Oldest Lady in the County Called to Ker Long Hom
The county’s oldest woman, aged ninety, is reported as being taken to Ker Long Hom for care after reaching the five year mark of residence in the area.
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KER
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
6
Long life honored in Washington as Mrs Beaty dies at 95
Mrs Sarah A Beaty died at home in Washington Iowa at 1 pm after a long life spanning 95 years born in Chillicothe Ohio in 1815 she moved with family to Franklin Ohio then to Washington County Iowa in 1855 later residing in Washington city She is survived by four children H H Beaty PD Beaty Mrs Mariam McMasters and Mrs H M Sanford all present at her death She was a devout member of the local M E church and known as a cheerful Christian woman The funeral will be Friday at 8 pm at the residence conducted by Rev U S Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah A. Beaty
I. M. Sanford
Mrs. Beaty
M. E. Church
Mrs. Leary
Washington
Amos Alberson
U. S. Smith
Adams Express Office Sells Holiday Toys and Gifts
A WAL Turner store offers a wide range of toys and holiday presents. The shop features dolls, doll carriages, wagons, sleds, skates, tin toys, horses, air pools, and trains available for sale through the Adams Express company.
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Adams Express Company
WAL Turner
west @quare
Dolis
Wash Your Furniture and Restore Its Brightness
A department store salesman urges washing furniture to restore its original look using tepid water, pure soap, and two cheesecloth cloths. He warns against overpolishing and notes mahogany improves with careful washing, while many pieces have been neglected for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Care of Embroideries How to Remove Yellow Tint from Packing
A young woman inherits antique hand embroidered collars and undersleeves with a yellow tint from packing. An old laundress explains a acid free method using cold water soap and bluing, boiling briefly, rinsing in lukewarm water, drying on grass, then ironing flat under a linen cloth. If still yellow, repeat washing and boiling.
How to Clean Ivory and Restore Discoloration
Instructions describe washing ivory ornaments with soap and water and a soft brush, drying in sun while kept wet, rewashing, and rinsing. For light stains use pumice stone, then sun. for knife handles use nitric acid and water. polish with whiting and vinegar. Bleach aged ivory by sun exposure or zinc and turpentine, under or without glass.
How to Hold a Veil Snugly Under the Chin
A simple method uses a thin round elastic the same color as the veil. Whip the elastic over the veil edge, include cut edges, and trim neatly. Tie in back with a tight knot so the veil gathers slightly and fits under the chin.
Marble Cleaning Method for White Stone
A cleansing paste uses equal parts salt and fine pumice with twice the amount of washing soda mixed with water to form a paste. Apply it to marble, focusing on discolored areas, then rinse. Avoid ammonia as it can yellow the marble.
How to Seal Bottles With Wax
Melt eight ounces of beeswax and four of resin in a tin pan on the back of range. Stir until well mixed. Put corks in bottles, press firmly, then invert the top of bottle in the hot wax.
FATAL EXPLOSION ENTOMBS MINERS AT LEIGH COLLIERY
An explosion and fire at Little Hub ten colliery entombed 240 miners as rescue work faced heavy coal falls and gas. Only eight escaped and ten bodies were recovered. rescue was hampered by shaft cage failures and obstructions. Crowds gathered at the mine mouth as families waited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh
England
Little Hub Ten
Entombed Miners All Dead at Pretoria Pit
London reports a government inspector and air helmet parties explored five pit sections at Pretoria and found the areas swept by fire. The seen bodies show extreme force with some burned and others suffocated. No hopeful signs of life remain.
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London
Pretoria
Simple home wash and varnish method for woodwork
A reader shares a cleaning technique for kitchen woodwork using a soap paste with yellow laundry soap lye and coal oil. After 36 hours the paste lifts dirt and old varnish, leaving clean wood for varnishing and revival of the kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Andrews
Foot Caught in Rail Frog Near Cadillar Michigan
Frank Konie of Kegonic faced a fright when his shoe became caught in a frog on a railroad track near his home. The crossing whistle sounded from a fast approaching train. a passerby arrived just in time to free his foot with under a minute to spare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadillar, Mich
Frank Konie
Kegonic
Ronie
Temple for Scottish Rite Freemasons to rise in Washington
A massive marble temple for the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in the southern U S is set to begin construction in Washington. The site costs 164000 dollars and the completed structure will exceed 1 million dollars, featuring a four story square design with a golden infused domed roof and thirty three floors of symbolic rooms for each degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Council
Masonic Temple Plan Reveals Grand Dome and Symbolic Steps
A detailed description outlines a temple with a 160 foot gold dome above grand portals, symbolic 3 5 7 and 9 step terraces, allegorical statuary, a 200000 volume library, an executive chamber for thirty three inspectors, and a full upper floor cathedral. The temple aims for completion by October 1912 to host the 26 international supreme councils meeting in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Conference of Supreme Councils of the World
Southern Council i
Washington
Morocco Reform Faces Army Corruption Challenge
A Tangier correspondent describes how Moorish officers block reform as pay shifts in house troops. The sultan forced a Fez parade to seize arms, revealing officers looting soldiers and disguising fake troops to impress the ruler. The gates closed and loot vanished into the palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
Morocco
Fez
Premier Asquith Summoned to London by King
London reports King George summoned Prime Minister Asquith from Edinburgh. The piece notes the liberal coalition majority of 398 to 272 in the new parliament and the king's interest in avoiding another dissolution. It signals a thorough discussion of the general political outlook and upcoming selections.
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London
Edinburgh
George
City Bus Line Order Line Opens By Phone Call
Call up Phone No. 589 Black and leave orders to Frank Rogers. Provide street and number for prompt attention and delivery.
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Frank Rogers
Miss Todd condemns domestic service as a form of slavery
In Dublin at an Irish Women’s Suffrage Association meeting Miss Bellingham Todd argues domestic service closely resembles slavery, noting hours and environment lag behind salesgirls and clerks. She says mistresses treat servants as inferior and advocates equal footing with business girls, including access to a plane, bicycle, or car for leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irish Women’s Suffrage Association
Dublin
Miss Todd
Manners vs. Mannerism Distinguishing Social Habits
A Detroit Free Press contrast highlights manners as gentle etiquette versus mannerisms as awkward habits. It notes how proper manners request politely while mannerisms show stuttered, abrupt behavior in everyday dining.
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Manners
Detroit Free Press
No Such Thing as Taking Gold Says Physician
A physician argues against the idea of “taking Gold” and recalls the old saying that you don’t take a car the car takes you. The remark frames gold as an external force rather than a possession.
Curious Place Names Across Ozark Missouri Towns
A Missouri Ozark county article lists odd place labels such as Rat Ink Gang Alley Timber Hallow Sinkin Birch Tree Timber Low Wasste and Not Congo. It notes Mountain View as hollow imagery and mentions Hy All Lon Joh Arp Osa Coy Day Bly Ban Iga Abo Roe as locals. It suggests towns named after Indian labels and poetic names like Shaadygrove Birdsong Romance and others like Kiddos Spur Wuehesa Stuy Meare Tranks dit Suaitne. Bona is cited as a Latin friendly town name, while Dagonia and Protem appear more radical.
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Ozark Mountain
Missouri
Congo
Gold Dinner Set For Clark
A Chicago firm of jewelers shipped to New York what may be the most elaborate dinner service in America made for former Senator W A Clark of Montana. It will grace his $7 000 000 Fifth Avenue mansion and cost 120 900 dollars for 900 pieces. Service for twenty four, two years in the making with special workmen and designers. The designs are simple except for a large owner monogram. All pieces are gold lined and heavy.
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Chicago
New York
America
W. A. Clark
Montana
Fifth Avenue
Clark
Amazon Indians Develop Wireless Telegraphy by Drums
Indians of the upper Amazon have developed wireless telegraphy using hollow log drums tuned to different pitches to send messages over distance. This inventiveness showcases indigenous innovation and adaptation in communication methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amazon
Upper
Mayors Receive Knighthood Under Historic Honors
The article notes that elected female mayors would, with other mayors, receive knighthood anew. It recalls feudal and Tudor era practices where women were knighted, including Mary and Elizabeth before their queenship, highlighting a revival of this distinction for women in modern honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Elizabeth
25000 Worms per Acre Report Sparks Soil Talk
An agronomy note states there are more than 25 000 earthworms in a single acre of cultivable land highlighting soil fertility and ecological activity.
Fire at Norris & Co Hide Plant Kills Firemen at Union Stock Yards
Explosion at Norris and Company hide plant in the Union stock yards kills thirty firemen including Chief Horan Assistant Chief Budrough and Captain Dowle of Engine Company 59. Ammonia tanks exploded wrecking buildings as walls collapsed burying the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris & Co
Hide
Union
Fire destroys leather goods factory. twenty three policemen and firemen die
Philadelphia authorities report that a blaze at D. Frieldander leather goods factory on North Hondine Street claimed twenty three lives. Victims were buried under collapsing walls as the building burned.
Old-Famous Double Jointed Boy Adage From Topeka
A playful inquiry from the Topeka Capital ponders the fate of the once widely told tale of a boy claimed to be double jointed. The note reflects on memory and local lore rather than a current event.
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Topeka
The Unconventional
The line mocks doing the conventional at the wrong time and mocks social norms with a witty voice about timing and tradition.
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Frederick A. Cook
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