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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1901
Page
4
Dialogue shows Grandpa inviting Bobbie to play red Indians. Bobbie doubts his suitability, citing he has already been scalped, prompting a wry exchange about who is fit to pretend.
In a Boston Transcript excerpt Brackett explains he feels financially embarrassed. Crackett states he owes nothing though others owe Brackett. Brackett says he lacks courage to demand payment.
A fragment quote evokes a rustic dialogue asking a caller about destination with a line about a calf. The source provides no clear context or identifiable人物.
A professor notes the seashore bathing picture in the kinetoscope is extremely realistic, making it feel as if feet are in the water. The vivid depiction sparks awe at early motion pictures' illusion.
A fragmented line from Chicago News hints at a family scene with Pather waking and a baby asleep while Tim Wilson signs official papers by Saturday night. The readable words focus on morning routine and impending formal action.
The Milwaukee sheriff jury remains in session with long deliberations expected to end by evening. Attorneys for the railway company and city property owners argue before the panel while several witnesses testify, reflecting longer than anticipated proceedings.
The Mothers' club will meet with Mrs. Frank Wilson Friday at 2 30 in the afternoon. Frank C. Bruner of Chicago will deliver his lecture The Brown Button tomorrow evening at the Graham at 8 15. It is the fifth number of the lecture course and attendees are urged to be prompt.
Mr and Mrs Everette Lewis of Wellman spent the week with relatives here. Mr and Mrs Alva Aardy rejoice over the arrival of a son born Wednesday evening. Miss Minnie Hot has returned to her home in Iowa City after a pleasant visit here.
A flurry of gatherings and travels fills the region with guests from Des Moines, Chicago, and Davenport. Mrs W A Wilson of Des Moines hosts, as do Mrs Mayland and Mrs Blair for visiting relatives. travelers include Geo Anderson to Chicago then Alabama, Chas Howe to Burlington for mail van pickup, J P Stevenson from Bridon, and J D Dayton from West Chester amid horse sales and dinners at South Iowa Ave.
The Talmud outlines four pupil types the sponge the fannel the strainer and the sieve. It notes the value for a student who aspires to become the sieve by absorbing essential knowledge while discarding filler. The passage invites pursuit of disciplined learning as worth college enrollment.
In a Suburb household Mrs Suburb-Oh recounts a strange incident. The magnificent watchdog vanished after a tramp approached and the dog fled with him. Mr Suburb-Eh recognizes the tramp as the same man who sold the dog earlier.
A maid informs Mrs. Spencer is away while a caller jokes about her frequent outings. The exchange hints at social norms and private curiosity. A child’s quip about wound clocks is also cited, reflecting light domestic humor in the era.
The column lists items and notices including a black horse with a rose halter offered for sale in Nebraska by J A Donaldson and a cheap cow through Ed Nicholson. It also advertises shocks of corn fodder, thirty nine young chickens for sale via L Diller, a lost small black cape near JOURNAL office, a furnished room for rent at JOURNAL, a missing M W A badge near Sigourney road, a new top buggy for sale through JOURNAL, a dining room girl and cook position at the Columbian Hotel in Keota Iowa, a pocketbook found between Poor Farm and Young America school house, and a room for rent in the west side top flat of the Rookery.
Chambers' Journal notes that false tails are widely used on horses from old favorites to funeral mounts and parade stock. They are also attached to cropper tails in cavalry barracks and on mere show animals by nearly invisible methods, with dealers seeking top markets and good tails.
A naturalist watches two robins simulate death as one drags the other’s body, then both birds recover and fly off. The article also describes Sangir islanders using paired bottles as an hourglass system to time village hours, with a gong keeper and a notch line for twelve hours.
A traveler reports that peasant women in Siberia wear shawls or kerchiefs while rich women go bareheaded. Even stylish Russian women may roam with severely disheveled hair, appearing ludicrously unkempt.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets for stomach and digestive diseases. It claims to restore health by improving digestion and nutrition, cites testimonials from sufferers, and warns against substitutes while offering a free medical adviser booklet.
The listing notes new Cracked Wheat at 115c and Ralston's Breakfast Food at 15¢ among a range of cereals. Other items include Malta Vita grape Note.2- and Oriole Breakfast Food at 15¢ plus Cream of Wheat at 18c.
I can locate farms at prices to suit the purchaser. I have lands and improved farms in other states and a list of low price farms. I handle East Washington, Columbia and Highland Park Additions lots. Farm loans negotiated at low rates. Insurance with first class companies. Rent listings, leases, and rents collected.
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