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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1918
Page
8
If you have any scrap iron metals hides and gunny sacks dont scratch your head and wonder where to sell Sell it to Colm and be sure of absolute satisfaction Buy all kinds and pay highest prices See me for prices Don de lay.
A study estimates a ton of tobacco exhausts over a hundredweight of mineral matter from an acre of land. It warns this massive nutrient loss, with calcium, potassium, magnesium, and phosphoric acid making up a large share, represents great material waste.
A fragment from a local column quotes Uncle Eben dubbed as a talker and a man who never speaks, leaving readers to ponder who really speaks and what they mean. The piece hints at character and town lore without concrete events.
A framing shop announces a holiday line of stand frames in new finishes. The display is arranged for customer inspection to help choose a finished piece you can be proud of.
Long page of casual items including store ads for Fox and Dewey shoes, Crail rugs, and Graves Studio framing. Local visits, city to Chicago and Keota trips, music at the Graham, and notes on residents and students. Several brief notices of travel and school, plus a surgeon ad and sorghum molasses notes.
A healthful assortment of Boston ferns is showcased at Bridges Millinery and the Green House, Wolf Floral Co. Customers can view the splendid variety and place orders by calling phones 174 or 622.
Mrs. N O Loughlin of east of town dies at county hospital at noon after an operation. Funeral time not yet decided. will be announced tomorrow.
Prof R K Farrar of Ames assisting with boys and girls baby beef clubs fell on the courthouse stairs sustaining a severe scalp wound. County recorder Belle Rice seeks missing soldiers from the county for a complete register and details of unit transfers. Dr K B Wickham donated a static electric machine to the high school science department before leaving for Fort Riley Kansas to join the medical corps.
Gra ham Friday night There She Goes. Lyda Hellam a chiropractor over Lemleys Grocery phone 689 Black. Mrs Belle Johnson and Miss Lina Vaughn of Chicago guests at Mrs John Campbell’s home. Dell Duncan of Blakesville Iowa visiting friends. Duncan formerly in business here left thirteen years ago. He visits to see former neighbor Mrs John Minick. Once a mechanical inspector for auto plants he contemplates returning to farming owning a fine Monroe county farm.
The Boston Globe notes that many familiar similes draw on biblical figures such as Moses Solomon Methuselah Esau Samson Herod Joseph and others. Researchers argue Job is not linked to a turkey breed, yet phrases persist in everyday language.
In the Journal of Heredity a newborn infant shows strong grasping ability aiding survival in treetop life. The author cites the upright posture debate noting the child sits up before it can stand, a point on early development.
Frank, the youngest of three boys, eagerly shares with a neighbor the arrival of a baby sister, exclaiming excitedly that the new baby is a ledus at one house.
Wartime dispatch outlines international food strains and rationing. It cites J Deems of the U S Food Administration noting Ukraine wheat bread prices around 40 cents a pound and four 30 cent loaves, Britain rationing poultry, and scarce feed affecting egg production. Details include Moscow butter at US cents per pound and Petrograd prices, plus New Zealand wheat at 1 41 per bushel and various Swiss Swiss cheese and sugar rationing.
A concise Epictetus aphorism asserts that God made all men to be happy and that unhappiness stems from personal fault.
In a terse exchange, Miss Brushley tells Mr Lawhead she wants no further communication after his note dated last Thursday. He questions her, but she insists she is not interested and refuses to engage.
Minnie delights in tickling her infant brother to hear him coo and smile. One night the baby shows a protruding tooth, prompting Minnie to call to her mother to see the tooth born in his mouth.
A quirky exchange shows Farmer Hikoowrth chiding Hawbuck about the time to drive pigs and mocking the cost of the animals noted as 850 apiece in the Boston Evening Transcript.
The bluebird by a brookine stream shows a tinkling voice like running water. The bobolink nests in a meadow and sings with breezes through grass. The sparrow, Passer domesticus, mimics city sounds from hoofbeats to policemen’s whistles.
United States Food Administration plans to revive food pledge cards in Iowa with overviews by J F Deems. He urges every town housewife to sign, display the emblem, and participate in wartime conservation of sugar and wheat, offering central drop points and forward shipments of cards to counties.
Joseph Woods, 513 Main Street Little Falls New York, is closed after refusing to comply with the United States food administration obey its rules. He was found guilty of violations and chose to donate 25 to the Red Cross instead of one week closure, then avoided further payments and faced an unfary order stopping supply purchases before leaving Little Falls.
A Washington order forbids issuing a license to Woods and prohibits him from buying foot supplies until he completes an amendment. The action targets Woods and imposes a dependency on corrective steps to regain access.
French forage markets show severe feed shortages with transport limits causing uncertain deliveries. Mid summer prices reflect three fodder qualities with first quality up by 38 to 40 per ton, second quality near unchanged, and third quality lower by the same margin. Lucerne prices run high as demand outstrips supply.
The guidance suggests using fresh fruits, avoiding added sugar in tea and coffee, and cutting desserts. It advises choosing natural sweeteners like honey or maple syrup when available and reducing sugar in daily diets while avoiding sugary snacks and drinks.
A wartime slogan urges shared burden and mutual aid as the conflict stretches across a single front. The message frames collective responsibility and common hardship facing all communities.
Spurgeon notes rage harms figure and health. A red face serves no purpose, and towering anger drains energy and peace. He warns passion can choke and kill instantly, urging restraint to preserve wellbeing.
Carpets woven in Bulgaria since the 1878 liberation have progressed from domestic use to refined goods. In the last decade Hungarian carpets have surpassed Turkish Romanian Serbian and Grecian designs in texture and style.
The idea argues reform should be steady and prudent to become useful and durable. It emphasizes gradual change over abrupt shifts to build lasting impact.
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