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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1908
Page
2
B G Lyman of Cedar Rapids was seen calling on his millinery trade in the city today for business visits and potential dealings with local shops.
P. J. Daly of 1247 W Congress St Chicago shares a tonic claim for Electric Bitters. He says his feeble elderly mother gained flesh and sleep, improved digestion and overall strength. Sold under guarantee at Lemmon's Pharmacy for 60 cents.
Miss Elizabeth Fisher, a Swift and Company stenographer in Chicago, arrived home last evening for a visit.
A collection of humorous vignettes about misfits. Jabez, a forgetful widower, mishandles romance after a bold proposal. A proud grandfather endures a child’s milk deliveries ending at a hog pen. Labiche dodges a political bid over broken promises. A millwright dreams of doom, wakes to a perilous joke.
Poem critiques pride and scornful posturing, warning that looking to the stars blinds one to the flowers beneath. The speaker rebukes a haughty speaker for scorning old friends and superficial pride while ignoring kindness and shared roots.
A cannibal chief seeks baptism after conversion and a church rule on multiple wives. He boasts that he now has one wife after admitting he has eaten the others. A colored cook named Juletta Price explains taking her husband’s surname by marriage. Dr Magrath, claiming deadly authority, once declared a patient dead and faced questions when a true diagnosis followed.
A Paris scene features Dr Ricard outsmarting a rich hypochondriac who feigns illness to avoid payment. The tale ends with the doctor vanishing as the crowd suspects madness, highlighting a humorous morality about cunning and money.
Patrick Malone argues with a history mentor about ancient Irish vs Egyptian progress. He mocks the claim of Egyptian electricity by noting wires found in excavations, then counters that Ireland may have used wireless telegraphy due to the absence of wires.
The passage argues that forming a life purpose early is key to achievement. It cites Goethe and O S Marden, urging readers to discover a great aim, pursue it with vigor, and let evolving aims converge into a strong, guiding stream toward success. Persistent effort turns vague beginnings into a decisive life direction.
A nobleman courts a New Jersey heiress in a dim conservatory and pleads for secrecy. She refuses to gossip but obliges with a promise as he reveals his plan to pursue her elder sister the next day.
A summer seaside tale follows a youth asking his father for a new tennis racket. The father protests, recalling his own frugal youth. The boy hints at repeating his tale to future generations, delivering a wry moral.
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