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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1906
Page
6
Washington reports argue extravagance and public money waste stem from a three month session leaving lawmakers unable to complete a year’s work. Debates touch rail rate politics and perceived attempts to undermine the president with aExchange about seed corn and a joke about a prince receiving jewelry after a speech.
The Paris born M Armand Fallieres latest president of the French republic is described as robust health and amiable. He is a Gascon who rose from lawyer to mayor to minister and senate president. He walks fast each morning and keeps weight down with a simple lifestyle.
Marion Anderson and others leave for Iowa City Sigourney and Ottumwa. Residents visit relatives in Columbus Junction Cedar Rapids Verdi and Omaha. Shriners meeting in Ottumwa. Crawfordsville travelers return. An ad recommends Dr King s New Life Pills from a Poughkeepsie address.
The article profiles Clement Armand Fallieres, elected successor to Mo Loubet as President of France. It notes his Gascogne roots, 64 years old, thirty years in politics, family life with wife and daughter, and his liberal democratic style. It also mentions his culinary tastes, music interest, and historic links to the Legion of Honor honor. The piece closes with a digression on Christmas waits and old English Scottish musical traditions and their origins.
The palm tree is traced as a symbol of victory from ancient Greece and Rome to Hebrew and Christian traditions. It decorated cities for victorious returns and entered Jerusalem with Christ, later symbolizing triumph over death and martyrdom in early Christian practice.
Prof. W R Manning, secured as instructor, leads the interdenominational Sunday school institute on January 30 and 31 at the First U P Church. A Canada education specialist, he brings decades of teacher training experience to Iowa Sunday school workers. The London Daily Press lauds his qualifications. The event is under the Sunday School association with local workers part of a strong program.
A Washington advertisement warns that dyspepsia traps victims and promotes Miona tablets from Columbia Pharmacy. The copy promises relief from headaches sleeplessness and nervousness by strengthening gastric function with a 50 cent box sold with a guarantee.
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