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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1908
Page
8
A verse piece extols perseverance over quitting in aiming for success. It argues that stayers gain rewards in wealth, love, and status, while quitters fail to count. The poem closes with a quip about social climbing and a financier relative.
In a terse exchange the speakers note many secondhand automobiles on the market and question whether Newport's social scene, including the so called Newport monkeys, is still hosting as many banquets as before.
A brief exchange reveals a cautious vow of enduring love intertwined with concerns about money. He asks if affection will persist with age and financial stability, while she responds in quiet doubt, weighing practical needs against romance.
A terse exchange reveals a scheme where a man was lured into borrowing an automobile on friendly terms and killed by the same generous offer. Investigators say benevolence masked a plan to steal the car. Local authorities pursue charges as the case unfolds.
A brisk dialogue pivots on certainty and bluff as one speaker claims to know more while another asserts a marginal advantage. The exchange counters with a paradox stating that knowing all they tell preserves the edge.
A verse lament about a stout woman occupying a street car seat, forcing the narrator to endure discomfort and social bias as she sits with a nickel fare, leaving the speaker resentful of the unequal seating dynamics.
A reflective 1920s style critique notes how people prefer talking about themselves to paying debts, mocks self satisfaction, and challenges notions of culture and integrity. It warns against assuming others will act squarely and hints at how consequences shape social rise and exposure.
A rural expert outlines how non-dairy farmers can profit from beef cattle, stressing beef breeds, proper finishing, and market strategies. He notes prices from 4.50 to 5.75 per hundredweight for 1200 to 1500 pound, three to four year old cattle, and explains selling options from local shippers to large livestock houses.
The article advises two ounces of buchy leaf tea at night and morning for kidney trouble, warns against poor hay and dirty bedding, cautions against stuffing road horses with hay, suggests a small night forkful and a handful of cut hay with grain, and notes irregular feeding and unequal grain amounts can cause indigestion and health loss.
A three year old girl wearing a bonnet scolds a group of marble shooters in the park on a Sunday. She proclaims bad boys must go home, causing the youths to retreat while her aunt quietly resumes their walk.
A performer explains a simple trick using three almonds or candies placed under hats. After showing clean hands and inviting audience identification, the hats are lifted and the contents eaten. The chosen hat is then worn on the head to reveal the trick.
A New York street scene tells how a blind street musician uses watch winding to gauge time. By counting clicks he estimates minutes, noting twelve clicks equal two hours and each click about ten minutes, sharing the method with a passerby.
A playful verse describes Miss Dorothy's dolly falling ill and a swift medical response. The doctor orders a string of fashionable items from Europe including a pink satin gown a Paris hat a sealskin coat and an Angora cat. The tale concludes with the dolly recovering illustrating the joke that dollies are like other folks.
Little Bill resists Dad and learns a grim fable about a Lion and a Hippo who venture together. Trust grows from flattery but ends in tragedy when hunger and mistaken identity lead the Lion to kill the Hippo, revealing a savage misjudgment born of appetite.
Charles and Russell Anspach, aged twelve and nine, start with 27 cents selling candy and oranges from a yard stand in Fremont Ohio. They rapidly expand, build a shed, begin bookkeeping, deliver groceries with their own wagon, and open a full stock store on Whitelsy Street, aiming to run Sandusky County’s largest grocery.
Break off the points from an old pen and insert them into wood to form a spring. Use a point as the spring and the device will fling pens or small wads of paper, as shown in the illustrations.
A returned missionary recounts a tiny baby girl found in a straw shanty near Soochow. Two young Chinamen carried the infant to a dispenser, reporting the mother dying, and left $10 with the caretaker to honor the rightful owner.
The Paris prefect of police is a keen supporter of the annual toy exhibition. He awards prizes for clever inventions and enjoys guiding visitors through the displays. He walks about, winds and explains mechanical toys, helping guests solve the puzzles.
A historical notice describes backache as a key sign of female health issues. It lists nervousness headache and pelvic pains as related symptoms and promotes a remedy claimed to restore the feminine organism to health. The tone urges immediate attention and treatment.
Mrs Will Young of Rockland Maine and Mrs Augustus Lyon of East Earl Pennsylvania report relief from long standing backaches and side pain after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad promotes the remedy as a thirty year standard for female ailments including displacements inflammation irregularities and related symptoms.
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