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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1911
Page
2
Fox and Dewey present an independent price policy with plain figures. The advertisement invites new customers to get acquainted and emphasizes no ties to manufacturers and uniform pricing.
Sigourney judge K. E. Willcockson spoke at the high school chapel hour on Combateness urging students to seize opportunities and use their innate force to fight for the right. He cited personal examples of overcoming obstacles and was warmly received with hearty applause.
Mrs. W. W. Gould of Pittsfield New Hampshire credits Electric Bitters with curing her long stomach and kidney troubles after other medicines failed She says the tonic aids health for women and recommends Lemmon's Pharmacy as the place to obtain it.
New York reports Charles G Gates son of John W Gates with over 30 million under his control has a history as a bettor. He borrowed 10 000 Colorado Fuel & Iron shares and voted proxies for Harriman to test stock response. He won 28000 at Santa Anita and spent 500 for a dog worth 60, plus 8500 on a bulldog. He mixed with Rothstein and Shea and cashed a 400000 check in pennies.
The piece charts New Zealand’s political evolution from radical land reform to conservative backlash. It notes Joseph Ward’s rise from telegraph operator to premier and his knighthood, contrasts Dick Seddon’s era with Ward’s, and describes public reaction to hereditary titles and the colonial conference.
The essay traces Mrs Grundy from Thomas Morton’s Speed the Plough of 1798 to a cultural symbol of public propriety. It notes Mrs Ashfield’s rivalry drives fashion and behavior to outdo Mrs Grundy, a rival never seen on stage, and explains how Grundy became a stand in for social expectations and respectability.
The Weekly Irish Times argues Ireland must attract and retain tourists by showcasing scenery facilities and service. It warns neglect damages Ireland’s image and harms Irish products from lace to butter, risking a broader prejudice that Irish goods are dirty and unbusinesslike.
New York Sun notes an organist refuses to play the national anthem at a wedding. The bride’s father insists the anthem is appropriate and even offers to cut the rest of the program to include it. He claims the moment tests loyalties amid marriage to a foreigner and praises an American match.
In New Orleans area a baby’s grave near Fort McComb is surrounded by a den of rattlesnakes beneath ruins. Workmen plan a 75 000 dollar Louisiana Motor League clubhouse on the site next year. The infant, born in 1888, died at five weeks, marked by a plain white headstone.
Chelsea and John Kane narrate a curious incident where a five year old tethered a large crab to a table leg causing a startled reaction from William Tennyson and a crab meat supper. The family feared a sting while the boy laughed at the scene.
Charles W. Glidden ate 58 ears of corn in one hour and 55 minutes at a Boston restaurant, establishing a new world record for corn consumption.
Maurice Ryright found guilty of the murder of Vincent Altman by a jury in Judge McSurely's court. The punishment was fixed at life imprisonment.
Wireless reports to German warships say the Imperial forces defeated rebels, routing them from Hankow and forcing a retreat across the river into Hangwang after a day of fighting.
Dubuque Iowa October 28 The grand chapter of Iowa of the Order of the Eastern Star in convention yesterday elected officers Grand Matron Mrs Josephine Hobson Albia Grand Patron J Rose Waterloo Associate Grand Matron Mrs Alta M Sullivan Fairfield Associate Grand Patron W H Kilpatrick Grand Treasurer Mrs Vida A Wester Waucoma Grand Secretary Mrs Maria Jackson Council Bluffs Grand Conductor Mrs Luella Crooks Boone
In Dublin Wesley faced a sharp rebuke from a woman who accused him of hypocrisy over whisky. The crowd fell silent as Wesley declared his cup was full, asserting a moral balance after the exchange.
The article notes widespread harm from wild animals and snakes in India last year. It cites 25,000 human deaths and 92,000 cattle killed by jungle inhabitants, while locals killed over 100,000 predators including elephants tigers leopards bears wolves hyenas and 91,000 snakes.
Markets show steady to stronger tone at opening with mixed packers and heavy shipping grades trading 5.75 to 6.50 while cattle and sheep prospects vary. second report notes estimated receipts of 10000 today and 33000 tomorrow with market steady to stronger and sheep weak at Friday close. closing prices show mixed grains and livestock futures in late 1911 Chicago reporting by Beach-Wickham Grain Co.
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