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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1912
Page
3
Iowa City reports startling disclosures on a systematic rifling of Lone Tree mails. Two federal inspectors allege money orders were confiscated by a postal employee and the scheme may have operated for nine years. Arrests expected as investigation with Postmaster Lee continues.
In Boston Transcript prose a narrator notes a move to the Cholmondelay apartments with a name change and rent increase. The dialogue contrasts location and title as a social signal.
Mexican federal forces under General Beltran captured Vera Cruz and took Felix Diaz and his staff prisoner. The rebellion's main leader was cornered with limited resistance, while Diaz cousin Colonel Ordaz remains at large. News also reports falsified surrender rumors and a deported Washington correspondent. Salazar departs Los Angeles with 600 followers to attack Ciudad Juarez.
In Oyster Bay on October 24 Colonel Roosevelt awoke refreshed after a long train journey from Chicago. He enjoyed a hearty breakfast and began to plan resuming campaign activities while his physicians restrict none of his diet. He met with leaders including Senator Joseph M. Allora Hotchkiss and others for a short conference to take charge of party affairs.
Oct 24 Alascntine Judge Jer oma Carkeadham oldest practicing in the state and president of the First Trust and Savings bank of the city was drowned in the Mississippi river here.
A discourse argues that sobriety is a personal right and duty for young men, with a strong stance that abstinence safeguards work, integrity, and community welfare. It cites examples from professionals and rail workers, warns of gradual habit formation, and condemns peer pressure as cowardice. Berlin meat markets and price controls are briefly noted.
Hundreds of Berlin housewives rioted in municipal markets after butchers refused to handle imported meat aimed at reducing living costs. The unrest centered in the Wendling district, heavily populated by workers, as shoppers clashed with vendors amid mounting tensions over prices.
The Lancashire man quarrels with his son over a mongrel bought for five shillings. The father offers to buy half the dog for a half crown and, after paying, twists the tail and kicks his half out of the dog. A London Tidbits humorous note.
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