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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1907
Page
7
A reader describes relief from tiredness and weak digestion using Cooper's New Discovery. The letter cites stomach issues as the source, with relief beginning after one to three bottles and renewed energy for daily tasks. Mrs. M. Wise of 1217 Norwood St Indianapolis endorses the remedy.
The Cooper preparations boast a larger sale than any other medicine, a claim framed as proof of their efficiency.
During Reconstruction a respected black man is elected justice of the peace in a Georgia backwoods district. In a trial by jury, after testimony and argument, he awkwardly prepares to instruct the panel and, in a gruff drawl, charges the jurors a dollar and a half each.
A translated lyric book offers a blaze of imagery linking good and evil with life and passion. A New York tale follows a devoted wife who stays by an adventurer through hardship and prison, only to discover his letters were copied from his first wife.
Marie, a minister's daughter, is the focus of a Lippincott's Magazine tale from 1905 describing how, to curb excess toys, her mother allegedly hid one doll for a year. In 1906 the hidden doll reappears and Marie, upon seeing the tree, asks where she has seen that face before.
A string of compiled jokes features Mr W B Gilbert quipping about Bach decomposing, a moneyed man at heaven's gate bristling with a three cent rebuke, and a blunt newsboy tale tied to Senator Ingalls and a Kansas doctor. The humor pivots on clever refusals and sharp endings.
A doctor stages a prank with an articulated skeleton to scare a boy, who bolts in fear. The physician, moved by the boy’s distress, calls him upstairs and offers a paper. The boy blurts that he cannot be fooled even if the clothes are changed. Minnie’s prayer humorously asks for style in fashionable times.
A cow wearing a bell was run over on a railway. The driver blew the whistle to frighten the animal off the track, but the cow rang the bell and frightened the engine. The jury ruled in the farmer's favor.
A moral tale of a boy skipping his father in prayer and a prankish restaurant vignette. In the former, the child resists blessing his father until a late realization dawns as his father returns. In the latter, a guest orders Welsh rarebit and more, and the waiter asks for a signed alibi for the coroner.
Three boys race the town clock with different results. The first returns saying it is twelve o'clock and becomes a bookseller. The second gives twelve o twelve, becoming a doctor. The third calculates travel time, adds it to the clock, and becomes Helmholtz the scientist.
Mr Warren warns to scrutinize the jury panel citing a defendant’s brother serving on the jury at Guildhall. He claims a confidant recalled the plaintiff allegedly sneaking into the jury box years earlier, implying potential bias in the panel.
An officer rushes to General Grant during Shiloh to report that Schwartz's battery was taken. The general asks if the guns were spiked. The Dutchman replies they charged with the Cherman brigade and recaptured the guns.
The document records a Michigan constable's endorsement claiming arrest of the defendant and noting that horses were withheld by Warren Wiles and Biger Wiles by physical force. It states Big Wiles was removed from custody by a writ of Habeas Corpus.
At Oher Neus Perry Iowa on Sunday a devastating fire destroyed four buildings and damaged others. The blaze started near the N F Dignan bakery, fanned by a 40 mph wind, and quickly spread to six more structures. Volunteers contained the flames but property damage nears 25000, with another fire igniting in the southern part of town. The town narrowly survives due to prompt firefighting.
Des Moines May 14 Col George W Crossley of Webster City has been appointed the veteran member of the new Iowa roster commission. The appointment was made by Col Clark Cedar Rapids state department commander of the G A R Crossley a former member of the Third Iowa infantry has an enviable army record He is now in the insurance business as district manager for Equitable Life and was a warden at Anamosa penitentiary Acquaintances say his executive ability will fit him for the post
Jacob Slifer of Grundy Center, Iowa, a retired farmer and generous donor, spent 1500 on a marble based monument topped by a 600 pound Indiana granite dog. The shepherd dog saved Slifer’s child and now rests in a shaded, vine and evergreen grave adorned with flowering plants.
Jesse Burns, deranged and pursued by a man and woman with a lariat, fled through Iowa City as Sheriff Rowland and son tracked the lunatic along the Iowa river road for miles. He will face a hearing before lunacy commissioners amid beliefs of a past punishment threat.
In Sigourney on May 14 Mrs. George Yahnke leaped from a speeding buggy to save herself and three children when frightened horses dashed toward a tree. She carried the youngest to safety and the eldest boy was badly hurt when toppled from the vehicle. The husband also leaped to safety. A separate line notes the lively farce Us Loopsy Turvy staged by Academy graduates at the Graham, inviting crowds for laughs.
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