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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1906
Page
5
Mrs Christina Elizabeth Lindauer died yesterday at her Wellman home after a long illness. She was aged 79 and survived by her husband John and seven children. The funeral will be Tuesday at 1 30 P M at the Methodist church with Rev Ludwig and Rev W L Clapp officiating. Interment in Weliman cemetery.
Peck & Taylor in Washington Iowa advertise a homestead plan offering land at low prices with easy terms and no rent interest or taxes for five years. Prospective buyers are urged to write for prices and terms.
Lodges occupying the hall are informed it is undergoing repairs and will not be refit for occupancy this week. Mr and Mrs Richard Hughes of Columbus Junction arrived on No. 29 yesterday afternoon. Miss Leona Colthurst and Miss Ella Porter Cad students returned home from an over Sunday visit in Ainsworth.
Warns against catarrh ointments with mercury and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Internal remedy claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Advises obtaining genuine Hall's Catarrh Cure from doctors and druggists. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Yale students launch multiple ventures from The University Suit Pressing to Yale Shoe Repairing and a Yale Water Wagon. The ventures recruit other students, fund scholarship peers, and boost campus commerce while new enterprises like a moving and storage service loom after the semester ends.
Philip Lindeman admitted in court he was not the father of four children he had supported. William P. Lindeman of Galesburg arranged to send the aged man there at his expense and provide a home for him for life. A sister-in-law had questioned the father’s position after the mother’s death last October and prompted the action.
London April 16 Jabez Spencer Balfour once a financial magnate and MP has been released from Parkhurst prison after a fourteen year sentence for fraud linked to the Land Allotment company and the Liberator group. He likely will return to the Argentine Republic where he held trade interests. It is estimated English middle classes lost about 30 million dollars to his swindling operations.
The Twentieth Century Reading circle gathers tomorrow evening at the Ralph Livingston home with Mrs Eva Livingston. The Fortnightly clubs musical department meets tonight at Mrs Clyde Bailey with leader Mrs George Norton performing Paderewski based programs.
Washington reports show the senate in session six minutes to permit members to attend the cornerstone laying for the house of representatives office building. The house then issued eulogies for late Senator Platt of Connecticut and adjourned in his honor. Earlier, the house held a session honoring late Representative Marsh of Illinois with remarks on his life and character.
Milwaukee resident August Hetz of 311 Fourth street held a burglar in his home at an early hour and waited for police. Bertillon ID traced the suspect to Nicholas Kuhn, just released from Waupun prison for a Fond du Lac forgery. Kuhn is described as very similar in appearance to Hetz.
Denver April 16 The American Smelting and Refining Company will extend the eight hour day to all workers in its five Colorado plants handling furnaces starting May 1. About 2,500 men will be affected. Outside workers, mainly laborers, are excluded.
Keck Floral Co. onion sets and Lemmon’s jewelry promos frame a day of local activity. Residents travel to Keota Brighton Havre Sigourney Des Moines Williamsburg and Topeka for business and visits. A request for a blue silk umbrella’s return closes the item.
Queenstown April 16. The steam ship Campania bound for New York carries what is said to be the largest single transfer of specie across the Atlantic. The total value of the coins and precious metals on board is about 6 250 000 dollars.
In Boston on April 16 the Home Market club adopted a resolution that effectively ousts Congressman George P Lawrance from the Republican ranks due to his support for free hides coal iron ore lumber and pulp wood.
A collage of brief humorous quotes from multiple papers. Snippets mock political figures, business, and society with quips about taxes, oil, murder, dogs, and the whizz wagon industry. The piece reflects early 20th century wit on public figures and modern commerce.
John Boyle, a prominent ranchman, was shot and killed at the Ketcham ranch twenty five miles southwest of Cheyenne while at supper. The assassin escaped.
Petersburg Indiana April 16 The four year old child of Jesse F Davis near here burned to death as clothes caught fire from a burning rubbish pile.
Chicago April 16 reports league scores with Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and St Louis results. Notable details include a no charge Brooklyn game with voluntary admissions and attendance figures for New York and Washington in the American League season opening.
Dougherty Bros announce an expert cutter will be at their clothing store on Wednesday and Thursday. They guarantee a perfect fit or no pay, with customers paying only after satisfaction. donated figures reference 23 966 automobiles and 54 100 000 dollars to American manufacturers.
Mrs. Alexander of Cary Me. reports Dr King’s New Life Pills keep her stomach liver and bowels in order. Purifiers aim to infuse new life and are guaranteed by J H Stewart druggist. Price 2½ cents.
Word reached the city of the death of R P Dickson of Cincinnati a well known inspector of bank locks who visited here annually for eleven years most recently before Christmas. He died Friday of acute pneumonia at about 45 years old leaving a wife. Funeral arrangements were not set at the time of writing.
A local tale describes blood marks on the home of J. W. Williams, a known Backy merchant, as a dramatic claim about a cure. The piece features Dr King’s New Discovery said to heal hemorrhages and chronic coughs with a trial bottle offered by J. H. Stewart, Druggist.
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