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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1907
Page
6
W R Gilbert from Canada argues that compactness is the essential trait for all utility horses. He compares a compact back to a sturdy ladder connection, noting the hind leg drives power and prevents fatigue, while incompact horses stumble and fail in work.
A brief London Punch humor item features a lady helper offering bread and butter to a boy who refuses plum or seed cake while joking about being a canary. The exchange sits as a light caricature of polite domestic dialogue.
In the New York American a note of caution is raised by Miss Bug-Oh fearing the dark woods after eerie ghost stories. The St. Louis Republic recounts a playful exchange among Edgar Slowboy and his sister’s admirer over a plan to “chuck you overboard” as a cautionary tease amid romantic rivalries.
Effie and Cyril express exhaustion and resolve to complete an essential but forbidden task, planning to press on despite weariness.
About 200 LaCrosse street railway employees threaten a walkout unless an hourly wage increase of 2 cents is granted. A conference is on to avert the strike.
A brief comic exchange shows a wife urging her spouse to finish watering before rain arrives as the scene shifts to Pele Mele.
A teacher tries to guide Tommy through a geography lesson while he interrupts and boasts of his lawyer father. He repeats the old adage in a prosody of dialect, claiming the saying he heard at home. The exchange highlights stubbornness and parental influence in a classroom moment.
A historical anecdote describes New York mayor Robert Van Wyck visiting Dublin and declining a drink at a hotel. He explained his need to stay temperate to keep his mayoral duties. The hospitable host respected his stance and offered a different gesture of goodwill.
A peasant plants objects for gain while a boy seeks returns in the yard. A bishop notes church duty as a boy questions behavior. A modern aside on color perceptions ties to a green, blue, and gray joke about a businessman.
The author argues a novice can begin with discarded old ewes aged two to ten years with good udders. September and October flood markets with such ewes, and a breeder can profit before eight to ten years.
In Crawfordsville Indiana on September 20 Geo F Graham and Albert Foresman employed by a Lafayette company to sell horses in Michigan quarreled and Graham struck Foresman with a shovel inflicting very serious injuries.
The thirty sixth annual reunion of the Mexican War Veterans association of Illinois convened in Taylorville on September 20 for a two day session.
Official forecast shows generally fair conditions tonight with showers in extreme north portions. Michigan and Wisconsin expect showers with slight temperature changes. Iowa forecast calls for fair weather in the south and showers in the north with slight temperature changes.
Chamberlains Cough Remedy is praised as one of the best on the market with wide popularity. It is advertised for acute throat and lung diseases such as coughs colds and croup and is described as pleasant safe and dependable. Sold by Cook and Sherman.
Crawfordsville residents and visitors are listed including Mrs Daisy McFarland Lou Klein of Chicago now in town Miss Luella Crandall returns to Fairbault Minnesota after summer with the Keck family R J Black of Vinton the phrenologist visits for a week He has felt over 287000 heads since starting business Dr G W Hay of Washington attends a talk by Georgia Hay on Mountain Whites at U P church The Cow PUNCHER play by Hal Reid comes to Graham opera house Sept 21 featuring a dramatic farewell scene
M Johnson arrived Wednesday from Cedar Rapids with the remains of his sister Miss Mary Johnson who died last Saturday at Sterling Kansas. He plans to stay over Sunday in Sterling and return to Ft Collins Colorado with his wife early next week making their home there.
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