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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1907
Page
6
A captain scolds a servant for bringing mismatched boots, one high top and one low. The humor deepens as the box also contains another identical mismatched pair, prompting puzzled speculation about the odd footwear.
The excerpt ponders whether suffering marks rank and whether humans can ever know the infinite. It questions limits of perception and ends with a humorous children’s exchange about giving the best part of an apple, then seeds for an orchard in a Ladies' Home Journal entry.
A Century school principal Miss Angel Cameron shares student quips on manners and science. One boy ponders dew as earth’s axis spin, another joke asks if a sailor father could circumnavigate world, and a girl muses on Elizabeth I with chase imagery.
A Missouri congressman recalls a past governor named Stewart who hosted the Prince of Wales in St. Louis. At a royal ball, Stewart stepped onto a platform and, moved by the moment, slapped the prince on the back and asked if he wished to be governor of Missouri.
A Biddeford dentist quoted 25 cents for a tooth pull without gas and 50 cents with gas. a farmer says he wants no gas because his wife will have the tooth, praising the dentist's courage. Also notes a playful 1780 anecdote about a Coburg army officer's daughter writing to Haydn to set a story to music involving a captain, his wife, a friend, and a poodle after a bet over talents and a thaler lake find.
An eastern monarch with a large retinue visits Newgate to witness torture. He learns no death sentences exist but offers to supply a prisoner from his suite to be executed on the spot. The governor defers, and the baroque request tests the prison’s authority.
A traveling tailor finds a thaler under a bush where a bet money was hidden and the poodle guards it. The dog and tailor swap possessions and the poodle returns the loot to his master. In a separate scene Joe mocks cabinet officer J Sterling Morton while West backs Hoke Smith. A final note has General Wrangel imposing extra house arrest for spurs.
Gladstone evaded Franco Italian frontier rules by eating a basket of grapes on a railway station bench to avoid confiscation due to phylloxera restrictions.
The quote recalls a past memo of P and Joe Blackburn on a committee during a Democratic administration. They faced resistance from the secretary of agriculture and cabinet friction as they pressed for the committee’s plan.
Two passengers in a smoking compartment crossing the Ohio into Louisville clash over origins. One asks if the other is from Indiana and gets a defiant Kentuckian reply. After a pause he explains his mood by saying he has been sick.
The piece highlights Frederick William IV and an amused reception, plus a review of James Speed lectures at Winona Chautauqua. It praises Speed’s nature stories and the film Redhead the Woodpecker, noting Seton’s influence and predicting Speed’s return August 16 17 18.
A man and his wife were awakened by a hotel fire alarm. He advised his wife to dress quickly and stay calm as they evacuated. After safety, she remarked that he should have worn trousers, reflecting on his bold advice.
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