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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
4
The Journal faced a press breakdown delaying Friday’s issue with full edition reaching readers this morning. Major Latta Al Fields and Macyde Willits repaired the press while parts travel from the factory. The article lauds home mechanics and wartime logistics, urging patience and support for transport, mail, and war efforts amid delays.
The record notes sufficient fatty acids for manufacturing 100 twelve ounce bars of soap and adequate fertilizer elements to cultivate eight bushels of wheat.
Pinky Kerr moved his watch an hour ahead this morning as he grew hungry in the afternoon. Tipton Bud found an Indian dart in a field where his wife was plowing today.
A humor sketch contrasts a tramp and a polite hotel keeper. The tramp debunks flowery phrasing when offered work while a coast hotel owner receives a pretentious letter describing two large sunny rooms and a private bath. The owner replies plainly that all rooms face the ocean and that is the bath.
An officious acquaintance challenged Luther Burbank asking about his current work and the aim of crossing an eggplant with milkweed. Burbank replied with a wry question implying skepticism about the project.
Mr Burbank calmly resumed his walk and muttered custard pie as a quip in a light moment.
Freddy complains his ears get washed with his face or neck during the morning routine. Ma hesitates then asks what is the matter and promises to decide.
A smooth talking youth pressures fairgoers by claiming he buys only from homely girls. He uses this line to press sales at the charity table, exploiting sympathy to steer customers down the line. The girl questions him, but he repeats the tactic.
Mrs Wickleigh asks Mary Ann to sweep the room and notes the servant has given only a glancing sweep, highlighting a careless cleaning job and requesting a thorough look around the space.
An elderly Scottish woman is asked to choose between a felt or straw bonnet. She replies with cautious wit, preferring a straw bonnet because, after wearing it, it might become a mouthful for the cow, revealing a humorous rural charm.
A farmer wearing a disguise visits a country drug store claiming stomach trouble. The apothecary asks for symptoms and jokes that perhaps the man swallowed an elevator as the man describes a recurring rise and fall of discomfort.
A poem laments soaring rubber tire and motor oil prices, noting a 15 percent tire hike and doubled motor oil costs. The speaker criticizes gas and repair bills, claims walking shields him from rising costs, and blames Kaiser Bill for war expenditures.
An epistolary style historical fiction unfolds from Don Esteban Varona’s hidden treasure to Donna Isabel’s schemes. Sebastian the slave guards the cache as intrigue, murder, abduction, and exile ripple through chapters, ending with Rosa’s peril and O’Reilly’s quest in Cuba.
O'Reilly probes a dim well shaft calling for Rosa as timbers shift and a rope fails. A figure appears in the light with a head and shoulders, prompting a tense moment of fear and suspense.
Cobo identifies a hidden cavern beneath La Cumbre while Reilly and Rosai pursue the rumored riches of the Varonus. Tension rises as Cobo threatens violence to guard the treasure, amid warnings of a deadly scenario and a looming trap in the creasure chamber.
The thief struggles to free a second gem as a heavy stone slips from his grasp at O Reilly's feet. He mutters about the jewels being pearls the size of pistols and contemplates the danger and value of the treasure in the tense scene.
A young Japanese student submitted a short composition about a cat. He writes that the cat is little and entitled to see a rat and will illuminate her eye when first she spots one.
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