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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1911
Page
6
Des Moines Iowa reports a cool unusually dry week with scattered showers elsewhere. Corn condition averaged 75 percent with projections for frost risk dates and crop yields, while late potatoes rose to 54 percent. Fall plowing resumes where rain allowed and fruit crops exceed usual size. George M Chappel section director signs off.
Mrs J E Fink suffered four years of dyspepsia with headaches heartburn and nervous symptoms. After trying many remedies she found Miller's Dyspepsia Tablets gave instant relief and she gained thirty pounds after starting the tablets. One tablet provides relief and several boxes cure most cases at druggists for 25c 50c and 1.0.
An old age warning promotes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a darkening, dandruff removing product that promises growth and is sold with a money back guarantee. The ad notes fifty cents a bottle and lists McElbney Drug Co as the agent.
The twenty third annual autumn show opens in Pittsburgh with a wide range of exhibits. Uncle Sam displays include a government mint type coin press and displays from the post office and revenue cutter service. Forestry zoological displays and concerts by leading orchestras are featured, including the Balalaika Orchestra of Russia under the Czar.
Austin considers building a Hartford contractor led dam on the Colorado River to supply cheap power for mills and factories. The ordinance funds a two year project with a $100,000 initial payment and $64,800 annual payments for 25 years, plus a 10 million gallon concrete reservoir for city water.
Attractive inducements are offered to transfer educators to insular possessions. Examinations for applicants are held today and tomorrow in cities nationwide. The Philippine teaching service has scores of vacancies as officials push Filipino education, with 9,000 current teachers to be expanded this fall. School attendance in the islands is rising.
The report notes education consumes over three and a quarter million dollars of Philippine revenues each year, totaling about half a million in a specific context. It highlights the large ongoing annual expenditure on education.
In Pittsburgh on August 30 Bishop Karl Cranston of Washington presides over the Central German Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Lay Electoral Conference convenes to elect delegates to the general conference in Minneapolis next May. A large class of ministers will be ordained by Bishop Cranston next Sunday.
Utica New York August 30 some of the best golfers from the East and West entered in the tournament begun by the Yahnund sis Golf Club Walter J Travis winner of 1909 and T M Sherman champion last year are among entrants.
Detroit reports dry weather will cut Michigan bean yields this year. Despite a 15 percent rise in planted area, production will likely fall short of the 6,000,000 bushels record set in 1910, causing concern in Boston over the news.
Rumor on Park Row says Hearst will establish newspapers in St. Louis Seattle St. Paul and Washington with hundreds of jobs for journalists. New York editors may join the ventures as Hearst eyes launches in time for the next presidential campaign.
The text notes Spain has 101 people per square mile, lowest in Europe, with Belgium at 642, England at 557, and Romania at 117 per square mile, comparing densities across nations.
ZEMO treats eczema pimples dandruff prickly heat and skin irritation with a clean liquid formula. It stops itching soothes heals the skin and earns praise from skin specialists as a standard remedy. McElhinney Drug Co offers a money back guarantee if it does not meet expectations.
Paris estimates show Americans spent at least 100 million dollars in Europe from May 1 to today, about 20 million more than last year. Paris hotels serving Yankee tourists report strong, busy business this August, with more American visitors than ever before boosting local earnings.
Census returns released from Madrid show that population density is rising but at a slower rate, with officials preparing official publication in the coming days.
A Chicago man who sought divorce after his wife’s law job felled him for 22 days didn’t actually need a divorce. the story hints he needed police intervention instead amid a domestic dispute.
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