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Newspaper
Washington Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1902
Page
4
Lew Watson improves and Mrs. Dayton recovers while burglars rumor swirls. A June 13 school entertainment charges 10 cents for library funds. Many local names visit, travel, or report farming, births, deaths, and church events across town and nearby.
The Harris Nickel-Plate Show arrived from York and performs this afternoon and evening at McGrath's Park. A 10550 o clock parade featured six Siberian camels an elephant and pipe players. Over fifty horses appeared in the demonstration and the one ring tent seats 3000 with praise for first class clean attractions. Mr and Mrs Vaughn and Mrs Crafton visited Town City last week.
A discussion on horse cognition describes how horses remember kindness and cruelty, plotting, and cause and effect. It notes stallions that resist mistreatment, the effect of scenery on nerves, and the link between restraint at meals and intelligence in both humans and horses. Local social notes follow.
A collection of maxims from Antisthenes Pliny Amiel Balzac Balint Hunt Grou Emerson Bronson Alcott and Cicero. It contrasts envy and superiority urges honesty in effort and the value of joy over pain. It notes true popularity endures while falseness fades.
An Italian artist pictured the four elements with fish for sea moles for earth and a salamander for fire. The air was meant to be represented by a chameleon but a camel was used instead due to ignorance of the animal. A second painter misrepresented the crucifixion with a confessor offering a crucifix to the penitent thief.
Judge Edwards of Lee county, famed for uniting many couples, marries a runaway pair on a public road in a buggy. After the ceremony the groom reveals 36 cents as his remaining funds, joking that he saved it for honeymoon expenses.
A Chicago Post quotation shows a client asking if suing is advised and a lawyer replying I do. The client vents that paying for advice should yield the desired guidance, highlighting a clash over expectations in legal counsel.
Bantering dialogue from a Puck caption features Gladys praised for life saving and Ethel asking why she married him, noting his claimed need for her. The exchange suggests humorous admiration and mystery about their relationship dynamics.
The Atchison Globe quotes a sharp aphorism warning that spending time praising one’s own virtue while idle misleads others, urging people to avoid self praise and to value genuine effort over showy declarations.
A crowded audience attended Rev. L. D. Young as he delivered a sermon to the high school graduates. The program featured solos by Milan Shields and John T. Beamer and a choir anthem, with prayers and scripture read by local clergy.
A Rock Island Route advertisement offers a free description of Colorado and a pamphlet titled Camping in Colorado. It promises detailed guidance for first time travelers and lists Colorado hotels and boarding houses. A postal request to the Chicago office secures information on cheaper summertime rates.
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