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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1912
Page
3
G 1 Pipino a dentist with offices at 615 Walnut Street pleaded guilty before Judge Brennan in the district court to practicing dentistry without a license. He was fined $109.
Doctor Pipino testified before Judge Drennan that he had practiced dentistry in Des Moines for seventeen years without a certificate. He claimed long practice made a certificate unnecessary. The state dental society led the charges against him.
Des Moines reports the Children’s Home Society of Iowa closes its 24th year after placing 4 580 homeless and dependent children in Iowa homes. Wards remain in state care, many now adults, thriving in own homes or businesses. Shelter at 2340 East Ninth Street precedes trial foster placements.
Plans are nearing completion for the Des Moines automobile show described as the largest in local association history. Decorating alone is budgeted at $5,000 with the event slated for March 4 to 9. Davenport IA reports the Iowa show follow up.
Timothy F. Anderson, 39, federal boiler inspector with the Interstate Commerce Commission, died at St Elizabeth's hospital Fort Madison Ia from nephritis nine days after inspecting boilers at the Santa Fe shops. He leaves a widow and one son. home was Fort Smith Ark body to be interred in Fayetteville Ark.
Des Moines reports the Burlington railroad will construct a $40 000 freight depot this spring. The two block long structure will run from West Sixth to Eighth streets along the Burlington tracks and is expected to be the finest freight depot in the city.
Ottumwa voters in seven wards chose Taft delegates for the county convention on March 2. First ward backed Roosevelt with 22 votes. overall Taft led 240 to 80. Senator Cummins loses a delegate in Wapello County.
Fire in Floyd, Iowa, damaged seven store buildings including the post office, with losses around 50000. Origin traced to a meat market, no cause yet. Across the street a bank building survived due to fire crews. Walter Small of Wapello died in a Monmouth Illinois freight wreck January 21. his wife received a $1000 insurance check February 5 from Great Western Accident Insurance Co. Des Moines through Mr. Johnsen.
Edmund Bacon aged ten in Louisville died from brain congestion induced by acute indigestion caused by overeating. Physicians attributed his death to an abnormal appetite present almost since infancy and his hunger that could not be sated.
Gainse Brown of Maryville Missouri testifies after a year using Parisian Sage that his hair grew from light fuzz to thick longer growth. He speaks with confidence in the product and recommends it widely. The statement was given to Dr C D Koch of Koch Pharmacy on April 29 1911. Large bottle 50 cents at Lemmon's Pharmacy and druggists everywhere.
Read by pastors, Lent rules cover fasting, exemptions, and dispensations. Ash Wednesday February 21. fast days with Sundays exempt. one full meal noon. coffee or tea in morning. light evening collation. meat abstinence. exemptions include youth, elderly, sick, hard workers. Meat dispensation on Sundays and several weekdays for laborers. fish with meat not eaten together. penance urged. extra devotional services and temperance appeals through Lent.
The text outlines a weekly practice with rosary recitation and practical instruction on Wednesdays followed by benediction, and Friday devotion featuring the Way of the Cross. It emphasizes reverent observances and structured religious rites.
Poem reflects on the strength to live by personal belief amid opposition. It praises courage to think independently, endure social pressure, and maintain steadfast love for family and friends. The speaker links love, strength, and courage as heroic, enduring forces guiding moral choices.
Rose planting day in Portland Oregon is observed under the Rose Festival association. Governor West Mayor Bushlight and James J Hill will speak at Mount Tabor Park the festival site with a new boulevard built by unemployed workers.
The Washington Telephone Company asks city subscribers to add street and residence chamber to names and rural subscribers to provide distance and direction from town for the next directory. They urge calls or writes to managers to supply missing addresses, noting rural response is low.
Moorhead Minnesota February 22 1912 the Moorhead city charter amended by a 435 to 35 vote to grant a 25 year franchise to corporations replacing the previous 20 year term. A Saturday evening social at Woodman hall North Side of the Square promises music and a good time for attendees.
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