Dictionary promotion urges better English for workers in 1912
A Pittsburgh education advocate cites a study of Washington business leaders showing 75 percent demand stronger English skills from applicants. The Journal promotes the New Websterian 1912 Dictionary as a cure, urging readers to clip coupons to obtain the illustrated volume and improve spelling, grammar, and vocabulary to win better jobs.
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Washington
Dictionary
Journal
Edward Rynearson
Pittsburgh High School
Commercial Department of High Schools
Pittsburgh
New Italy Industry Turns Grapevine Pips Into Ore
In Italy a method to profit from grape pips used in wine making has been found. Oil is now extracted on a commercial scale by direct heating with tetrachloride or carbon. The carbon source is plentiful in Italy from electrolytic soda production.
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Italy
Small Boy As Conservationist Sparks Debate at Lecture
A lecturer before a suburban women's club urged forest conservation with emphatic confidence. A young boy interruped, claiming, I once shot a woodpecker, highlighting conflicting attitudes toward protecting forests.
Percheron Stallion Tassin Registered in Stud Book
Pure Bred Percheron Stallion Tassin dark grey imported from France in 1003 by McLaughlin Bros Columbus Ohio registered in the Percheron Stud Book of America Foaled March 15 1899 sired by De souls by Viscounti dam Pepitin grand dam Biche Extended pedigree available from owner Note the horse will stand in 1912 at Fred Palmers two miles east of Washington and at the owner's farm with travel to Wilber Gardners farm Terras 15 dollars to insure a colt to stand and gluck Insurance void if moved from county Care taken to prevent accidents owner and keeper contact numbers listed
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France
McLaughlin§ Bros
Columbus
Ohio
America
Desouls
Viscounti
Pepitn
Granddam
Biche
Fred Palmer
Washington
Ainsworth Cemetery
Wilber Gardner
Miller and
Mutual
A Jewel Says One Character Can Divorce Wife
A line from a current play shows a husband claiming his wife who runs his house and cooks meals is not a wife but a jewel of purest ray serene, underscoring the play’s ironic view of marriage.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Czar and Czarina Clash Over Daughters as Colonels
European circles report a rift between the Czar and Czarina of Russia over appointing their two eldest daughters as colonels in elite military regiments. The Czar supports the appointments while the Czarina opposes them, arguing they intensify warlike spirit, aligning with her long standing advocacy for peace.
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Czar
Czarina
Russia
Europe
The Laundry as a Carnivorous Institution
The piece portrays a satirical view of the laundry, depicting it as a grim workplace where workers wash by brutal routines. It lampoons the spread of cleanliness culture, the risks of neglecting minor ailments, and ends with an advertisement for Foley's Honey and Tar Compound and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Trousseau
Story Behind Jesus Lover of My Soul Hymn
Charles Wesley penned the beloved hymn after an aging hawk chased a hawk circling a freed songbird near his desk by an open window. The bird’s escape supposedly inspired the lyric lines that followed.
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Jesus
Charles Wesley
Wesley
Merital Rheumatism Powders Offered by Lemmon’s Pharmacy
The American Drug & Press Association promotes Merital Rheumatism Powders using a formula adopted after expert medical opinion deemed it meritorious. The product is guaranteed and Lemmon's Pharmacy is the exclusive agent for distribution and trials.
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American Drug & Press Association
Lemmon
Matters of Memory: Savages and the memory advantage
The piece contrasts savage memory with civilized memory, arguing savages retain organized memory by avoiding distractions while civilized people face constant new stimuli. It claims civilized minds struggle to recall the needed detail due to crowded memory cells and incessant shifting thoughts.
Foley Kidney Pills Prompt Recovery for West Plains Man
J. A. Adleman of West Plains Missouri was bedridden with kidney trouble and rheumatism. After a friend recommended Foley Kidney Pills he improved from the start and within days was out of bed. In 15 days he discarded his cane and fully endorses the remedy. Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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J. A. Adleman
West Plains
Foley
Lemmon
Best Form of Prayer by Chauncey Giles
A quotation on prayer and action notes that real prayer is expressed through life and heavenly love. It asserts that those who live righteously radiate a power for good even without words.
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Chauncey Giles
Merital Hair Tonic Promises Ease in Baldness Cure
A sales notice claims Merital Hair Tonic prevents baldness dandruff and scalp diseases. It advises regular use to keep the scalp free of dandruff germs and mentions Lemmon's Pharmacy as authorized to guarantee Merital Hair Tonite.
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Lemmon
Foley Kidney Pills Cited By Two Wisconsin and Minnesota Speak
F. R. Weiss of Racine Wisconsin and J. M. Markham of Winona Minnesota report kidney trouble relief after using Foley Kidney Pills. Weiss says his back pain disappeared and the trouble remained cured, Markham notes relief from frequent kidney action and improved sleep. Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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J. M. Markham
Mill St
Winona
Minn
Foley
Lemmon
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Steck’s Jewelry Store
the Gift Store OF
Fes Crebet
Washington Nat'l Bank
Washington, Iowa
American Steel Post
Noratee
Tassin
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Chief Bender
F. R. Weiss
Forest St
Racine
Wis
Windsor
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