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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1908
Page
6
Excerpt describes Dr A W Chase’s Kien Pills claiming to cure nervous exhaustion and fatigue. It notes sufferers feel misunderstood as doctors appear helpless, urging readers to seek the product as a solution.
An advertisement claims Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills cure by building up the nervous system and forming new nerve force. It features the physician's portrait on every box, price 50 cents, and lists Buffalo NY maker Dr A W Chase Medicine Co. Testimony from James Squires of Courtland MI reports his daughter healed after six boxes. Sold by J E Lemmon in Washington IA.
New York April 20 John A Drake is two million richer after his wife discovered a bundle of stock certificates in a hunting coat pocket at their Waldorf Astoria apartment. Drake had planned to sell his Montana mine stake to Amalgamated Copper officials, but the sale stalled when the certificates could not be located. A search ensued and Mrs Drake finally found the certificates among Drake's clothes.
In Tlavana on April 20 the white Miguelista faction led by Major Jose Castellanos, a gubernatorial aspirant, threatens to bolt if the negro element dominates the primaries. Ex-Senator Martin Morita Delgado, linked to an attack on rural guards that left several dead, leads the negro faction. Zagistas refuse cross party talks to fill provincial gubernatorial posts and dissolve their committee formed recently.
Peoria Illinois April 20 E A Jack an eighty five year old millionaire land owner died suddenly while sitting in a chair talking to his sons Willian and Noel and Lieutenant Halpin who had been called to separate quarreling sons. In declining years his sanity has been the cause of controversy and the matter is now pending in a Chicago court. At various times the children have quarreled over this question.
In Kalamazoo on April 20 the circuit court heard Mrs Pack of Centerville claim divorce from William S Pack governor of Matti province Philippines. Pack offered no defense. Mrs Pack testified her husband sought to force her to accept for political reasons individuals she deemed objectionable.
Detectives Sifea and Fox returned to Chicago from Bridgeport with Emma Jacobs fifteen held on a charge of stealing 52 from her mother and James Turner nineteen held on a charge of abduction. Mrs Lena Jacobs resides at 2009 Dearborn Street.
Denton Maryland April 20 report that for the first time in Caroline County a man was whipped by the sheriff under a court sentence for wife beating. Charles Wilson colored received thirty lashes on his bare back with a carriage whip as a substitute for a cat-o nine tails due to unavailability.
Charles March of Toronto longtime international officer of the Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators of America is dead in Montreal. His jurisdiction included northern New York state Ohio Michigan and Canada.
Scores from multiple leagues list Saturday and Sunday games across cities including St. Louis Brooklyn Philadelphia Cincinnati Chicago New York Washington Boston and more. Notable results include New York 66 eleven innings to Washington, Philadelphia 8 over Boston, Cincinnati 4 over Cincinnati 3 in another game, and Chicago 3 0 loss to St. Louis.
H Woods Robinson of Chicago warns buyers about choosing commission firms and agents in the live stock trade. He urges diligence to avoid “suckers,” favors avoiding strings on sellers, and stresses timely sales to secure the best prices. He cautions against watering stock and against insisting on unrealistically high minimum prices, noting early sales are often strongest.
The dairy guide stresses washing bottles thoroughly and sterilizing with live steam before use. It urges disciplined cleanliness for pails troughs and calf feeding, detailing flaxseed jelly methods to aid calf digestion and reduce scours. It links cream sales to steady farm income and independence, stressing sanitary dairy practices.
The consumer is blamed for milk souring quickly. Milk left at home in a clean bottle at low temperature may sour after twelve hours if left in a warm kitchen or poured into a pan washed in the dishpan and dried with a reused towel. Do not leave milk in the sun after the milkman leaves.
The White Star Line plans construction this year of a 1000-foot steanship to be named the Olympic. It may be among two leviathans of similar size with an anticipated speed of twenty knots. Route will be Southampton to New York, and the ships may exceed ten in number.
In Omaha on April 17 Severio Colombo received a life term for the murder of his friend Joseph Florenza. Colombo testified that he shot Florenza first by accident and then again at Florenza's request to end his agony, a claim the defense and prosecutors will appeal.
Mount Clemens Mich April 17 Judge BL R Erskine adjudged James G Tucker guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to five days in county jail. He later offered a default option of a 25 dollar fine which Tucker paid. Tucker had been a circuit judge before Erskine and sought reelection while Erskine ran against him.
W W Leighton, freed after a three year forgery sentence, left the prison smiling and greeted his aged mother at the Columbus railroad station. They boarded a train together to Toledo, marking a quiet, hopeful reunion after his banking fraud case that led to a bank's failure.
A snow slide on the Canadian Pacific near Alberta canyon in the Casence Mountains swept away two boarding cars with Japanese laborers. At least forty are believed lost. In Lafayette Indiana Rev William H Blair, a long serving Presbyterian minister and circuit rider, is dead at seventy six. Selig Silverstein, the anarchist bomber, remains alive and may recover.
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