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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1911
Page
7
The Evening Journal announces subscription terms for Washington Iowa with two phone numbers listed for contact, showing price structures and post office mailing details. It presents the publisher Orville Elder’s notice format typical of old local papers.
A talkative country man visits Dublin and chats beside a refined stranger until a sharp riposte shifts the tone. The moment underscores a theme: firm will can overcome fate and luck, with perseverance shaping success and even death waiting for a determined soul.
The piece recalls a drunken Meidelberg student who mistook beer for toothache relief after a corps meeting. It also recounts Byron gifting Murray a bound Bible with a sly inscription later altered to read Now Barabbas was a publisher, a tale tied to a vanished book.
An old Scottish highlander story shows a foe pleading for quarter as the Scot threatens to strike. In a county convention a baseball player named candidate faces skepticism over his fitness for treasurer, with a sharp defense about stealing bases.
A humorous piece recounts a mischief aimed at Eugene Field, with a follower of fashion named for Cousin TC enO Suey. Mr J buys clothes for a convict in his office, the townsfolk react, and a later anecdote contrasts George Grossmith with Charles Brookfield. An insurance tale ends with a farmer mocked for lacking fire cover after a blaze.
An Ocean Grove resident feeding near Fletcher lake used a bucksnake to catch fish after a bready sandwich drew bites. He seized the snake by the tail and lowered it into the water, yielding forty fish as the reptile proved a born angler. A second visit near the same spot reportedly produced more bites from the snake.
A jumble of lodge meeting notices and a quirky column on a Jewish betrothal reported with humor. It mentions Washington Lodge Bethlehem Commanders and various chapters led by W Morton, plus a fleeting aviation price snapshot noting biplanes and monoplanes with costs ranging from two to twenty thousand dollars.
A fragmented snippet shows times around 6 00 p m 9 45 p m and 2 55 am suggesting a sequence or timetable without context or events.
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