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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1906
Page
8
A Thanksgiving day football game between the Muscatine Y M C A and the Washington Independents is promised to entertain spectators with old timars in the lineup. The matchup is expected to draw interest and lively play.
The Nickel Plate Road reduced passenger fares between all stations with lower rates from Chicago to major points. First class Chicago to Buffalo 6.56, to Cleveland 6.75, to Erie 8.55. second class Chicago to Buffalo 9.50. Reductions apply to intermediate and connecting lines. Ticket office details included.
Local store urges early Thanksgiving orders for dressed turkeys geese chickens and bucks with three large Baltimore oysters at 35 cents a quart. They promise best beef pork mutton in the city at fair prices and position themselves as price regulators.
A jokey wartime quip contrasts soldiers and officers. A soldier answers with shoot first logic, then learns the joke: a cow, not an enemy, confounds the drill. The lieutenant reveals the mix up about friend and foe in the field.
Readable fragments describe buffalo size and measurements, local business pitches, assorted arrivals from St Paul to Ames football, and sales at the Vienna and Brown's Candy Kitchen. Notices mention new plant management in Carroll, Iowa, and several residents traveling or visiting home.
The text notes weights of cattle discussed by Henry and Seton, mentioning typical cows near 700 to 800 pounds and occasional heavier specimens. It references an observation from Scribner’s magazine.
Flensburg, a Baltic seaport, uses flat oblong drilled boxes to house live fish as they are towed under water from the catch. The boxes keep fish alive until port arrival, where they are removed and sold immediately on the quay, ensuring absolute freshness.
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