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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1910
Page
3
London reports Stamford Street formerly cited as The Road to Ruin is to be re formed and renamed. White slave agents once operating as theatrical men have been driven out, leaving a poorer but safer scene with working-class families and small trades thriving despite the lingering ill kept tenements. The Girdle Gang remains restrained behind walls for Majesty's pleasure.
The Laymen's Missionary Movement expanding through the south holds Georgia meetings over the next three days after earlier stops in Carolina cities. Planned southern gatherings include Nashville Jacksonville Tampa Montgomery Jackson New Orleans Shreveport Houston Dallas and El Paso.
Dr Woodrow Wilson of Princeton University heads the National Short Ballot Organization which will hold a conference of officers and directors at the Hotel Astor in New York. The goal is to reduce elective city offices and place minor officials on the appointive list. A banquet precedes the talks by Wilson Abbot Childs Hapgood Ford Denning and Woodruff.
Washington January 21 One of the season's largest charity balls will be hosted tonight by the Southern Relief Society at the New Willard. Proceeds go to a fund aiding poor Confederate veterans and their families.
Mme Tetraz Zini starts a western tour in New York on January 21 with dates through February 8 visiting Toronto Cleveland Detroit Columbus St Louis Kansas City Milwaukee Buffalo and Montreal.
York pa January 21 applications for liquor licenses totalling 135 will be heard by the courts. The Anti Saloon league will participate in the hearings.
In a local campaign flare up, activists opposing Put Up and ViebPous mobilized against liquor dealers. The dispute centers on advertising restrictions and market impact. Community groups call for calmer dialogue and policy review.
London readers learn that a new regulation ends the centuries old kissing of the Bible in English courts. The oath now uses the Hook in the right hand and a stated promise to tell the truth with optional old practice available on objection.
London reports allegations that coolies on sugar plantations in Demerara and British Guiana are treated with greater severity than enslaved Africans in Belgian Africa. The foreign office will investigate after citations of inhuman cruelty by influential observers. The coolies are said to be held in practical slavery.
William Marconi sails for America to direct a new installation of trans Atlantic wireless apparatus at Glace Bay replacing a fire damaged station. Clifden Irish station is re equipped and a resumption of wireless service is expected within a month.
A Boston boy asks an alienist if saying fossiliferous instead of palaeontological indicates aphasia or temporary heterophemy. The doctor confirms his specialty and offers help.
An advertisement claims Pape the Diapepsin cures dyspepsia indigestion and stomach upset within five minutes. It says the 50 cent case digests all foods preventing sour belching gas heartburn and headaches and compares to a permanent cure. It targets millions of stomach sufferers in the US England and Canada.
Washington dispatch analyzes the Taft Roosevelt divide focusing on legalism versus action. It notes a new regulars revolt challenging Taft’s policies on commerce court and federal license, with Mondell Mann resisting administration bills.
A satirical portrait traces despots being ousted one by one amid public cheers and revolutionary turmoil. It mocks tyrants in various lands, noting cycles of upheaval, temporary peace, and renewed oppression as leaders are replaced by new rulers.
Cure claims for Colie Choera and Diarrhoea diseases with Chamberlain's remedy in long use. Advertises sale by C. J. Ross and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
A small girl narrates her trip alone in a new red coat when a large man offered to walk with her. She refused loudly and hurried home, describing the incident with pride and relief as she reached safety. The account appears in the Los Angeles Herald.
An advertisement touts Mi-o-na stomach tablets as a cure for indigestion dyspepsia and related symptoms with a money back guarantee. It features a testimonial from Herbert L Patterson of Brewer Maine and notes sales through druggists nationwide and Booths Miona samples in Buffalo New York.
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