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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1910
Page
4
Des Moines hosts a bankers gathering on May 16 and 17 to discuss plans and aims for a prosperous event. Burlington residents push to raise an additional fifty three thousand dollars for their large hotel project.
Disciples of Christ Church in Des Moines hosts a gathering as Iowa State Bankers association plans for May 16 and 17. Governor Beyeeyes and Senator A. B. Cummins are invited to speak along with Auditor John L. Bleakly. other names include Leslie M. Shaw H. R. Wright and John Swanger. W. C. Brown may attend and deliver an address if possible. Joseph Pollard of Fort Madison also invited. he is a congress candidate and a noted Iowa banker speaker.
At a Burlington stockholders meeting on April 22 a goal of 53 000 extra funding was set to complete the fireproof hotel project. Vice President John Blaul led the session as architect Burrows outlined costs and benefits while noting bids exceeded the original 200 000 estimate and the total is now 58 000 overage.
Moses Jorgen a 48 year old farmer from New Boston Iowa is killed in a quarrel. Abe Anderson colored is jailed to prevent mob violence after allegedly striking Jorgen with a club, fracturing his skull. Anderson is held in Keokuk for safety as Jorgen leaves a bereaved family.
The Jasper county coroner investigated the death of a stranger found on the Great Western tracks two and a half miles north of Baxter. The body was severed in the middle and likely run over by several cars. Identification of the man was not yet determined.
About one hundred leaders of the Iowa Brotherhood of the Disciples of Christchurch met at the Wellington hotel to plan a June 30 convention in Boone. Des Moines will dispatch a special train carrying 300 delegates, with districts appointing captains to recruit attendees from county seats to small towns across the state.
During the early excesses of the French revolution a mob rioted in Paris. Lafayette ordered an artillery officer to fire. The officer offered a vanity appeal and rode to the front to demand the crowd retire, threatening to shoot. The crowd scattered, fearing to be counted with the scum of the city.
Two brothers, William and Lawrence, saved dessert for next day. William finds one cake with a large bite missing and learns Lawrence admitted to tasting it. Lawrence explains he tasted and found it was William's cake, so he left the other cake untouched.
The piece describes little folk in black satin and lace with bright sashes and hair bows, the tunic apron fashion for summer gowns, and uses of old brocade in shoes. It notes the sailor blouse with shoulder plaits as a key spring item and variations in shield height. JUDIC CHOLLET.
This May Manton pattern comes in bust sizes from 32 to 40 inches. Send 18 cents to this office with number 657 and it will be mailed promptly. If you are in haste, include an extra two cent stamp for faster delivery.
Narrative reports Frederick I of Prussia died six weeks after fearing an apparition. His wife, described as insane, allegedly escaped her keeper and charged him with bloody clothes, matching a royal ghost legend known as the white lady.
A dying man leaves eleven sheep to his three sons with shares one half one fourth and one sixth. A sage adds his own sheep to enable exact division. Eldest takes half, second a fourth, youngest a sixth, then all depart with sheep counted. The riddle asks if the division follows the will and if each son received their due portion.
Albert Wolter was found guilty of murder in the first degree by a jury in Judge Foster's court after about three hours deliberation. The convict showed no emotion as the verdict was read, with Ruth Amos Wheeler's sister-claimants present, and sentencing set for next Wednesday.
Five occupants of a car in Vincennes Indiana were pitched over an embankment during a joy ride. Solomon Davis 60 a miner from Bicknell was killed. The injured include Florence J Tonlaw owner and driver William Bolk Jr Spot Desy of Vincennes and John Sullivan of Bicknell.
Market wire shows Chicago cash grain with winter wheat and corn by sample prices, oats and butter quotes. live stock in Chicago and Omaha with hogs, cattle, and sheep quotations. East Buffalo reports steady cattle, strong hogs, and lower sheep and lamb prices, with regional commission notes.
Regular school board meeting approves next year’s teaching staff with Fuller re elected and several changes. Margaret Doolittle named principal of Heights School replacing Kathryn Montgomery transferred to Wallace College. Salaries raised modestly and plans for kindergarten expansion considered for four wards.
Centennial School lists Elizabeth Klein as principal with Gertrude Kendall in third room Nannie Laughead in second room and Kathryn Stichter in primary. Wallace School lists Kate Montgomery as principal with Mary Hatch in third room Kathryn Montgomery in second room Emma Buxbaum in primary Music and Drawing Wilma Row.
The church schedules a Bible school at 9:30, young people's hour at 6:30, morning service at 11, and evening service at 7:30 led by Rev. D. I. Coon with themes Life More Abundant and A Deacon's Sermon. A midweek family gathering is at 7:30 Wednesday. Delegates will be elected to the Northern Baptist convention meeting May 6 in Chicago.
Tonight at the opera house three reels of moving pictures two illustrated songs and acrobatic vaudeville. Admission five and ten cents.
Next Tuesday April 25 marks the 91st anniversary of Oddfellowship in America. The local I O O F lodge will hold a special program and perform Initiatory and Second Degree work. All members urged to attend.
A quote emphasizes aid over preaching for those in hardship, noting an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching. The saying attributed to Bulwer-Lytton frames charitable action as more effective than moralizing when individuals face poverty or struggle.
Mrs. Kate Waters of Lenoir credits Cardui, a gentle vegetable tonic, with restoring strength after a two week wash. She reports no fatigue and says she now feels stout as a mule and urges other weak women to try the tonic. A 64 page home treatment guide is offered on request.
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