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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1909
Page
5
Fragmented Readable Text Hinting At Tariff and Petitions
Partial OCR passage mentions tariff parts and a five letter word sequence. No clear persons or organizations are readable. Context unclear. cannot determine concrete event, dates, or places.
Fragmented notice decodes to local event
A damaged OCR snippet hints at a local notice about an upcoming event or action. Readable fragments mention a person or group and a place, with other details obscured by the scan. No verifiable names, dates, or locations are clearly present.
Railway association bulletin shows car surplus drop
Chicago dated October 19 a fortnightly bulletin from the American Railway association reports the surplus of cars at 56 388 a decline of one third from two weeks earlier and a total shortage of 14582 cars. The surplus now is lower than at any time since the 1907 low mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
American Railway Association
Twain Cablegram Delays Congo Reform Involvement
A New England cablegram from Mark Twain to a London paper states he cannot engage in Congo reform activism due to health, saying his physician advised against public movements. The note was sent from his Connecticut home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
London
Congo
Connecticut
Hitchcock Seeks to Reduce Post Office Deficit
Washington reports Frank H. Hitchcock aims to cut the Post Office deficit of about 20 million dollars for the last fiscal year. He took the post master general role midyear and seeks to run the department on a business basis with limited congressional help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank H. Hitchcock
Post Office Department
Hitchcock
Congressional
Congress
The Seedless Navel Oranges’ Mysterious Origin Traced
A single tree on the northern shore of the Mediterranean around 1565 gave rise to seedless navel oranges. A monk described the fruit in writings housed at the Roman Catholic university library in Washington. Grafts spread to Spain by Moors and later to South America by Spaniards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean Sea
Roman Catholic University
Washington
Spain
South America
Local Visitors Pass Through on Morning Travels
Local residents reported morning trips to nearby towns with several heading to Winfield Columbus Junction Davenport and Dubuque. Notables include Mrs J B Crail Mrs D C Griffith Mrs W H Hughes and Rev J C Abels. Some visited relatives or attended church events and synods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Hughes
Columbus Junction
L C. Brown
Foley's Honey and Tar Advertises Cough Relief
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as clearing air passages soothing throat irritation and stopping coughs. It claims to heal sore lungs and expel the cold with a warning to reuse only the genuine product in the yellow package at Lemmon's Pharmacy and Mc Elhinney Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
McElhinney Drug Co
Advice to the Middle Aged
After forty you may choose your own rules and food if you are not a fool. The more you are in the open air and with others the better you will succeed. Do not brood over failure. Edward Everett Hale.
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Edward Everett Hale
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days with PazO Ointment
Pazo ointment guarantees to cure itching bleeding prolapsing piles in 6 to 14 days or money back. Price 50 cents.
Notice for Wood Sawing Service by Frank McClean
Wood sawing service advertised at 494 Green or 54. Good work guaranteed. Frank McClean.
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Frank McClean
Sun cooking pioneers and sun stoves described
A 17th century German Baron Tehernhausen is credited as the first sun cook. He began boiling water in 1687 and achieved success with boiling eggs in 1688. Sir John Herschel and Buffon are named as other famous figures in sun cooking. The practice has persisted for three centuries with sun roasters and stoves used mainly by scientists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Tehernhausen
John Herschel
Buffon
Box Supper at Prairie Flower School House
A box supper is planned at the Prairie Flower school house next Friday evening the 22nd. A short program will be presented and everyone is invited. Ladies are asked to bring lunch boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Flower School
Bessie Kyle
Bird’s Milk Phrase From Turkish Rises in History
An old sultan while prisoner on the way to Saloniki used the expression Bird’s Milk to describe his kindness to his brother Mohammed. Abdul Hamid claimed he “fed him with bird’s milk” in a metaphorical sense. The phrase actually refers to a European condensed milk brand with a bird on the can.
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Turkey
Saloniki
Mohammed
Abdul Hamed
Sudden Death Shocks Keota Community
Ora Shurts youngest son of Mr and Mrs Fred Shurts died suddenly after earlier head injury and brain clot. He had visited doctors in Keota Washington and Iowa City and collapsed Monday while cared for by friends. He leaves a wife and one child and two brothers Peter and Charles along with parents. Funeral arrangements not announced.
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Keota
Ora Shurts
Fred Shurts
Mr. Shurts
Washington
Iowa City
Peter
Charles
Oskaloosa
Uncle Sam seeks postal clerks and carriers in Iowa
Government to hold examinations in November for postal clerks and letter carriers in Iowa with about 50 000 appointments expected this year. Applicants must be 18 or older and can expect good pay and a full paid annual vacation. Write Rochester bureau for details.
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Uncle Sam
Iowa
Bureau of Instructions
Rochester
N. Y
Hamlin Building
No Divorce Problem Claims Judge in Des Moines
Judge W H McHenry told the Des Moines Ministerial Association there is no divorce evil. He then granted a divorce for Golden Oberly from Howard Oberly and remarried her to Sanford Fair within minutes, on her first wedding anniversary, as ministers questioned his view. He urged elevating morals rather than restricting divorces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Gelden Oberly
Howard Oberly
Sanford Fair
Judge McHenry
Sie
Ministerial
Chester White Hogs For Sale By James K Helmick
James K Helmick of Columbus Junction Iowa advertises a new crop of white hogs for sale meeting the usual merit standard. The notice also announces Zemo from McElhinney Drug Co as a treatment for eczema pimples dandruff and skin diseases with claims of instant relief and germ destruction.
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McElhinney Drug Co
Zemo
Wiseheimer Talks Carriage Makers and Sulky Disposition
The column humorously asserts that a carriage manufacturer need not be sour or sulky by challenging the stereotype of a sour tradesman. It uses a playful quip to connect craft, mood, and social outlook.
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Wiseheimer
Valuable Common Land Ownership In German Towns
The article notes that at least 1,500 towns and villages in Germany still hold common land dating to the middle ages, exempting residents from rates and taxes. About 500 of these communities gain such strong rental income that they distribute New Year bonuses to every citizen ranging from 256 to 100 dollars as their share of surplus revenues.
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Germany
Why Not Stop That Itch Druggists Promote 25 Cent Cure
Cook and Sherman announce indisputable proof eczema can be cured with D D D Prescription. They claim many lasting results from their soothing wash using wintergreen oil and promise a trial bottle for 25 cents that will relieve the itch instantly. Their long success with the remedy backs the claim.
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Cook & Sherman
Kellie
Severe Burns Fatal to Little Louise McGee
The Otumwa Courier reports baby Louise McGee aged under three died after splashing into a wash boiler of scalding water. Her parents Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mc Gee of 230 East Fourth Street endured two days of hope before the child passed at 8:15 this morning.
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Louise McGee
Spirit Land
Louise
Walter McGee
East Fourth Street
Ottumwa
Visiting Nurse Associations Aid Iowa Cities
Visiting nurses in Ottumwa Fort Dodge Davenport Sioux City and Des Moines organize associations employing one to two nurses each. They spend their entire time among the poor bringing health to darkened homes. Tuberculosis takes root where food is insufficient and sanitation is poor, a condition common among the city’s needy. Des Moines has organized its association and hired Miss
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Ottumwa
Fort Dodge
Davenport
Sioux City
Des Moines
Dlnians
Graham Amusement Page Announces October Vaudeville
The Graham theater showcases Caufinah’s strong vaudeville act tonight closing their run with singing and dancing. Upcoming acts include Ford & Miller October 21 22 23 with new films, The Great John Ganton October 25 as part of the Shubert lineup, M Oster's Lady Minstrel October 28 and Ole Theobaldi the Wizard of the Violin October 29 at 8 PM.
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Graham
Ford & Miller
Ham
John Ganton
New York
Will
Shuberts
Washington
Big City
Ole Theobaldi
Ole Bull
Caspar da Salo
Theobaldi
Ole Theodaldi
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Phos
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Hator
Leston
Ctinp
Lam Rgan
Baign, ‘Harendy, Agisarges la Be
J. B. Crail
Winfield
C. E. Brown
D. C. Griffith
Crawfordsville
City
Samuel Ferguson
A. Ferguson
J. W. Brown
Tressa Cunningham
Crawfordville
N. E. Moore
G. E. Hancock
Rockford, UL
W. H. Riley
E. C. Chapman
Ft. Madison
John Malin
J. C. Abels
Dubuque
Presbyterian Synod
W. L. Dusenberry
Rebekah State
E. E. Griffith
Dawn, Mo
D. L. Griffith
Ainsworth
D. W. Griffith
John Hawthorne
Prescott
M. J. Maxwell
Ohio
J. H. McCleary
Presbyterian Synod of Iowa
Ora
Aca
United States
M’henry
Japanese Board of Agriculture
Japan
Melville Dunham
Dunham
North Pole
Peary
Mr. Dunham
Mr. Peary
Roosevelt
Oxford
Udge
W. H. M' Henry
Chester White
Hows
James K. Helmick
M. Oster
the Graham
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Ashington
the Good Clothes
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Colorado
Salt Lake
Ogden
Utah
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Montana
Billings Mont
Yellowstone Valle
Cody
Basin
Warland and
Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Yellowstone Valley
Horn Basin
Burlington
J. E. Kunath
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