Local items and visits fill Washington week
A stream of residents and visitors move through Washington this week. Grace Seeley of Brighton travels to Brighton and returns Monday. Mrs. Margaret Johnson heads to Columbus City for two or three weeks. Miss Susie Edgington and Mrs. Richard Donaldson go to Davenport on business and return tonight. Travelers include Miss Stella Palmer returning to Monmouth Ill and many others visiting relatives, with several going to Albany New York and Havre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Seeley
Brighton
Mrs. John Minick
Washington
Margaret A. Johnson
Columbus City
Susie Edgington
Richard Donaldson
Davenport
Stella Palmer
Monmouth
Louis Rinner
Stella Rinner
Noble
Washington, D. C
Winter Sale Drops 25 Percent on Goods at Dougherty Bros
L Kaga departs for Mt Pleasant to open a branch grain office with C A Bilpitt named local manager. Lamson Bros & Co expands agency to Oska loosa under W P Purfild. Mrs Clare Nicholson heads to Havre to visit her parents Mr and Mrs John Putnam as winter begins and warmth is urged with a 25 reduction on winter goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Kaga
Mt. Pleasant
C. A. Bilpitt
Lamson Bros. & Co
Chicago
Kaga
Washington
Oskaloosa
Clare Nicholson
Havre
John Putnam
Electric Policemen for Philadelphia’s Force
Philadelphia plans a shock ing squad with a belt device by Jeremiah Creedon to subdue unruly prisoners. A wire from the belt channels electricity through the officer to disable subjects, potentially ending clubbing and aiding insane asylum keepers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Jeremiah Creedon
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Whipping Post Urged by Honolulu Church Club
The Church club of St. Andrew's Cathedral Honolulu unanimously backed resolutions urging a whipping post for crimes against girls. Aimed at men involved in trafficking and abusing women, the move mirrors a London trend seeking legislative consent for corporal punishment of offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Club
Honolulu
Honolu
St. Andrew's Cathedral
Episcopal
G. Hy
Battolph
Londoin
Cit
Prices of food rise widely in 38 cities report says
A U S department of labor study shows from Aug 1911 to Aug 1912 food prices rose in most items in 38 cities led by sugar and pork chops while only potatoes and sugar fell. Ten year changes reveal large gains across staples including milk, eggs, sirloin and bacon. The report covers urban and nonfarm workers in 39 cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
U. S. Department of Labor
Boston
Buffalo
Atlanta
Chicago
Birmingham
United States
Iowa inventors receive U S patents this week
Washington patent attorneys report grants to state residents including G Carlson and J Wideen of Boone for a table product A Fleming of Cedar Rapids for a fence post mold J C Hedges of Des Moines for a loose sheet holder W M Johnson of Bloomfield for a display rack F W Kelley of Sioux City for reinforcement cushions for pool and billiard tables and W C Maggard of Mingo for a road drag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Mesers
Davis & Davis
G. Carlson
J. Wideen
A. Fleming
Cedar Rapids
J. C. Hedges
Des Moines
W. M. Johnson
Bloomfield
F. W. Kelley
Sioux City
W. C. Maggard
Mingo
Fire sale notices list farm equipment and hardware
Waterlogged boxes of manure spreaders mention G G Mandt and J D Martin while hydrants from Oskaloo and a Fort Dodge barn door latch appear. G H Peck from Fort Dodge and G W Reeve from Nevingville list a one piece sled runner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. G. Mandt
J. D. Martin
Oskaloo
G. H. Peck
Fort Dodge
G. W. Reeve
Nevingville
Five Babies Born Together in Abbeville
Five male infants were born to Mrs. Audrey Lassen in Abbeville Louisiana with two dying at birth. Births occurred at intervals from five minutes to over an hour. The smallest weighed twenty two ounces and the largest just over five pounds. Other than the unusual number, no abnormal conditions were noted. Mrs. Lassen has three older children, two of them twins, all boys. She is twenty eight and her husband is about thirty two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Evelyn
Daddy
Audrey Lassen
Abbeville
Aly
Paris Football Riot After Match at Parc des Princes
A crowd in Paris rioted after a Scottish rugby team defeated a local club 21 to 3 at Parc des Princes. Fans assaulted referee J. W. Baxter with sticks and stones. players, police, and mounted officers restored order. Demonstrations followed near the sports newspaper offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Parc Des Princes
Paris
J. W. Baxter
A Little New Year Talk for Young Nineteen Thirteen
A domestic verse urging a kinder hopeful view for 1913. It promotes love over hate and truth over falsehood, a focus on youth, joy, peace, and self improvement while urging cleaner, brighter national spirit and effort.
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Dougherty Bros
HI. T. McKee
Leslie
Mack Moore
Otto Stichter
Albany
N. Y
W. D. Shearer
Henry Stichter
J. A. Porter
H. E. Davis
Wyman
Wapelia
Agnes McSwigeen
Wilton
Vienna
Frank Shearer
Fairfield
Loudon Machinery Company
Frank
N. J. Lease
Jas. McFadden
Elmer McFadden
Crawfordsville
8. D. McFadden
D. D
Will Clark
Winfield
City
Muscatine
the Lyric
Emma Menefee
Crawfordsee
John Putman
Counity Hospital
Putman
Shaw
John Ferguson
Monmouth College
Coal Valley
Farmers’institute
Hoy McElhinney
College Glee Club
Cleland, Mudd
Hamilton
F. H. Porter
Central City
Iowa
M. P. Watson
Kate Hager
Glencaston
West Virginia
Henry Parkinson
Parkinson
Wilda Augustine
West Chester
T. C. Uhl
Smith Center
Kansas
M. Costello
the Star Tonight
Frank Young
Charles Cummings
Riverside
J. M. Snider
Eureka
Cr. C. Strohm
Grace Hill
The
Rock Island
John Bunny
Star Tonight
L Huth
Minneapolis
Minn
Keota
Frank Gue
Frank Berry
Mrs. Thorne
D. I. Coon
J. A. Hillhouse
Hayre
Dudley Crone
Mr. Crone
D. M. Crone
J. M. Kelley
Maronge
Charles Welden
Wapello
Alf Chilcote
Mina Cambridge
Denver, Colo
Laura
Flossie Bridges
Mrs
D. M. Bridges
Menadesher
E. S. Thomas Washington
Lowa
Dakota Lands
Wash
Nat'l Bank
Res
Black
Robbins
Washington, Iowa
Stor
Rand
Marco Goods
John S. Stewart
ROYAL
Libby
Our Club
Roya Todd Stuart
Mutual
Creedon
New York
Patent Report
J. A. Harwood & Son
Dtresta
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