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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1911
Page
8
The past week brought generally favorable conditions for pastures plowing fall seeding and maturing corn. Temperatures ran high and rainfall was below normal except in several counties with excess moisture. Fall plowing seeding advanced rapidly and corn fodder cutting tops the list as apples plums and grapes begin harvest.
Des Moines reports that two special cars may be needed to accommodate Iowans wishing to escort President Taft through the state. Governor Carroll has invited state officials to act as escorts, with the governor’s entire staff on the train. Taft will tour Council Bluffs and stay through his Iowa visit, including a breakfast at Grant Club and a public address at the coliseum. Cummins declines escort role but will join Des Moines reception. Kenyon will join the escort.
Fairfield Ohio Sept 19 Soup Bone Webb and Lyle Nar were jailed for 30 days after Sheriff Campbell caught them pilfering coats robes and bogey whips from rigs at the courthouse square. They were located with stolen items and arraigned before Justice Wilson. They deny circus connections but say they tail the Golmar Brothers circus.
Portugal is finally acknowledged as a republic by major European powers after years of political change. The move marks a turning point for the nation and its leadership as international recognition solidifies its republican status.
Andrew Carnegie plans launching a peace newspaper as an international organ. The piece mentions various baseball scores, political figures like Champ Clark supporters, Benamin T. Cable and Newton Baker predictions, and notes on New York City charters and Admiral Ching Pih Kwong’s U S visit.
The fragment lists pairs such as Hawkkes and Clarke versus Summers and Stanage, Ford Hoff and Blair with Detroit at New York totals and dates. It notes games at Philadelphia and Boston with scores and lineups, including Walsh Sullivan Coombs and others. The passage ends with a note called account of darkness, affecting a Chicago match.
A jeweler notes women cause more watch troubles than men citing frequent need for regulation and repair. He says women forget to wind them and wear them irregularly, exposing watches to improper environments about three days in seven. He cites cities Minneapolis Louisville Milwaukee St Paul Columbus as locations in the discussion.
Grandmothers kept dark glossy hair with sage tea. now Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy offers a ready to use tonic color restorer. Sold by McElhinney Drug Co for fifty cents a bottle with money back guarantee if it fails to deliver results.
The representative of Georgia's eleventh district turned fifty one yesterday. Born in Georgia, he pursued education and law, practicing for thirty years. He entered the Georgia House of Representatives in 1884 and later served the state in several roles, earning election to the Fifty-fifth and all subsequent Congresses.
A rural postman found a letter box at Asket gate near Armathwaite Cumberland England filled by a swarm of bees forcing a retreat. Later a local bee expert removed the swarm without incident.
When doctor orders rest you feel weak and worn, yet you must keep going. Electric Bitters promise to restore tone and vigor from the first dose, preventing breakdown. Thousands bless them for health and strength. 60 cents per bottle at Lemimon's Pharmacy.
A simple test for sugar purity explains that pure sugar burns completely leaving no residue, while adulterated sugar leaves ash. The note emphasizes a basic method to judge quality through combustion results.
A quote from Hearth and Horne about a man who cannot travel yet enjoys planning excursions. He studies travel costs attire timetables and reads travel books to imagine distant journeys, finding it a captivating occupation for the imaginative.
A proposed plan urges courts to enforce memory loss care for many witnesses in major trials. It suggests correspondence schools could reorient to serve bulk training at lower fees.
A compact adage notes thrift mirrors wealth in kin. The saying emphasizes prudent saving and frugality as traits passed from prosperous relatives to their descendants.
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