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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1910
Page
8
In parts of the country, census workers are scarce as demand rises. Officials urge applicants to sign up, highlighting flexible hours and local pay. Communities rely on temporary staff to conduct surveys and ensure accurate counts.
Washington reports indicate no rush for jobs as Durand extends filing to Feb 22 for census enumerator posts. Tests Feb 5 measure basic literacy. 67000 or more enumerators to be picked, tested, and commissioned by mid to late March with training and instruction circulars to follow until April 15.
Edinburgh marked Burns day with widespread celebrations and observances by Scottish literary and patriotic groups. On January 25 151 years after the poet was born in a clay cottage near Ayr thousands visited the little hut to pay reverent tribute to the memory of Robert Burns.
Raleigh January 26 A statewide drive to prevent and stamp out tuberculosis will begin as the State Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis holds its Greensboro session. The plan targets early detection treatment and public education across North Carolina involving health officials and local groups.
Mrs Mackay, president of the Equal Franchise Society, travels to Albany for a conference with Gov Hughes about the suffrage question by special appointment.
Dayton Ohio and most of western Ohio will participate in a three day religious revival led by the Laymen's Missionary Movement, starting tomorrow and continuing through the week.
Expect prosperity in 1910 as leading lumbermen from Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma gather in Kansas City for trade conventions. They predict good crops, high prices, and general prosperity unseen in Southwest history.
Advertises Hyomei as a remedy for sore throat catarrh croup coughs colds and bronchitis. Describes using a pocket inhaler with an outfit priced at one dollar and mentions a lifetime inhaler plus refills for fifty cents. Claims guarantee or money back with address Booths Hyomei Co Buffalo NY.
A collection of short dialogues and reflections features a few humorous exchanges about rent, a curious powder room incident, a marriage inquiry, and a religious-polemical sermon. The piece blends everyday chamber talk with exhortations on narrow paths and Christian faith, ending with notices of new converts last night.
Weekly docket before the Iowa board lists dozens of cases against major lines over delays in coal shipments and transit, failure to furnish cars, and overcharges. Plaintiffs span towns from Redfield to Des Moines, with mutual complaints against the Iowa Central, C M & St P, Illinois Central, and other carriers. Witnesses include farmers, elevators, and implement companies seeking remedy and compensation in the January 1910 session.
A quoted exchange recalls a former suitor Mr. Meekton singing beneath a narrator’s window before marriage. He notes the partner tolerated his singing then far more than now, hinting at evolving feelings post-engagement.
An afternoon service at the Methodist Church reflects on James 1 26 27 urging true religion equals visiting the neglected and aiding their needs both spiritual and material, followed by an evening sermon from Matthew 7 13 14 comparing the broad road to destruction with the narrow way to life, inviting personal holiness and warning about ease in sin.
Mrs W G Gibson of Lexington Kentucky recounts a severe bronchitis attack in her three year old daughter. After using Chamberlains Cough Remedy per directions the child recovered by October 23. The testimonial promotes the medicine as the strongest safest quickest cure for colds in children and adults and lists Dr J Ross and Lemmon's pharmacy as sellers.
A 1909 verse narrative by George Matthew Adams laments pushy salesmen peddling useless gadgets and patent cures. The speaker vows to quit selling temptations and to resist every new device while recounting comic and cautionary encounters with clever touts.
Eight Jersey heifers aged two to three years, some full blood, bred to a thoroughbred Jersey bull. Gentle, in good condition, all springing, with several to freshen soon. Priced to move. J F Taylor, 1027 KE Main St Washington Iowa. Phone 605.
The undersigned stores announce closing at 6 p m after February 1 1910 instead of the previous 7 o clock schedule, with Saturday exception. Gardner & Bridger Sol Rich & Co.
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