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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1912
Page
3
Keokuk faces a transition as the locks close at midnight next Thursday. Many veteran lockmasters and river workers will lose jobs with no firm reemployment plans from the engineers department. The change signals Keokuk shedding its old river town identity and adopting a more metropolitan outlook.
Both Democrats and Republicans say they do not fear sympathy votes in favor of Col. Roosevelt following the Milwaukee shooting incident. The exchange frames the political reaction amid rising violence headlines and campaign rhetoric.
The schedule lists events across the week with Taft Sherman campaigning in Philadelphia and Washington County Pennsylvania. Key items include the battleship New York launch at Brooklyn Navy Yard and a major Republican rally in Madison Square Garden with Hedges, Hadley and National Committee officials.
A humorous portrait extols Enrico Caruso as the foremost tenor sent to these shores, noting his generous $2,500 earnings for peak voice moments and his growing English performances. The piece jokes about his voice, stage presence, and comic misreadings of Wagner, while praising his star power and enduring appeal.
Emerson Hough reflects on Iowa priaries in Country Life in America, describing the rolling grass sea, lone wagon trains, and the primal beauty of the land. He contrasts historic open spaces with modern developments, noting rich soils, sloughs, wildflowers, and shifting horizons that shaped early prairie travel and outlook.
Bristol Pennsylvania man A L Kennedy credits five bottles of Vinci medicine for curing grippe a bad cough and five months of suffering. The letter praises Vinci’s cod liver oil and tonic iron blend for chronic coughs colds and bronchitis and urges satisfaction guarantee from Sherman Bros Druggists Washington Iowa. Also mentions Saxo Salve for skin care.
Instructions from Ladies' Home Journal advise mixing cold starch with water to create a soaking solution. Submerge the stained fabric and leave it until the iodine stain disappears completely.
National Bull Moose finance committee designates tag day with volunteers pinning golden moose badges on men women and children from Maine to California. Those who pay 25 cents receive a certificate naming them as founders of the Progressive Party.
Women across the United States and Canada report relief from female ailments including inflammation ulcers displacements tumors irregularities pains and backache after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Letters on file at Pinkham laboratories Lynn Massachusetts are published only with consent.
Paton Oct 28 A 12 year old boy Ora Lensch nearly ready for a Des Moines medical visit when his mother pulled a hairpin from his ear and removed a tooth. The act left him temporarily deaf and in need of medical care.
A brisk exchange shows Clinton asking if he entered without his wife hearing him last night and Clubleigh replying he did not enter without hearing her first, in a terse Boston Transcript dialogue snippet.
The notice lists nervous debility signs such as irritability fatigue memory issues and physical symptoms like pimples and insomnia. It frames these as lifestyle or health concerns needing attention and implies a remedy or treatment approach.
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