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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1913
Page
6
Illustrated with actual wartime photos this thrilling novelization of the noted play by Bronson Howard and Henry Tyrrell becomes the literary sensation of the hour.
Englishmen aimed for the pole but Amundsen and his Norse team beat them to it. Nova left Christchurch on December 13 and is expected to reach Cape Evans, linking with Scott’s party. Amundsen discusses dogs, sledging in the plateau, and the sacrifices of the expedition, stressing the hard realities over heroics.
Fifty years ago today January 1 marks the proclamation of emancipation with Lincoln designating affected states. The British minister Earl Russell notes the act makes slavery both legal and illegal. General J B McRuder captures Galveston, Texas, in a combined land and water assault against Federal troops and gunboats.
The article notes that Dilgurit plans to fund wartime costs largely through tobacco exports. It mentions Bulgarian and Turkish tobaccos, notes premium Turkish tobacco prices, and predicts Bulgaria and Greece may form a monopoly postwar to raise tobacco prices. It hints that much water expenditure may be settled this way.
A playful marching chant frames a humorous campaign through places with long, tricky names. The verses celebrate victories and skirmishes at towns like Moschopolis and Teherkeskist while rallying to free Karahassakoion and conquer Teherkoskis and related locales.
New York engineer Christopher Benedict of the yacht Holgrass died after starting a ride from the Columbia Yacht Club. He sped north in his new motorcycle, could not slow, and the machine ran away through a crowded street.
A motor cycle veered through pedestrians on Ninety-seventh Street. Benedict leapt from the bike to avoid the crash, breaking through railing and injuring himself as the machine dropped into an areaway. The engineer died two hours after admission with a crushed skull and internal injuries.
A playful, slightly surreal excerpt questions ownership of coal and mine space as the author jokes about being constrained by a straightjacket while discussing coal consumption and storage.
A humor column quotes a customs inspector weighing a jesting traveler who claims to bring only a wealthy widow. The inspector ponders the joke and jokes that the widow might be classified as baled hay, granting four free passes.
An amateur scientist claims one banana equals one pound of beef in nourishment, while a magnate predicts more banana consumption once costs are cut and profits reach a hundred percent per fruit. The exchange hints at potential market moves if price and production hurdles are solved.
Mr Gabby Gidd, a lecturer, addressed a mixed audience at the town hall last night. They were more mixed after his half hour lecture, the paper notes.
A young man seeks help to decipher a girl's letter and finds a hint in the lines. A friend suggests reading between the lines and LT may locate the lines.
A Chicago socialite notes Mrs Wobbacch has built a summer cottage in South Dakota combining necessity and pleasure as part of her yearly plans.
Luke Parsons known as the human ostrich underwent surgery at the House of Mercy hospital after ingesting 132 nails two keys six knives and a piece of iron. Doctors W C Wilder and F A Dodd removed the objects causing peritonitis. Parsons had swallowed nails ten years earlier while a carpenter and later added knives and metal scraps to his meals. He says he has eaten no solid nourishment since last Thanksgiving. he is forty years old.
Chicago tale of detective Etchingham who attempted to detect a hand book bid by rummaging a garbage can at a cigar store. He claims to have obtained the goods but spoiled his clothes in the effort.
A historical timetable lists eastbound and westbound trains with arrivals and departures. It names multiple trains by number and type, such as Exp Lo Pass and Local Freight, with times and agent credits to H W Russell and F L Broadgate.
Train departures listed include No 10 passenger at 9 37 am No 92 accommodation at 10 30 am No 4 passenger at 6 10 pm All trains run daily except Sunday.
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