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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
5
North city area notices report ill Mrs. David Benson and various residents traveling to visit relatives in Sigourney Keota Ainsworth and Brighton. Many items advertise sewing repairs ice cream freezers cement work and fruit sales with several social visits and family announcements.
A list of deli items and treats offered including cooked and potted meats olives canned meats chicken tongue sausages salmon sardines mackerel herring tanna lobster shrimps and a fine line of fancy cakes and cookies.
The article recounts Nana Sahib born Dhundo Punt about 1825, who rose from adopted prince to leader of Indian forces in 1857. It details his wartime vengeance against the British, surrender deceived at Cawnpore, mass killings, and the fate of his postwar anonymity and uncertain death or exile.
Rear Admiral Eugene J. C. Leutze retires after a 48 year naval career including surveying, battleship command, gun factory supervision, diplomacy, and academy teaching. Born in Russia in 1847, he served from the Civil War era to commanding Washington and New York yards before retirement.
The T Y S girls hosted a morning weiner roast at Sunset park in honor of Miss Dorothy Walter of Norfolk Nebraska who is visiting Miss Lydia Eicher. Mrs Homer Stephen and Miss Mary Hunter plan a Friday thimble bee at East Washington street. Mrs A Fields hosted a dinner for her mother Mrs Nate Jones with out of town guests.
A report from American Minister John B. Jackson in Bucharest describes how a single exporting house provoked a sentiment against American trade. An American tool and hardware salesman placed orders in Roumania, but freight charges made contract compliance impossible. Some shipments will arrive late, forcing local firms to seek non American sources and sparking doubt in American representation.
Mystic Workers of the World announce a regular meeting Wednesday at 8 o'clock at the usual place with a report from the convention and other business to be discussed. A picnic is planned at Sunset Park Thursday at noon with baskets to share. The M B A will hold a six cent social at Woodman Hall Friday evening June 25 with Moore and Miranda providing music.
Mississippi Senator John Sharp Williams argues it costs $6 to bathe in the senate offices and urges removing the baths to free space for public documents. He notes documents now fill an abandoned car barn and says the baths provoke public criticism and offer no real benefit.
Rain caused a fire at Ennis railway station in Ireland. A West Clare wagon loaded with unslaked lime and other goods was destroyed and flames spread to adjacent wagons causing substantial damage.
A Kalem production spectacle shows two old wood burning locomotives colliding on a high bridge with troops and civilians involved. The film features dramatic action, strategic telegraph destruction, and intense battle sequences portrayed by star Kalem actors amid large-scale military scenes.
A card asserts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound contains no opiates or habit forming drugs and offers healing for throat chest and lung irritations. It notes the genuine product comes in a yellow package and directs customers to Lemmon's Pharmacy to ask for Foley's Honey and Tar Compound.
A claim that deafness stems from an inflamed Eustachian tube and catarrh is presented. The ad asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure nine out of ten cases and offers a $100 reward for any deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured. It promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and lists Toledo, Ohio as the origin.
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