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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1913
Page
4
The Schmoeller Broadgate Stock minstrels staged a baseball benefit at the Graham to a large, enthusiastic crowd. Proceeds went to a local club, with two performances planned, including a pianologue by Prof. Snyder. The show featured a 26-member chorus, varied costumes, and multiple solos and duets.
A story follows two neighbor dogs Spottie and Blackie whose vanity prompts bickering and escalating pranks. Their mistresses tire of quarrels, and the pair are relocated to new homes. A traveling patent medicine show visits Washington with a strong chorus and a cast including Merle Lytle and George Dempsey, sending the troupe to perform again tonight.
The text offers one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes a testimonial from J Cheney & Co of Toledo and a pledge from National Bank of Commerce attesting to F J Cheney's integrity. The product is described as an internal remedy that acts directly on the blood.
President-elect Wilson and House Democrat Underwood discuss an early extra session to convene around mid March. They anticipate revising every tariff schedule, possibly enacting them separately, and consider other measures including the Jones Philippine bill for provisional government and eventual independence.
The Washington post office mailed the first parcel at parcel post rates this morning. J H Lemmon of Lemmon's Pharmacy sent an eight ounce parcel to Des Moines, paying six cents and saving two cents. The weight limit now extends to eleven pounds and all parcels use new parcel post stamps.
An advertisement claims Hyomei cures catarrhal deafness caused by catarrh germs in the Eustachian tubes by killing germs and reducing inflammation. It promotes relief for catarrh coughs colds bronchitis and sore throat with a 50 cent inhaler and a refund if not satisfied from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Marion county grand jury indicts Dr. William B. Craig and A. M. Ragsdale in the Dr Helen M Knabe case arising from October 23 1917. Silk kimono stained with human blood and a reward fund of 2500 are noted alongside alleged friendly ties and a Sunday quarrel. Craig and Ragsdale not yet arrested as prosecutor plans nominal bonds and a rapid trial date.
Webster Morton, a colored messenger for the Washington and Southern Bank, vanished with 6000 dollars in bank bills to be exchanged at the treasury department. A general alarm was issued to police across miles, detailing 3000 dollars in twenty dollar notes, 1000 dollars in fifty dollar notes, and two thousand dollar notes.
A heavy snow slide at the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company yard in Fernie British Columbia carried a carpenter shop with fifteen workers. All were buried alive and only three bodies had been recovered. In Lincoln Indiana Harry Hosner a wealthy pawnbroker aged about forty five died by carbolic acid in distress over ill health.
A humorous look at New Year resolutions describing good and bad types. It notes good resolutions resemble durable paving materials used on warm roads, while bad ones fail by mid January. The piece satirically traces how resolve fades, boasts, or collapses under temptation and social boasts.
The Navy Department reports the Aglington Virginia wireless tower caught the Paris Eiffel Tower time signal about 4900 miles away. Arlington station aims to flash a New Year greeting to Eiffel Tower Clifden Ireland Key West Colon Point Loma and vessels on Atlantic and Pacific.
A vintage advertisement urges keeping Foley's Honey and Tar Compound on hand to head off a cold, claim it contains no opiates, soothes irritated air passages, and stops coughing, with a yellow package design and bold medical testimonial.
London January 1 King George conferred only two peerages in his New Year honors. The recipients were Col Sir George Sydenham Clarke and Lieut Colonel Sir George Kemp.
Boston December 20 President Taft will receive a New Year's gift a handsome oil painting portrait of his Aunt Delia Torrey. The work is by Emily B Waite a noted Boston artist who recently won the James William Paige scholarship of $800 at the Museum of Fine Arts.
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