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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1910
Page
8
A teller recalls a small man burglar and a detective at city hall amid jokes about umbrellas and skirts. The piece notes a mercantile worker Daniel L and a cemetery route to work, plus comic misunderstandings from a Florida fair with acrobats and a matinee race.
An Egyptologist notes a strange practice where by ancient Egyptians borrowed money using family mummies as security. He says pledging a father or grandfather’s mummy was common and in large sums even a mother-in-law’s mummy could be mortgaged. He asserts Egyptians could not borrow without such pledges and those who died with a mummy pawned were buried outside consecration.
The piece extols the postage stamp for its quiet efficiency. It notes that effort, unity, and backing help it reach the goal and deliver. It affirms stick-to-it-iveness as a model to imitate.
The article notes that France's senators, already served by a fencing master, barber, and a doctor, now have a dentist who attends to them gratuitously as part of their care.
Minneapolis Sept 5 The joint congressional committee on the Ballinger Pinchot controversy meets to review evidence from the inquiry. Senator Carter attacks Pinchot over forest fires and defense against Heyburn Mondell and Carter for opposing forest protection funding. He cites Pinchot's claim of national forest improvements costing 11.795 million versus 19.823 million for general expenses.
In St Paul the National Conservation Congress opens with Taft urging peace while delegates split between Ballinger and Pinchot camps. Roosevelt's forthcoming address is anticipated to stir tensions as speakers debate resource control and corporate influence. Hotel keepers meanwhile conserve resources.
Eleventh Eighteenth Forty second and 138th coast artillery companies are ordered to sail for Manila on the transport bound for the Philippines departing from San Francisco today.
Members from many states attend the national meeting at Cliff Haven New York where the union conducts its summer school.
Sept 5 report from Concord NH notes a direct primary wind-up exposing sharp GOP rifts. Regular candidate Rilis faces insurgent Robert P. Bass backing the New Hampshire progressives as voters head to primaries to decide the gubernatorial line.
Supporters claim Bass enjoys Col. Roosevelt’s sympathy while the progressive platform calls for freight rate cuts with constitutional amendments if needed. It also seeks a New York–like public service commission, strict employee eligibility measures, and laws banning corporate political contributions with full campaign expense disclosures by candidates and parties.
In Fargo North Dakota on Labor Day crowds welcomed Theodore Roosevelt who arrived as the guest of the Federation of Labor. The former ranch owner and neighbor spoke on labor questions in a star appearance that drew thousands to the event.
Labor Day celebrations unfold with large parades and gatherings in New York Chicago and Boston as unions hold demonstrations and union meetings mark the holiday. In Pittsburgh a new Labor Temple is dedicated with a parade and ceremonies under central trades council auspices.
A Berlin Schoneberg boy playing a toy trumpet on a second floor balcony caused a royal bugle signal that halted street traffic as the imperial car passed. An officer and policeman quickly intervened, confiscating the instrument as authorities consider the case.
A royal Italian commission on juvenile crime recommends adopting Britain's crackdown on youth smoking. It would ban under sixteens from smoking or possessing tobacco and impose a 100 dollar fine on suppliers. Parents letting minors smoke could face prosecution. The panel also urges further measures to curb the issue.
Teachers employers police and government inspectors empowered to confiscate smoking materials found on children under age in schools workshops and public places. The new law in England shows success as smoking in public by children has been effectively suppressed.
Berlin issued statistics show Germany at about 65 million with annual gains near one million. Forty years ago both nations were close in numbers but now France stands at about 39 million. The report cites rising birth rates and declining death rates and notes emigration fell from 200,000 to around 20,000 yearly.
The eight year old Princess Romani Onosk wed Prince Lidi Eyassu in Abyssinia on May 16 1900. The couple has separated with divorce arranged not for fault but to shield the throne from Empress Taitus influence. The prince is heir apparent and the bride is his niece.
An eastern fable describes a potentate demanding the stings of a thousand bees killed for one transgression. The king is astonished to learn the tiny stingers form little mass, prompting a manifesto to curb complaints. The tale warns petty annoyances grow when exaggerated in the mind and harm relationships.
Fragmentary lines from a humorous exchange show Ebenezer warning his boy against handling a blunderbuss and joking about a Korea metal atom. The text mixes a mock historical scene with casual domestic dialogue. The piece reads as a comic vignette from early American letters or period humor.
Severe strains on vital organs threaten breakdowns and health. Electric Bitters are praised as a tonic medicine that sustained Mrs. J E B Van de Sande of Kirkland Illinois for three months. Purchase at Lemmon's Pharmacy with guaranteed satisfaction.
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