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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1908
Page
8
Ted Garber former county recorder, after a year as operator of the Rock Island in Washington, exchanged places with Floyd Smith of Fairfield. Smith departed for Washington to assume the operator role, while Garber began duties here.
The Presbyterial Society of Home Missions opened at the Second United Presbyterian church with a 20 minute song service. Prof. H M Gage of Fairfield spoke on Man's Work for Men contrasting male and female church roles and urging Jesus as the basis for manliness in religion. The women’s convention session followed with Bible meditation, youth reports, and appeals for greater mission enthusiasm.
The presbytery debated whether Mr Coon should be allowed aid to attend State University at Iowa City or any other school. A vote established that he must attend a church school to receive presbytery support.
Conductor A Neff of Oskaloosa was fatally injured in a yard collision when a switch engine struck him as he stood on a track awaiting to board his train. Both legs were crushed and he cannot recover, leaving a wife and one child.
George Wilson was arrested for stealing a box of tools from St M McCleery and released after a preliminary hearing. He was ordered to leave town and did so, but later reclaimed the missing tools from a hiding place at the east Rock Island yards before fleeing down the track. Deputy Sheriff McCarty pursued him.
A fragment from a Crawfordsville page mentions a preliminary hearing after a rest, celebrates imagined congratulatory tones, and promotes Foley's Kidney Remedy for backache exhaustion and kidney troubles. Also notes Lemmon's Pharmacy and a brief travel item about G W Nicholaus and E J Davidson departing on the Firefly.
Shelbyville Indiana April 15 Charles Pr Sindlinger reports a steer fed with silo forage for fattening showed rapid gains. In 126 days the animal put on 6410 pounds, marking silo feeding as a strong fattening method on his farm.
Professor James P. Slade a long prominent Illinois educator who served as state superintendent of public instruction for Illinois died at age sixty five after a paralytic stroke.
A local notice list includes EAT Get a box of candy at the Star tonight and 51 21 Everything in the bakery line at Johnsons. Multiple residents and visitors travel for business and visits, including W A Cox to Wapello, Miss Effie Porter from Ainsworth, Mr and Mrs T A Jones from Wyman, Mr and Mrs Bert Donaldson from Ainsworth, Miss Alice Fluke from Minneapolis visiting Charles Keck, Perry Hays to Rock Island, Lucy Wilson home from the University of Illinois, Mrs Howard White and daughter returning to West Chester, Misses Helen and Gertrude Keller passing through east, and Miss Carrie Hardin visiting M A Hardin in southwest Washington.
Iv's WortH ReEApDINGRR Mr and Mrs C 8 Purvis return to Truro after visiting their son Arthur Purvis. Mrs Jess Campbell and baby and Mrs Howard Crock travel to West Chester after visiting Nathan Campbell. Mrs John Babcock leaves for Chicago after visits with Hervey Bell and N L Babcock. R Stuart becomes a great grandfather with a birth in Ottumwa to Homer Neff and wife. Misses Dorothy Miller Nena Wilson Hanna Eicher and Hazel Martin will return from Downer College Milwaukee for spring break.
Iowa Falls residents report seeing Attorney W. L. Weaver in Council Bluffs while en route southwest. A grand jury indictment is unverified as no official action has been made public and county police have not acted to locate him, suggesting no indictment was returned.
Mrs James Clegg arrived from Ainsworth this morning and remained in the city for the day.
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