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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1919
Page
6
Washington County defense council demobilized after settling the September 11 homecoming accounts. Treasurer D. J. Ross shows 683.19 on hand, medals cost 691.38, the council covers the 8.19 deficit and the event ends with a clean slate.
The county purchased honor medals for soldiers sailors and marines at 691.88 and resolved to transfer the remaining 691.88 to the Washington County treasurer in settlement of the contract. The motion was unanimously adopted directing the payment to Harry McCall, Treasurer of Washington County Iowa.
A grandmother gives a birthday puppy named Daisy to a boy named Trussell. Days later he says he will send Daisy back to grandma because the dog is not happy, despite his initial affection.
The Outlook lists commonly misspelled words with examples such as haed vs hailed and indenti fy. It also notes frequent errors like superceded ecstacy and de velope.
The text explains that animals needing speed or quick escapes lack collarbones. Shoulders attach to the trunk by muscles to prevent jarring after long leaps. It argues that a fixed shoulder would cause a tremendous shock upon landing, so nature designed this without a collarbone.
Shea butter, a reddish oil from the West African shade tree, is among several vegetable butters used in margarine, chocolate, candies, and soap. The pulp of the nut is sweet, nearly two thirds butter, and natives prize it highly. The tree begins bearing around ten years old and reaches prime at about twenty five.
The process explains straightening stray copper wire by hand and with a vise. Anchor one end, loop the other end around a tool, and push out the length. Report the operation as needed. Soft copper may stretch slightly improving its straightness.
A fragment from the Boston Transcrint notes a humorous nickname tradition in a family with two helpers named Bertha. The text playfully links chores with odd monikers as a youthful son jokes about alms and a pyper noid dower.
Over fifty kinds of berk are now used to make paper including banana skins bean stalks pea vines coconut fiber clover and straw. Fresh water weeds sea weeds and over one hundred fifty kinds of grasses contribute to the industry broadening raw material options for papermaking.
A bomb was found on the front of a building attracting police attention. Reports indicate a male suspect connected to a group known for pranks may be involved, but details remain unclear as investigators probe the scene.
The great artesian basin of Australia extends about 569000 square miles and is said to be the largest known. It includes 876000 square miles in Queensland 90000 in New South Wales and 20000 in the Northern Territory.
A tiny tree claimed as the world’s shortest stands under three inches tall yet spans a radius of two to three feet. The Greenland birch describes an unlikely miniature evergreen with a surprisingly wide canopy.
A western poet derides writing as mere vanity after a line about a mole on a woman's face described as a tear drop petrified by its own audacity. The quip implies such imagination should abandon poetry and turn to commerce instead.
The note playfully suggests turtle eggs are savory and nutritious while stressing the challenge of locating nests. It whimsically proposes teaching the turtle to cackle to aid in identification.
An aphoristic line condemns both ignorant and corrupt people who seek to gain and uphold republican institutions, arguing such efforts are futile without virtue. The phrase emphasizes civic integrity as essential to preserving republican governance.
A fragment describing a Chinese mother in law as an arbitrary autocratic ruler over the household. The tone presents the mother in law as absolute authority within the home and family dynamics.
A reader quotes Uncle Eben praising a man as generous with others' mistakes as with his own, describing him as “a renl man” and noting the kindness toward faults beyond his own.
The Washington Star notes that the average man learns about three errors and three funny etiquettes, and none can teach them all in a lifetime, reflecting on how habits form and persist.
Fragment from a historical column presents a humorous exchange with dialectal speech. It features a dialogue about ownership and honesty set in a colonial or antebellum register, highlighting local character and period humor.
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