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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1909
Page
4
In Spokane on April 17, locals discuss a new Washington criminal code section making gratuities at public houses a misdemeanor. Officials expect a test case as residents see the law clashing with customary tipping and personal rights.
Council Bluffs Iowa April 17 County Attorney J J Hess announced a new suit against twelve saloons previously unprosecuted by Anti Saloon League oversight. He urges enforcement of liquor laws as legislators intended and plans further actions against remaining saloons.
A brief verse by Lafayette Parks laments an unseasonably cold spring with scarce blossoms. The speaker misses flower scents while the coal bin runs low and the wheezy oil stove pervades the room with its odor.
A ranch tip explains boring a hole in a stock trough and inserting a pin as a stopper. Water from the trough returns to the well, keeping the trough from freezing and letting stock drink as needed.
Charlie Taft led a group of about fifteen public school classmates in a roof top game at the White House. They slid from chimneys and dodged behind the eaves with a marble balustrade offering safety while President and Mrs. Taft were away.
Chicago Rabbi Tobias Schanfarber urged forming an optimists’ club made up of citizens from every American city. He spoke at R. A. M temple, saying despite industrial woes and prejudice, hope grows as capital and labor relations improve and the world shows greater harmony.
Worcester plans to let city workers fish daily in Andrew H Green pond and give all catch to the poor. Ed win P Curtis, parks commission chairman, says the idea honors Green who left his estate to Worcester for a park. Fishing has been prohibited since his death.
Melbourne, then known as Bear Grass with thirteen huts at Queen Victoria’s accession, is now ranked as the seventh city of the British empire following London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, and Calcutta.
Milo Patterson of Lexington and William Wells of West Chester visit the city, along with William Neff of Wayland and Al Huber of Lexington. Stewart Alcord guest of Chauncey Myers from Perry Oklahoma, while Helen Berry and Stella visit Bessie Mealy in Pleasant Plain. Mrs Joe Shaw from East Orange visits W A Row and others. A L Plummer leaves Geo H Pauls horses for Jap Bidwells livery. Lee Dusenberry plans to quit tonight. Peter Coffman of Wayland brings seven wolves to Crone and Ore z meat market exhibit, bounty $2 per head.
Washington reports a rapid immigrant flow to New York, averaging about 20,000 weekly, with many from Austria Hungary and Italy amid tariff uncertainty. The piece notes rising telecom scale, a public tariff clash between Democrats and Republicans, and a sharp exchange over fossil tax policy and duties on horses and mules. Charles W. Arthur reported.
The London Standard notes that card playing occurred in church pews and even in St Paul’s before the fire. Beresford Hope cites curtilaged pews shielding players from view, while a George is said to have joined a whist game in his church. Little Stanmore houses a luxurious pew accessible by a door and stairs.
In George E. Bozall's Story of the Australian Bushrangers a man named Michael feigns drinking tea to hide his bank notes. The inn is held by bushrangers who disarm fourteen guests. Michael secretly pockets the notes, escapes, and rides to the nearest police station to report the crime.
Instructions describe cleaning fur by heating salt and cornmeal, rubbing through the fur, brushing to remove dust, and using cleaners on greasy linings. White fur can be cleaned with flour and salt, while dampened fuller's earth may restore skin without water to avoid shriveling.
Democratic senators at the second conference agree to let Republicans take full charge of the tariff bill and assume responsibility for the measure. Washington, April 17.
Bucket shop crusade in Chicago, begun by police at the urging of the board of trade, aims to curb unregulated exchange houses. Nine firms were notified to close. only two complied, while the rest claim legitimate ties to out of town trade exchanges.
Chicago traders see recovery after yesterday's wheat losses as prices firm across grains and provisions. May wheat hits 1.27 1 4, May corn 68 68 4, oats 55 55 4, pork 18.15, lard 10.32, ribs 9.45 with July quotations nearby. cash No 2 hard red wheat 1.25 to 1.32 4 and No 3 corn 68 69 cents.
South Omaha live stock report for April 16 shows cattle receipts 450 with steady prices across native steers cows and heifers western steers canners stockers and feeders calves and bulls. Hog receipts 6000 steady with heavy mixed and light classes and pigs. bulk sales near 6.80 to 7.00. Sheep receipts 1300 steady with yearlings 7.00 to 7.40 welters and ewes 5.75 to 6.00 lambs 7.60 to 7.95.
Cattle receipts 1 000 steady with steers 5 00 to 7 00 cows 4 00 to 5 75 heifers 3 25 to 6 00 bulls 3 75 to 5 25 calves 3 50 to 6 60 stockers and feeders 3 30 to 5 35. Hog receipts 15 000 generally 10 cents lower heavy 7 00 to 7 17 4 butchers 6 95 7 15 choice light 6 80 7 00 packing 6 90 7 00 pigs 5 10 6 25 bulk 6 90 7 00. Sheep receipts 6 000 steady sheep 3 75 to 6 50 lambs 5 50 to 8 20 yearlings 5 25 to 7 35.
Fox and Dewey proprietors N 8 8 S H Benn visited Muscatine today. Mrs J A Y Ashby attended a Kepta call. Sheriff E J Grimes of Sigourney was in town on business. Rev Father J M Walsh traveled to Pleasant Plain this morning. Penn Oil and Supply Co president Suler from Oil City Pa was in town with N G Griffith of Rock Island. W E Taylor oversees the local oil plant on duty tonight.
Mrs Ida Hill of Cone spent a few days at the James Porter home and returned to her residence this morning.
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