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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1910
Page
6
Connecticut delegates in Chicago faced a gimmick scare when wooden nutmegs on badges ran out. Senator Brandegee advised to substitute real nutmegs from a grocery, a plan that reportedly fooled many attendees.
A short inspirational passage presents three guiding words hope faith and love. The emphasis urges lifting gloom through belief in divine order and brotherly charity as a source of strength and light amid life’s hardships.
A brief tells how Andrew Carnegie reduced steelwork accidents by using standardized blank slips for injury reports. A worker named James Miles had a March 5, 1880 toe crushed accident with a note indicating a faulty oxedentle blew from a sledge and a foreman's remark about repeating the details to the clerk.
A four day delay sparks a heated exchange aboard an elevated train. A passenger asserts a single diamond weighs the most carats in the United States, brought from London by Mrs Patterson, challenging two Americans clinging to Philadelphia or Chicago as the top gem centers. The men react with laughter.
A vintage ad touts TIZ shoe powder for foot comfort available at druggists for 26 cents per box. Direct order offered from Walter Luther Dodge & Co. in Chicago.
A New York editor recalls Mark Twain at a banquet where a somber guest refused to smile. Twain urged laughter while the man laments every breath as a son entering the afterlife, then jokes about cloves as a cure.
A Chicago Tribune fragment recalls a young hotel stenographer describing varied patrons. She recalls hurried men with cards and terse requests, and one memorable visitor who handed a card to his wife’s name and asked her to write a page of letter text before departing with a smile.
A New York lawyer who employs colored help reads aloud to his ailing wife while the maid and cook move about. The maid notes he reads the Bible to Miss Alice, but Aunt Phyllis retorts that he does not read the Bible and calls him a lawyer.
A farmer from Iowa traveling a Missouri Pacific line near Coffeyville Kansas tried to drink water but confronted Kansas law banning public drinking cups on trains. He asked a porter who cited the rule and the man grew disgusted. He complained about both Kansas and Oklahoma water restrictions and vowed to stay in Iowa if thirsty again.
A governor faces a flood of letters as he explains a plan to pause work to address requests for jobs. An anonymous note to the governor humorously proposes tearing up the letters, highlighting public impatience and satire amid the controversy.
In a Breau Stoker recollection Henry Irving’s public reading at an Ulster venue sparked playful but pointed remarks about his moral character. One speaker praised his virtues while hinting at the moral blemish noted in his private life, reflecting attitudes of the audience toward theater and celebrity.
An old advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the perfect healer for cuts corns burns bruises sores scalds boils ulcers eczema rheum sore eyes cold sores chapped hands sprains and piles. Available for 25 cents at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Early notes recount James J Hill era figures as Diamond Joe Halliday boasts of river boat speed on the Mississippi. The tale frames a boast about fast sternwheelers and a playful river race challenge among frontier transport leaders in the new northwest.
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