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Newspaper
Washington Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1900
Page
3
Cap Riley 21757 will be found at my barn north of Fair Grounds and will make the season at ten dollars to insure live colt. He is the kind the market demands in size style and action. See him for yourselves. 15-tf H. BE. McCouuuM
From the Advance note, Ed Wellman sheared an 18 pound fleece from his Cotswold ram, a record for the neighborhood. Don Bull reports a colt killed by lightning in Monday’s storm. Dr Henderson ends practice due to ill health and will seek treatment in Chicago. Mrs Henderson returns to the farm.
From the Imprint J H McCleary received a troubling letter from Rev Charles McCleary in Nth reporting Charneys wealth poor and worsening causing unease for his parents who urge him to return home. Last Thursday May 24 D H Fox marked his 14th year as railroad telegraph and express agent at Crawfordsville with notable local approval and ongoing business growth.
Wilson Greenwood and John Levi en went a-fishing to Fairport yester day. Telephone Dupuis took them out from Washington on his railroad velocipede. Pulver's band arrived in town with new blue white gold uniforms. Clark Pulver leads the drum corps and wears a striking suit with a hair baton from Salt Lake City. The band roster lists numerous Pulver family members and Sturgeon, Barks and Banks among others. A severe hail storm hit Lime Creek on Monday, with walnut-sized stones and floodlike rainfall damaging crops and gardens.
A Kansas girl gains notoriety with a graduation essay about Beyond the Alps Lies Italy. She jokes she cares little for Italy’s location or a future poetic career, prefers marriage to a strong man, and plans practical domestic life while critiquing education and grammar. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills are advertised.
A fragmentary quotation discusses bending rules of three and related ideas, noting indifference to staying aligned with classical guidelines as years pass. It mentions shaving with broom wire as a metaphor for improvisation and letting standards fade.
On the first and third Tuesday of May and June homeseekers tickets go on sale at a single fare plus $2 for the round trip to various parts of the country. For rates limits territory call the nearest agent or address Jno G Farmer A G P TA B C BR N Ry Cedar Rapids IA.
Edward Johnson found a land tortoise on his Bucks County farm bearing the initials D R Johnson and the date 1846. The carving shows the creature to be over fifty four years old, tying it to the Johnson family which has owned the property for more than a century.
The Democratic party voted almost unanimously against the anti trust constitutional amendment in the house. Only five Democrats supported it and two Republicans opposed it. The piece argues this weakens the Democrats on the trust issue and aligns them with the trusts, stating the party loses campaign leverage on reform. Pioneer Press.
For growing colts Raven Food purifies the blood, regulates the kidneys, cures scours and exterminates worms. It cures colds, coughs, distemper, pinkeye and heaves in horses. It is good for overworked horses and old horses and prevents mares from dropping their colts prematurely. It is very strong and makes speedy and sure cures. For sale by Lee Scranton, flour and feed, Washington, Ia.
The Drainage Board of Chicago decides to widen the river channel to 200 and deepen to 30 feet. Estimated cost is 10 500 000 dollars, required to maintain Chicago's commercial superiority on the Great Lakes.
A wife testifies to suffering long labor with three children and using three bottles of Mother's Friend before a healthy boy was born. She credits the liniment with easing pain and allowing her to perform housework up to two hours before birth.
A 19th century ad claims Mother's Friend strengthens a pregnant woman and calms nerves, relaxing muscles to ease labor and reduce risks of rising breasts. It asserts quicker recovery days and urges readers to buy a bottle for $1 from The Bradfield Regulator Co of Atlanta, offering a free illustrated book.
Inside Washington holds scarce desirable lots within three blocks of the square. Prices top $2000 for a corner lot while a fine corner three blocks from the square is listed at $1200. Paving delays and debt limits suppress municipal improvements but auto service could replace streetcars in small cities within years. Washington’s painted, well kept homes and changing color trends mark a thriving, modernizing town with plans for a Fourth of July celebration minus old time brawls.
Report of Pleasant Ridge school for the month ending May 25. Days taught 20, number enrolled 17, average daily attendance 143, neither absent nor tardy Nellie Hesseltine Lee and Bertha Hesseltine not absent Oral and May Davidson not tardy Henrietta Lauderman Cleoa Putman Horace Hesseltine Charley Godwin Henry Centlivre Oma Baker Maude Gorham teacher.
Clement Scott portrays an American dinner party as warm and inviting with hosts who master conversation and flirtation. He notes English guests depart tired or bored, while Americans leave feeling delighted and enriched by the social artistry.
A Lewiston Journal reader recounts a farmer tale where turkeys scramble over a rag prize, chasing, tugging, and darting as they all chase the one holding the rag. The farmer notes strong human nature in the flock and jokes about setting the dog on the birds to end the chase.
An officer recalls extreme hunger in Ladysmith as shells hit mule lines. Soldiers carved flesh from a mule, cooked it over fires, and fried biscuits in axle grease to endure the siege. Despite hardships, morale stayed firm and only a dozen horses could bear riders six miles for a sortie.
A physician billed two guineas for a prescription given after an advice call. Later in the street the patient claimed he could not afford to have it made up, so he never took a dose. The doctor boasted the medicine cured him.
The essay contrasts English and American schoolboys fighting. In England fights arise from a test of physical prowess rather than anger, sometimes ending in a mill if onlookers disagree. In America fights stem from anger between boys, not from a challenge of strength or skill.
A Philadelphia Press quip features a moral man condemning a man who hides behind religion as a cloak and a practical man counters that such faith is flimsy and likely to fail, framing the critique in sharp wit about hypocrisy and credulity.
The Chinese minister comments on American women’s costumes as ridiculous stated by Mrs. Blykins. Mr. Blykins agrees that the minister’s viewpoint would change if he paid for such attire, implying he would take them more seriously. Washington Star. ips-bgt.
An amusing illustration of elite ignorance in science. Airy faces inquiry over a list of foreign honorees, with Gauss cited as a premier mathematician unknown to admiring officials. The piece mixes this with a noir anecdote about a stage dagger containing hidden blood, a trick used by secret societies.
The passage muses on furniture from Noah to Homer to Shakespeare, noting beds as symbols of domestic life and status. It contrasts ancient Greek couches and English beds as stages for heroism, home drama, and personal moments, linking Odysseus and Shakespeare to the evolution of portable furniture.
Describes how nostril width, bridge shape, and tip prominence signal traits. Indented nostrils linked to meanness and thriftiness, a hooked tip to vulgarity, straight bridges to firmness and justice, and Roman noses to combativeness and ambition. Greek noses hint at artistic sensibilities.
An English carpenter, who had not been paid for a previous gibbet, was summoned when the hangman’s circuit judge questioned him. The carpenter apologised and said he would have completed it immediately if he had known it was for the judge.
The collector explains his commission and informs Mr Slowpay that the tailor has placed his account with him for collection. Mr Slowpay asks if the collector works on commission and laments the situation.
In a brief exchange the defense and client teased about the costs of legal representation. A lawyer’s fees are playfully debated as a sharp, witty remark echoes through the courtroom banter.
A series of reader endorsements extol Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and spring tonic. Mrs A. E. Stay8a of Yonkers credits it with curing boils after two bottles. Miss Keri of Silver Creek praises improved eye health and overall vigor after using the remedy. Mrs L. B. Woonarp of Woonsocket calls Hood's a top strength builder and appetite creator.
Railway time tables note that on mid after May 14 trains carrying passengers will leave Washington as follows.
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