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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1912
Page
8
On April 20 Clear Lake yielded a large carp catch with 60 pounds and others up to 10 pounds. The Weidners oversee seining as the fish flood in. boats and boxes are in short supply to handle the abundance on the lake.
The Keokuk steamer navigated the Des Moines rapids Friday morning at 7:30 am without mishap, completing a bold passage that many years would not have seen. The crew saved more than an hour by skipping the canal, and other boats may follow as water levels permit.
Eight company coal cars derailed when a broken flange on a Minneapolis and St. Louis coal car caused the others to derail. The impact tore away a bridge, dropping the cars into the creek. A local wrecking crew cleared the track and a new bridge was erected. Passengers were transferred at the scene.
Cedar Falls April 20 Prof Robert Fullerton resigns from the college faculty after a year’s leave of absence to study voice culture in the old country He has been music instructor most of the time since 18 He was head of the voice department and will devote his future to concert work due to taxing the voice by daily instruction
For the first time, Oskaloosa allows Sunday theater operations after the city council passed the ordinance. A permit was issued during the latest meeting.
An advertising blurb promotes HYOMET for inhalation with a pocket bottle, claiming rapid soothing of inflamed membranes and germ destruction. It notes a complete HYOMET outfit with pocket costs $1. An extra HYOMELD bottle is offered for a reduced price with an ITYOMEL inhaler at Lemmon's Pharmacy and druggists.
An airy spoof argues the hoopskirt may reappear stirring a textile lobby battle and rail transit concerns. It warns of price hikes by manufacturers and jokes about sidewalk crowding and extended streetcar lines if the garment returns to fashion.
Mayor Frank Donelan of Glenwood offers $35 in prizes to boys and girls who kill the most flies from April 20 to October 15. Local youngsters have invented new swatting devices and await the first sight of disease carriers.
Councilman Van Liew drafts an ordinance to register and record all tuberculosis patients in Des Moines. The action mirrors efforts in other cities to boost hygiene and curb unsanitary conditions and disease spread as part of a state campaign to fight tuberculosis.
Only ten of eighty five county school pupils in Washington County passed the February eighth grade examinations. Grammar proved toughest, with many scores as low as 25 or 18, while the testing questions from the state education office were not easy. A May retake offers another chance to earn a passing grade, with some able to pass by excelling in a single subject.
Historical notes outline the Columbus memorial funded by Congress and approved by President Taft. The unveiling ceremony at Union Station Plaza will feature the commission, Knights of Columbus, and the sculptor Lorado Taft with D Hf Burnham & Co. as architects.
Readers are told a disease it cures in all stages is catarrh and Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure. The remedy purports to treat constitutionally by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Proprietors offer one hundred dollars for any failure to cure and invite testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio with sales through druggists. Also recommended Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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