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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1908
Page
4
Washington reports on likely Taft appointment patterns for ambassadors after March 4 and recalls Roosevelt era diplomats. It explains Missouri voters’ shift to Republicans due to large migrations to Oklahoma and notes ongoing river and harbor legislation and the travels of John A. Fox. It ends with a harsh, literary vignette about Clara Litinsky and the clash of faith and modernity.
Dun s Weekly Review reports active retail trade for holiday goods and winter wear, quiet wholesale and jobbing with good movement on old orders, and ongoing inventories without excessive stocks. Rain in many sections idles machinery as building permits show gains and mercantile collections remain prompt.
Washington debate over raising the commissioner general of immigration salary ends without approval. Arkansas Rep Macon interrupts the measure while New York Rep Fitzgerald attacks Daniel Keefe’s appointment as political debt payoff. Illinois Rep Mann defends Keefe as qualified and faithful to the government.
At Lord Amherst's collection sale in London an eight panel Gobelins tapestry set depicting Louis XIV. campaigns sold for 65000. A 16th century enamel plaque of the Virgin Mary sold for 38000 and a Louis XV suite including two settees and twelve chairs also fetched 38000. Total realized near 200000.
Andrew Carnegie secures a postponement of his date to answer a subpoena to testify in the tariff revision hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee.
Fopps canvassing remark about a six week old baby prompts the Candidate's Wife to confirm the infant's age and respond with pride. The exchange centers on the baby’s age and whether it is the youngest.
The piano pupils of Miss Margaret Reiner from Washington plan a program at the Richmond opera house on a Saturday evening in December. A four act drama titled Uncle Ruben on the Rodney Farm will be produced by the Rubens of the quarry. The event invites the audience to learn the science of Red Pop Corn from Best Dearest Uncle Rube, with program details to appear later.
A guilty verdict on counterfeiting was returned in a local case. The defendant substituted a worthless remedy for Foley's Honey and Tar, a well known cough and lung remedy sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Members urged to attend at Woodman hall this evening to arrange initiation for forty candidates in Kalona. A general good time is promised.
Our place will be open every evening until after Christmas. Mrs. G. A. Smith and two children were passengers this morning for Titus. We will visit Adam Libe and family over Sunday. Mrs. F. E. Ingham of Stratford Texas is visiting the Libe home. Miss Emma McChesney departed for Fairfield for several days.
The Star features a new singer and a program of "In the Woolly West" tonight. Haskins visitors J B Rabenold Claude Hancher Harry Goff and others were seen about town with Mrs F M Smith and Mrs Maud Helphrey among guests in Washington and Crawfordsville.
In Modern Society a tale unfolds of Belle finally marrying, revealing her spouse is the same man who proposed a decade earlier. The delay stems from age differences, as he was considered too old at the time.
Fred-Miss Budding is described as having a taking way and Bert-Um-yes is mentioned. She has even promised to take my name, a claim fueling chatter in the neighborhood.
Miss Nora Motts will be in Chicago from December 4 to December 21, causing Washington hair dressing parlors to close during that period. No other details provided.
A Huber attended the Farmers' institute on both days and returned to his home in West Chester this morning.
Foley's Orino Laxative claims to cure chronic constipation and stimulate the liver while regulating the bowels to act naturally, reducing the need for continuous purgatives. Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Miss Mabel Pennell of Sigourney travels to Ft Madison for a brief visit and will return in a few days. Her sister Miss Maud is staying in town as a guest at the William Dupuis home.
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