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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1909
Page
5
Washington report cites E W Parker of the U S Geological Survey estimating the U S coal reserve at 2 076 204 000 000 short tons originally with 1 922 979 000 000 easily accessible and 7 280 940 265 short tons produced in 1908 leaving 3 064 334 011 000 tons still available at end of 1908 about 99 6 percent of the original supply remains unexhausted.
Madrid reports Prof. Ferrer former Barcelona Modern school director has been sentenced to death for instigating the recent revolution. He faces execution tonight unless overturned amid widespread excitement and divided opinions. Some fear vengeance against the king if Ferrer is doomed. others expect a pardon.
Paris considers a scheme from the National Aerial League president to use airplanes to relay mail across the Sahara. The plan envisions military posts strengthening the center of the desert between the Niger and Colomb-Bechar before an air route from Timbuctoo to Algiers can be established.
A long ad praises Parisian Sage as the definitive dandruff remedy with a money back guarantee from Lemmon's Pharmacy. The feature asserts dandruff precedes baldness and urges care while hair lasts. Also included is a Minnesotan political vignette on Adolph C. Eberhart, governor-to-be, described as an independent strategic actor amid party politics.
The ad promotes Diapepsin as a quick aid for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims five minutes relief from sour stomach, gas, belching, headaches, and a leaden stomach. It urges a 50 cent case from the druggist to restore appetite and pleasant meals.
M M Mangasarian will read resolutions at Orchestra hall Sunday protesting the Spain sentence of Francisco Ferrer founder of the Escuela Moderna. The messages urge mercy and request Spain grant Ferrer liberties similar to those in the United States and send copies to the Spanish ambassador and Paris defense committee.
The piece argues that a Sahara crossing by air could shrink a current three month trek to about 24 hours, with three eight hour flight legs and fuel stops, possibly completed in three days. It notes aviation is not yet fully developed but that edge experiments could yield rapid practical progress.
The article explains how billion and related terms shifted meanings across nations. It notes France coined billion for a million squared and later powers, Britain kept an older pedigree, while America adopted the thousand million sense after the seventeenth century.
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