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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1918
Page
8
Italians expert in candlemaking describe hand crafted votive tapers using pure bees wax kneaded and tempered with a secret retardant. Egyptian cotton wicks are chemically treated to burn slowly while large stalcondies are molded from rolled wax sheets.
The oldest botanical work is sculptured on a Karnak room wall in Thebes Egypt. It shows foreign plants brought by Thothwes III from a campaign in Arabia and displays leaves fruit and seeds as in modern treatises.
The saying urges persistence with a nudge to increase effort and adjust approach. It emphasizes repeated attempts, minor changes, and steady determination to overcome initial difficulty.
A racial joke recounts two men discussing intelligence. One vouches a deceased man was so dumb that his brain was never used, a sharp line delivered with seriousness. The remark reflects harmful stereotypes tied to death and race.
A quotation attributed to John Hay extols friendship as sunshine of life. He notes all seek light and a friend in their own kind, praising the value of companionship while contrasting awareness among the wise and the ignorant. AtlaDe tie Munthty
A fragmented quote notes three things most women discard their health money and the the phrase appears garbled with an apparent attribution to Mme Goef frin.
Readers see White Way accessory bargains on page 8 and local items from Riverside including visitors, transfers, and enlistments. Names include Martin Nielsen tailor, Rev D W Brown, Major S W Brookhart, and young men from Riverside enlisting in the navy at Cedar Rapids. Community updates cover visits, travel, and employment changes.
Sixteen Washington county young men will board the Burlington train tomorrow at 9 37 for Jefferson Barracks near St Louis to be sworn into the U S army. The group will assemble at the courthouse at 8 a m for a send off.
A brief column urges steadfast counsel when hope wanes, emphasizing resolute mindset and persistent effort as the path through trials. The tone advocates patience, inner strength, and unwavering determination to endure hardship.
Miss Mabel Wiederrecht of Wapello and Miss Ruby Lieberknecht of Columbus Junction left this morning for a few days in Keota after visiting their cousin Mrs Roy Schiebel.
The passage notes how rural Germans measure distance by walking time and pipes or barks. A place is called two or three pipes away, shorter distances by barks, with a village under a mile spoken of as two or three barks. The expression within calling distance captures this vernacular.
The text notes that discarding 500000 pounds of paper weekly wastes two thousand trees weekly. It adds that recovering each ton of old paper saves eight mature trees. It also claims saving woolen rags for shoddy preserves land for crops and that reusing materials conserves capital and labor.
A short, humorous excerpt where a speaker chides Rosie for polishing her nails with a dull finish despite professed love, highlighting his affection and playful impatience in a domestic moment.
The article traces fasting as a method to induce dreams from ancient times. It notes that among early cultures the foremost believers in dreams were Indians, with tribes enforcing rigorous fasting for children and focusing on their dreams during this period.
A St. Paul Dispatch note recalls a former woman known for thumb nail etched pound prints of butter, once sold for nine cents a pound, asking what became of her and her unusual craft.
A reflection on resisting despair and choosing action over lament. It argues that sharing troubles is unwise and advises quiet endurance, steady effort, and pursuit of new gains. Life offers compensations beyond fortunes, making perseverance worthwhile.
In wartime the president serves as commander in chief of the army and navy. The cabinet serves at the president's pleasure and cannot be removed except by impeachment, not by Congress.
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