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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1905
Page
5
A large assembly marked by warm words and friendship as lawyers and guests gathered in a historic event. Speakers celebrated camaraderie and noted the end of an era with reflections on shared service and community ties.
The Monday literary program featured extemporaneous speeches and a president’s lecture urging members to prepare diligently and sustain interest. A Columbus Junction win and the juniors choosing green and white colors are noted, along with health, lab additions, and local union activity.
A new B club forms at Centennial school with Miss Lucile Miller at the Fulton home. Harve y McCall visits from Iowa City as a friend hosts a farewell Bachelor Maids dinner for Miss Daisy Hull. Showers, a violet luncheon, and poetry cards mark social events, plus a M E church mission society gathering.
Small classified notice reads Call 45 tf for rental offers in Ashby. Contact details unclear but indicates available houses for rent in the Ashby area.
In Minneapolis on April 15, Lucke, a worker at the Minneapolis Steel and Machinery works, forced his wife to witness his suicide by carbolic acid. He gave no reason for the act and died within ten minutes. He had recently moved from Clinton, Iowa, and seemed a content husband and father until the tragedy.
Verona Tenn April 15 Isom Boyd a negro shot and killed Allen Reynolds a young white man. The wheel o w is arrested. A mob gathered and told the sheriff if the negro was not tried at once he would be lynched. Judge Richardson has the matter under advisement and the mob is awaiting the decision.
Frost and snow injure crops in northern Iowa as temperatures fall to 10 above zero at Sibley and snow covers the state. Britain and China reach agreement on the Thibet convention with some unifications. Mrs Leslie M Shaw recovers from an operation and travels to Washington.
In a tribute laden address Choate praises the long friendship between the United States and Great Britain and credits shared common law with underpinning liberty. He notes support from Halsbury Alverstone Salisbury and Lansdowne and mentions farewells before leaving for New York on May 23.
Mrs A B Adams and her young daughter Dorothy have returned to their home in Washington after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs J B Mark on East Ninth Street in Muscatine.
In New York on April 15 a daughter was born to Mrs. Herbert Satterlee formerly Miss Louise Morgan daughter of J Pierpont Morgan. The birth adds a new generation to the Morgan family in the city.
Weather bulletin reports a general snow storm across Nebraska with some spots estimating as much as two inches. Algiers prefect notified of King Edward's upcoming visit. In Bak, Russia, cholera cases reach three, with one fatal outcome.
A man opened fire with a Winchester at a rural negro frolic near Swaynesboro Georgia killing two women and one man and injuring others before escaping. The shooter’s identity was not learned.
Reverend Alexander Dowie, returning to City of Mexico, declines to confirm purchasing the Lopez ranch for a new Zion City in the tropics. He says he will likely be in Chicago by Easter Sunday.
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