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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1905
Page
5
Local farmers are urged to prepare for winter by storing eggs before a lay slump. Expert guidance advises proper cooling, handling, and long term preservation to prevent losses and maintain supply.
A survey of early writers on natural history describes unicorns phoenixes and cockatrices as products of credulous ages. It traces unicorn origins to hornless antelopes notes the phoenix tale from Pliny and Bartholemew and recalls the basilisk as a dragon like breath slayer.
The article argues for fixed sleep and meal times as essential to health. It warns against irregular hours, noting eight hours one night and six the next harms well being. It challenges readers to a three month strict routine to prove the point.
Defree of Elgin has been arrested on a murder charge after his wife died under suspicious circumstances. A post mortem was performed as physicians declined to sign a death certificate. The stomach contents were sent to Chicago for chemical analysis.
The Vicksburg Exchange Bank of Vicksburg Michigan shuts its doors as a private institution with deposits around 200000 dollars. The Modern Woodmen of America head camp plans a Peoria gathering next year. Kansas City Kansas school board member Frank Campbell is found guilty by a jury of bribery.
In Detroit on June 24 two wooden steamers City of Rome and Linden collided in the St Clair river near Pashmoo Park and both sank. The Linden lost two crew members. the cook and his wife drowned. Other crewmen from both ships escaped as Linden’s steering gear failed at a critical moment.
A vivid note on the marsh wren’s habit of constructing four or five woven nests among cattails even in cities. The nests show method with holes and the surplus nests serve as roosts while the owner incubates seven or eight eggs in one.
Senator Baird asks City Attorney John O'Keefe and Rep T G Baillie to file for an injunction restraining the auditor general from paying the 10 000 appropriation for Detroit's state fair arguing the fair is a private enterprise and the legislature cannot aid it.
Springfield reports the advance guard of the First regiment of Chicago under Captain Gunther arrived at Camp Lincoln on Thursday. The detail prepared the camp for the regiment which reached the camp at 6 a.m. today marking the opening of the annual encampment.
The natives convert a long bamboo into an AMelian harp by cutting slots above joints and mounting it to turn on its axis so the wind-facing apertures stay aligned. On windy days the instrument produces deep organ tones from the larger holes, regarded as unmatched by other instruments.
The New York Press notes safe vault options vary greatly in size and price. A small vault about 1.25 inches deep and 5 by 18 inches costs around $5 yearly and could hold several bonds. A large vault roughly four feet by three by two feet costs up to $700 annually and could store millions in securities. Both use key or combination locks.
Muskegon Michigan resident Charles Odell aged 52 a pioneer settler and one of the first three whites to settle western Michigan has died after fifty two years of residence in Muskegon.
Scores across leagues include Pittsburg 5 defeating Pittsburg 1 in the league. American games show Boston 4 Chicago 1 at Boston and Detroit 7 New York 0 at New York. Philadelphia 8 Cleveland 0 at Philadelphia. Association results list Columbus 2 Toledo 1 at Columbus and Milwaukee 1 St. Paul 0 at Milwaukee. Western outcomes include St. Joseph 8 Omaha 2 at St. Joseph and Des Moines 12 Colorado Springs 11 at Des Moines.
The lace bark trees number about six world wide and yield a natural lace like fabric from the inner bark. Old articles show its use in the West Indies for mantillas and shawls, and two sheets are often joined for larger pieces. Despite practicality, demand remains limited and few specimens survive in Europe.
Chronicled notes trace falconry across England from Richard I to Elizabeth I. Stories recount sieges and escapes in Dalmatia, royal hunts to Ireland and Norway, Henry VI’s imports, and midhill mishaps at Hitchin. The piece also cites James I and Oxford memories of hawking partridge coveys.
A Christiania waiter logged nearly 100000 steps and about thirty seven miles from 8 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. over four days a week. He estimates over 7000 miles a year, noting the pace may stem from diligent service or a faulty pedometer.
A household technique explains crystallizing grasses by boiling a water alum solution the density to bear an egg. After cooling, lift the grass bouquets to reveal a mass of beautiful crystal formed around the dried grasses.
A guest in a cheap restaurant asks for a hot roll. The waiter retorts that the guest cannot be fooled by such a request and questions whether he looks to have money to burn, noting he would not be performing stunts in the beanery if he could afford a hot roll.
Witness recounts a festive gathering with ample dishes and sweets. The speaker notes taking iced cake home for their mother without tasting it, describing generosity and plenty.
Edyth asks about a Niagara Falls wedding trip and Babette notes she already went there on two prior trips calling it a hoo doo in a Detroit Free Press exchange.
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