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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1908
Page
7
A Chicago man handed out five and ten dollar bills on Broadway in New York and was arrested as insane. The piece questions whether money can buy love joy peace, arguing true satisfaction comes from within and citing John L. Sullivan that money buys everything but happiness.
H. L. B. Luering describes Dyak head hunting customs and trophies. Warriors wrap severed heads in rattan and smoke them, then display as sacred possessions in homes to guard courage and status. The narrator recalls Anakoda Unsang telling of battles and claimed invulnerability.
On India's west coast the Placuna placenta oyster yields thick white shells about six inches across. Early English rulers used hollow shells cut into small squares as translucent panes, similar to frosted glass, notably in Bombay Cathedral and still in Goa today.
The Koran is noted as written in Arabic and not a strange language. Its style is uneven with much prosaic content and occasional sublime flashes.
In Kiddville a gifted pupil Bobby Cray overindulges at Miss Pope’s Thanksgiving wedding feast. After a colossal meal he dreams the turkey lifts him away in the night leaving him shaken but recovering by next day.
A brief exchange notes Cook making a pudding and Baker making a pie with Johnnie offered a taste. polite dialogue signals gratitude and a cautious reply about trying.
Judge Hough warned a jury to consider acquittal for four men accused of conspiring to keep Florida laborers on the Florida East Coast railroad in slavery. Witnesses testified workers were guarded and poorly fed though evidence of a common agreement was disputed. Prosecution delay postponed ruling until today.
A serious blaze swept through the mining town of Yorkville Ohio near Wheeling on November 18. The town with about 500 people suffered many houses burned and 150 residents left homeless. Relief efforts are underway in Wheeling.
Washington under a patent office ruling denies registration to any label that implies government sponsorship for purity of goods. The decision targets labels reading guaranteed under the pure food and drug act June 30 1906.
The forecast lists Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin as fair with rising temperatures. Iowa is fair. Lower Michigan is partly cloudy with rising temperatures.
Chicago Board of Trade quotations cover wheat corn oats pork lard and live stock with figures for Dec May and July contracts. Cash sales list winter and spring wheat corn and oats. East Buffalo reports slow cattle and lamb markets, with hogs steady and various price ranges for sheep calves and buyers.
Kansas City hosts early steps in forming a national Christian clubs organization. A committee led by R A Long elected president and P C MacFarlane secretary will adopt a constitution, name the group, and plan a Kansas City headquarters with a goal of 100000 members in three years. The prize for best name may reach $100.
Alderman John J. Coughlin of Chicago announces a new menagerie shirt line originator of the fad. A dozen shirts will cost about $500 with Parisian makers in New York, featuring embroidered animal symbols from his Colorado Springs amusement park and bosoms with 240 pleats.
The Hammondsport aerial experiments bureau plans a water propelled airship to glide on Lake Keuka. Professor Bell and G H Curtiss back the project. The craft will run on its own motors, tow into air, then lift with wings.
A 65 point caribou head was brought to Badger Brook Station by guide John Paul. The present season shows exceptional numbers of caribou across Newfoundland with many reports from various parts of the island. In hunting, heads with fifty to fifty five points are already seen as lucky.
At Sholapur in British India a local factory succeeds in producing matches using sticks formed from a peculiarly stiff grass. The development signals a notable advance in regional manufacturing.
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