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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1913
Page
7
The parcel post proves useful with deliveries between country and town. Farmers order goods by telephone and have them mailed, and butter and eggs move through the rural carrier system. The Mills Seed company leads outbound parcels, with Washington sending more than twice as many as much larger towns.
The young year strides with energy and hope, inviting all to seize chances to rise from the mud to the skies. It urges starting anew with resolve, dropping old habits, and pursuing a bright path, as it cheerfully cavorts and inspires effort before time wears thin.
At the sixty third convention of the California Protestant diocese in San Francisco dignitaries urged a movement to restore the Cathedral of St Sophia of Constantinople, now under Turkish control, to its Christian church uses. The session focused on religious heritage and restitution efforts amid geopolitical changes affecting sacred sites.
Closing out sale on February 6 1918 at the George Auld farm southeast of Ainsworth and north of Crawfordsville. Items include nine horses sixteen cattle seven hogs 30 Duroc brood sows 45 stock hogs farm machinery seed oats corn and harness. Terms cash under 10 partly credit 7 percent interest on notes through W H McConnell. Auctioneers D F Macon clerk Kh 8 30-31-4
An Episcopal church meeting adopted a resolution urging the presiding bishop to ask Balkan plenipotentiaries and church authorities in England and Russia to seek funds from Christendom to reclaim the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople from Turkish Moslem use and restore it as a Christian church.
Des Moines, Jan 30. The organized drug store men's bill would bar sale of any patent medicine containing poison except by a registered pharmacist. Representative Klay introduced it, with Charley Miller of Waverly expected to offer amendments requiring poison labeling on prescriptions. Opponents fear pharmacist control could push patients toward costlier doctors' prescriptions.
An old style advertisement claims a single day cure for a cold using laxative bromo quinine tablets. It notes a money refund if it fails and includes Druggists 25 cent price with Grove’s signature on each box.
An old advertisement claims PAZO OINTMENT cures piles in 6 to 14 days with a refund offered by the druggist if the treatment fails. The ad emphasizes relief from licking, bleeding, and prolapsed piles and quotes a 50 cent price.
The Graham stage presented Madame X with Laura Frankenfield and Joyd B Trousdale delivering standout performances as Jaque line and her son Raymond. Critics praised Trousdale as a strong emotional lead and noted the large audience and powerful closing trial scene, calling the drama more engaging than typical melodrama.
Ames Iowa January 30 Secretary James Wilson will be honored with a public welcome home at Iowa State College after 16 years in the cabinet He plans to return within a week or ten days after March 4 inauguration date and the college prepares a wide public reception with speeches from state and national figures and a college response by Wilson The date will be set by a committee of state and college officials Meanwhile an advertisement for Chamberlains Cough Remedy appears in the same column.
The piece lampoons gossip as a fast moving phenomenon that replaces facts with guesses. It contrasts male and female gossips, notes anonymous letters as a pernicious form, and mocks the ease of defaming others with libel as a remedy.
Des Moines reports a bill prohibiting labor on the Sabbath except for necessity or charitable purposes and barring sports like baseball on Sundays. Offenses would be misdemeanors with fines from five to twenty five dollars. The Cosson law is broadened to apply to all officers, with removal for disability and three year disqualification after removal or resignation. Dean Wilcox proposes a student self government plan with a ten member college council and a general student council to avoid faculty meddling.
A reflective line notes choosing The Journal as the preferred newspaper. It emphasizes personal certainty and loyalty to the publication.
Iowa City students press for university student self-government. President John G Bowman and Dean W C Wilcox of the liberal arts college back the effort as the Greater University committee weighs its action.
Mrs. M. N. Franks aged seventy committed suicide by hanging in a barn in Fermington Iowa after leaving her son C. P. Franks home. She bought a rope in the morning and used a box to effect her death following long despondency since her husband Dr. M. N. Franks passed away last September. She leaves six married children. Funeral plans were not announced.
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