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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 1907

Page

8

Love Confession Echoes in Dated Speech

An excerpt from the New York World presents a florid, dialect filled exchange where a speaker admits deep affection, claiming past loves were weaker in force compared to the present declared devotion. The lines reveal emotional tension and regional speech patterns characteristic of earlier narration.

School Lunches and the Caring Mother’s Dilemma

The article urges mothers to plan varied, nourishing lunches for schoolchildren and consider weekly budgets for school meals. It suggests allowing occasional treats like ice cream, with parental guidance to control purchases and ensure access to healthier options in school cafeterias.

Needlework notes on press and materials

Press dark fabrics with a cotton cover to avoid staining colors. A white pompadour ribbon skirt six inches wide forms a base for a plain dress. The skirt features eight inch lace inserts and a circular rattle of ribbon lace and fine tuckwork. Toweling and Huckaback weave used in dress foundations.

Craftwork for decorative sachets and bags

Working Biedertner designs use the cress stitel for tiny colored squares. Overtopped with Toweling, the pieces become stand covers, dressers cowls, and cushions in baking powder bar shapes. Little affairs cut from colored kid are lined with silk, notched at the top, tied with cords and tassels, looped for easy closure.

Nice

Portrait Pricing Banter in Harper's Weekly

A humorous exchange from Harper's Weekly questions painting a full length portrait. The dialogue hints at pricing expectations for a portrait, with a playful line about width and length.

Harpers Weekly

Military style action at Roosevelt garrison over Galbraith appointment

National Commander J Edwin Browne of the Army and Navy Union demanded recognition for Ros Galbraith as department commander of Washington garrison. A brigade aide tore the garrison charter from the charter’s pasteboard. Superior Wisconsin and Duluth Commercial plan a Inland waterway campaign with the steamer Thomas F Col visiting harbor before a Mississippi river journey with President Roosevelt at Keokuk Iowa.

Washington J. Edwin Browne Army and Navy Union Roosevelt Ross Galbraith Washington Garrison Superior Wis Superior and Duluth Chile Inland Waterway Commission Thomas F. Col St. Pan Mississippi River Keokuk

Saloons fined for Fourth of July open hours in Grand Rapids

In Grand Rapids Michigan Judge Stuart's court fined 152 saloon keepers twenty five dollars each for remaining open on the Fourth of July. Prosecuting Attorney McDonald, recently returned, led the inquisitorial inspection of the saloons.

Grand Rapids, Mich Sieach Stuart McDonald

Milk Prices to Rise Sharply This Winter in New York

Milk in New York will command higher prices this winter than in generations, dealers predicting peaks above the former high. Bottled milk will cost ten to twelve cents, up from six for current deliveries as the season starts. A fragment mentions an unrelated incident about Raimes Taep and a derailed claim of a wife’s insanity.

New York

Through the Dragon's Gate Prince seeks lost temper

Rudolf Ruddle's temper vanishes and his nurse declares it travels to the Land of Lost Things via a dragon's cave. Princess Adria helps him pursue the temper, convincing him to journey with her to reclaim what he must find to remain a true prince.

Rince Ruddle Rudolf Nurse Adria Lin Tie Ile Sols

Missing Temper and The Dragon’s Lost Land

Adria and Rudolf flee a dragon to the Land of Lost Things a sunlit realm of singing birds and silver streams. They explore a place where all lost earthly things reside and discover no other people until exhaustion ends their journey.

Lost Land adventure ends as Rudolf guards silver fruit

Rudolf and Adria return from a quest in the Lost Land with a silver ball found on a colorful bush. A dragon watches as they exit a cave after five years away. The pair walk home hand in hand, with the treasure safely hidden in Adria’s handkerchief.

Adrian Adria Rudolf New York

Gas prices and industry response prompt public complaint

A Philadelphia Press quote on rising gas costs and how the industry treats consumer complaints. The dialogue shows frustration with gas providers and their handling of public concerns.

Philadelphia Press

Better Living Note Urges Striving for Excellence

A motivational piece urges readers to review their day and strive for the best in all actions. It questions satisfaction with second best and emphasizes seizing tomorrow to improve performance and capitalize on golden opportunities.

Headache Relief via Warm Cologne Cloths

Reading fragment advises using hot perfumed water on the face neck and a strong wash to relieve a headache. It recommends bathing the face and back of the neck with hot water scented with perfume and applying hot cloths to the forehead and behind the ears for quick relief.

A Question of Words from Cockney Banter

In a Tatler exchange, Cockney Tommy and Jimmy debate spellings of a word. Tommy challenges the standard spelling with playful misdirection, contrasting Faught and Fort. The exchange centers on how a word sounds versus how it is written.

Tommy Jimmy Tatler

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