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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1912
Page
8
The Iowa O42 Fellows' home dedication program includes parade at 1 30 with band music and child choir, dedicatory exercises, and speeches by Herbert C Rink and others. Fireworks close the event as boys perform drills and a home orchestra plays.
In Bancroft Louisiana two years ago Russell Saunders attended a ball game. He returned home to find his gold watch stolen from his pocket and later received a mailed package from Minnesota with the watch inside, though the sender’s name was unreadable. The watch, a valuable piece, was finally recovered.
Newton Iowa June 12 Roy Fisk former deputy clerk admitted embezzling more than 2000 dollars The city received 4104 dollars to cover the shortage and prosecution costs The case will likely be heard at the October term of court
Miss Verna Coleman a state university senior played a lead in Midsummer Night's Dream despite her mother dying Thursday night. With the casket at her sister's home in Lincoln the student carried on, and after the curtain fell classmates sobbed with sympathy.
Ida Grove Iowa June 12 Wright a well known farmer near Cushing suffered a fatal farm accident while starting a corn shelling setup at Claude Anderson’s Midway farm. His hand was caught in the belt and severed at the wrist as he pulled the clutch.
Emmetsburg June 12 section foremen on this Rock Island division were ordered laid off until July 11, with a further limit of one man per section. The move reportedly affects the entire system. Two gravel trains are being loaded at Graettinger to improve a recently acquired short line. Regular freight service has been curtailed due to coal shortages from idle Iowa mines for two months.
Mrs Kate Staton of south Des Moines drowned when a fishing boat overturned in the Des Moines River early Monday. Her son survived. She leaves three children in Davenport and a divorced husband in Oklahoma.
Whittier California June 12 Mr and Mrs I P Fitzgerald formerly of Iowa join the family management corps of the Whittier state school with Mr Fitzgerald previously linked to the Boys Industrial. The new pair bring experience in juvenile reform work to the institution.
A reflective essay contrasts constructive pride with vanity and social pretension. It laments youths in flashy dress avoiding work, critiques boastful guests and insinuating wit, and argues pride fused with patriotism can distort judgment while proper pride strengthens character.
The text notes a man who was head of the Eldora school and later superintendent of the Girls Reformatory at Mitchellville Iowa now back in industrial school work after health improvements. Mr and Mrs Fitzgerald reside in a cottage on the grounds of the Boys School.
Mrs. J H Lewis of Carlsbad New Mexico visiting in town with R P Lewis and local friends suffered a stroke last night and is in serious condition today. She has two sons J C Lewis and J W Lewis both of Carlsbad.
A fragmentary exchange shows Mr Ickstein seeking value for a watch as party reps in convention pledge scrutiny. Concluding lines hint at seating limits and familiar terms between figures like Spingold and Johnson, ending with Auntie and a phrase Full Jeweled.
Local notice lists Calhap phone number 5689 for city bus link orders to be attended promptly by Frank Rogers at Glove Street and number.
Webster City June 7 Hamilton county mourns the death of M H Brinton at Ellsworth after Bright's disease. He led Ellsworth as founder and president of the Ellsworth State Bank and head of the American Life Insurance Company branch in Des Moines. Survived by wife and four children, and a former Iowa legislator, with extensive farm and land holdings across Hamilton county the Dakotas and Minnesota.
The article explains two oat smut forms, closed and open, with open smut attacking the entire head. It notes both forms cause serious damage and are preventable by formaldehyde or hot water treatment. It gives detailed steps for the two treatments and drying and seeding procedures.
Clarence L. Shamoal argues annual losses from poor shocking and unstacked oats harm quantity and quality. He says careful handling could raise yields by about one bushel per acre, translating to a $10 million yearly gain on 30 million acres. He asks if it is worth it.
Zemo and Zemo Soap claim quick relief for eczema and scalp eruptions across America. The ad asserts multiple benefits and endorsements, presenting the products as clean scientific preparations that soothe itching and skin conditions in men, women, and children.
The advert claims a non experimental remedy that works on a new principle, penetrating to the trouble’s seat and drawing out life to destroy the germ. Endorsed and sold in Washington by the McKilnney Drug Co.
The quotation presents music as architecture translated from space into time, highlighting both deep feeling and a strict mathematical intelligence as central to music, attributed to Hegel.
A theatrical exchange centers on Mrs. Gabbd noting age and Mrs. Gadd denying or masking age in a family Bible, prompting a playful remark about concealed years.
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