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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1906
Page
4
A portrait of Charlee Lamb linking his delicate frame to keen understanding and paradoxical humor. He faces fear with irony, likened to Hamlet and Mollere, while pursuing laughter to ease melancholy. The piece references Leigh Hunt and a medical jurist joke about death by drowning.
A reflective quotation notes sorrow and trouble reveal the hidden good in life, suggesting adversity uncovers virtue and appreciation.
Quarter deck refers to about one-fourth of the space and fore or forward castle marks the main fighting area raised above the deck. Poop denotes the officers after part and derives from Latin. Gangway comes from ancient galleys and was a passage for rowers and mast rests, now meaning a vessel entrance from shore via a long plank.
Fire wipes out the Celser wine house in Bordeaux France. Wine valued at about 400000 dollars spilled into streets. Three days of forest fires burn near Milan Italy. British Trades Union Congress adopts proposal Version for Everybody at age sixty. The Hague hosts an international tuberculosis conference now in session.
Columbus Juvection, Sept 7 Special reported the Washington team defeated Muscatine 12 to 11 at the fairgrounds in a lively exhibition. West and Barber formed the battery for Washington while Armbright umpired. a large crowd watched the game with ample bat and field action.
In a London Answers style vignette a country doctor laments strong competition while a lady named Lady Cashbags is mocked for paying two guineas to have a coin extracted and her foot amputated in town.
A prisoner explains why he took money but left a heavy basket of silver. The judge expresses disbelief at the apparent laziness and theft, framing the case with moral judgment.
Quotation from Watson's Magazine contrasts social status with common bluntness in etiquette. It repeats lines about Algy Van Pir flegilder and Jane Oh, noting haughtiness and the question of whether a refined person can blend with ordinary feet. Victor Hugo referenced.
A. J. Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana reports a three month summer cold with hay fever symptoms improved by Foley's Honey and Tar in the yellow package. His wife also used it successfully. All druggists carry it.
The account traces BE Baldwin later dubbed Lucky Baldwin from Racine to Hangtown and Virginia City. It notes his six hour fight with Indians, rise in mining speculation, wealth from Ophir stock, hotels theaters and grand Los Angeles ranch. It adds a rough ice weight calculation lesson and Paine’s Outing Magazine portrait.
A dialog shows Mrs. Jawback accusing Mr. Jawback of jealousy and a stenographer change as they discuss a supposed rival. The exchange labels the rival as a “brute” and a “monster” amid tensions over a female companion.
Farmer Corntes sel remarks that his son Josh shares reluctance to work but has the courage of his convictions. The exchange appears as a quaint rural aside in the Washington Star.
J A Young spent the day with his son in Winfield while J A Guest headed to Fairfield on business. W H Greer traveled to Eldon for a brief trip. William Wyllie visited his father in Brighton. Several residents returned home from visits, and Miss Koris Owen planned a visit from Eldon.
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