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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1916
Page
7
A condensed overview highlights the national scene as well as Washington developments in the Greater or Lesser Import column, noting how events in the capital relate to broader countrywide trends.
Reports from Copenhagen and Berlin describe German offensives toward Paris and calls for peace overtures. Britain funds new credits totaling 420 million pounds as Zeppelins and submarines expand. The US pledges 7.5 million dollars to relief for Belgium while military and public figures announce campaigns and candidacies.
Five Christian County townships are the only U S territory under close vaccination quarantine due to stock foot and mouth disease. Other items note dye shipments to Berlin for stamps and greenbacks, a fatal train crash near Cheney Washington, and a large horse transport insurance policy.
Bombardier Wells knocks out Dick Smith in the third round of their heavyweight championship bout in London. Forfeits were posted by lightweight champion Freddie Welsh and Ad Wolgast for a ten round match set for Milwaukee on March 6.
Secretary Lansing seeks twelve more secretaries of legations abroad to handle diplomatic duties while the U S plans two additional navy yards for battleship construction in New York Philadelphia and Mare Island. The senate confirms Henry P Fletcher as ambassador to Mexico and James Linn Rodgers is named special agent for the Carranza government. The New York Court of Appeals upholds a theater proprietor's right to refuse admission amid published criticism. Secretary Daniels says Admiral Schley class submarine will be completed by March 15 1918 despite criticism in Congress.
The article surveys Torcello in the Venetian lagoon, tracing its rise as a refugee city after Attila’s invasion, its Byzantine artistic influence, and its later decline. It highlights the cathedral, Santa Fosca, and the ambo, noting restorations from 864 and 1008, and contrasts Torcello’s mournful abandonment with Venice’s revival through Eastern Byzantine art and the early Italian revival of St. Mark's.
George Payne of St Paul pretended to deposit cash and left the town after swindling a local bank of 177 dollars. He rented a house, paid rent to March 1, and presented a 277 dollar check drawn on Leavitt and Johnson Waterloo. The bank gave him 177 in cash. the check later bounced marked no good.
Mrs DeWitt Sincelbaugh of West Danby New York recounts nervous trouble and sleeplessness eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes improved productivity on a farm with four daughters and recommends the remedy for female derailments relying on its herbal ingredients as a long trusted tonic.
Priscilla questions Alden about his lack of speech as he explains he is too proud to talk. The exchange centers on personal pride and the consequences of remaining silent.
A home hair dye method blends water with Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine to darken gray hair. Apply twice weekly until the shade deepens. promises dandruff removal and glossy, non greasy results without scalp coloring. An advertising aside notes men explaining jokes to women.
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