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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1905
Page
7
A farmer spots a crow approaching his corn and plans to trick him into giving up the gun and letting the others raid the field. The crow pretends to be a repentant helper but the farmer, wary and sharp, shoots the bird instead. Moral: beware foolish pranks.
A few months before his death Ho ratio Seymour told Dwight Lawrence that politics shaped his life. He said friendships formed in politics were enduring and showed the best in people, arguing that young men should enter politics if they are decent and capable.
The kangaroo flees toward the river when chased and swims to depth where dogs must swim. It balances on hind legs with tail in water and uses forepaws to hold a dog under water. A second dog can rescue the first, but a strong male kangaroo can drown several and force the hunter to shoot.
The New York World contrasts New York and Paris noting New York’s chilly reception for foreigners while Paris offers a welcoming, charming streetscape with rich history and education. It highlights Paris as the coziest city, contrasting the two places.
A treatise on selecting and breeding coach or carriage horses. It stresses that a true coach horse must be born with proper conformation and action, highlights European and American stallions, and notes the value of good native mares. It warns against overgrown draft types and underlines the need for a well built stallion and compatible mare for high priced carriage stock.
Texas leads in Angora goats with local breeders like Landrum owning the best doe, while officials note Texas goats are among the world’s finest. Goats are hardy and bond to land by weed control, with growing demand for their valuable hair.
Nelson Morris explains cattle markets show higher prices for well bred animals with good blood. Top cattle fetch six dollars or more, while average calves sell around three fifty to three seventy five, reflecting the impact of breeding and feeding on profits.
Feeding brood sows corn yields little milk. Wheat middlings provide better milk production. Sugar beets also prove good for milk from cows, ewes, or sows, with tops equaling beets when fed with alfalfa or fodder.
Orison Swett Marden in Success Magazine argues that success comes from immersing oneself in the relevant field. A young man pursuing law should breathe legal atmosphere, shed doubt, and persist with bold effort to transform belief, effort, and environment into achievement.
The Atchison Globe notes brief maxims on initiative, politeness, self awareness, and argument. It urges action to obtain success, cautions against vanity, and suggests careful letter writing and prompt personal judgment.
An English inquest heard a female witness named Noah, a Bible name rarely used for women. The coroner noted the rarity, and the witness explained its origin citing Numbers chapter thirty six verse eleven mentioning Noah among Zelophehad’s daughters Mahiah Tirzah Hoglah Milcah and Noah.
The article explains how walking and running involve balancing by the arms and legs acting as reciprocal and revolving parts of locomotion, with leg movements producing reactive balance and coordination.
The mechanism describes rotating the trunk by swinging the arms in opposite directions while the legs move in unison. The 46 opposing mechanical pairs created balance the rotating action of the legs, stabilizing the overall motion through counter rotations about a vertical axis.
A terse exchange features Bumper demanding 30 000 dollars from Jumper who declines marriage to Mies Oldgirl as settlement. Bumper jokes the bride is worth twice the debt. Jumper suggests he marry her himself to cover the difference, per Fliegende Blatter.
A five week old infant suffers extreme insomnia prompting concern from caregivers. The note notes exchange remarks and calls the condition a troubling case observed by the household.
Travel by Nickel Plate Road from Chicago to Chautauqua Lake with one week return option by August 5. Excess fares apply on any Nickel Plate train. Three daily trains with vestibuled sleeping cars and dining service. Separate Chicago ticket offices listed. John Y. Calahan is the general agent.
On Tuesdays until December the Iowa Central Ry offers round trip home seekers tickets to Iowa Minnesota South and North Dakota and the Canadian Northwest at one fare plus two dollars. Tickets are valid twenty one days with stop overs allowed. For rates and details contact agents or A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis Minn. S3-julyl
An advertisement claims Dr King s New Life Pills cure bowel and stomach disorders including pain in the bowels headache biliousness costiveness and more. Sold at J il Stewart s drug store.
A testimonial from D. L. Gregory of Hope Texas praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve as highly effective for cuts burns fever sores sore eyes boils and similar ills. The note mentions Stewart's drug store selling at 250 and asserts rapid healing.
Nickel Plate Road offers $12.25 round trip from Chicago to Buffalo with July 8 9 10 travel and August 11 return limit. Stopovers at Chautauqua Lake points and low rates to Fort Wayne Cleveland Erie and other eastern points. Three daily trains with first class equipment meals in dining cars and Amer ican Club plan 35 cents to $1.00 extra. No excess fare. Chicago depot corner Van Buren and LaSalle St the sole passenger station on the Elevated Railroad Loop.
The Iowa Central reveals lower round trip fares to summer resorts and the Pacific coast for 1905. Sample prices include Brighton to St Paul and Minneapolis 12 dollars, to Duluth 16, to Denver 22.75, Salt Lake City 35.75, Portland 49, and Hot Springs 2 dollars round trip. Tickets go on sale after June 1st with varying final limits and extensions.
The Nickel Plate Road offers a round trip to Asbury Park N J for the National Educational Association meeting July 3 to 7 with stopovers at Niagara Falls New York City and other points. Fare is 21 35 with sale dates June 29 30 and July 1 2 and return by August 31. Meals on board and optional day boat ride on the Hudson.
Starting April 10 the Rock Island runs excursions to Los Angeles San Francisco and California points at 55.65 dollars round trip. Travel via any regular route and return by any other or the same route. You board at Washington Street and keep the car until arrival.
Berlin special summer service offers half fare round trips to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and other western destinations via Burlington Route and Pacific Northwest. Low rates for Utah Oregon California Yellowstone Cody Black Hills and more with various return limits and 25 cent extensions. Descriptive literature available from J E Kunath, Agent.
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