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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1930
Page
3
Five powers sign a naval treaty defining objects of the conference, a battleship holiday, submarine warfare rules, ship scrapping, and age limits for warships. Submarines capped at 2000 tons with France option to 2880 tons, 8 inch grips. aircraft carriers under 16000 tons included with guns limited to six inches.
A Tit-Bits writer notes London's Royal College of Surgeons museum as the world’s finest medical collection. Privileged access only, with skull rows and 1000 specimens from many nations, including criminal displays, an Irish giant, a Sicilian woman, a war room with casts, and a Napoleon intestine fragment. The mummy of Martin Van Buchel’s wife and other relics are shown in a historical section.
Archaeologists unearthed a clay tablet from Babylon showing a loan and pledge system. The inscription records thirty bushels of dates owed by Bel Bullisu and Sha Nebu Shu to Bel Nadin Shun in the harvest season of King Artaxerxes era.
The article surveys early football like games in Greece and Rome and notes English pastimes using a bladder. It cites Barclay the poet, Fitzstephens, and Edward II who in 1314 forbade the game due to noise, with later bans by other rulers in England and Scotland.
The text traces the game’s entry into rugby style play in Britain with Cambridge in 1863. It notes American early play at Yale in 1840 and the move to uniform rules in 1873 when Columbia Rutgers Princeton and Yale held a conference.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes Americans favor slang over enduring proverbs. Editorials coin phrases that quickly fade, while the nation remains young and must borrow wisdom from older civilizations until a lasting American wisdom emerges.
English royal Sandringham House near Sandringham village in Norfolk covers about 7000 acres. It was acquired in 1861 by the future King Edward VII for roughly 1.25 million dollars and was developed into a model modern estate. The brick and stone Elizabethan style house sits in a 200 acre park with a tablet noting construction by Albert Edward and Alexandra in the year of our Lord 1870.
Tommy is sent to borrow a gardening fork from the next door neighbor. His asking manner earns a scolding from Jones. Tommy recalls Dad’s instruction to try Mr Robinson next door if the first neighbor refused.
In a small country town during World War I a quick trading solicitor selling her stamp quota faced a humorous reaction. She explained the stamps purpose to a local resident who replied that they did not need them as they did not write many letters.
Quotations reflect on eloquence and remorse as a child strays then returns to duty, with nature and tears highlighted as part of the moral moment.
George J. Hoyer of Burlington Iowa testifies Konjola relieved three years of rheumatism neuritis and kidney swelling after using six bottles. He praises the medicine as going to the source of ills and claims lasting health gains. Konjola is marketed in Washington Iowa by George L McDaniel drug store and other towns.
A Buffalo News item notes a man who, at a rare moment, declines further money. The concise report highlights the unexpected stance and local reaction.
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