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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1905
Page
8
Chief Donahue and city detectives intensify efforts to arrest fugitive Pal Crowe. Cudahy, Crowe’s victim, rejects leniency and vows prosecution. Crowe asked immunity via a friend but would face the same criminal charges if captured.
Rome reports Vittorio Jaffei a 27 year old Italian anarchist linked to Gaetano Bresci the assassin of King Humbert has been arrested in Cairo. Jaffei a former customs guard met Bresci in Switzerland and aided the plot to kill the king. A Milan court previously tried him for contumacy and sentenced him to life solitary confinement.
Harry Rodwell Robinson of Cleveland and representing W J White Son died on a Duluth street. He was well dressed about 40 years old with a gray moustache. Passersby heard a crown and saw him collapse. Police found seven dollars and business cards on the deceased at the morgue. Several letters addressed to him at 517 Bolton Avenue Cleveland were found.
Madison Wisconsin May 8 Governor La Follette expected to deliver welcome address on the return of Max Lowel winner of the interstate oratorical contest A banquet will be given by the University of Wisconsin in his honor Lowel won the contest in Indiana Illinois or neighboring state per fragmentary report
In New York on May 8 Elihu Root former secretary of war has been engaged by American Tobacco Company as counsel in the federal grand jury investigation into the company’s affairs conducted in the city.
Reports note Schiller's memory celebrated on the 100th anniversary of his death in German cities and universities. In the U S a Schiller centenary is marked, while other items report deaths in Brooklyn and Toledo, railway investigations, Russian railway workers forming a union, cholera in Kharkoff, and a $45 million Oliver estate. Nearby, Kilauea activity rises, the Persian shah travels Europe, a Fort Monroe officer drowns in a moat, Castilla steamship overdue at Vera Cruz, and Sanbran Education Board resists segregated schooling.
A Youth’s Companion recounts two dream episodes illustrating dreams lasting only moments. One man “checks” dollars while sleeping, dreaming of an old horse and buggy as the real words are spoken. A second man dreams of a western business scheme while a vase topples, imagining a life lived years in a moment.
In a lecture abroad Professor Okakura of Tokyo outlines the Japanese ideal of feminine beauty. He says a woman should be under five feet tall with fair skin, long jet black hair, an oval face, a narrow straight nose, large nearly black eyes with thick lashes, a small mouth, and a graceful circular hairline reminiscent of Fujiyama.
A man forgets his hair cutting but is reminded by a thread tied to his finger by his wife. On returning home for dinner he notices the thread and heads to the barber, only to be told he already had his hair cut that morning. The story highlights a simple memory prompt.
An article cites the expression by the skin of his teeth from Job 19 20 noted by Justin McCarthy in a political crisis piece. It argues the phrase is common slang among intelligent people and references a Boston Herald quotation calling it an Azism.
A prominent lawyer laments the dampening effect of hearing a story told before in a different way and notes the sting of polite dismissals after delivering one’s best tale. He portrays the hurt of fresh effort met with familiar retellings.
A fragment from the San Francisco Chronicle quotes the old Kentucky colonel on storytelling. The remarks suggest a cautionary tone about narrative reception and audience reaction in different regions, contrasting wit with potential hostility.
A New York women's club meeting featured a witty speech about ten in general. A member asked for the meaning of the phrase an average man. The speaker quipped that an average man smiles at the office all day but returns home cross like a bear with a sore head to balance the average.
The article describes camphor producing forests in Formosa and Japan with camphor crystals in wood. It details byproducts from crude camphor oil including camphogenatol red oil black oil saffrol and a turpentine. It notes uses in soaps perfumery varnishes medicine and disinfection.
The eye of the shark is small long and narrow resembling that of a pig. Observers attribute a sly expression to it and a savage disposition while noting sharks kill mates in distress and a wounded shark is attacked without pity.
Fragmentary historical note cites an odd phrase about a creature named Loleed and a companion with a prolonged fast influencing appetite in a Loudoun Standard item. The context is unclear but appears to be a translation or excerpt from a moral tale.
A Country Life note discusses why camels and bears tolerate domestication. It cites camel aversion in traveling menageries, with horses avoiding camels even when the camels are moved on.
A British Weekly observation notes that modern business often signals progress through relentless experiments. Many individuals gain chances while most fail and are discarded, highlighting a ruthless cycle of trial and elimination in pursuit of a pioneering star.
A fragment notes a debate over a person described as a chemist who writes books that become drugs on the market, with city tag Pittsburg Dispateh.
Authorities advise seeking shelter in the room center on a carpeted or rug covered floor during a thunderstorm. Stay away from chimneys and cellars, avoid tall trees, and keep distance from water and streams. If nearby lightning occurs, tall trees are common targets while open air exposure is risky.
A timber merchant notes the saw wastes an eighth of an inch per cut. If waste were halved, one more board would be produced. Let n be the number of boards. Each board plus waste equals the beam length divided by (n). With waste w = 1/8 inch and reduced waste w/2 = 1/16 inch, we have total length L = n(x) + (n-1)w and also L = n(x+ w). Solving yields n = 9 boards.
Cohn offers to buy all kinds of junk including old iron rags rubbers boots and shoes and various metals. He will pay the highest market prices and requests visitors to leave word at the Washington House or call phone 387.
Beginning April 10 the Rock Island runs excursions to Los Angeles San Francisco and other California points at 5 5 5 65 round trip. Travel via angular route return by same route. Step on at Washington and enjoy travel to sunny California. Contact A W Russel agent.
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