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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1910
Page
5
Local notes show frequent Saturday visits in the city by Mrs. John Adams and daughters from Ainsworth and many others from Keota Ottumwa and Des Moines area. The Fair offers Halloween goods and new vacuum cleaners while The Lottery Man returns to the Graham tonight amid a busy page of shopping and travel updates.
A father narrates a tale of a farmer venturing near woods with his son and horse to gather wood. A lynx looms above as the farmer quietly removes harness and prepares. The boy brings a gun, the lynx is shot, and the horse helps carry the animal home.
A Philadelphia Times note recaps a girl nicknamed Penny in a drug store who asked for five cents worth of glory divine. The clerk misheard and advised a written note. The girl returned with a request reading five cents worth of chlorate of lime.
The Baptist church will discontinue services through Wednesday evening this week. The notice is brief and specifies the temporary halt without additional details.
The passage urges looking outward to improve life by serving others and speaking kindly about others. It emphasizes acting with genuine kindness toward neighbors as a compass for good behavior.
A reflection on alcohol addiction and social responsibility contrasts a beggar's plight with family duty. The piece questions society's complicity in supporting alcoholism by permitting saloons, enforcement, and punishment while neglecting humane care for the addicted. It frames John Bunyan as a cautionary parallel.
Opinion note urges doing best in work and avoiding second best to achieve contentment and happiness.
Secret service reports advocate public education to recognize counterfeit money. The Milwaukee Sentinel asks what value there is in quick payoffs and suggests ongoing awareness to curb counterfeit circulation.
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