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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1905
Page
8
A letter from Goderich notes William Warnock raises the largest squash ever seen at St Louis shows. The 408 pound gourd surpasses his prior 313 and 365 and 3881 pound records. Warnock details soil, manuring, and careful pruning and watering methods used to achieve the record size.
A farm owner and an experiment station official test land behind a barn using a blue litmus paper dipped in soil water. The paper turns red, proving the land is sour and unsuitable for crops, illustrating a simple acidity test anyone can perform.
A study notes freedom from noxious weeds relates to seed reclaiming. Higher grade seeds prove safer and cheaper long term. Experiment station advice recommends screening seed at twenty per inch to remove dodder, a menace to alfalfa and clover.
The article surveys Oriental jewelry including necklaces bracelets earrings and rings. It discusses how ornaments convey status ward off the evil eye and express dignity, with notes on signet rings and the role of seal cutters and superstition surrounding the Kaaba stone.
In a children story style the Owl complains about the dinner menu and the waiter offers chicken with ketchup. The Owl mentions a club date at eight thirty and feeling better after a meal. Detroit Journal
Windsor Magazine discusses the cherished role of the family dog in French households. It notes how a wealthy mistress spoils her pet with fine food clothing and silk cushions and even a dog cemetery monument. The piece highlights the social display of pet care and the phrase tondeur for grooming.
Louis Beeke describes Felice Boulanger a five child family member aged six to sixteen. He notes her pearllike skin big eyes and delicate hands yet ragged physique and harsh voice. She eats like a navvy and stays up late while the elder siblings discuss adult topics.
In 1545 the vineyards of St Julian Savoy faced legal action from vineyard owners against ravaging caterpillars. An ecclesiastical court, aided by two lawyers for the insects, heard evidence and deemed caution warranted. After a year, farmers paid costs. Forty-two years later a new invasion led to a ruling that the caterpillars were exercising legal rights, with advice to set aside land for them.
London Whitehall recounts the transformation from York House to Whitehall after Cardinal Wolsey’s downfall in 1529. It suggests the name shift marked royal consolidation and hints at possible motives including new white stone buildings and erasing Wolsey’s prominence, with Shakespeare’s Henry VIII cited as support.
A schoolteacher drills a date into a pupil with a rhyme about 1492. The boy forgets and answers 1498, claiming Columbus sailed the dark blue sea, exposing a humorous memory lapse.
The article traces how bully once served as a term of endearment among Shakespeare's era and explains its shift to a harsher modern sense. It notes possible Dutch and German linguistic origins and ultimately links the common insult to the noisy blustering implied by bellow, bull.
Mr Watts notes many misers reported are single men. Mrs Watts replies that married misers are common but not worth mentioning, highlighting a humorous social observation in a light exchange.
A rich girl asks if the other should squint at her. The reply from Charlie is tender and flattered, praising her beauty and suggesting he would look into her eyes if his were as lovely. The dialogue centers on admiration and flirtation.
A New York Press quip notes that a girl’s posture near the end of a comet or gesture of buttoning gloves often signals an engagement, a playful social axiom about appearances and betrothal.
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