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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1908
Page
6
Farmers urged to unify grading packing and marketing to compete with California fruit. Improve packaging weight uniformity and display to attract buyers, emphasizing cooperative action, best varieties, and clean bundles. Sun drying and careful stacking discussed to preserve quality during shipment.
A breezy note on earthworms highlights their crucial role in soil fertility. Darwin’s youthful curiosity and a late treatise underscore worms’ vast numbers and impact, with estimates ranging from 22,000 to 50,000 per acre in various soils and up to 400,000 to 800,000 per acre in New Zealand pasture rings.
The Chicago News notes studies of bird music showing the common wood pewee with limited notes forms a balladlike song. It repeats a few phrases in a symmetrical, verselike pattern, singing in strict time before the final note.
An old English variant of Spillikins uses a bundle of upright straws forming a tent like pile. Players remove straws without disturbing others. most removed wins. Occasionally rival straws are marked as king queen or bishop with higher counts.
A Heidelberg astronomer captured a celestial nebula in Cygnus resembling the outline of North America. The glowing region mirrors the continent with ocean surroundings, showing the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, and the Isthmus. The astronomer named it the America nebula, the first celestial object named after Earth's divisions.
Elephants from a visiting circus in Bourne-mouth England wandered through Christchurch and forced entry into a corn dealer's yard. One elephant smashed a door but the entry proved too narrow. the smaller animal entered the store and devoured dog biscuits while tossing some to companions. Keeper arrived and compensated the dealer for the loss.
The piece cites Roger Bacon known for lens theory and Leonard Digges around 1573 arranging glasses to view distant objects. It credits Galileo with constructing the first practical telescope in January 1610 according to the New York American.
The verse contrasts Robby growing up outdoors and carefree with Bobby as a city boy facing schooling. The country life leaves him sun tanned and sturdy, while urban life demands routines like washing and morning meals, provoking a worry about losing his tan.
A trained nurse recalls doctors as difficult patients to manage noting their habit of overanalyzing symptoms and insisting on frequent thermometers. She describes manipulating readings, fearing the doctor’s temper, and joking about a “doctor’s thermometer” while nursing a physician with typhoid. New York Times.
A bride who lost her guard ring on Scarborough rocks during her honeymoon found it a year later at the bottom of a pool on the same rocks as her husband watched. In another tale, a woman lost a ring underground and later found it on a carriage step as an inner circle train arrived.
The London Tatler notes life in town during the off period offers freedom from social duties. A resident may roam freely, dress as desired, and go about Piccadilly without social constraints, enjoying a rare relaxation and liberty.
T. M. Reynolds requests all debtors to call at his former store at 75 21 South Side Furniture Store to settle accounts. Creditors with bills against him should present them for settlement.
All Iowa old soldiers who have not yet received a copy of The History of Monuments Erected to the Memory of Old Soldiers will be furnished a copy by sending their name with company and regiment to Dr. J. C. Boice.
A notice announces an important business session for A. O. U. W. with a full attendance desired. John Dodds, M. W.
Dougherty Bros offer measurements on Wednesday and Thursday for a fall suit with a money back if not pleased. The ad promotes a risk free trial and invites customers to visit their location at 74 St.
Miss Vera Patterson of Washington, visiting with Miss Louise Fansher, went to Ottumwa yesterday for a visit with friends, reported by the Oskaloosa Herald on September 8.
Mrs. Johnson and Miss Florence Humble join as apprentices at the Benz millinery shop this autumn while Miss Dora Ziegler resumes work at the same store.
Mrs Martha J Johnson of this city and her daughter Mrs Mabel Reish of Arkansas left yesterday morning to visit relatives in Oxford Iowa.
Mrs C Gardner of Wellman traveled through the city last evening on her way home from Ottumwa where she attended a Methodist conference.
In Des Moines the forty-two standpat Republicans alongside forty-five Democrats voted to defeat Governor Cummins for the vacant U S Senate seat, outnumbering sixty-five Cummins supporters. Leaders warn of continued deadlock to shield Cummins from the senate.
Ss W Brookhart visits Des Moines this week. Mr and Mrs Earl Friend toured from Brighton and stayed in the city. Miss Hope Ott teaches at Malcom schools after last year at State Normal. Mrs H Raymond and Miss J Leffler return to Haskins after a city visit. Miss Lucy Miller helped at Benz millinery then went home to Perlee. Clarence Coates and family visit Coates relatives in town. Starry and Pearl Phillips head for Vella to start college. Frey’s studio offers photos. Mr and Mrs Carl Hedges return from Wayland. Hedges resumes Klein Clothing job. G A Smith of Standard Land Co. attends Fairfield business. Mrs W J Hamilton from Loveland Colo visits daughters. R H Eckles, C Cherry plan week in Lynn Co Kansas for land interests. Dr C S James returns from Washington after operation for Dr Boice. Mrs Joseph Scranton of Muscatine visits Ed McCaulley. en route to Oklahoma for winter with sons. J A Carden learns he is grandfather of a son born to Jean and Jeanette Carden Osage. Grandma Carden celebrated with Winfield friends in the Beacon.
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