Washington School District votes on bonds for new buildings
The 1910 Washington Iowa school board meeting approved a March 14 vote to issue up to 15000 dollars in bonds to fund new school buildings and sites. They favor a kindergarten in each ward, a central grammar school, and manual training in the ward and high schools with teachers reallocated to strengthen instruction.
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Independent School District of
Washington
County of
State of
Iowa
Washington County
Mason Transfer & Storage Co Announces Space Change
We thank the public for eleven years in the feed yard business and announce a move to farm implements in the same space inviting inquiries to inspect their merits.
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Busi
Mason Transfer & Storage CO
Rest Room Association Annual Meeting Announced
The annual meeting of the Rest Room association will be held February 25, Friday afternoon, in the Rest Room at 2:30 o'clock. A full attendance of the members is desired. The election of officers, appointment of committees, reports, etc., with any new business that may be presented, will all be of interest to members of the association. Let us have a full meeting. By order of president, Mrs. L. S. Patterson.
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Rest Room Association
L. S. Patterson
How Many Toads Needed to Ward Off Flies in Summer
The secretary of agriculture notes a single fly can ruin food and a toad can eat $19.40 worth of files in a season. With 8,000,000 flies in a kitchen on a typical summer day, the question asks how many toads are required to control the infestation.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Pape's Diuretic Promises Quick Kidney Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diuretic as a universal cure for stomach distress and kidney bladder troubles. It claims rapid relief from backache, aching joints, nervous symptoms, and urinary issues after a few days of use, with a fifty cent treatment available nationwide.
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Pape
Pape, Thompson &Pape
Cincinnati
Severed Hand Incident Reported in NeComb Mill
A man identified as John Richards Jr of Whanpeton NC entered a plating mill in NeComb Mississippi in February and severed his right hand at the wrist shouting It shar sin no more. Local doctors say he is demented.
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NeComb
Miss
John Richards Jr
Whanpeton
Weather Update Milnois Snow and Rain Today
A weather brief reports snow and rain across Milnois today with colder conditions expected tomorrow. Light accumulation possible with brisk winds and offshore chill.
Markets Report West and East Stock Markets
Chicago and East Buffalo live stock quotes show cattle receipts around 22 600 in Chicago with steers to 9.46 and cows to 5.75, hogs at 9.10 for heavy and 9.00 for mixed, lambs to 9.30, wethers near 7.95, ewes to 7.00, potatoes up to 41 cents, butter around 30 cents. Omaha market lists native and western cattle to 7.25, calves to 8.25, hogs near 9.10, lambs up to 9.75, and East Buffalo quotes steady with heavy hogs 9.60, cattle around 9.60, lambs 9.15.
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Chicago
Omaha
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Waco Bartender Kills Two Then Ends Own Life
In a rooming house in Waco Texas on February 22 Charles Franks a bartender shot and killed Josie Donovan fatally wounded Roy Anderson and Lulu Thott and then killed himself Franks entered the building saw Anderson with the Holt woman mistaking him for another man and opened fire
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Waco
Tex
Charles Franks
Josie Donovan
Roy Anderson
Lulu Thott
Franks
Anderson
Holt
Egyptian Premier Boutros Ghali Shot and Dies
Premier and foreign minister Boutros Pasha Ghali dies after being shot by a student in Cairo. The assassin, a nationalist in custody, says he acted to avenge government actions displeasing to nationalists.
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Castro
Egypt
Boutros Pasha Ghali
Eleven Injured In Blast At DuBois Mine Elevator
Ten men and a boy were injured in a dynamite blast when cigarette sparks ignited two five pound cans in an elevator descending into the Kriton mine near DuBois. Passengers on the cage were stripped of their clothing and three are reported fatally hurt.
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Pittsburg
Peb
Kriton Mine
DuBois
Opening of White Star Piers Celebrated at Sea
New York officials toasted the opening of White Star Line piers in the Chel sea section aboard the steamer Cocific during luncheon. The first trans Atlantic liner to use the new docks, the Cocific, marks a milestone with improved passenger and cargo handling. The piers measure 800 feet in length.
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New York
White Star Line
Chelsea
Cocific
Cencth
Purifying a Sickroom with Cotton and Smoke
The text suggests placing absorbent echoes on a pan, covering cotton to sear it, then lighting the cotton. The resulting smoke is claimed to be pleasant for the invalid and leaves a sweet odor in the room.
Journalettes Sail from New Orleans on Cartage to Panama
The U S Fruit Co steamer Cartage, built in Belfast and captained by Fr W Richardson, carries about a hundred association members down the Mississippi toward the Gulf. The English vessel, crewed mainly by Chinese sailors, features wireless and electric lights. The writer notes Bailey of Britt, the trip’s conditions, and a past collision with Atilla Reef off Spanish Honduras.
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Panama
New Orleans
Mississippi
Gulf
Association
Belfast
Ireland
Fr. W. Richardson
Harland & Wolf
Colon
Atilla Reef
Spanish Honduras
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Spring Fashion Books and Materials in Washington Iowa
Mrs I P Faris invites ladies of Washington and vicinity to view spring fashion books and material samples for suits dresses and skirts made to order or ready made. Satisfaction guaranteed. 717 S Marion Ave Washington IowaPhone 526 black representing Chas A Stevens Bros Chicago BtG
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Washington
S. Marion Ave
Iowa
Chas, A. Stevens & Bros
Chicago
The Difference In Family Size Between Classes
The New York wealthy family averages three and three-fifths persons while the poor family averages five and two-fifths persons, highlighting disparities in household size across social strata.
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New York
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Egil
Tee
Independent School District
F. R. Sage
Board of Education
the Central Grammar School
Des Moines
Facts and Statistics
United States
A. H. Wallace
T. J. Berdo
C. C. Cunningham
T. Wickham
J. W. Morton
Glendale
Guy Koch
Maggie Koehler
Clarence Dodds
Irma Wilbur Puodroop
Leila Wilson
Joe Swift
John Koehler
Cnteikca
Martin Koehler
Ruth Harvey
Emma Galloway
Hannah Harvey
Tommy Harvey
Dora Koehler
Irwin Galloway
Ixtempo Domes
Icv Cies
W. M. Galloway
J. S. Wilson
Ative
Letha Glassburner
Nola Harvey
Ness
Grahan Theatre
C. E. Wee
By Lem B. Parker
THE
Oceanic
Journalettes
U. S. Fruit Co
Cartage
Lower
Mississippi River
I. P. Faris
Hay’ Fellair Health
Phito Hay Spec.Co
U.S.A
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