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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1910
Page
2
Readable items show The Fair promoting 1910 campaigns and Vienna bakery offerings as crowds visit for new goods. Local residents including Miss Lena Maxwell and Miss Maude Moreland travel, while tradesmen such as Shary and Shary’s colonizing venture report trips and sales.
French aviator Leon Delagrange, once famed for speed and distance records, died when his monoplane broke up over Bordeaux. His career featured multiple crashes, spectacular exhibitions, and honors from the Legion of Honor, the Academy of Sciences, and the Aviation Club of France.
On the forty sixth anniversary of the Gettysburg Address the Lincoln car once used to shuttle the martyred president between Hanover and Hanover Junction was found five miles from town in sleeping quarters for a railroad repair gang. The old car nicknamed Old 74 was assigned to a repair crew and found at Seven Stars near Gettysburg division. Some propose sending it to Gettysburg to convert into a historical museum.
A dialect saying by Brother Williams from the Atlanta Constitution notes that truth behaves like a rubber hand, stretching more as it is pulled yet returning to its original place when released.
Mr Hobson acquires C D Gove interest and will run the Hobson and Gove jewelry store alone. Mr Gove leaves Washington to pursue a jewelry venture in another city, having already bought stock there. The move aims to give each partner a larger field and preserve community trust.
The shoe and leather industries convene in Boston under the National Shoe Wholesalers Association to discuss potential price increases for leather and footwear. Prominent manufacturers and dealers will address whether fixed prices, market-quality standards, or other factors will shape upcoming trade prosperity.
A historical note by Charley Duningham compares prices of potatoes eggs and butter across the years 1882 1892 and 1910. It explains that price differences reflect supply demand and weather conditions rather than inevitable rises.
The M E meetings discuss the parable of the ten virgins with oil and lamps representing spiritual life and humility as the price of admission. A second sermon from Genesis 2 17 argues God grants choice and personality, allowing sin but offering growth and joy.
A father guides a boy through biblical warnings on appetite and temptation. The tale contrasts sin with divine mercy as Adam and Eve gain knowledge by experience. Prof Babbitt and Miss Mabel Brinton sing a duet, followed by Grace Hunter and the professor performing another number.
A group of capitalists in Wilkesbarre reports securing leases on about 5000 acres of mountain land in Beaver township Columbia County. They believe the property lies above rich anthracite coal seams and have found surface indications. Two borings will begin immediately. no coal has been found there before.
An advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO Quining Tablets with a money back guarantee by E. W. Grove. It offers a “Step by Step” claim and features a famous quote about improving environments attributed to Sir James Duckworth.
The note urges early farm loan applications to secure favorable terms and reduce future worry. Edmund D. Morvson promotes savings for customers as the loan business doubles this year.
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