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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1910
Page
6
A Spokane Spokesman-Review poem mocks press norms with quotes from a businessman, pastor, teacher, doctor, and socialite on naming, printing pictures, and public discourse. It rails against self censorship while noting the demand for visibility and control over coverage.
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt, customers named Mr Sandus complain that eggs purchased from a local shop were spoiled. They note prior weeks also yielded rotten eggs, while the owner defends consistency, claiming other customers receive good eggs.
Rupert and Evadne stroll when Evadne halts and asks what is there. The sturdy protector suggests it is a catfish mewing by the lake. Evadne imagines its mother tucking it into the river bed as water flows over it.
The gentleman opens his front door at 2 a m and explains his late return to his wife. He says Flitterson took him for a flight in a new biplane, the steering gear failed, and they landed eight miles from town awaiting a trolley to return.
The Catholic Standard and Times quotes ridicule of Bill Burley and Cactus Charley as a mock dispute about drink and its effects. The exchange targets Burley as a one eyed figure driven by demon rum, while Charley concedes some influence but claims personal responsibility.
Dialogue excerpt shows Rube and Josh debating the whereabouts and actions of a boy in New York. Rube asks if he is selling or buying gold bricks as of now. Cleveland
Alma Signal quotes a girl in the high social circle describing a serenade she attended. She remarks she would rather not be awakened at night by vocal singing and tones the event with humorous regret.
In conversation Seymour notes Bret Tums owns two automobiles while Ashley recalls him saying he had two runabouts. Ashley adds one car is reportedly his wife’s.
A Washington Herald quip recalls a manager's clever press agent who staged a barber chair shave in the lobby during a week the troupe sang The Barber of Me. The anecdote highlights publicity stunts used to attract attention.
A brief comic exchange has Magnate misidentifying a doctor’s medicine case as a camera, prompting a moment of relief and a humorous misunderstanding.
A Pittsburg Post tale notes a patient claiming near full recovery after a doctor asserts the ailment is practically cured. The patient mentions the original fee was two hundred dollars.
A Detroit Free Press column recalls a real humorist who praised a man for his wit and avoided a pun on the speaker’s name. The anecdote highlights quick, lighthearted banter and playful wordplay.
The London Gentlewoman recounts Lord Byron fearing Fridays and Sundays after a Scottish palm reader warned him to beware his thirty seventh year. He believed his misfortunes always struck on those days and avoided decisions on Fridays or Sundays.
The text surveys legendary swords from Edward III’s seven foot ceremonial blade in Westminster Abbey to the Welsh sword of ceremony and the bejeweled Persian shah’s hilted weapon. It notes the Egyptian gift to Wolseley valued at $10,000 and rumors of Baroda’s gackwar may exceed a million dollars in prestige and gems.
The piece notes Thackeray's harrowing work style with the printer's devil always present. Motley recalls 1858 letters describing Thackeray living hand to mouth to feed the next issue. His relentless cadence, insane deadlines, and emotional output are cited as factors in his early death.
The piece traces the 1795 start of the Homeric controversy. It notes A. Wolf's Prolegomena arguing independent epic songs collected by Pisistratus around 550 B C. A. Wolf's theory sparked scholarly debate and Andrew Lang later defended the one author view in Homer and the Epic.
A cramped exchange unfolds as a judge and parson discuss a dramatic transformation of a man named Cactus Charley. The judge claims the browed set was shaped by the demon he faces, while the parson hints the speaker himself bears responsibility for the one eyed outcome.
A humorous snippet shows a sentimental maiden declaring love and a wry reply about catering, set on the Ardent south with playful courtship banter.
Miss Bowdler notes that anyone who truly strives to do all the good they can will likely achieve far more than they realize or ever know.
The story describes Jacob Brown’s will amid a family feud where relatives feud over a fortune of 30 000 dollars. Each heir receives a symbolic one dollar while the remainder funds Hope county highways. The reading of the will triggers constables as relatives clash over burial and expenses.
Jacob Brown aged sixty five inherits thirty thousand from a deceased brother and faces a family feud as sons and daughters rush to claim the fortune. He amasses lawyers and changes his will after every visit, until death reveals a trail of forty two wills.
Maud and Tom discuss a phonograph to hear a voice while away. Clara remarks on stopping the machine. The dialogue reads as a playful scene from a comic or theatrical piece with characters sharing curiosity about technology.
Police records mention women with surprising strength using a flatiron as a weapon while others fail to hit a barn with a stone.
A columnist muses on Rowdy a mountain dog born with a two inch tail and argues that use or disuse shapes body and mind. The piece links tail cutting across generations to habit and evolution and warns personal responsibility spans body and soul.
A visiting young woman tours Arizona and is told by Amber Peto the Eagle Eye mayor that the rare sight is a Chinaman with whiskers running a laundry. The quip emphasizes local color over natural scenery in a frontier town setting.
A Washington car conductor born in London and still cockney summoned street names aloud on a Sunday morning. He called Haiteh High Jay Kay Hell prompting three prim ladies to leave the car as they prayed.
A character argues for a big mystery in a play to captivate the public. The dialogue centers on a dramatic infield moment where a pitcher and catcher confer in whispered, ominous terms during the game.
Dialogue from a 12 year old boy reveals a troubling scene as a boy named Jim suspects worsening sight. A girl named Sis faces blunt questions from Jim and her father. The text hints at a strained family moment and a rumor about a blarney stone.
A river excursion ended in tragedy when First Tramp and Second Tramp fought for an empty beer keg. The first tramp grabbed the keg but sank after realizing it contained nothing to sustain him, and drowned.
A reflective couplet imagines a world where love and wealth are restrained to keep life heavenly and sunny, suggesting restraint on both passion and greed. The lines contrast soaring emotion with material desire in a lyric meditation.
A drama describes a heroine in dire poverty forced to cook a canary and build a fire with a rubber plant. The narrator underscores the bleak circumstances with a somber tone and the note that the worst is yet to come.
Advertising quotes a debate where Senator Sorghum questions the value of speeches on unpopular sides. He argues that political talk is crowded with arguments on the right, suggesting contradiction as a path to sensational originality.
In a playful exchange, Dustin Stax jokes that beef magnates price abroad cheaper than at home to foster a patriotic deficit, arguing meat-eating nations could be vulnerable in wartime.
The dialog spotlights a billionaire with a large touring car and two extra tires. It identifies Tennyson Binks as the man who creates personal memoirs for the world’s great featherweights.
The cartoon strip playfully questions a gardener about progress. The dialogue notes uncertainty whether emerging green sprouts are radishes or weeds, hinting at a fragile early stage and possible failure if misjudged.
Mrs J M Shepherd of Durham writes how Cardui gave her strength to work again after four months of illness. She credits Cardui Home Treatment with restoring much of her energy and urges other women with womanly trouble to try the tonic. The ad notes Cardui is plant based and safe, with a Chattanooga Medicine Co advisory department offering a 64 page home treatment book.
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