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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1913
Page
7
A residence sale is held at the Ab Anderson farm located 2 percent miles northeast of Washington on Thursday January 28, 1913 starting at 10 a.m. The notice lists the property to be sold.
SIGFRED JOINSON COL. D. F. MACON Auct J A McCOY Clerk set forth as the auctioneers and clerk for an upcoming sale listing those roles and personnel involved.
Public auction begins 10 a m on January 22 1913 at the father’s farm six miles southeast of Washington and 184 miles northwest of Havre. Items offered include 12 horses cattle hogs sheep and poultry plus extensive farming machinery tools and household goods. Lunch by Pleasant Hill church ladies aid. H A Beenblossom. tu-f-m
Farmer to sell at public auction on Monday January 20 starting 10 a m describing 7 horses and mules 16 dozen chickens 62 head of hogs farming implements and seeds with bankable notes terms 6 percent interest lunch served by Clark and Paschal auctioneers R W Bozman D F Macon clerk Ray Dix entry Wash IA
Having sold our farm and moving to Illinois, the undersigned will sell at public sale two and one half miles south of Washington on the Wayland road on Thursday January 30 1913. Beginning at 11 o clock a m the following property to wit Head of Horses consisting of a brown horse 16 years old gentle and good to work any place bay mare 12 years old good worker black pony weight about 00 perfectly gentle for children to drive will work any place 2 Good Milk Cows Both giving a good flow of milk.
Harrisburg January 17 Pennsylvania reports the nation’s strongest battle against the white plague with a seven year program by Dr. Samuel G. Dixon. Mount Alto hosts the world’s largest tuberculosis sanatorium. 115 dispensaries aid education and treatment. two more sanatoriums are under construction to expand care for consumption patients.
Whittaker lunch will be served at a sale offering 44 Poland China Hogs seven bred sows and 21 pigs, 15 dozen chickens, 10 White Holland turkeys, corn oats and farm machinery. Items include wagons, cultivators, harness and seed potatoes with terms of ten months on sums over ten dollars and cash for ten dollars and under. Auctioneers Hollinrake Macon Therion.
A two location sale on Tuesday January 28 1913 at 10 a m offers mules cattle and farming machinery from Andy Havenstein and companions. Items include four and five year old mules two year old cattle wagons plows cultivators hay equipment and house goods. Land acreage pasture known as Peter Miller pasture will be offered by Joseph Nebel with 12 month credit on sums over 10 percent interest and cash for small sums. Lunch on grounds.
The Great White Way booster meeting in Washington on Tuesday drew wide comment across Iowa. Attendees reported an enthusiastic session and excellent hospitality from the Washington Commercial Club. A note from W H Fowler of Pella praised Washington’s hospitality and promised reciprocal visits.
In Towa City a Chicago man Harry Dean had heart located on his right side during surgery at the university clinical hospital. Doctors C P Howard and Clarence Van Epps improved the abnormal development first noted by F W Johnson of Maquoketa. Dean, who came from Boone for the operation, is reported well and the procedure could mark a notable medical success.
Des Moines Iowa January 17 The state board of education meeting requests more than 750000 for the three state schools. Officials express confidence that planned changes will take effect at the start of the next year as budgets are prepared. Opponents gathered in hotel lobbies during the meeting signaling continued questioning of the board.
The dialogue notes Willis praising persistency and Gillis agreeing that Willis keeps a score card through the entire game, highlighting steady attention to detail during the baseball event.
Vidal Stefano seven year old of Philadelphia was treated for indigestion for months. An X ray at the West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hospital revealed a tack in his stomach.
Instructions advise mending china by placing pieces in a large box filled with sawdust. This supports the article in any position while cement sets, using the weight of the pieces to hold them steady during hardening.
A German biologist argues that humans erred centuries ago by transforming from quadrupeds to bipeds. He claims many current ailments stem from carrying the spine upright instead of horizontally as nature intended.
Des Moines reports the Iowa state railway commission files a decision authorizing fixing switching charges and defining switching zones. The ruling lowers the industrial rate to three quarters of a cent per hundred pounds with a reduced minimum, affects Des Moines and other cities, and stems from a petition by the state manufacturers association.
The four story Farmers and Merchants state bank is largely finished with exterior work complete and interior finishing underway. The tall exterior elevator has been removed and the engine house cleared. Sidewalk access remains limited and no opening date is set. plasterers work on upper floors as finishing coats appear in the banking room.
A playful exchange shows Eloie declaring a clever dog and Ma bel countering with pride in her well bred companion. The villagers chuckle at the light hearted domestic scene.
Professor Gilbert of a Los Angeles high school told naturalists that hens once had teeth and that bird eggs have shrunk since teeth disappeared. He noted eggs would fetch 250 to 1000 dollars each at current prices if sold then.
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