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Newspaper
Washington Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1900
Page
5
The advertisement touts flour, Jersey Cream and Golden Patent dairy products, Elwood fencing, shelf hardware, lawn mowers, screen wire, rubber hose, cheap groceries, furniture, gasoline, oil, steel ranges, and cook stoves. It emphasizes cash discounts, plainly marked prices, and knocking down prices to attract county buyers.
In a courtroom retelling, a country lawyer recalls Mr. Tompkins, a wealthy, reserved client long thought married, who visited the office with an enigmatic motive. After a casual remark about marriage, Tompkins fainted from an apparent apoplexy, prompting questions about his sudden visit and a linked trip to New York.
A narrator recounts a deadly illness and a ghostly visitation. A sick man, Tompkins, dies after a vision of a spectral figure directing attention to a desk. Hidden inside the desk is the holographic will naming a trustee and five children. The will is probated and the tale hints the spirit sought to reveal the document before death.
A Boston schoolteacher laments the difficulty of teaching students the concept of rivers starting in the mountains and flowing to the sea. She notes many youngsters have never seen a flowing stream and struggle to grasp imagery showing springs, streams joining, and water seeking a lower level before reaching the sea.
A compendium of short religious reflections from ministers in Kansas City and surrounding churches. The pieces urge fidelity to scripture, personal faith, meekness, charity, and the dangers of materialism, stressing that true wealth is mind and heart and that old paths remain safest.
A Helena citizen recalls the Clark Carter contest and Commissioner Sparks ruling that no trees under eight inches diameter may be cut in U S lands. In Bozeman he argued the policy harms farmers and miners, then faced a heckling reply asking what a farmer can do with eight inch trees. New York Tribune.
Officers recount a light moment when two newspaper reporters adjourned the Illinois Senate session to secure an interview with Dave Littler. The reporters signaled their approval with a mock vote as Littler declared the motion carried.
In a congressional scene Speaker Reed yields his chair to a western Democrat who boasts of a farming past and large hands. Reed counters with a jab about never farmed, while the admirer hints Reed might run for president and advertise the claim. The exchange ends with a sharp retort from Reed.
An old Ulster woman dying from whisky selling on market days tells a visiting minister she is worth her money. He questions if she earned it by filling the noggin. She replies that most of it came from not filling the noggin.
A piano note requires at least a quarter pound of finger pressure, while a single key can be struck with five pounds to produce an effect. Chopin’s last study in C minor contains a passage that takes two minutes five seconds to play and exerts an estimated total pressure of three tons.
In a New York Tribune cartoon style exchange, Gadzooks refuses a table after recalling yesterday’s tip, arguing the waiter will expect another today. Zounds suggests a different table, but Gadzooks insists he has never fed the waiter and doubts the expectation can be met.
A Philadelphia Record quip notes a boarding house resident with gout prompts the landlady to act with unwarranted authority, framing a humorous social vignette from urban life.
A compact digest of two editorial quips. Chicago News notes you cannot sway a newly engaged woman to think all men are alike, even after ten years of marriage. Indianapolis Journal adds that we never know what we can do until we fail to make someone else do it for us.
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