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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1911
Page
7
Dialogue shows a Countryman marveling at large pumpkins on the ground while the City Man reveals he runs a pumpkin pie factory in town. The exchange highlights local agriculture and industry intersecting in a small town setting.
A dull ache is felt at changes in hair color as gray strands appear early. The ad urges Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy to restore color and prevent thinning. Promoted as a daily dressing, it claims to remove dandruff, strengthen hair, and aid growth at fifty cents a bottle through McElhinney Drug Co.
In Philadelphia St Louis Brooklyn and Chicago matchups the box scores show runs and pitching names. Brown Kling Moore Kill ot aese Serend and Tyler Raridan Stack Salh Keinbach Graham Dale Lau milk Wingo Mathewson Meyers Rucker and twin are listed for respective games against Philadelphia St Louis Brooklyn and New York with varied inning results.
Recaps show game scores and pitcher lines from Washington Cleveland Chicago St Louis St Louis New York and Boston. Key players include Krause Livingston Thomas Groome Henry Mullin Stanage Mitchell ONeill Nelson Stephens Walsh Sullivan Hamilton Kritehel Scott Black Hamilton and Kritehell. The records reflect wins losses and earned runs across multiple matchups.
A sturdy light aid with a stout iron hook on one end and a knob on the other helps an invalid adjust curtains raise shades move a rolling chair and operate a screen. The device promises broad utility for independent daily tasks.
The article explains that apples and potatoes frozen and thawed slowly remain in good condition while rapid thawing makes them flabby and prone to decay. It notes that placing carpets over plants in winter helps slow freezing and thawing, offering a protective benefit.
Advertisement touts Rexall Orderlies as a remedy for chronic constipation with a money back guarantee. It claims toning nerves and muscles of the colon, avoids purging, and notes three package sizes 10c 25c and 50c. Cook & Sherman Rexall Store at the corner of Square.
A Washington story recalls a Yale student who starts near the class head and, after hard work, earns the top spot. The father finally remarks that the headline achievement reflects well on Yale, a witty critique of academic ambition.
An unidentified voice urges resilience and hard work over despair. It advocates facing struggle boldly in God's name and not surrendering to a passive fate. The tone calls for action despite deep entrenched battles, promising a hopeful outcome tomorrow.
Two Dublin bargemen noticed a water rescue reward and planned to stage a fake drowning to share the £5. One fell in first while the other watched, then the unplanned plea for help came, revealing their lack of swimming ability as the situation unraveled.
The fifty second of George II chapter 146 imposes transportation for fourteen years as the penalty. It oddly splits the spoils, awarding half to the king and half to the parish poor, a provision overlooked when the sentence changed from a fine to penal servitude.
After sixteen years of cleaning the town hall Mike Flynn complains about spit from the audience during performances. He seeks mayoral permission to remove the entire back row of seats to avoid scrubbing residue and discomfort for an aging caretaker.
A Chicago traveling man at the Seelbach hotel in Louisville tried a long distance call to a southern Indiana town and balked at 25 cents. The switchboard girl replied that Chicago limits allow calls to hell and back for 25 cents, but she noted the city limits blocked longer distances.
Australia’s Tom Brown, famed miner and traveler aged sixty five, arrived in town after a South American trip where heat reached ten degrees in the shade. He boasted of vast gold interests at home and abroad and prepared to wire his manager to open another mine. Buckled by a cannibal tale he survived and once quickened the gold rush in Sydney with his ventures. He plans further travels and asserts Australia can fry eels on a shove heats.
A drunken man tried buying a theater ticket and was refused. The box office keeper told him he was drunk, prompting a sobering moment. The man accepted the remark with dignity and quipped that he would not attend the play if sober.
A Boston man drilling in virgin territory used a coded message to keep lease efforts discreet. He told the driller that Pine trees grow tall would signal a successful strike, and the telegram arrived reading Pine trees grow tall. She's spurting clean over the derrick.
In rural New England districts ladies gather around party lines to trade rumors. A hostess uses the telephone to overhear and repeat a gossip about a breakup between Bessie and Jim. The exchange shows how the phone serves as a social hub and a source of communal comfort.
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