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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1913
Page
7
A residence sale scheduled for Thursday January 28 1913 at 10 a m located 2 2 miles northeast of Washington on the Ab Anderson farm lists a sequence 6 13 17 21 as part of the property offered for bid.
Long profile on Woodrow Wilson as president elect detailing his busy schedule in Trenton and Princeton. The piece notes frequent visits from Democrats, talks with Bryan Clark and Underwood, and his habit of listening more than speaking while staying busy as New Jersey governor. It covers letters received, autograph requests, and his stance on appointing a treasurer, portraying him as a diligent, multi tasking leader in training.
The article discusses ancient Babylonian divorce practices under Hammurabi around 2250 B C. with alimony, public notices, and social impact. It notes contracts that provided for disagreements, potential punishments, and parental care provisions, citing Mercer's translations in the American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literature.
The 1912 fourth annual statistical statement from the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis reports nearly $19,000,600 spent in the United States on antituberculosis efforts. Hospital and sanitarium construction > most costly item at about $16.8 million, up about $5 million from 1911. Additional outlays include over $765,000 by associations, $500,000 by clinics, and $415,000 for open air schools. state and municipal costs outside institutions reach $280,000, with about $500,000 more spent by hospitals for tuberculosis inmates in insane and penal wards.
Harry Martin Jones, a Providence aviator, launched the first parcel post air trip between Boston and New York carrying 25 pounds of Boston baked beans. Authorized by the post office, he delivered jars to New London New Haven Bridgeport and New York for his mother a Miss Hart and J F McDonald Narragansett post office.
The inquest into the death of Mrs Woods's thirteen year old daughter, an invalid, returned a verdict of willful murder against the mother. The mother, too ill to attend, was blamed for strangling the child to end her agony amid years of painful fits. The husband testified he was away.
Rev W O Fisher of First United Presbyterian preached the opening sermon of a week of special services at Second United Presbyterian. The series continues with Rev Hugh B Speer of Omaha leading the remaining meetings.
A Harper's Bazaar excerpt quotes Ralph Waldo Trine on daily renewal and living in the present. He emphasizes lessons from the past without regret and notes that all people stumble but can progress by focusing on today.
A drugstore advertisement promises cure for itching bleeding or prolapsing piles with PAZO OINTMENT in six to fourteen days and offers a money back refund if it fails.
The squire jokes with his gardener about naming a newborn son. Wiggin replies that they plan to name him James after the squire, preferring a simple, unpretentious choice over a lofty title.
Mrs. A. R. Tabor of Crider Missouri credits Chamberlain's Tablets with curing years of sick headache after two bottles were taken. The ads claim the headaches stem from a disordered stomach and advertise Lemmon's Pharmacy as the seller.
The tubes of new German opera glasses slide into one another like those of a telescope enabling them to be compressed into small space.
A public notice promotes Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy as a cure for stomach and liver ailments. It claims relief from indigestion gastritis and distress after eating and warns of nervousness and gas around the heart. The ad emphasizes wide recognition of the remedy.
The Union Pacific Railroad educational bureau issues bilingual instruction books to over 800 Japanese foremen and trackmen. The program uses practical railroading problems in both languages to build technical skills and English proficiency among Japanese workers.
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