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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1913
Page
4
Postmasters receive notice of further parcel post rule changes from the postmaster general. Ordinary stamps must mail parcels to foreign points, while parcel post stamps apply to U S deliveries only. Instructions urge sealing merchandise to ensure first class delivery without extra investigation.
An old promotional text touts G. S. S. S. as a vegetable blood purifier capable of addressing pimple spread and various diseases. It cites The Swift Specific Co. and offers free literature plus a $1 bottle via drugstores, while also giving parcel post lid handling instructions for postmasters.
A Boston Journal dispatch cites Washington fear the inaugural ball may be canceled. It tallies 3,000 gowns at 150 dollars, slippers 8 each, stockings 2, and lingerie 10, totaling 510,000 dollars. Merchants warn of a social economy collapse as Wilson’s disapproval unsettles the capital.
The Des Moines Capital features seven month old Helen Neal daughter of Senator S. W. Neal of Washington. The debut in the Iowa legislature will be unique and remembered as the first senate baby to appear among lawmakers. Senator Neal, 67, is famed as an editor and publicist.
The New England Athletic Association considers dropping the hammer throw to boost endurance focus at Chicago University. At Brooklyn events, A A Stagg offers silver cups to forty eight top endurance athletes, while Michigan contends with Jimmy Craig’s knee injury.
Tomorrow the 25th at 1 15 p m regular story time at the Noblesville library Miss Maud McCreedy returns as storyteller after two weeks she told Ruskins King of the Golden River and the little brown bowl tale Forty six children attended last time prompting timeliness Advt Fol ey Kidney Pills praised for kidney relief by W R Fox of 195 W Washington St Noblesville Ind
Paris reports France will replace bronze coinage with pure nickel coins that feature a center hole. The transition affects one sou and two sou pieces and follows prior nickel five sou coins without holes. Nickel coins will be legal tender only up to five francs in payments and change.
WinnebagoNebraska man W H Chapman says he saved a doctor's bill by using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for his two coughing children. He reports the cough cleared after a 25 cent bottle and urges others to try the product. The ad notes no opiates.
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