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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1910
Page
5
Fresh made candy and bakery supplies at the Vienna. Daily social and travel notes cover visits to Brighton Sigourney Davenport and Keota, postmaster salary talks, and local schooling and family events with numerous names and places.
A daddy narrator tells how Abraham Lincoln as a youth worked as a store clerk read late, returned money to an old woman, corrected a tea shortfall, and earned a reputation for honesty. Citizens later asked him to fairly judge a horse race, confirming his impartiality.
The piece argues that window placards fail to reach buyers and that DESIRABLE properties are typically advertised in newspapers. It suggests placards have a limited circulation and may not attract the correct buyer, urging reliance on newspaper ads for selling property.
The Kennebec Journal recalls how Maj. Thomas Cutts aimed to beautify Kittery Point by planting elms. In 1791 he contracted Lamuel Blake and paid for each tree with a pint of rum. Originally 90 trees stretched from Seavey to Spruce Creek shore, along the harbor road.
Pearson's Weekly describes how volcanoes form from cracks in the earth, the role of lava, steam, and cinders, and recounts Krakatoa’s 1883 cataclysm with its vast ash clouds, shock waves around the globe, and long lasting sunset glow. It notes Etna and Vesuvius as other examples and discusses causes and lava flows.
An obituary style sketch traces a confidential banker’s clerk who dies leaving 2 to 3 million dollars saved from wages and investments. It argues that a diligent boy could replicate the ascent via steady saving and prudent investment, yielding sizable fortunes but questions whether the path is worthwhile or morally desirable.
A child named Flossie answers questions on her first day at school. When asked about siblings she explains that both her parents are older than she is. The short anecdote appears in Woman's Home Companion.
A whistle is an excellent tool to call children to you for meals or any purpose. It works no matter where they are and helps you reduce worry by ensuring they respond swiftly when the whistle is blown.
A fragment discusses the quest for chemically pure sea salt, praising iodine as essential yet noting its fragility. It mentions old Japanese doctors using sea moss or agar-agar as a spring aid and argues that pure sea salt would be costly but desirable to obtain and maintain.
James M. Henderson killed a horned snake at his home near Bush river on the Delfast road Tuesday. The two foot long creature lay on a stump in the field with a horn at its tail end resembling a rooster's spur.
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