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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1911
Page
6
A business and farming committee raises a guaranty pledge aiming for 1000 dollars to support a winter short course in Washington county. About 150 signatures collected with pledges totaling around 650 dollars, projected to reach 1500 to 2000 dollars to cover potential deficits.
The article explains a detailed government cloth contracting process for U S soldiers. It describes weight and strength tests for each fabric bolt, dye and wash tests, weather exposure for color stability, and end-to-end inspection. Imperfections incur charges to manufacturers.
The text notes William Bulleyn and contemporaries like Sydney Raleigh and Drake. it cites his Book of Simples and says figs aid melancholy and epilepsy, with sage tea and gargle as remedies. Charles Winslow Hall in National Magazine discusses the era’s leading physician and table remedies.
In Dinelish slang two Sharon HIN girls recount a pair of boys drawing pistols for a mock duel to settle a love quarrel. The scene, though sober and not loaded, created a tense moment as onlookers watched the accidental seriousness of the bet.
A historical note highlights the high regard for beards in the middle ages. Bartolomeo Catena's letter quoted by J A Forbaan in Sixtine Rome claims leaders must have a long fine beard to be deemed worthy of governing cities and provinces.
A visitor asks if domestic science is taught. the student says only sewing. The visitor replies it is a good idea and asks what the student sews most, to which the freshman quips Widcats in a humorous exchange from Harper's Weekly.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item shares a quip about a professor who opens with sleep as the secret to right living and then goes home to bed, illustrating a light moment about classroom routines.
A humorous aside notes that claiming a man is inclined to baldness is inaccurate since baldness is typically contrary to a man's inclination. The remark plays on wording rather than reporting an event.
A terse dialogue exchange features a child directed toward a mother figure, with commands to stop speaking and a prompt to quiet a child named Robert. The fragment resembles a stage or domestic scene caption from a humorous or satirical page.
A terse Lowell quotation about slavery appears in a preserved era text, noting the phrase they are slaves who dare not be to the right with two or three, illustrating a historical stance on liberty and reform within a broader archival context.
Fragmentary text references Canadian coins and attention to a center in Iowa during the year. No clear events, people, or organizations readable to establish a full item.
Iowa City approves an ordinance guiding the upcoming national holiday celebration. The sane committee drafts a plan to oversee events and coordinate activities across the city for the day.
Columbus Junction Iowa April 26 Dick Crockett a famed county horse died at age 28 bred raised and owned by Sam Foster He was the first horse in Louisa County to pace a 230 record and posted 228 He raced ten heats without a loss never distanced or drawn won money in all but four heats and captured over forty first premiums in shows including classes with sixteen entries He was a celebrated show horse with a noted record.
Judge Landis voices a lesson that population should not be the sole aim as Iowa faces a surge of Canadian money. Des Moines bankers report many Canadian coins circulating at par and a rising presence of Canadian bank notes and Mexican half dollars among the public.
Des Moines reports a plan to concentrate Mormon missionary efforts in Iowa. Four missionaries will stay in Des Moines, two to Sioux City, and two to Council Bluffs after a priesthood conference at Trades and Labor Hall. German E Ewksworth of Chicago presides over the northern states conference.
Preliminary plans are set for a fund raising meeting at the Masonic opera house in Oskaloosa Iowa next Tuesday evening to launch the final drive for Penn College endowment. Chicago leader Charles A Alden will speak and the Penn College Glee Club will perform.
Ten thousand dollars has been awarded from the Carnegie library fund for a new public library in Kimetsburg Iowa. The site is leased for 99 years and construction will begin within a month as ground work starts on the building.
The Moines reports the state treasury increasing from 813000 to 977000 in a year. Receipts through Saturday total 106000, largely from county remittances, marking a stronger fiscal position than the previous year.
In Fort Dodge Judge Kennesaw M. Landis urged that Iowa’s strength lies in quality communities rather than population size. He praised Iowa’s pleasant towns and spacious homes, contrasting with crowded city living. He said small town life could save the country and pledged to return to learn more about the state.
Iowa City chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution adopts the slogan sane Fourth of July and gains Commercial club support. A committee is formed to draft plans and seek an order restricting use of dangerous explosives.
Iowa City progress on the Iowa City Davenport inter city line reports $80,000 subscribed of $108,000 goal. The Commercial club committee continues efforts to raise the remainder with many former supporters yet to renew. The group expects full funding within a few days.
Dayton Iowa April 26 The booster club elected to form a cooperative butter factory with 144 stockholders including farmers and business men The plant to cost 7500 dollars will be brick built by Burnap Building and Supply Co An ice factory with 2.5 ton capacity will accompany the facility An executive committee of Waterbury Swanstrom and Berg will select a site and oversee construction
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only known cure for catarrh and claims it cures constitutional disease by internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer a one hundred dollar reward for uncured cases and invite testimonials from readers.
The ad argues that chronic ulcers stem from impure blood and promotes S S S as a blood purifier with a forty year cures record. It promises a free booklet of testimonials and medical advice from The Culit Specific Co of Atlanta Georgia.
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