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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1908
Page
7
A male child and ground wheat. An animal and a forest. A boy's name and a pen. A dairy product and a small receptacle. Roosters and a toilet implement. Confectionery and a bunch. A red berry and a kind of wine. Towed and a metal. An animal and to slide. A kitchen utensil and a letter.
Features a sea captain’s claim of a sea serpent that slept in the wake of his ship and a riddling set of wordplay puzzles. Includes steps describing beheading and curtailing word fragments to yield new forms and meanings.
A Youth's Companion excerpt presents a wordplay sequence. Each clue trims a word to yield letters that collectively spell the name of the man who built the first mercurial thermometer. The list combines items from everyday objects to mythic figures and places, constructing an acrostic style reveal.
The verses describe a riddle about four parts and a scene of leisure with croquet swinging bathing singing and chatting with maidens. The second line hints at greeting the sun and estate and final part in time and peace while the third speaks of gold wealth and deceit. The whole warns beware of a…
A playful set of old time jokes and riddles about a tall fly, polite parts of a tree, and a man versus an umbrella. The punchlines hinge on wordplay about height, footwear, and the umbrella’s ability to shut.
A compact list of brain teasers and puzzles from No 238 to No 245 including rebus, transposition, charade, hidden rivers, five syncopations, grain pricing, and a note on a diamond. Names of techniques shown with example items and solutions referenced in brief.
A guide to wintering tomato crops in a sunlit southfacing house with bottom heat optional. Key steps include single stem training, staking with raffia, pinching shoots, and maintaining a uniform 60 to 80 degree range with careful watering and manure. Two crops per season are possible with August and October sowings.
Squashes and pumpkins should be stored in a cool dry place before frost and handled carefully to avoid bruising. Salsify and parsnips stay in the ground over winter for spring use, but are good in autumn and may be stored in damp sand for winter use when the ground is frozen. Turnips tolerate early frosts, cabbages resist frost and can be left out until cold weather, carrots and beets may stay in the ground until freezing weather.
An official called the devil's advocate is appointed during Catholic canonization to attack the candidate's memory and present charges the other side must refute. Only after these charges are disproved is canonization tiến.
In a Canadian Club address in Montreal James Bryce stated he would refrain from extensive commentary, noting he is a Scotchman and twice declaring that Scotsmen recognize their own greatness. He avoided arguing about their contributions to Canada’s literature and science.
The piece notes that while courtesy is a valuable lubricant for commerce, maintaining constant courtesy demands substantial mental effort that most people cannot sustain at all times.
Lady Randolph Churchill quotes Bismarck praising nature and the vast life visible in a single square yard, noting how an all seeing eye could miss nothing. He reflected on daily long walks and the awe induced by the living world.
The article argues fall plowing as a key to moisture capture and seed-bed preparation. It notes advantages in soil moisture, easing spring work, and disposing of manure. It also discusses practical limits in arid regions and the role of modern plows in enabling fall and winter operations.
For years curculio and other pests hurt plum culture in America. Recently infestations have decreased and many pest resistant varieties have been introduced. Plum cultivation has advanced on the Pacific coast, aided by Japanese hybrids. The modern plum outshines older fruit, with hybrids like the Waugh showing strong promise for growers nationwide.
The government uses prisoners to break up barren surface in Jutland and shape it for farming. Settlers then possess the land as trees and farms appear where barren stretches once lay. The effort yields grain land and could guide other nations during hard times by keeping the unemployed occupied.
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