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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1910
Page
4
A poem by Walt Mason from 1910 honors a bale of hay as symbol of honest labor. He muses on farm work, mowers, horses, and the year’s toil that yields the celebrated bale. The verse contrasts poets with sturdy laborers who shaped windrows and stacks.
Men’s suits arrive in fresh shades with prices from 15 to 25 dollars. The display emphasizes affordable wardrobe updates for five to seven day wear with a range of styles. Promotions highlight fabric quality and tailored fit.
Advertisement copy details a city bus line with contact for orders, urging to give street and number. It includes a cold cure claim for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee and 25 cent price, signed by BE. W. Grove.
A shortened encounter in which a peddler offers perfumes and asks a prospective buyer to choose among options while a bystander questions price and product. The exchange highlights a barter style transaction with informal bargaining.
An American traveler encounters a hospitable host who invites him to stay in a private house as if it were a hotel. After a pleasant dinner and brief stay, the host explains the tale of Seedy Thompson who, like the Arabian Nights story, entertains strangers once but never again, revealing a hidden village lesson on hospitality.
Fifty years ago today October 31 telegraph communication from St. Louis completed to Fort Kearney enabling California dispatches to be forwarded by pony express. Tariff from St. Louis to California set at 6.40 for ten words. Twenty five years ago Ferdinand Ward sentenced to ten years to Sing Sing.
A seaside trip ends with a child waking to find the tide fallen far. He exclaims that the sea has gone down its sink, illustrating a child’s literal take on the shoreline retreat.
Meredith Nielson’s Rosalind at Red Gate is adapted by George Middleton, famed for The House of a Thousand Candles. The dramatization promises mystery and appeal akin to the novel. W F Mann presents Tempest and Sunshine, Mary J Holmes tale, at the Graham on November 5. Lem B Parker preserves the original atmosphere in his stage version.
Instructions by Mrs. D A Lincoln from Carving and Sewing describe efficient turkey carving. It covers methods to separate legs wings breasts and back with steps to preserve crisp skin and minimize bone separation.
A Danish method for preserving fish, suited for commercial and sport fishing, uses airtight paper packing before crushing ice to exclude air and bacteria. Fresh fish are gutted on board, gills removed, head left, blood cleaned, and the fish rolled in square paper with at least one and a half lengths of paper on each side for tight wrapping.
The guide advises using an airy mix of leaf mold loam and sand for Boston ferns and to water only when the soil looks dry. Feed with manure tea once or twice a week during growth, avoid waterlogging in decorative pots, and give occasional showers or raw feed once a month. Ferns rest in winter and resume growth in spring with feeding limited to growing periods.
Cleaning tips for sofa cushions describe making a starch paste with water, applying it to soiled areas, letting it dry, then brushing away with a whisk broom for residue removal.
A historic tip advises closing kitchen windows and boiling a pint of water with ten drops of carbolic acid. Mix vigorously for five minutes then open the windows. Flies that are alive will be driven out or killed in the process.
A quixotic dispatch from Witchland reports Chief Devil Beelzebub leading an enormous force of witches and spirits toward Earth on Halloween night. The piece humorously cites broom shortages, planned pranks, and a surprise party promised by Beelzebub, with whimsical notes on fairies and historical echoes.
The text advises maintaining your position while shifting and hedging to appear reasonable. It urges listening, then aiming at the core of the opponent’s belief while holding your own, noting that many argue to hear themselves speak and interrupt others.
Thomas H McClean of this city lies critically ill at his daughter Mrs George Shaw’s home in Richland Iowa after a stroke. William McCombs longtime Richmond area resident dies at 73 of dropsy. funeral at Richmond M E church with interment in Richmond cemetery. survived by wife and six children. Mary McCombs was mother of Mrs Charles C Clifton who died about a year ago.
Samoan island lore recounts the moon descending at night and stealing the woman Sina who labored at dusk. She never returns to Earth, but locals say her image remains on the moon with a mallet and bark board she used to weave cloth.
The Norwegian town of Stavanger proposes a permanent museum to exhibit all machinery used in the fish canning and preserving industry from its beginnings to the present. The project aims to preserve industrial heritage and educate visitors about traditional canning processes and equipment.
The London Daily Telegraph notes Westminster Abbey houses nearly as many monuments to women as to men. Many years celebrate wives of famous men, while many interments honor women for their own works and lives.
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