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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 13, 1902

Page

4

Beriwasa Investors Merge Amid Vault Breach and Political Moves

Investors in Beriwasa combine to back a keiser of their treat. Base crackers blew open the vault of Farmers' tank in Townville. A theft between 87 000 and 88 000 is noted. The Daneh parliament ratified Male of the 1. W. 1. to the United aM. Miller is renominated by Republicans in the Fourth Kansas district.

Beriwasa Broa Keiser Farmers’ Tank Townville Danieh Pertiament United Am Miller Kansas

Corkscrew Steeple at Chesterfield Town Church

The Chesterfield church steeple is nicknamed corkscrew for its twisting shape caused by sun on wood and iron. It is among the most twisted church spires in the region, rivaling the leaning tower of Pisa in notoriety.

Chesterfield England Chesterfield Clearch Barnstable Bristol United Kingdom Pisa

The Webbe Shebeyl River Wonders of Dark Continent

The Webbe Shebeyl, an African river, is a rapid large waterway rivaling the Missouri. It flows through fertile lands for hundreds of miles but never reaches the sea. About thirty miles before meeting ocean, the entire stream sinks into desert sands.

Missouri Indian Ocean

Traveler in St Petersberg Misses Passport At Hotel

A traveler returning to St Petersburg found his passport left in a hotel bedroom and was refused passage by guards who declined to summon it. He threatened to jump into the Neva, but the sentry ruled death by self action illegal in Russia.

St. Peterabure Neva Thussia

Begville Moves Stir Readership Rumors

Local chatter centers on a possible move to Begville with praise for the town while a reader cites widespread sickness reported in the area. The exchange hints at concern over medical conditions affecting relocation decisions.

Begville Tam

Miss Alice and the double proposal in Baltimore

A nervous suitor jokes about proposing twice, saying he will marry Miss Alice and that she thinks so also. The quip frames a light exchange on marriage in a Baltimore News item.

Alice Baltimore News

Ocean depth far deeper than great mountains

Scientists reveal ocean depths exceed peak mountain heights by about six and a half miles. The deepest point measures around 46 286 feet, redefining awe of Earth's underwater terrain.

Entertain at the Lytle Home by Mrs Lytle

Mrs BOG Lytle hosted the Christian Aston society and friends on East Main Street. Miss Lawrence of Kansas, a missionary returning from India, was honored. Guests examined India relics while Misses Carrie Hamilton and Ethel Montgomery led vocal selections. A luncheon followed. Grace Lytle and Mrs Lytle sang Hindoo psalms.

Bog Lytle Christian Aston Society Firat Hareh East Main Street Miss Lawrence Kansas India Aned Carrie Hamilton Ethel Montgomery Nellie Anderson Kiste McCobb Dora Pearl Montgomery Race Lytle Lawrence Lytle Grace

Johnson's draws in bakers with tempting supplies

Alteworth March 19 Wyatt and Milfred Haros visiting Monmouth students guests of their brother T. H. Barna. A. E B. Stone of St. Joseph and Howard Stone of Burlington visit J. Stone home. Karl Erdice returned from Kepta visit. Joe Rowan and wife visit Washington. return home. Morris Stewart and others organized an Odd Fellows Lodge for Cotter in Columbus Junction.

Alteworth Wyatt Milfred Haros Monmouth T. H. Barna A. E B. Stone St. Joseph Howard Stone Burlington J. Stone Karl Erdice Kepta Joe. Rowan G McConaughey Washington W. ©. White Pairfield Morris Stewart lReasia Meliride R Fi. Rabenald George Carson Erwie Rabenald Columbus Junction Cotter

Advertising tips and local notices from Brighton journal

A mixed page shows an advertising note urging consistent ads to build retail business. It reports local moves, a church address by Miss Lawrence on Work to India with Indian costumes, illnesses, club talks, and a study on wood decay times in ground burial noting species and years from birch to arbor view.

Overswallow Uncle Rastus Morell Law BL. & No W Hurlington Rev Lynie Grace India Miss Lawrence Brighton

Wanted and For Sale Classified Fragment

Ho use and lot for sale cheap if sold soon in a desirable location for home or investment. Sequire at Journal Mice. Wantep girl for general house work to emall family middle aged lady preferred. Sequire 643 Washing ton Sc. ot Persons want wood sawed with steam saw. Leave orders at Cunning hams or Krincheys. Ed Nicholson bStf Fon Renr Large furnished front room for rent to third floor of Rookery Inquire at Journal once fat.

Journal «Mice General House Emall Sequire Washington Sc Cunninghams Krincheys Ed Nicholson Rookery

Printer Relates Surprising Cure From Balm

Henry T. Crook pressman of the Asheville Gazette says Chamberlain's Pain Balm cured his rheumatism after winter wetting. He bought it after reading the Gazette results and claims relief before finishing the bottle. Sold by Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook Sherman. Also Iowa Central Railway offers special one way excursion tickets to California in March and April with tourist cars and direct travels. For details contact local Iowa agent Geo S Batty.

Henry T. Crook Asheville Gazzette Gazette Stewarts Pharmacy Cook & Sherman California Iowa Central Road Ihs Iowa Illinois Pacific Coast Coast Lowa Geo Batty GP & T A Marahaltowno Lowa Tilmayt

Deryan Statistics and the Popularity of Figures

Winthrop M. Daniels in The Atlantic argues statistics are not a popular pastime and librarians report little demand for statiation literature. He recalls Sir John Lubbock and a sea of "Books That Have Helped Me" offering no space for figures. The piece critiques dry statistical methods as arid and cruelly refined.

Deryan Winthrop M. Daniels John Lubbock

Fox Tricks Dog To Freezing Water

A naturalist observes a fox bait a pursuing dog by using a river hole. The fox studies the dog, returns to the bank, and waits straight as the dog follows scent onto the ice. The dog plunges in and vanishes beneath the ice while the fox watches then nonchalantly continues on.

Too Much for the Elephant at the Cir cle

The Philadelphia Press reports a circus feature where a trained elephant attempted a piano piece. The animal groaned after one note and the manager explained the elephant found its mother’s tooth in a key, prompting postponement and a call for a replacement piano while the show continued.

Fascinating Ita Palm and Guaranes of the Amazon Basin

A palm called ita thrives along the Amazon Rio Negro and Orinoco, with its swampy delta forests rising from flooded water. The Guaranes tribe depends on this tree for food and uses its leaves for hammocks and inner bark for floury sustenance. A club smoking room tale contest ends with a prize for an extraordinarily thin man described as able to pass through a flute without a tone.

Amazon Rio Negro Orinoco Ananias

Regular Lady Killer Thought by Maude Gaskell

Esther remarks on a man she spoke with last evening saying she felt like dying from weariness. The Boston Transcript quotes her as commenting on his unsettling behavior.

Maude Gaskell Esther Boston Transcript

Coroner clears sanatorium managers in Case death case

Battle Creek report says Abner Case reached safety but returned for a grip containing 1100. He was 83 and from Bath New York. Youd du Lac Wisconsin notes J M Francis a prominent businessman found dead near Second Street Bridge aged 70. suspected bridge fall.

Battle Creek Mich Abner Bath N.Y Youd du Lac, Wis J. M. Francis Second Street Bridge

London diamond merchants fail with large liabilities

It. G. Emme & Co of London, diamond merchants, have failed. Their liabilities are estimated at £70,000. Reports also note engagements between Russian troops and Tunguses in Manchuria over the past two months and Chicago police marksmen contest with St. Louis in May.

It. G. Emme & Co London Dingmond Manchuria O'Neill Chicago St. Louis

Why is it that workers face extra duties after hours

The Willing Worker cites a modest breadwinner’s gripe about being pounced on after hours for unpaid extras. He vows to credit subordinates for their work and avoid adding new tasks, noting the paradox that the most overworked person often receives the least relief.

Lim New York Mail and Express

Curiosities of mica in mining and processing

The mica from mines forms rough blocks not matching ideal prisms. Cleavage yields ultra thin sheets but outer surfaces are opaque and weathered. Defects such as black specks red rust streaks and ribbing ruin value. Wedge and ribbed forms create unusable sheets, making many blocks scrap.

Old Fashioned Women and Men Remembered in Atchison Globe

The Atchison Globe reflects on old fashioned manners and habits described in a reminiscence about women who kept home rituals, lodge regalia, long gold chains, quick tasks, and engaged couples sewing their own trimmings, invoking nostalgia for bygone behavior.

Lodge Atchison Globe

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