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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1911
Page
2
Public notice promises prisoners will be asked to reveal all involved in bomb outrages. The ad emphasizes an unrelated grand display of house slippers for ladies gentlemen and children at Fox & Dewey. Window and in store displays urged. Shoes of best quality featured.
Advertisement for Chamberlains Cough Remedy sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy claims it cures illness promptly, wards off pneumonia, contains no opium, and can be given to adults and babies with confidence.
Prof P G Holden of Ames presented practical talks on laying tile to grade and on silo construction and use. Demonstrations showed how improper tile laying causes failure and how silage aids stock feed amid stock judging and corn judging sessions at North Iowa avenue.
Mrs. Geo Paul hosts Priscilla club tomorrow afternoon. Workman lodge and Gazelle Hose company members dine at Dempsey cafe after meetings. Harold Williams celebrates sixth birthday with friends. Darbyshire sisters host six o clock dinner for Mrs. Mitchell. McCleery invites to Friday dinner at 615 East Main Street. Young Women Missionary society meets at Miss Helen Fulton’s home. Mrs. H C Hull hosts Bachelor Maids on South Second Avenue. Out of town guest Mrs. Ed Smith of Kemmerer joins the social evening.
Cambridge report details Warren Buffum and his brother Jesse Buffum who walked from Boston to the Pacific under Harvard direction. Warren ate vegetables only while Jesse mixed diet. by the Rockies Warren outweighed his brother by fifteen pounds and appeared stronger. Yale tests by Prof Irving Fisher also favored vegetarians in athletic performance.
The A O U W lodge met at Workman hall for their annual session and elected Floyd Murdock as master workman Hal Reister as past master Charles Baker foreman Jarl Hout overseer N H Jones recorder Harry McCall financier George Reister receiver Owen Ross inside watch Joe Miller outside watch N H Jones trustee and medical examiners Dr C W McLaughlin and Dr C W Stewart Grand Deputy Fred Walton of Muscatine attended.
Mr and Mrs Caughey W entertained a large company at their north Washington home. They left for their new home in Pueblo Colorado yesterday. A 6 o'clock four course turkey dinner was served in pink and white decor. After dinner a short musical program and Forty-two games followed.
A man from East India claims to have invented an electric pen that carbonizes the paper as it passes over the surface. The device allegedly marks the sheet with a carbon imprint, offering a new method of writing or drawing.
Former California governor James Gillet discusses moonshine mining in California, detailing covert operations near Grass Valley, method and dangers to rivers, profits, and how authorities softened enforcement while viewing moonshiners romantically as a local legend.
A boarder recalls Mr Hall Roome fainting while reading the newspaper. He had seen a California tally claiming 70,000,000 prunes would be shipped to eastern markets this year.
A Pictorial Review note explains that when a clock runs inconsistently the issue may be insufficient oil. It suggests placing kerosene-soaked absorbent cotton inside the clock beneath the pendulum and removing it after about a month to find it dirty, indicating both lubrication and cleaning from the fumes.
Chicago December 7 1911 hogs receipts est 26000 yesterday 8050 left over market output mixed prices light 5 50 to 6 15 heavy 5 85 to 6 35 porkers 5 95 to 6 05 cattle 5500 strong prospects sheep 18000 firm to higher bulk 90 to 6 25 western cattle 4 40 to 7 25 and grain outlook from Beach Wickham Grain Co.
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