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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1907
Page
7
A Scottish tale claims the First Royal Scots formed from prisoners of Britain guarded Jesus tomb after the crucifixion. The account cites Glencorse archives and corroborating officers, inviting reader confirmation or refutation.
A thoughtful man discusses terms for friendly mockery in a New York Press piece. He traces shifts from joking to joking with gentler tones, noting that Jollying feels kinder while Guying carries ridicule.
Officials in Vorarlberg face repayment of a one fifth of a cent overpayment from 1906 in the regent tax office. The high court notice orders restoration and proper entry in current year accounts, sparking mild concern over potential extravagance.
President Hadley of Yale hailed a New Haven cab at the station and ordered a fast ride. The cabby complied, and the horse bolted through streets at a furious pace before the president realized he had been misdirected.
William B. McDaniel of Ocean avenue Patchogue New York received a letter mailed February 1 2001 after moving through several city addresses. It followed him around the area, arrived late at the general delivery post office, and was finally delivered after he had already left. The delay and routing remain a mystery according to the New York Herald.
The Carlsbad district court in Austria set 1907 to 1909 daily labor wages: male foremen 60 cents, other men 40 cents, apprentices 20 cents. females 28 cents, juveniles 18 cents. state servants 48 cents, post and telegraph 44 cents.
A New York Sun report describes a rare coastal feature on the southern coast of Ceybalonia near Greece. Four salt water inlets merge and flow inland through a broken rocky channel, vanishing in limestone. The water likely travels underground and returns to the sea, a phenomenon unmatched elsewhere.
Professor FE L Tronessart of the Paris Museum explains that dogs cool by rapid breathing up to 300 per minute during activity, evaporating heat from lungs rather than skin. Cats lack this, while birds show high pulmonary transpiration aiding cooling.
The Philadelphia Press reports a comment about a husband who, in a mellow mood, claimed to have "married beauty and brains" and is now suspected of bigamy. The exchange includes Mrs Bride urging an investigation and Miss Chellus mentioning the claim.
The Ohio experiment station compared rations for fattening range lambs raised in Wyoming from quarter blood Cotswold ewes. All lots received clover and alfalfa. Lot 4 with corn and stock food produced the best gains and dressed weight while Lot 2 and Lot 3 showed higher costs per pound. Cottonseed meal and linseed meal increased manure value, but feeding costs offset the gain. Lots 3 2 and 4 refused less roughage than Lot 1, suggesting nitrogen concentrates raise roughage intake.
A Country Gentleman writer advises rapid cooling of milk to 50 degrees or below after straining into a clean vessel to prevent bacterial growth. Fully cooled milk keeps sweet longer. slow cooling allows germs to flourish, as buried cans in cold water only start cooling the middle later.
A Greenville Mississippi letter reports George H Zempter has invented a pneumatic cotton picker capable of five rows at once producing 4000 to 5000 pounds daily using 1.5 gallons of gasoline per hour. Four operators use suction hose to feed fiber into a screened receptacle. market launch planned in the Mississippi valley backed by a $500 000 stock company with headquarters in Greenville.
A discussion notes that certain plants show greater resistance to disease and pests. It emphasizes identifying those resistant plants and propagating from them, highlighting opportunities for farmers and seedsmen to improve crop resilience.
A fragment notes an exchange describing a sunrise farmer facing potential hard times. It mentions a busy afternoon chap contributing to calamity remarks and an exchange highlighting this dynamic.
A 1907 commentary on Deuteronomy 6 1 8 stresses that God acts first by grace before demanding obedience. It contrasts the unconditional Abrahamic covenant with Horeb's conditional terms, urges heartfelt internalization of God's words, and links obedience to blessing while warning against forgetting the Lord. The piece cites Scripture across Genesis Exodus Psalms Isaiah Colossians and Romans to frame the lifelong call to love God and neighbor.
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