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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1910
Page
5
The advertisement boasts last week's sales of 2000 pounds of sugar cured hams and 1000 pounds of lard. This week offers lard at 16 cents a pound, lard compound 11 cents, Imperial large bottle catsup 10 cents, Libby’s 25 cent size at 20 cents, and other items like crackers and fresh meats. It invites customers to visit to save money and sample the home made sausage.
A patent remedy promises to relieve indigestion without medicines to digest food or diet restrictions. It claims to condition the stomach to perform its functions, offering relief by altering stomach condition rather than chemical digestion. For sale by vendors.
Local items report KE. S. Frey Brighton visit and H. E. McCollum Fairfield horse sale trips. Numerous residents travel to Richland Verdi West Liberty Iowa City and other nearby towns for visits business or sales. Several notes on poultry farm promotions and local shop updates.
Coach Leigh Bell claims his squad rivals Iowa City who won last year’s state championship. He appeals for local help to advertise and backs a Saturday afternoon push hoping to repeat a state crown. Also notes Miller closing sale drew a large crowd and netted 3885.20 with Dr F Macon and Col Johnson assisting.
A fragment mentions ae and a 4 ae and a 4 eb with phrases about color and timing. Details are sparse, but the note signals a playful or coded reference, possibly to a puzzle or joke item. No clear people or organizations are identifiable.
A bedtime tale tells how a white kitten smeared with coal dust becomes a blue cat in a dye shop window then a pink cat in a dye bath. She can not wash off the color, runs away to the countryside, and later returns to a kind girl after the pink fades. The story uses a moral about appearance and acceptance.
A wife returns from a long visit and asks her maid if her husband missed her. The maid notes the husband seems downhearted in the last day or two, hinting at sorrow or change in mood after the absence.
A prisoner at Allpore faced a Bombay Gazette report claiming the accused stole a Hindu idol with ornaments and said the goddess appeared in a dream requiring his care. The magistrate rejected the defense and sentenced him to two months rigorous imprisonment plus a fine.
Professor Trowbridge’s experiments suggest thunder arises from intense heating of water vapor along lightning and rapid steam explosions. The crackle, rumble, and final clap correspond to successive steam blasts near the observer.
Washington hosts two Saturday clashes at three o'clock. Company D faces Winfield town in a strong season test while Washington High meets Morning Sun High in a rematch. Admission is twenty five cents and crowds are expected large.
Valley Junction mourns Joseph King youngest son of Mrs. Nellie King after an accident near Prairie City while en route to biden on No 902. His left foot was crushed between cars, amputation above the knee, and he died Tuesday morning at Mercy hospital Des Moines. Born March 2 1893 in Washington Iowa funeral held at Sacred Heart church with pallbearers Charles South Bert Beam Richard Kennelly Roy Rhiner Lester Allen Ed Paulson.
A New Orleans man recounts a street exchange between two Black men. One, a light mulatto, compliments the other, who is very dark, on “holding your color well” in hot weather. The anecdote comes from Lippincott's.
A fragment notes the saying that those in glass houses should avoid throwing stones and even carrying them in pockets, underscoring a caution about personal vulnerability and risk.
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