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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1912
Page
8
An American consul in Montevideo notes Uruguayan farms use a whitewash made from sliced cactus leaves soaked for 24 hours to create a creamy coating. When applied to wood brick or stone it yields a pearly white, durable finish and could suggest cactus use in US areas where it is a nuisance.
A fragmentary account notes the decline of Dagdad’s golden age with Nebuchadnezzar bricks reused in modern buildings. It mentions uncertainty about the Hearown-al Rashid palace site and preserves the tomb of Zoebelda Haroun al Rashid’s favorite along with Khar Ortma a large caravanserai.
Despite global growth in multilingual typewriters, China with about 400 million people has no typewriter in Chinese script. Yet Chinese learn other languages and typewriters are common in legations, consulates, banks, shipping offices, colleges, by merchants, residents, and missionaries.
W. M. Finstad of Pay City Wisconsin crafted a violin from 5450 matches over a year. The unique instrument reportedly emits a full mellow tone and drew considerable interest at the Minnesota state fair.
Viece-Conenal Charles F Brissel notes that cats eyes are plentiful in Amoy and cost about 1 dollar per bushel. They are imported from Shanghai and Canton and made from mother of pearl and dyed.
A cryptic verse excerpt contrasts Greek and Latin with a wife’s tastes, noting a husband’s preference for modern speech humorously described as boiled and served on a plate. The lines capture a playful, intimate marital tease attributed to Saxe.
The guide covers creamy dressings from a butter flour roux with sweet and sour cream, lemon juice, and ice chilling. It adds Mayonnaise Tartare with olives pickles parsley capers and onions and Mayonnaise Dressing with measured oil lemon juice and vinegar. Garnish principles favor simple edible garnishes over ribbons.
The United States Supreme Court opens its term with over nine hundred cases. Railroad rate disputes from several states are postponed to February 14 to await a Taft replacement for Justice Harlan. The docket includes challenges to Interstate Commerce Commission orders, with rulings seen as favorable to merchants in some cache of cases.
In Trenton Magistrate Maer sent Sarah Reed to six months in the workhouse for flirting, a punishment some physicians call a disease. The case raises questions on whether flirtation is a crime or illness. In New Zealand, Wellington, referendums show 255,864 votes for prohibition and 202,608 against, 64.98 percent in favor.
Ottumwa Iowa January 8 an unusual case of dialect personality follows an operation on Jacob Marsh a Richland merchant to remove a tumor from a blow twenty two years ago Marsh has no memory of actions during the twenty two year gap but recalls the first eighteen years of life his first words after anesthesia refer to the assailant who attacked him. Local physicians study his case noting he does not recall farm life or friends from the last 22 years but recognizes his wife and children
A federal force from Rommey Virginia defeats Colonel Monroe's Virginia Confederates at Hanging Rock pass. Virginians abandon rifle pits and lose two men in a hurried engagement. European talk centers on war with France and Germany. Paris fears a German march through Belgium.
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