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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1925
Page
7
A fragmentary note discusses the ancient roots of football and the rise of modern forms in the 19th century. It mentions the Football Association founding in 1864 and the Rugby Football Union, questioning how the two games acquired their legal shape amid historical obscurities.
Figures show January 1 1025 population 113 8 million and 23.2 million homes. Of these 13.25 million homes were wired for electric service. Electricity is now available in 96.4 percent of homes nationwide enabling comfort and convenience.
A playful exchange between Helen and Madge about attending a literary improvement class tomorrow. Madge admits eagerness yet fears being asked a rhetorical question, adding a humorous touch to everyday social plans.
Dispatch from Pocatello reports R W Linhert discovered a rocky shaft and stone cairn near the Nevada line in the Craters of the Moon region. A crudely carved flat rock portrays an Indian chief with oversized hands and feet, circled by the death sign of the Piutes, believed to be Chief Ampuh.
The American Steel and Wire company, a large Steel Corp subsidiary, sold its horseshoe department including machinery stock and goodwill to the Phoenix Horseshoe company of Chicago. The move follows a steep decline in horseshoe demand, freeing the plant space for more in demand products.
A Buffalo Evening Times line ponders the American woman as flower of evolution yet thistle of revolution when denied any thing. The remark frames pride in progress against a backdrop of social friction and gender expectations.
A man claims he can recall an incident from when he was six months old, suggesting extraordinary memory. Most people cannot remember anything before about age five, as early memories tend to blur or be forgotten.
Robert J. Bundus argues in Century Magazine that civilized man now enjoys unprecedented health. Death rates have fallen from 17.6 to 11.6 per thousand in the US registration area since the early century, with infant mortality dropping in New York City from 205 to 63 per thousand. Medical advances and sanitation have cut deaths from typhoid, tuberculosis, yellow fever, and other diseases, while surgery and drugs expand life expectancy and治疗 the sick.
The Trade Record of the National City Bank of New York shows bananas entering the United States in record numbers with the total import value at 22,674,000 dollars. Ten years earlier the value was 16,398,000 dollars in 1914 and 7,710,000 dollars in 1904. Bananas, native to the Malay Archipelago, spread to tropical America during early development, fueling vast American capital in cultivation and distribution by railways steamships and specialized cars and warehouses. Current U.S. consumption nears 6 billion bananas annually, based on last year’s 47 million bunches averaging about 125 bananas per bunch.
An actor recounts Lotta Crabtree bequeathing four million dollars to charity. He recalls her wit about oil shares and a quip when a Paris souvenir franc fails to impress. she would have preferred a Latin quadrant instead.
Reverend Olney Lt. Darling discovered a group of large rats tangled by their tails inside his hen coop in Warren. The cords prevented escape and halted a final rat from exiting the hole. A witness corroborated the minister's account before the pests were killed. Recounted by Bouston.
Chaumeont France Oct 10 The London Times and Bacon discuss fears of Paris fall to the Germans in 1914 and a rumored push by French leaders and diplomats to seek American mediation. They note Ambassador Herrick and Maj Robert Bacon as key figures and recall Gallieni's defense before the Marne saved Paris.
Dr. Kate Gordon of the University of Southern California reports on 105 institutionalized orphans. About half who admit dreaming mention parents or the longing for mother or father. Another 16 percent show fears such as tonsil operations. Roughly 9 percent dream of toys or candy, and the findings align with psychoanalytic views of unfulfilled wishes while highlighting the lack of parental care in institutional life.
Wireless telephone service will be installed on select German express trains between Berlin and Hamburg and Berlin and Frankfurt. A privately owned railroad telephone company will handle rates for long distance calls. Radio apparatus will occupy two compartments in a first class carriage and passengers can request a connection via an operator for a German subscriber within minutes.
Twenty two zebras arrived in London for animal importer G C Chapman to test raising striped stock in a British climate. Pairs will be placed at Clhilham castle grounds in Kent owned by Edmund Davis, with others at Primley park in Devon and Deattock park in Dunfriesshire owned by Sir William Cross.
The United States Weather Bureau has established a new aerological balloon station at Curacao in the Dutch West Indies to study upper air conditions. This facility aims to collect atmospheric data to improve weather forecasting.
A gas well at Lot VBe, Pa, remains the deepest on record, sinking to 7 405 feet. The feat is noted as the current record in aviation geology and petroleum history circles.
Gibbons and Tunney claim they can beat any U S boxer while Dempsey eyes a European engagement. The remark sits amid broader street views as drivers compare cars with pedestrians.
A parchment roll bearing the 14 inch signature of Constantine the Sixth Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church arrives via the Near East Relief Committee. The document conveys a blessing to Americans for aid to Greece where about a million refugees seek relief.
The deemster started as a judicial officer in Scotland who pronounced death sentences. In the Isle of Man the title now names two judges who serve as island chief justices.
An ordeal for a New Guinea boy involves days of fasting while food is shown at intervals. Showing emotion at the sight of food marks lack of self control and leads to another period of fasting in the chain of boys.
Real silver is said to be half marked. The term comes from the London guild of gold and silversmiths where 600 years ago articles were assayed and stamped to vouch for genuineness.
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