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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1912
Page
8
Floods force evacuations across flooded regions as dead animals drift, yards waterlogged, homes submerged. Volunteers and riders use improvised rafts to ferry people to safety while authorities urge caution and report widespread devastation.
A Wednesday morning partial solar eclipse will appear as the sun is obscured by the moon for about an hour starting around 5:31 am Eastern time. Details describe how to view safely with smoked glass, the path of shadow, and the rare progression from annular to total as it crosses Spain and the Atlantic. The United States will see a lunar eclipse in September.
Fragmented text appears to reference a meeting or street activity with names and roles, but content is garbled. Entities such as individuals, places, or organizations cannot be reliably identified from the provided excerpt.
Tragic incident at Lipzin Theatre reported with unclear text showing owner and manager Michael Mintz shot himself. The fragment mentions students and a banquet, with chaotic surrounding notes about events and dates. Further details are unreadable.
A discussion on why men marry and how women attract partners, noting beauty is not decisive and wit, cheerfulness, and being a sympathetic listener matter. It explores how women present themselves, the masks women wear, and the social dance at dances and dinners, with aside tips on fashion stitching and kitchen cake ideas.
Astronomers predict a near occultation of Venus by the Moon tonight across Florida and Georgia with visibility depending on weather from Texas to Newark. Naval Observatory notes no absolute occultation. prepare with condensed milk for cooking and provide dried milk for puddings and custards.
The body of Dr Carl Clemons was found on a beach near the inlet at Long Island after a January storm. He was one of three duck hunters, Edwin S. Bailey and Thomas Voltas among them, who disappeared crossing the bay in a small boat. The remains were identified at Short Beach life-saving station. the doctor’s wife confirmed the ID.
In New York a panic broke out at a Cure theater in the Bronx when a pile of films ignited, injuring several in a crowd of about 500. Most injuries were minor, with children among the victims as the flames were quickly put out.
A home keeper’s guide offers practical advice on restoring furniture marks with polish benzine linseed oil and turpentine cleaning wallpaper with stale bread or pipe clay paste and cleaning marble with washing soda chalk pumice stone paste or fuller's earth and whiting. tips cover varnish touch ups and careful scrubbing methods for durable results.
New York reports reactionary trend in stocks as prices peak for the year. Investors blamed political, agricultural, and labor factors for the downturn while profit realization and looming money-market strain forewarn hardening credit conditions and federal bond activity. Labor and rail labor disputes draw attention as unions press for recognition, with hopes for settlements noted.
All steel lines active as railways and independent mills approach capacity. shipments of finished products surge with April bookings near daily US Steel Corp figures. Railroad orders include 67,000 tons of rails 5,000 cars 52 locomotives and 5,000 tons of bridge material. Prices advance with sheets and bars and shapes set for further rise.
Special to The Washington Pose reports lower tobacco receipts at 247700 pounds this week, down from 221200 pounds last week, with expectations of continued weak activity through season end. Price ranges include lugs common 100 to 450, leaf common 6 to 150, leaf medium 75 to 850, leaf good 815 to 1050, leaf fine 11 to 14, wrappers 1450 to 19 e?
Boston April 14 The cotton industry in New England, unsettled by strikes and lockouts in several cities, appears more settled tonight than at any time since the year began. Manufacturers and worker representatives express confidence unrest is ending. About one hundred fifty thousand operatives in the region have received wage advances of about 19 percent and better working conditions. Nearly every cotton concern has returned to the wage schedule in force in 1919, when wages were at their peak, with only a few strikes remaining active.
In London April 24 a dispatch reports Muslims in Kanau province organizing a 50,000 man force to resist the republic. The movement follows a manifesto urging the Nine Races to amalgamate under republican leaders. refugees from Kansu are said to have arrived at Sansu, with Americans among them. General Haung Sing at Nanking will keep control under the president over military and diplomatic matters in the executive district.
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