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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1912
Page
4
The Royal Market touts high quality groceries with fresh fruits and vegetables. It announces the installation of computing meat scales under weight and measure laws and a Big Cold Storage to replace impure ice, inviting patrons to inspect the new plant and taste the improved meat freshness.
A nurse training school will be established with the county hospital system once rules are adopted by the county hospital board. The program may begin by September 1. Miss Bertha G. Kinney, the hospital superintendent, invites applications from young women and will share the rules with each applicant. The six‑member class will start together, require at least 21 years of age and two years of high school, with graduates given preference. The course runs thirty six months plus two months probation.
Reports from Burlington and Illinois towns say burglars follow the Hagenbeck Wallace circus during and after performances. Washington residents are urged to guard valuables and watch for crooks while noting the show staff themselves are not involved. Two Washington officers investigated in Burlington to prevent further depredations.
Grape stones yield an oil similar to olive oil. Used in Italy for soap and lubrication and lighting. France alone could yield 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 gallons of this oil per year.
A pasteboard box with 2.50 in silver and a pledge list from 1881 was found during moving Washington County Savings Bank effects. It records original contributors to a Y M C A building fund in Washington Iowa and notes recent revival of Y M C A activity with 3000 pledged for boys’ work under Paul MacEachron.
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