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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1907
Page
6
A collection of humorous vignettes on public figures including a playful tale of a secretary Twig joking about digging at the Panama Canal and a senator’s pun about a door and a pompadour. Anecdotes of Eminent Persons Bureau ads note.
A doctor jokes about operating on his troublesome nephew while the professor warns him. The scene shifts to a pawnbroker urging bets as three balls are called and fans cheer in the grand stand.
A humorous tale depicts John F. O'Brien, New York secretary of state, as a formidable yet very young man. The anecdote contrasts his political clout with Governor Odell and President Roosevelt, while noting his French-Canadian constituents and Albany influence in Clinton county.
One hundred dollar reward for any catarrh case Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. F J Cheney Co of Toledo locally trusted. Walding Kinnan Marvin endorse the firm. 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.
Jasper county Missouri uses tailings from local mines to surface and ballast 100 miles of roads. Three road commissioners oversee funding from road tax dramshop licenses and donations since 1896, with a total outlay of about 271,660 dollars yielding durable, dust free, quickly dryable roads.
Roadside trees line the majority of Belgian highroads pleasing travelers and aiding journeys. About 4 775 miles of road carry no less than 800 000 trees planted along the routes for shade and navigation.
Iowa City hosts a Saturday morning push ball contest at the Iowa athletic field to settle class supremacy. The event marks a shift from the traditional Monday clash, with a faculty committee endorsing the test amid minor hazing concerns. Cedar Rapids reports: Ross Hollingsworth, 25, fled after embezzling nearly 100 dollars by passing fraudulent orders, sought by Globe Express with a 100 dollar reward. He stole 50 blank money orders from the company and has since wandered the country using bogus checks, former Denver & Rio Grande cashier at Amolama, Colorado.
The fourteenth annual reunion of the Eighth Iowa infantry known as the Hornet's Nest Brigade will be held at Sigourney October 2 and 13. All members friends and veterans of other regiments are urged to attend. Signed SS 31 W. J. Dawson.
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