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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1913
Page
5
The piece defines an auctioneer as a man selling goods at low prices and using rapid slang. It notes auctioneers speak a special English that outsiders may not understand, and jokes that the auctioneer thrives while others lose money. It also flatters the telephone graph as a talking mechanical device.
Geo W Fitch of Mendota Illinois says he bought a box of Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment and after enduring eczema since the Civil War treatment by many doctors gave no relief, but this product helped.
Ella Flag Young, a prominent educator, resigns from her post as superintendent of Chicago Public Schools. The move ends her lengthy tenure guiding district policy and school administration amid ongoing educational debates.
In a stormy board of education session, Forewoman Bile Place Young faced a secret ballot on a policy shift. She refused to allow the Home to be considered for a second sale after Mel Young withdrew, followed by Peter Heinberg’s departure.
Dec 11 report says a troop train en route to Nuevo Laredo was blown up with many soldiers killed or wounded. Fourteen cars carrying troops reportedly reached Laredo before the blast. Rebels then attacked a passenger train on the International Railway at Zertuche near Monclova, wounding several passengers.
In Johannesburg three shots were fired at Sir Lionel Phillips, leading South African gold miner, as he walked on Commissioner Street. A pellet struck his neck area causing a panic near the Lewie Hotel amid tensions with his mining group.
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