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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1907
Page
3
Practical drowning rescue methods for rescuers held by wrists neck or body. Steps include turning arms to dislocate thumbs, pinching nostrils and pushing the chin, or leaning over and breaking the tackle with a knee and a backward throw. Emphasizes practice and calculated risk to aid others safely.
A water science trick uses a bottle and goblet with two straws in a corked bottle. By sealing the shorter straw and inserting it into the goblet, then cutting the straw end, water siphons from the goblet to a basin while the bottle remains full.
Ernest Thompson Seton notes in Country Life In America that old buffalo hunters used a stealthy signal still echoed by mountain guides. Two shots in rapid succession, five seconds apart, followed by one shot ask Where are you. The reply matches and reveals the caller’s status and urgency.
Two young sisters Alice and Bertha play in a garden where neighbors greet them warmly. A quarrel over a pink rose bush house ends when a bird splashes in the fountain and they decide to share a single house there, restoring their happiness.
A New York World report notes Mr Graft defending an Emmy record amid claims from his friends that the record should be kept out of sight. The dialogue centers on reputation and visibility in a public record context.
Reports on elm trees near the Ross church linked to John Kyrie the Man of Ross and the practice of tree planting as philanthropy. The Kempsey chancel preserves a horse chestnut from Sir Edmund Wylde’s tomb after an incident with a chestnut. Westminster Gazette notes weak digestion and heart nerves and promotes Dr Shoop Restorative with free samples.
A spool of cotton narrates its voyage from the sunny south to a brown house and sunshine, through the cotton gin and factory, wound on a spool, then stored in a shop. It awaits a lady who asks for No. 80 cotton to help decorate a young girl’s party dress.
A brief riddle describes discomfort on the way to school. It references a daily object made of steel stone and clay that casts impure air and is answered as a chimney. The piece reads like a child’s verse or puzzle.
In a playful verse from Youth's Companion a band of youths hides in a tent keeping guard with Captain Brown Easten Bob Magee and Marshal Pike as a mock battle with a Norse foe using brushes and combs unfolds. The scene mixes imagination with campfire camaraderie and playful danger.
Two painters boast of tricks and claim one painted a sixpence that a beggar almost hurts fingers trying to lift. The other says he painted a mutt leg on a stone and a dog ate half the stone before realizing the ruse. The rest notes boa skins value, hair color lifespans, a bowel remedy, a Sea of Japan battle summary, and Urino Laxative Syrup sales.
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