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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1912
Page
8
A mother confronts six children who confess only to taking a bite from a single apple on a tree. The oldest daughter insists the apple remains on the tree with only the core bitten, claiming they did not pick it. The exchange centers on the moral of restraint and honesty.
Fifty years ago today on July 30 the navy elevated captains to rear admiral in recognition of key battles. G Farragut and L M Gouldsborough along with K Prue yout and A El loote earned rise after a year of notable successes in combat.
Saturday August 3 at 2 30 p m at my home opposite the Comercial club. Household goods include three bedroom suits center stands sideboard hall tree couch two bookcases rug 12 by 12 and more items. Also cloth press hall and stair carpet dishes lamps garden tools baseburner two heaters gas stove and many other articles. Announcement by Mrs R T McCall and Ch F Macon Anet 29 20 01.
An easterly wind is blamed for a mirage seen over the eastern Firth of Forth Scotland where May Island lighthouse appeared to float and its rocks looked ringed by trees. A crowd gathered and there was an attempt to photograph the phenomenon.
If you are a housewife you cannot reasonably hope to be healthy or beautiful by washing dishes sweeping and doing housework all day. You must set out into the open air and sunlight if you do this every day and keep your stomach and bowels in good order by taking Chamberlains Tablets when needed. For sale by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
New York sculptor John Pinnagan designed a low relief marble tablet honoring Samuel Pierpont Langley pioneer of heavier‑than‑air flight. The piece will hang in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington where Langley served as secretary for years.
Howard L. Rann presents Catiline as a demagogue who used reform rhetoric to gain influence while plotting assassinations against rivals. He failed in elections against Cicero, hired assassins, threatened mass violence, and died amid public acclaim for the crackdown on his schemes.
Two year old Peter Szusca wore an iron pot over his head while playing. Nurses and ten physicians at Bellevue Hospital spent over half an hour freeing him using soap suds after failed attempts by neighbors and a tinsmith. He slept afterward with no injuries.
Maisie declares she will only tarry a man whose fortune has at least six figures. Morton boasts his own wealth is all ciphers, leading to a brisk, witty exchange in this compact stage vignette.
A Sons of the Revolution party near Fraunce's tavern uncovered historic debris. The dig site yielded spruce water pipe fragments, old clay churchwardens pipes, numerous oyster shells, and bones, some resembling human relics, exposed by city excavation.
A humorous clipping discusses a young woman who received half a million dollars for bringing joy to an elderly man. The speaker jokes that a minor mishap in their past, spilling coffee on a man, led to being cut from a will.
Parents are urged to monitor young children for unusual bowel looseness during summer. Early care can prevent serious trouble. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is available at Leminon's Pharmacy.
The United States Government buys the Norwegian whaling steamer Kirt for winter service carrying gall in the Bering Sea.
Observers note many bells near pagodas in Burma mounted on sacred posts. Worshipers strike these bells with a wooden mallet to attract the attention of the god, despite the bells lacking tongues and yielding sweet tones.
In Chico California Bailey and G W Overton report barley with two to five heads per stalk. The main head ripens first and is twice as large as the others. Combined heads reach about nine inches. The government orders inspection to spread the method nationwide. Cats have an average of three heads per stalk.
Frank J. Cheney of I. J. Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured or not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A. W. Gleason witnessed on December 6, 1886 in Toledo. The remedy is taken internally and claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by all druggists. Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
In Cheyenne Wyoming Bert Pearson twenty years old was dragged to death by a wild colt. He led the animal by a rope looped around his wrist when the colt bolted and could not be checked. The animal dragged him and slammed him into a telephone pole fatally injuring him.
Dysentery is serious but curable. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has cured it even in malignant and epidemic cases. For sale by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
A crude political ploy elevates a pompous, ignorant older Black man to a minor court judgeship in a western state. In his first ruling he quips the grounds are "cothouse grounds," prompting disbelief from the attorney involved.
Swarthmore Pennsylvania and Baltimore Maryland women report relief from years of suffering. Emily Summersgill says the product ended life changing health troubles and hemorrhages. J R Pickins states it cured post child loss hemorrhage after doctors advised operation. The company offers confidential advice from Lynn Massachusetts and reads letters by a woman.
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