go with health by eating right and avoiding excess, urging better breathing thinking and sleep. It promotes breakfast with B C Corn Flakes or Egg-O-See Wheat Flakes, praising the Egg-O-See process for digestion and vitality.
Article chronicles Theodore Roosevelt's African expedition focusing on hippopotamus hunting. It explains hippo habits anatomy and dangers, including encounters with trains, boats, and rivers, and details on hippo behavior, attack potential, and historical names for the animal.
Native hunters employ crude forces to kill hippos at night using weighted poisoned spears and river rafts. They lure and strike, dragging prey beneath the water while hippos retreat to land corridors and females shelter with young. An East African hunter recounts a river chase where harpoons, lines, and paddled canoes seal the kill as the beast breathes.
Carl G. Fisher of Indianapolis piloted the balloon Indiana to win the endurance trophy after landing about seven miles from Nashville Tennessee City Tennessee. The University City balloon likely won the distance contest with about 375 miles, while Indiana logged around 230 miles. Fisher joked the farmers’ gunfire kept them safe.
The Missouri supreme court issued a writ of prohibition against Judge George Williams, barring him from proceeding with an injunction suit by Circuit Attorney Jones of St. Louis to stop railroads from implementing a one-cent passenger fare.
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