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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1911
Page
7
Local notes list John Goode offerings and half price fruit jars, with many residents visiting relatives, attending schools, or traveling. Mrs Ella Proudfit, Olive Brockway, Cecil Rogers, Lake Keister, Helen Work, and others are noted. Trips include Keota, Denver, Mason City, Oberlin, and Colorado. plus shopping at The Fair and various sales and crafts.
Evelyn recalls a boyhood favorite Buckland’s Happy Family and Jemmy the meerkat. The mischievous pet disrupts a household with bold antics, stealing meat, scaring pets, and provoking laughter as Buckland’s boyhood legends come alive in the bedtime story.
A humorous montage recalls Arabella Siminins in a hobble skirt provoking social buzz. The city debates fashion, hijinks, and a rumored kidnap plot as Uncle Hitty and a parade of phrases enliven a bygone era.
A Kansas butcher planned to slaughter a cow when a stranger doubted the fate. Instead he advised feeding the animal to prolong its life, suggesting the cow might be saved. This tale appears in Kansas Magazine.
A humorist in a brown study mutters I will get it yet while his wife asks what troubles him. He explains he is trying to craft a stitch in time joke about a girl darning clocks in her stockings, a line from the Youngstown Telegram.
A new office clerk humorously reports his ignorance of how many telephones exist as the boss considers which line to answer. The scene unfolds in a Brook ly n Life style vignette showing two separate company phones and a request to connect a wife on the line.
Claud Ingalls notes a man in Washington county who fooled neighbors by posting Eggs Cents a Dozen in his hennery. The plan backfired as two eggs a day were laid all winter, proving the effort to earn a living.
A Cleveland Leader aside features a dialogue about profit from mistakes. One character declares belief in earning by errors, proposing a plan built on deliberate missteps as a humorous critique of reckless schemes.
In this New York Weekly snippet a sharp tradesman questions mispelled and ungrammatical signs in front windows while noting that people dancing and misusing openings lead to swindles. The short item hints at trading hype and scams as the trade thrives.
A Lucy L. item notes a mother proud of her child amid chatter that mere children are unfashionable. The piece suggests she has a so called modified baby, highlighting societal attitudes toward parenting and style.
A Washington Herald humor item recalls a proposal to a girl in a conservatory and notes the aftermath as many expensive plants were damaged by frost.
A damaged clipping shows a fleeting exchange between two unnamed individuals with garbled text. The fragment references distance between a bat brim and a mouth with uncertain punctuation and missing names.
Post meeting notice for G A Re-Regular with meeting tomorrow Tuesday evening Full attendance desired signed J W Scott PC
Claim that deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube and catarrh. Promises $100 for any deafness case caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Advertises circus jars and Druggists sell Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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