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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1910
Page
6
Harry H. Thompson chairs a special post office committee to implement the new postal savings bank plan. The law allows accounts from $1 or via a 10 cent postal savings ward and stamps, enabling even a child to open an account under Secretary Hitchcock’s direction.
The passage notes a DC native aged forty two with a long government career. He began in 1801 as chief clerk in the Marine Corps paymaster’s office, then moved to the commerce and labor department as cashier to the disbursing officer. In 1905 he joined the post office department as disbursing clerk and a year later was promoted to his current office.
Latest observations from the Weather Bureau report showers in Illinois and Indiana with likely continuation tomorrow and southeast winds reported.
Having sold our property we will sell at our residence 315 South Ave three and a half blocks southwest of square in Washington on Saturday Sept 3 commencing at 2 30 p m. Household goods include parlor suit rocking chairs and dining chairs three and a half bedrooms suites kitchen cabinets dining table three center stands sewing machine pictures bedding canned fruit dishes and many other furnishings. EMI D FB MACON AUCT.
Public sale to Washington at two o clock p m Saturday September 5 1910 of block 31 in Smouse s Highland Park Addition consisting of ten lots. Auction at property located five blocks north of Button Factory. Schuyler Livingston notice of sale.
A factory style exhortation urges farmers to adopt brain power and modern gasoline engines. It claims engines perform chores at one cent per hour per horsepower and enable profitable use of by products, boosting earnings and efficiency on the farm.
Former President urges that honesty transcends party lines and urges citizens to fight corruption in both wealthy and poor alike. He cites investigations in New York Illinois Missouri and California to argue for universal accountability and cautions against targeting only one class or wealth.
In 1808 at Saragossa the French pressed the Portillo gate assault. Angostina Baragoza, betrothed to a fallen artillery sergeant, snatched a lit match and fired a twenty four pounder, halting the attack. The garrison reclaimed the battery. she later served as a sublieutenant and earned a pension. An English traveler later saw her with Andalusian artillery. She wore a blue tunic with a shield of honor.
The robber crab is described as a giant land dwelling crustacean that climbs coconuts, digs deep tunnels, and defends itself with powerful claws. It can drag off small animals, pinch aggressively, and can break open coconuts by nibbling bark and revolving the nut to expose the shell before eating.
A New York woman urged home mission work by placing religious literature in an asylum for the blind. The matron said readers only pick fiction, noting inmates prefer imaginative works and ignore nonfiction.
A reflective note asserts women endure childbirth with quiet strength, portraying motherhood as a crowning glory and a source of joy from children.
Public auction on September 3 1910 at 10 a m on the premises for the 50 acre Wilson farm in section 36 township 77 north range 9 west Washington county Iowa. Sale subject to District Court approval with possession March 1 1911. Further details from W W Sigler administrator Wellman Iowa or J W Teeter referee Washington Iowa.
A Watertown Wisconsin man credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with curing ten years of eczema after doctors failed. The product claims to heal skin eruptions eczema salt rheum boils fever sores barnes scalds cuts and piles. 25 cents at Lemmon’s Pharmacy.
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