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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1913

Page

4

Windsor Grocery Saturday Specials Folded Into One Ad

The Windsor Grocery lists weekend prices on California peaches at 15 cents per can, Genuine Sealshipt oysters per quart, best grade skinned hams, pickled pigs feet and pork, oyster baskets, ginger snaps, graham crackers, oat meal crackers, cooking apples Grimes Golden Northern Spy Kings, Jonathans, Belleflower pears, Baldwins peck, Sweet Wagner and Delicious apples, pickles, mince meat, ketchup, mustard, jam, and maple products with varied per unit prices. The ad targets Saturday shoppers with broad fruit, preserves, snacks, and pantry staples.

Northern Spy App PSO N. G. Kings Fancy Jonathans Belleflower Peete Baldwins Peck Tallman Sweet Wagner

Woman suffrage debate grows amid threat of election

London reports the suffrage struggle intensifying as politicians weigh concessions. MPs face manifestos and canvassing while some plan to sleep through divisions to avoid votes. In Prussia, Theodore Kessel, aged 86, was fined 7330 dollars for five years of false returns, with imprisonment possible under new laws.

London Bodendorf Rhenish Prussia Theodore Kessel Herr Kessel

British Bar Association bans women from Empire courts

The Bar Association of Great Britain votes to forbid women from practicing law and to deny them certificates. The move, described as harsh and unjust, bars capable women who pass exams and are properly educated from admission to the bar, leaving only settlements out of court in many cases.

Bar Association of Great Britain

Royal Pyrenean Holiday and French Political Change

The text notes King Alfonso of Spain planning a summer holiday at Bagneres de Luchon amid a noted ballet festival with Isadora Duncan and Pavlova to perform in a natural amphitheatre. It also discusses French politics post Poinecare election, desire to reform presidential election, Agadir crisis impact, and Papal expurgations under Pius X, plus ongoing tax issues in Germany with widespread false returns and eventual exposure.

Alfonso Spain Bagneres de Luchon French Pyrenees Raymond Poincare France Senate Chamber Versailles Agadir Briand Monis Caillaux

Auto industry notes highlight funds and licenses in 1913

J N Willys donates 150000 to ocean highway fund. Maryland issues yellow on black 1913 auto licenses. Major figures compare tire spending with Navy budgets. Spokane completes Apple Way gravel macadam. Arizona enacts new vehicle registration requiring detailed car data and a 5 dollar fee for under forty horsepower.

San Francisco Baltimore Maryland Leonard Wood Army United States Navy Spokane Wash Sunset Boulevard Spokane River Valley Idaho Line New Orleans Arizona

Study Finds Widespread Gaps In Public School Funding

The Russell Sage Foundation reports on 48 states showing wages for public school teachers often under one dollar a day, low per-child building investments, and short effective school years. It highlights Rhode Island longest school year, wide attendance gaps, and free text books raising high school attendance in some states.

New York Russell Sage Foundation Foundation Division of Education United States Mississippi Massachusetts Rhode Island The Bulletin South Carolina Washington Maryland Oregon North Carolina New Mexico Arkansas Alabama California New England Atlantic Indiana United States Bureau of Education Oklahoma Wyoming Ohio America Philadelphia Germany France Union

Hints for Housekeepers Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Ad

Advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a ready remedy for colds. It claims quick relief, no opiates, and that it soothes inflamed air passages and stops coughing, potentially saving a doctor's bill.

Foley

Some Day of Days and Escape from Illness

Poem expresses longing for a future meeting and renewal of youth. A separate item notes W. P. Broyles’s successful escape after fifteen years. Voley Kidney Pills claim to aid kidney and bladder troubles.

W. P. Broyles Ee. Vt

Washington Society Goes Democratic After Election

In Washington on January 31 observers note a broad shift as many in society publicly embrace the Democratic label after the recent election. Even close Taft circles are described as turning away from Republican ties as a social Renaissance unfolds in the capital.

Washington Capital Society

Kidney Pills Advert Says Fox Finds Kidney Relief

W. R. Fox of Noblesville Indiana reports after months of kidney trouble Fol ey Kidney Pills improved his condition and similarly helped other family members. The ad urges taking the pills at the first sign of kidney trouble.

W. R. Fox Washington St Noblesville Ind Advt

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