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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1911
Page
6
New York authorities question so called fresh eggs sold at high prices while a poultry expert urges roosters be removed from flocks. Canned potatoes in quart tins and tissue wrapped spuds attract New Yorkers and ink trust profits rise as publishers joke about a congressional editorial corps.
A humorous portrait of the cabinet as a body of well meaning citizens who read the president’s messages with care. Members earn 12 500 dollars yearly and dine often while navigating loyalty, diplomacy, and the spoils system.
A lighthearted exchange shows a landlady chiding a new boarder who jokes about being a light eater by claiming he eats burning torches in the dime museum. The humor hinges on a theatrical conceit and character wit.
Elizabeth Colton of East Hampton Massachusetts, a linguist fluent in fifty four languages, will wed Dr. David Brainerd Spooner, an English archaeologist who helped uncover Buddha bones. They met at Harvard and planned the ceremony after a cable proposal. the wedding takes place in Bombay today.
Lillian Graham testified before Justice Marcus describing her relationship with W. E. D. Stokes and the events at the Varona apartment the night Stokes was shot in the legs. She cried during direct and cross examination as Assistant District Attorney Buckner questioned her sincerity.
Endria Bieiche, who stole funds from the First National bank safety vaults here and was tracked across the sea by bank detectives, received a one to fourteen year sentence from Judge O'Rourke. Spiro Alexsi awaits trial. In a separate report Irmeeton area notes Hem bree, a Southern Railroad fireman, injured in a hunting accident when Harbinson accidentally shot him while rabbit hunting.
Havana reports Senor Alvarez paid the $15,000 demanded by the bandit Solis and the kidnapped youth was returned home.
Forecast notes unsettled conditions in Indiana and Illinois with likely fair weather tomorrow. Wisconsin expected generally fair today and tomorrow with moderate southerly winds.
Pure bred pigs of both sexes from March and April farrow with a few fall yearlings. Sired by Junction Chief 152591 Black Giant 167427 and Longfellow 151668. A trio of males, hard to equal, over six feet in length with over nine inch bone. Big smooth type. Guaranteed breeders. G. B. Van Kleeck Keota Iowa five miles west of West Chester.
Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M meets first Friday each month. Cyrus Chapter No 13 R A M meets second Friday. Bethlehem Commandery No 45 KT meets eighth Friday. Washington Chapter No 98 C E S meets second Thursday. Visit ing fraters welcome.
Ads claim Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy restores color and growth, removes dandruff, and clean scalp. Promoted as safe for all ages, available for fifty cents a bottle via McElhinney Drug Co and other druggists.
An alarm at night that strikes terror to the household is the hoarse metallic cough of croup. H. W. Casselman of Canton New York endorses Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as essential for children with croup and hoarseness. For sale by all druggists.
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