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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1912
Page
5
Local notes report Stanton Wins starts in the Journal tomorrow for an adventurous tale. Community items mention Violet Ribbink visiting Muscatine and a run of shopping items at Rothschild's with dress sales and new stock.
A poem reflects on the joys of the electric fan amid heat and helps. Local notices include travel for Mrs. J J Link, R H Riley and children moving toward Crawfordsville, and visits by Miss Alice Swickard and companions. Ads promote Rothschild’s sales and Caloric stoves. Health news notes Mrs. Gibson’s serious illness and paralyzing condition. Names include J J Link, R H Riley, Alice Swickard, Jane Swickard, Marion Torrence, D Scheib, E L Edmondson, and A J Wagner.
A reflective note attributes love to strength beyond measure and duty beyond burden, quoting Thomas a Kemplis on love’s fearless resolve and lack of excuses when faced with impossible tasks.
Fragments of a historical newspaper item describe a work titled Historic Blackguards with attribution to The Preve Publishing Co. The readable text mentions copyright and a potential publication note from a period press.
The piece chronicles Caligula’s brutal rise and fall from humane ruler to tyrant. It then shifts to C W Bardeen’s wartime diary describing picket duty and countersign mishaps showing civilian-like laxity and humour among recruits.
A Washington Star quip contrasts understanding of classical music with a jab at composers who “muss” a tune. Mr. Comrox admits limited knowledge yet frames the idea as a critic’s attempt to alter a melody rather than create.
A German postal employee who fled Chemnitz with $40,000 in cash and papers was captured in Raleigh after Swiss detectives noticed his loud laughter at newspaper photos in a hotel restaurant. They found a photo description with a $250 reward linking to the man. A large sum of shares and notes was found in his room.
The saying refers to a supposed Mahometan custom allowing followers to eat all but one portion of a pig. The specific portion was not defined, so a Mahometan who did not wholly avoid pork risked consuming the entire hog.
A man bitten by a poisonous reptile aboard a ship bound for India was saved after an Indian medicine man using a native herb treatment countered the poison. The ship’s doctor and a renowned surgeon could not control it, but a single remedy halted the poison within a day. Roots and herbs are nature s cures for disease. Lydia E Pinkham s Vegetable Compound arises from field roots and herbs.
Washington reports Russia shows strong interest in motor cars as an army adjunct. A large fleet of motor trucks and an automobile regiment enable rapid troop movement, potentially shifting a campaign by moving 1,000 to 1,500 soldiers sixty miles within hours.
A device to detect joy riding in another man's car uses two bright red disks that appear automatically to notify the police when misused. When the owner or his representative uses the car the disks do not show, replaced by a concealed contrivance controlled by a Yale lock.
Miss Mary Hunters class of Methodist Sunday school girls will travel to Columbus Junction tomorrow for a day of picnicking along the Iowa River.
James B. Barl of Denver Cole a Civil War veteran received his 2.31 payment after 46 years. The government offered no interest, so Marl’s check matched the Aug 16 1865 claim. He served in the 5th Iowa cavalry and the 7th Iowa infantry.
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