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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1911

Page

8

Hetty Green Plans University For Aliens Arrival In New York

Rumor says Hetty Green may fund a New York university for arriving aliens. Countess Annie Leary promotes the project at a dinner, with site on Staten Island planned and a statue of Columbus to greet entrants. The curriculum would cover trades music art and literature aiming to foster republican values.

New York Annie Leary Green Statem Island Christopher Ccumibus Mie Poer Republcan

Countess Leary Supports Movement With Wealth Promise

Mrs Green pledges substantial support as Countess Leary who has mothered the movement wields considerable wealth likely to aid the CMSe.

Mrs. Green Countess Leary Isis

For Child Coughs Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Safe

Advice urges not trifling with a cold and endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy for children. It is described as safe and effective, sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy.

Lemmon

Sale of Household Goods by Os D. Ff. Macon

There will be a sale of household goods Saturday October 14 at the northeast corner of the square. Anet. Os D. Ff. Macon.

D. FF Macon Anet

Baseball field data and team standings snippet

A fragmented sports snippet lists team abbreviations and scores including Chi, Pitts, Brook, Phil, Bos with batting averages and totals. Names Maxwell, Wilson, Fiartley, Bar ger and Harwin appear in a partial credit line.

World Growing Better Through Helping Others

Mrs. W. W. Gould of Pittsfield New Hampshire credits Electric Bitters with curing her long stomach and kidney troubles after other medicines failed. She urges others to try the tonic as a liver and kidney remedy and notes Lemmon's Pharmacy as a place to see it.

W. W. Gould Pittsfield N. H Lemmon's Pharmacy

Irreverent Youth Demands News of Father

A boy in a western newspaper office asked to read about a man murdered in Delevan after paying five cents. He claims the murdered man is his father and shows a confident interest in the story.

West Delevan Hoston Herald

James C Dahlman Cowboy Mayor of Omaha

James C Dahlman recounts a career as a sheriff and mayor across Nebraska towns and his 1910 gubernatorial run. He praises Foley Kidney Pills in a letter to Foley & Co. and notes the product is distributed by all druggists.

Jas. C. Dahlman Omaha Dawes Co Neb Chadron Nat'l Nebraska Foley & Co Chicago Foley James C. Dahlman

Mercury production climbs worldwide this year

Global output reaches 3525 tons with the United States at 1043 tons and Spain at 834 tons. Austria reports 570 tons from Istria while Italy lists 8370 tons from Monte Amalata. Russia yields 318 tons from Nikitorka and Mexico 190 tons. other nations including Japan and China contribute about 200 tons.

United States Spain Austria Istria Italy Monte-Amlata Russia Nikitorka Mexico Japan China

The Best Plaster Sale Notice

The best plaster. A piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Liniment and bound on over the affected parts. Is superior to a plaster and costs only one tenth as much. For sale by Lemmion's Pharmacy.

Chamberlain Lemmion

International Purity Congress Opens in Columbus

Fifty speakers from the United States and Canada will assemble in Columbus Ohio October 23 to 27 under the International American Parity federation. The meeting aims to expand the fight against public vice, with emphasis on white slave traffic legislation sex hygiene instruction and local reform campaigns.

United States Canada International Purity Congress Columbus International American Parity Federation Lacrosse Wis Federation Law and Order League Society For the Suppression of Vice Temperance Society Moral Reform Association American Purity Federation Clifford G. Roe Chicago James Bronson Reynolds New York Ernest A. Bell James H. Patten Washington Iawa Byers John B. Hammond Des Moines Winfield Scott Hall Zenner Cincinnati Harrington Milwaukee Muncie Brooklyn Emma F. A. Drake Denver Annie Blount Sperskers Anthony Com St. Louis Lulu Shepard Salt Lake City Lucy Hall Lansing Boston Tans C. Freece New York City Mabel FP. Dedrick W. L. Clark Leamington Ont CC. C. Ross Elizabeth B. Grannis Vice Commission

New Use for Tubs Among Southern California Indians

The report notes that bath tubs installed for mission Indians by the Bureau of Indian Affairs were long unused until a chief discovered they served well as beds. Now heads of families use a tub as a bed each night, transforming reception of the tubs into a practical, living adaptation.

California Bureau of Indian Affairs

Cowboys to Assail Rum 8 GQ Bettis Plans East Tour

Bettis a cowboy preacher from Siusum Washington prepares for an extended eastern tour next year to promote prohibition. A quartet of cowboy singers will be among the attractions, traveling in covered wagons drawn by sixteen horses.

Bettis Siusum, Wash

Fiftieth Anniversary Note On Cotton and Flax Growth

Fifty years ago on October 11 prospects of cotton scarcity spurred increased flax cultivation and the introduction of machinery for producing flax cotton. The brief notes reflect historical shifts in crop priorities and the adoption of new textile production technologies.

Fear of the Dark Cited by Local Figures

Willie Kug Johnny Firefly declares he is not afraid to go out after dark. Jones Shug Well adds he would not either if he had a light to carry.

Willie Kug Johnny Firefly Jones Shug

How to Polish Furniture and a Building Fall Tragedy

How to polish furniture with crude oil benzine and turpentine after cleaning with a chamois and water. Use multiple light applications and cheesecloth, then dust and polish monthly in dusty air. Building collapse in Boston at Battery and Hanover kills three workers and buries others.

Boston Battery and Hanover Street

Magnetism and the Needle’s Shifting North

A discussion on how the magnetic compass varies by location and over time. It notes the government maintains a division of terrestrial magnetism, explains isogonic lines, and cites Mason and Dixon’s survey as an example of navigation relying on stars rather than a fixed needle.

Eytaverignon Mason and Dixon Pennsylvania Maryland Harper's

Paganini Sows Kindness With Wooden Shoe Concert

A story from W Francis Gates recounts Paganini disguising a wooden shoe as a fiddle to raise funds for a servant girl. He staged a concert offering five violin pieces and five on the shoe, then donated 20 000 francs to enable her to buy a substitute for her conscripted lover and start a home. He also gave her the shoe to sell, and the proceeds aided her future happiness.

Paganini Paris Frances W. Francis Gates

Public libraries not just for novels says Budget Exhibit

Statistics under the Budget Exhibit committee show libraries hold 1,556,852 volumes with 280,927 novels and 1,023,854 books for students and serious readers, proving broad holdings beyond novels per New York World.

New York World

Gray hair as age indicator and Weyeth remedy promotion

An article argues gray hair signals aging and urges using Weyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy to fade gray hair, stop dandruff, promote growth, and improve scalp condition. It advertises the treatment at fifty cents a bottle through McElhinney Drug Co and local druggists as agents.

Weyeth Wyeth Secial Agent McElhinney Drug Co

Take Your Common Colds Seriously

Take Foley's Honey and Tar Compound promptly for all coughs and colds in children and adults. For sale by All Druggists.

Foley

For Sale Shropshire Sheep and ponies at Ed Harvey farm

100 native Shropshire breeding ewes offered for sale or lease in small flocks for three or more years with a wool share. 25 yearling Shropshire rams also for sale. Black Shetland ponies a 2-year-old and a 6-month-old, both gentle. Also a single seated top buggy and a pair of buggy harness. Located at Ed. R. Harvey farm 1-2 mile north of Washington. Terms: cash or bankable note.

My Farm Ed. R. Harvey Washington

J F H Taylor Identified at Fast Main Street

Listing reads J F H Taylor at 10 7 Fast Main St with contact number 603 Black.

J. F. H. Taylor Main St

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