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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1908
Page
6
Manager Lemmon presents Bob Martin's The Yankee Regent a comic opera in two acts about a Yankee politician who attempts to rule a German principality and clashes with the princess. John Collins leads a superb cast with a beauty chorus to match.
For sale the Everson property adjoining the City Library. It includes lot seven in block nine and jot number one in block twenty six in Highland Park. The sale closes the estate of Mrs E E Everson. For price and terms see A Anderson Executor at 67 tf.
Miss Teuscher, a stenographer for the Geo Hi Paul Co for a year, left for Corpus Christi to assume the same role in the southern office. She proved efficient and obliging during her stay and is deemed worthy of the new position offered.
An 19th century promotion outlines Golden Medical Discovery by Dr. Pierce. It claims unique extraction from native roots using glycerine and heat to treat weak stomach indigestion biliousness and torpid liver. Endorsements from medical authorities are cited and caution given that it cannot cure advanced consumption.
The Puzzler No 166 Hidden Birds puzzle notes three clues about czar services wax and cherry picking, then explains an initials circle spelling a great American poet and a celebrated editor.
A playful exchange references the landlord's young hens and a counting refrain. The dialogue centers on numbers as a riddle implying a word meaning to fascinate. The verse hints at early journey promise and a whimsical puzzle in a tiny scene.
Three feminine names that read the same backward use four different letters. A common solution is NINA, OTTO, and AVA, but these are not three distinct names with four letters each. A correct set requires four letters used to form each reversible name, yielding names like LANA, NILA, and NOON as a pattern, though NOON is not feminine.
No 170 presents an arboreal puzzle where readers name trees from hints. When correctly written in order, their initial letters spell a summer game for men and boys. Clues include trees with white bark, varied fruit uses, autumn leaf color, and a home name associated with James Russell Lowell.
They add much to the enjoyment of summer with light hearted word play and playful phrases. The item highlights a simple pastime that enhances leisure time during warm months.
A series of five word-addition riddles blends noun phrases with color and growth cues. Each line asks to attach or insert a term such that the resulting word or phrase yields a new, related meaning, spanning animals plants and creatures, head and home, fishing and youth, crests and birds, and bridge naming via a foreign phrase.
The task identifies a pronoun in four distinct sample categories polite record recluse and sample. It tests recognition of pronoun usage within different contexts and demonstrates how pronouns function as stand ins for nouns across genres.
A Baltimore American brief notes a witty exchange during an extremes meeting where a man firmly rejects the purchase of a large hat and a woman retorts that the gesture is small minded. The quip captures the era's social banter.
A catalog of puzzle items including Triangle clues with names Holden Owned 8 Inky 4 Dev 5 Ed 6 N, Missing words about rain wind river and river blessing, A Useful Vine Balloon vine, A Great President Abraham Lincoln with word pairs, Rhbymed Double Acrostic with various proper nouns, Word Square Iron Reve Oval Nell, Double Diagonals, Two Famous Poets Browning Tennyson, and Floral Puzzle with Butter up Clove Pink Live forever.
The article advises careful cleaning of imitation rhinestones to preserve brilliancy. Soak in warm water free of grit for two minutes, scrub with a stiff brush, rinse, and dry in jewelers sawdust. For stones set in metal, this method works. otherwise use a camel hairbrush. Quality stones may be cleaned with soap and water like diamonds.
A historic tip describes giving a sewing machine a thorough cleaning with gasoline to remove old oil and grime. Remove needle and shuttle, ventilate, turn wheels to allow cleaner to penetrate joints, wipe away oil with cotton rags, then oil with pure machine oil and run briefly before reinserting parts.
A guide notes callous spots form from pressure on feet soles and cause pain. Daily bathing softens the skin then pumice rubs away remaining spots. overnight petroleum-soaked cloths may soften them further. Adhesive plaster strapping helps by promoting perspiration to make the spot disappear.
Headache is a common complaint among women and witches hazel is presented as an excellent cure. Saturate a cloth with witch hazel and apply to the painful area, renewing as it dries. This method is claimed to provide speedy relief, often within minutes and rarely failing to cure within an hour.
A Delineator contributor shares a method to extend rubber boot life by cutting out the heels up to the arch to create sandals. These sandals protect feet under normal conditions, failing only in slush or heavy rain.
Advice on cleaning polished floors and blackboards by dampening a soft cloth with kerosene, rolling it tight, and leaving eight to twelve hours. When ready to use, fold into a thick square. The method promises beautiful cleaning with no dust scattering.
In a Buffalo Methodist reminiscence Bishop Fowler argued creed should not separate Christians. A Detroit couple John Smith, a Presbyterian, and Hannah Jones, a Baptist, feared religious disputes over marriage. A year abroad led to cross letters revealing each joined the other church, uniting them at last.
Poem of tribute to endured toil and quiet sacrifice, honoring Susan Marr Spalding as the speaker salutes a life of honest labor and fulfillment in later rest. The verse contrasts rough hands and lack of adornment with the crowning jewel of earned dignity and rest.
The bachelor and the benedict wander homeward and envy a ready home. One suggests turning back toward the club rather than face a waiting hearth. The benedict mutters agreement as they glimpse a light in the window.
A Philadelphia Ledger vignette recounts a Sunday school scene where a lesson on sin ends with the illustration of a man approaching heaven on a straight path but barred at the gate. A child interjects to try him sideways, adding humor to a moral about humility.
A quotation from John J. Ingalls asserts that in death all beings are equal, erasing wealth, status, and privilege as the strong and weak alike face the same end. The text claims justice at last, with no supremacy or defense needed in the republic of the grave.
Sir Thomas Dewar recounted an amusing anecdote at the opening of Dewar House about a Maine prohibition era drink. He described a blender using wood alcohol with glycerin a tobacco flavor and water, yielding a taste dubbed squirrel whisky as drinkers supposedly talked nutty and climbed trees.
A court story teller was commanded by the king to unfold an endless narrative. The fragment hints at a tale beginning with a large Locust event and sets a scene of grand storytelling in a ceremonial setting. The text ends abruptly, with the audience awaiting the continuation.
A tale of locusts and a bearded chestnut ends as the king seeks a story with no end. A story teller returns with a woman who claims to narrate what she will buy if her husband’s salary rises, leaving the king listening.
The author argues that Britain relies on Ireland for vital talent and character and warns the English race would decay into respectability within two generations without Irish influence. The quote emphasizes Irish contribution to British vitality and cultural strength.
A Frenchman recalls a wealthy countryman who visited America for eleven years. At a Paris dinner he remarks first on the American redhead duck and then on the canvasback duck, a joke that the learned circle dismisses while the guest insists his observations reflect the country.
A famed eccentric zoology professor spots two parcels on his desk as students leave. Returning for the afternoon lecture he reveals only one and theatrically unpacks a ham sandwich and a boiled egg, declaring a lesson on vertebrate muscles, then admits he has eaten his lunch.
A Philadelphia playwright recalls an evening with a charming actress who overheard stories of wives’ extravagance. The actress quips that men are similar, likening them to a broker at a club lamenting the cost of his wife and champagne.
A reflective meditation on humanity and the universe. The quote suggests worlds fade, galaxies burn out, and even time and space are relative. It frames civilization as a temporary incident in a vast, evolving cosmos.
A Chicago Record-Herald quips about a lengthy lodge meeting wife and two men who behaved oddly. The speaker recalls two “worst fools” across the state, prompting a wry exchange about sympathy for the other man.
A humorous quip contrasts identical spouses with a man who tells them apart by reactions. The speaker notes kissing one wife when encountered and recognizing Bertha when slapped, as a way to distinguish between the twin sisters.
An auto motorist clashes with a country justice over arrest grounds as the car, allegedly motionless, allegedly sounded like a running engine. The constable insists the machine was running, and the judge imposes twenty dollars and costs, rejecting technical objections.
Eugene Moore presents a fresh production of Hidden Hand at the opera house on September 8 with Fred G. Conrad backing the show. The owner of numerous attractions declares a carefully chosen company of well known actors to headline the performance.
Dr and Mrs W R Samson left last evening for their Burlington home after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs W O Samson. Merle Samson accompanied them and will spend a few more days at Burlington enjoying the last days of his summer vacation.
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