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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1907
Page
8
Hitty rides to a station expecting Aunt Anna to meet her. Finding no one, she confides in the family dog Shep and wanders, then Aunt Anna appears with a relieved reunion as Hitty tears up over the mistaken posting of a letter.
The Soma cipress of Lombardy is cited as the oldest tree with authentic records dating back to 42 B C according to The New York American. The claim notes the tree’s long existence and historic record.
The dandelion is named from dent de lion meaning a lion's tooth. Some link jagged leaves and yellow flowers to the heraldic lion. De Gubernatis ties it to the sun as the lion is the sun’s symbol. The plant is a rustic oracle with clocklike flower timing and seed tufts as a weather barometer. It travels as a medicine and vegetable in many countries.
A playful story describes an organ grinder and a group of children acting as monkeys. Each child showcases a trick, then is sent to a corner cellar and replaced after rejection. The game ends with an escape attempt and a repeat cycle. It works well outdoors as a lively romping activity.
The piece argues that hares do not double back to misdirect dogs. Instead instinct drives sudden turns, causing pursuing dogs to run forward past the new direction. Dogs rely on scent and lack sight so they are surprised by each turn and lose ground, enabling the hare to escape.
Poem recounts a girl mourning her dog Shep who is sick and tired. She imagines heaven for good dogs after hearing a star in the sky and recalls Earle Hooker Eaton in Harper’s Weekly. The piece blends longing, belief, and a child’s perspective on death and care for a pet.
Louis Vollet, a crewman from the French schooner Mimosa out of St Malo, was brought to port by the Carmanin after fourteen days adrift in the Atlantic. His dory mate drowned, and Vollet survived on sea biscuit and rainwater until rescued. He will return to France when able.
From St Petersburg a dispatch quotes Conservative leader M. Purishke viteh predicting dissolution of the dogma soon, with an expected final timeline of a fortnight at latest.
The secretary of the treasury issued a call for return to the treasury by July 10 of 30,000,000 now on deposit in national depository banks.
Official forecast up to 8 oclock tonight calls for partly cloudy skies with probable showers in Illinois Indiana and Iowa. Lower Michigan and Wisconsin meet similar conditions with showers likely in the southern portions.
June 12 market notes from Chicago show oats soy corn and wheat futures with mixed highs lows and closes. Livestock prices steady to lower with hogs cattle and sheep receipts and bid ranges listed alongside East Buffalo bids from Dunning Stevens Livestock Merchants.
The missing George N. Fay a Wenostia hardware dealer last seen January is found living in a small Canadian village. He will not return to Kenosha and may fight extradition if charged with abandoning his family. The district attorney plans to sell Fay’s property to compensate his wife.
In Appleton Wisconsin Judge John Goodland rules a saloon keeper acting in good faith is not liable when a bartender sells to minors during the proprietor’s absence if the employee was instructed not to. The decision was delivered in a mandamus case.
The article extols American forests for valuable medicinal roots and cites Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo New York claiming cures for heart related ailments and female disorders. It notes the alcohol free nature of the medicines and offers a free booklet upon request.
New York reports that the John Howard Payne Home Sweet Home cottage at Easthampton Long Island is likely to be sold within days to a Brooklyn man who plans to alter and remodel the structure to erase its identity.
President Roosevelt reached Oyster Bay on June 15 after a calm journey from Washington. He was greeted at the station by numerous village residents and proceeded to Sagamore Hill.
Baseball scores across leagues report results from Pittsburg Brooklyn 4 to 6 in seven innings due to darkness, Cincinnati games, Philadelphia beating St Louis 8 to 0, Washington 15 to Chicago 1, Cleveland 12 to Boston 6, New York 16 to Detroit 4, and Western and Association games with weather and rain interruptions.
G K Chesterton critiques modern cynics in London News, contrasting poets Swinburne Kipling Henley and John Davidson with praise for lust cruelty drunkenness violence and obscenity as expressions of the love of life.
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