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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1905
Page
6
A collage from Chicago Chronicle and Cleveland Viain Dealer shows a playful skit with a peddler and Old Maid banter about charm and payment, plus a quip on stopping loans to China and Japan to seek peace. The tone mixes satire with economic critique and international finance.
Chicago chatter focuses on a Siberian railroad project planned by the czar with two new tracks. A remark about future expansion hints at more space for travel. A car buyer laments poor speed from a vehicle sold with a dubious arrest history.
In a vivid Chicago scene, a playful exchange recalls the push for discipline and effort with old world charm. The mood hints at public resolve and social wit as overcoats replace waiting for service.
In a reflective exchange Grayce notes Puritan days when people carried guns to church while Gladys observes modern times where hammers are common. The Houston Chronicle quotation frames a shift in everyday objects linked to faith and safety.
The New York Sun notes Jael bragging after driving the nail into Sisera, claiming no thumb injury and framing the act as a turning point in history.
A humorous exchange contrasts old Bay State and Texas quips about marriage. A Boston Transcript line jokes that a wife is a man's helpmate since she meets him halfway. A Houston Pest gag notes the need to plan a present, not an excuse, for a night out.
The jester recalls Miss Chatterton’s moment of interruption during a performance asking what she had been saying before the pause. The playful scene captures backstage humor and timing.
The poetess, seated at a monogrammed pad, gripped by a tremor of resolve. She abandons her idea with grave disgust, muttering that it is too bad to pursue.
Yonkers Statesman item notes a humorous misunderstanding as an Israelite woman visits a friend and learns the house lacks water faucets in the bath tub. The anecdote ends with a light exchange about heavy bread making.
Mr B Wainwright of Lemon City, Florida, writes manufacturers that Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy works better when taken in water as hot as possible. He claims the effect is doubled in rapidity and that it reaches the right spot instantly. Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook & Sherman sell the product.
A young man who spent evenings away from home is surprised when his father invites him to join a visit to his mother and sister at the Columbia hotel. The gathering becomes warm and humorous as memories surface. He resolves to call again and cultivate their company. M. B. Piper reports returning from Illinois, favoring Washington over the towns he visited near Chicago.
A Victorian ad promotes Chamberlains Pain Balm as a universal family liniment for cuts bruises burns and scalds. It claims rapid relief and healing about one third faster than standard care, with antiseptic properties to prevent blood poisoning. Sold by local outlets.
The Iowa Central Railway offers daily summer round trip tickets at one fare two dollars to select points in northern Minnesota and Dakota with return limit October 31. Lower round trips to St Paul and Minneapolis available daily after June 1. For details contact agents or A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis Minn 83 July.
West Liberty resident Miss Ethel G Nicolls was chosen by the school board to fill the High School vacancy for the next year. She will graduate from the U S in June and has prior teaching experience expected to suit the position well. O F Vollmers of Burlington visited in the city yesterday.
An old newspaper note explains disease germs enter via air and contaminated food water. It links stomach weakness to fermentation and wide infection, listing symptoms like headache backache nausea and debility. It promotes Mi-o-na tablets at fifty cents and advertises the Columbia Pharmacy in Washington with a strong guarantee.
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