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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1907
Page
8
A prisoner charged with stealing a pie speaks of poverty and accuses the thief being the wealthiest on the force, prompting a compassionate remark from the judge. The exchange highlights social contrasts in a light moment within the courtroom.
One hundred dollar reward offered for any catarrh cure Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as curing. Endorsers Walding Kinnan Marvin Toledo Ohio certify F J Cheney integrity and solvency. Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, price 75 cents per bottle, sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
For sale 400 head of native feeding cattle weighing 1000 to 1200 pounds all reds and roans. Located at Gladwin Iowa. Owners invite visits October 3. Also an ad for Dr Shoop's Restorative claiming quick relief for stomach and heart ailments with free samples by mail from Dr. Shoop of Racine Wisconsin, sold by J H Stewart.
Advertises weekly cheap fares to grain and stock country of South Dakota with a new Minneapolis & St. Louis extension. Excision tickets offered for fifteen days at $10 from Oskaloosa and $15 from Brighton Iowa. Descriptive folder available on application from Iowa Central Agents, A B Cutts, G P J A, Minneapolis.
An advertisement warns that kidney trouble is deadly and urges taking Foley's Kidney Cure at the first sign of trouble. It claims the remedy corrects irregularities and prevents Bright's disease and diabetes, noting sale by all druggists.
The new low fare one way tickets to California Oregon Washington British Columbia Utah Montana Idaho and Mexico are available daily until October 15. Rates are 15.00 below regular fare. Consult agents or contact A. B. Cutts G P T Oots Minneapolis Minn for details.
Tincoln Neb September 17 The state board of health adopted a resolution prohibiting any employee or appointee from carrying a pass. Two secretaries will have to resign or give up their passes.
Mr and Mrs James M Brown hosted three friends on a Thursday evening for a joint birthday anniversary event. The elder guest, aged 65, was James M Brown’s friend, with Edmon P Ervin at 64, Robert S Williams 45, and George Fatout 45 also in attendance.
Jackson Mich Sept 17 Mrs Erima Davis Soules of Battle Creek has asked the pardon board to forgive her husband Sylvanes A Soules. He is imprisoned in Jackson for shooting her on the eve of motherhood.
The forecast calls for increasing cloudiness across Illinois and Indiana with probable showers and thunderstorms in the north, cooler air in the extreme north. Michigan and Wisconsin are expected to see showers and thunderstorms with cooler conditions, and Iowa also faces showers and thunderstorms.
Chicago Board of Trade quotes show wheat oats corn and hog cattle and sheep futures and cash prices with specifics for No 2 red No 3 red No 2 white and No 2 yellow wheats. Buffalo East Side dealers list cattle receipts hogs and sheep with price ranges for exporters shipping cows heifers and calves and diverse live poultry and hay prices.
The evangelist asks the attentive German in the crowd if he is a Christian. The man replies Nein Sherman, clarifying he has a shot to drive an ice wagon, ending the exchange with practical priorities over faith.
A poetic excerpt by Edith Willis Linn celebrates an immortal essence described as the blush of summer rose the moonlight and the face of the dead. It links passion love faith beauty and fame to a higher force that spirits cherish and that even angels would lament without.
A self conscious young clergyman filled a country pulpit and after the service asked a deacon for feedback. The deacon replied in a folksy memory that it resembled Sim Peck's first deer hunt where he tracked correctly but they wandered all day in the wrong direction.
Congressman John Sharp Williams recounts a tale of a New York merchant who refused to bow to King Humbert during a ride in a Victoria. The king saluted as Williams and the merchant rode by, prompting the merchant to insist he does not bow to any king.
A playful exchange unfolds as Mrs. Kelly asserts a grand lineage none can rival. Mrs. O Brien questions past roots while Mrs. Kelly insists she comes from a stock that springs from nobody and claims a badge of distinct origin.
On a trip from New Haven to Dieppe Mer Farley encounters a French youth who mocks religion. The youth suggests priests are hanged with a donkey in Madagascar. Farley replies calmly that they should be thankful they are not in Madagascar.
Mrs. Goldwein of Cripple Creek, after a fortune from a lucky strike, built a stylish country home near Denver. While shows friends the place they tour the poultry yard and comment on the prize chickens. She replies her fowl could, but in their position it is unnecessary.
Alexis Caswell met a student named Betterly who visited him. After a brief talk the president asked for his name and laughed that the last syllable would be better. The student agreed, joking that Caswell’s name would be the same without the final C.
The late Bishop Thomas Frederic Davies of Detroit recounted a Philadelphia elopement in which he served as officiating clergyman during his St. Peter's rectorship. A prominent Philadelphia dry goods merchant observed his head clerk’s distress and decline over months, prompting inquiry into the clerk’s malaise.
A young clerk ignores his betters and secretly marries a Philadelphia millionaire’s daughter after advice from his head. the dance at Devon that night reveals the plan and prompts a hurried telegraph from the outraged father. The piece ends with a joke about alternative hatch methods.
A visiting minister along a country road sees a boy digging in a bank asking about Sunday work. The boy explains he must dig to provide meat for his family before the minister’s visit for dinner, insisting he has to get the woodchuck.
A rural suitor writes to a city bred damsel proposing by letter and adds a postscript asking for a prompt reply since he has another person in mind. The quip reveals a humorous clash of country charm and urban pride.
In a hat shop a man bursts in with hat in hand misidentifying James McNeil Whistler as a clerk. Whistler coolly replies that neither the hat nor the observer’s coat and trousers fit, delivering a dry retort.
A fragment shows a speaker boasting about a healthy child and a marriage, with the neighborly remark questioning the need for concern as long as the child remains well. The exchange hints at social attitudes toward family and health in a rural setting.
A railroad yard worker in the yard office answers a ringing telephone and asks for eight six one five nine, prompting a humorous, garbled reply in dialect.
A southern lawyer seeking work in Nashville pretends to be a newspaper reporter. On a train, the conductor takes him to the smoker where a traveling editor confirms the man as staff. The lawyer learns the editor misrepresented himself to avoid exposure.
Father Kelly and Rabbi Levi share a witty exchange at a banquet about ham. The priest asks when the rabbi will eat ham and the rabbi retorts that it will be at the priest’s wedding.
Describes a rack devised by S. M. Spangler at Tennessee experiment station to improve air circulation and uniform curing of pea vine hay. Also notes sweet potatoes require careful handling to prevent frost damage and outlines harvesting tips such as plowing rows to lift vines and sorting or grading potatoes after storage.
Maryland Experiment Station advises gentle harvesting and handling. Pick into baskets, dump carefully, use padded baskets to avoid bruising, and sort out cut or bruised potatoes for immediate use to prevent spoilage.
Health claim that Foley's Kidney Cure cleans impurities from blood and strengthens the whole system to cure kidney and bladder diseases. Sold by all druggists.
Texas Farm and Ranch notes ensiling cowpeas alone is impractical. Combining cowpeas with corn or sorghum improves value, while cowpea silage tends to be gummy and hard to handle. Cowpea hay loses little value when cured, and a mix of silage hay and cottonseed meal with corn chops forms a steer ration. silage has limited hog value.
A writer in American Cultivator advises that comb honey should be well cured and kept in a warm dry well ventilated room. To hit the market dealers and consumers require careful handling to avoid breakage and leakage while keeping products clean attractive and accurately labeled.
A historical note on corncrib construction advises mounting cribs on posts that extend at least three feet above ground. Inverted pans atop the posts can fail if posts are too short, leaving lower cracks accessible to rats.
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