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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1911
Page
3
A young woman planned to test her fiancé's fidelity by having a friend ask him for a kiss during a moonlit beach outing. The other woman hesitated and didn't press the plan as the fiancé spoke first and kissed her, ending the wager before it began.
Harry Green stars in Eli and Jane at the Graham with curtain at 8:15. The production promises humor, music, and wholesome entertainment in a bustling program featuring new songs and dancing plus the Traveling Salesman show on Saturday night October 7 with Robert K. O Connors cast.
An early 20th century testimonial touts Bucklin’s Arnica Salve as a perfect healer for cuts corns burns and various skin ailments. The ad claims effectiveness on eye sores cold sores chapped hands sprains piles and more and notes a price of 25 cents at Lemmon’s Pharmacy.
Notice invites all to a harvest home dinner at the Lexington Methodist Church on Thursday October 5 1911. Community members are warmly urged to attend.
An advertisement by Roy Minick offers to save customers money on rugs made from old car pets of all kinds and sizes. It guarantees all work and pays freight and drayage. He also buys old woolen ingrain carpet and lists contact details in the Fairfield Rug Works network.
Mrs. T. J. Adams of Columbus Kansas testifies that Foley's Honey and Tar Compound cured her children's coughs and colds after years of illness. She recommends keeping the product in the house and refusing substitutes. Sold by all druggists.
A 14 year old French boy, angered by an early awakening, destroyed furniture in his room then climbed onto the roof and hurled tiles at residents below. No injuries reported.
For dyspepsia a Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets box is sold at the Rexall Store, Cook and Sherman. The tablets combine bismuth subnitrate and pepsia to soothe irritability, strengthen digestion, relieve nausea, and promote nutrition. A money back trial is offered if not satisfied. Three sizes 26 cents 50 cents and 1.00.
The poem speaks of a distant isle beyond reach, haunted by weary dreams and sorrow. It evokes gray hopes, insatiate waters, and a furtive voice of sorrow, lingering beyond time.
A tale from Harper's recounts Mr. Wiggins using a clever lie to excuse a walk with his nephew Willie Mulligan. The ruse prompts Willie to miss a key baseball game and attend his grandmother's funeral, costing both the game and the boy his interest.
In a New York Sun anecdote, Tommy, a bold, venturesome boy, challenges a Sunday school visitor who claims Sarah is the only woman with a recorded Bible age. He lists three others: Mother, Grandmother, and Aunt Lucy, proving he knows more than the teacher.
During Christine Nilsson’s 1884 U S tour Signor Brignoli lightened the mood in a Missouri town by apologizing for Nilsson’s indisposition and calling her a leetle horse. The audience laughed as he repeated the quip and a gallery spectator quipped about trotting her out.
Newell Dwight Hillis, famed New York preacher, led First Presbyterian Evans ton. He hired a physician famed for vivid stories who attended church rarely. Hillis feared the bill, and the doctor proposed a bargain to spare both: he would help keep Hillis out of heaven if Hillis helped keep the doctor out of hades, for no cost.
Albert W Ransom recalls a lawyer shown the courthouse and town sights by a county judge The lawyer asks how the poor are fed The judge responds with a sunny joke about feeding the town page from provisions set by the judge
Richard Washburn Child helped craft a farcical Harvard Crimson issue in 1901. The fake edition mimicked the real newspaper with false reports about a lab spill, crew scandals, and President McKinley’s honorary degree, deceiving students and Cambridge residents for a time.
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, famed poet and wit, declines a lecture invitation by a committee. He explains poor health and humorously notes he could not refuse a fifty dollar offer after the talk.
At a Dayton banquet Orville Wright described an elderly local who doubted the Wright biplanes. The man watched the aircraft circle smoothly and admitted skepticism despite newspaper reports, saying he was not yet convinced.
In a small town race for a vacant office paying 250 a year, Ezekiel Hicks was defeated after admitting he redirected campaign funds. He explained that since the job paid only 250 annually, he chose to invest in a little truck farm instead.
Harper's Magazine recounts a prominent college professor who married a refined German woman known for precise manners. After a formal reception, he mutters about the "shindig," prompting a playful language lesson that ends with the wife enjoying the evening despite the term’s unfamiliarity.
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