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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1911
Page
3
Columbia University reports over eight thousand students this year, making it the largest in the world and surpassing Berlin. The expansion spans undergraduate, law, and medical programs with broad international and state representation. Hall's Catarrh Cure claims a universal remedy with a hundred dollar offer for failures.
A meeting of Washington County Good Roads Club members is set for Thursday evening at the Commercial club rooms. Arrangements will be made for pole marking and other steps to establish a county road line this fall to align with the spring map. All members and interested parties are urged to attend.
Schools of fine arts and applied science report a slight loss this year due to tightened entrance requirements, reflecting stricter admissions standards and enrollment adjustments across programs.
In Des Moines on October 18, it was announced that the archbishop and Iowa's three bishops and two priests will meet in Dubuque at month end to select the new Des Moines diocese bishop. Participants include Scannell Omaha Davis Davenport Garrigan Sioux City Monsignor Flavin St Ambrose Des Moines and Father McManus Council Bluffs.
Des Moines reports an unusually severe winter probable with Dr. George M. Chappel of the U S Weather Bureau cautioning that low barometer areas tend to move south and if they continue Iowa faces intense prolonged cold conditions.
Barnville Oct. 18 W H Clute a noted stockman has received another shipment of sheep from a western ranch. The animals were unloaded this week and moved to the Clute farm north of town. The herd now exceeds 1000 head and will be fattened for later shipment east.
Des Moines Iowa Oct 18 Saturday the Secretary of State W C Hayward office force mailed circulars to Iowa auto owners and dealers announcing applications for 1912 numbers will be taken in November and December. The notice states that 1911 licenses expire December 31 and 1911 plates cannot be used in 1912.
In Decorah on October 18 a North American Norwegian American family claim to be the largest with over 1,000 members. The Hovden family spans five generations with Mrs K J Howden as mother of thirteen living children. They trace their origins to Norway and early U S settlement.
An advertisement touts HYOME as pure antiseptic inhalation from Australian eucalyptus, claiming it clears sore membranes and banishes catarrh with inhaler included for $1.00 and refills 50 cents, available at Lemmon's Pharmacy and druggists.
James C. Dahiman known as a cowboy roots leader has served as Sheriff of Dawes County Chadron Mayor Omaha Mayor and Democratic National Committeeman with gubernatorial bid in 1910. He writes Foley Kidney Pills have given him relief and endorses them to readers.
Washington reports a moral clampdown in the post office with indictments of Richmond papers for sending unfit matter through the mails. The Rockefeller era branding, seized cards, and refusals of foreign magazines spark scrutiny as Atlanta papers face the department’s displeasure amid a renewed Comstock crusade or higher ups' involvement.
A brief classifieds notice urges readers to place want ads in the journal to achieve fast results. It emphasizes the newspaper as an effective medium for reaching buyers and sellers.
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