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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1911
Page
5
Local notices promote WHITE ROSE bread and candy at Ross Drug Store and Vienna Bakery with multiple mentions of A W McCall. Various social updates note visits, travels, and family movements in Keota Crawfordsville and Ottumwa.
The Heim committee orders Edward Tilden George Benedict and William Cummings cited for contempt for failing to answer subpoenas. Other notes report travelers, sales activity, and military mobilization in Muscatine with Company M arriving and a large patrol presence. The town remains calm with arrests for noncompliance and growing war footing.
A father tells Evelyn and Jack a bedtime story about two young monkeys and a clever Philippine tale. The tale describes a monkey trapped in a coconut shell and a patient Filipino keeper, interwoven with the kids asking questions and the promise of peanuts if they sleep. The scene ends with the children dozing and the father noting the last kernel swallowed.
Dispatch indicates a Muscatine unit is on site with demands for a battalion. Davenport company likely to be brought in. The report notes mobilization efforts and additional units may arrive to reinforce the scene.
Dr Samuel Z Batten of Des Moines attended a Muscatine ministerial meeting with about 70 baton workers to discuss the labor controversy. He spoke briefly to workers and helped arrange the conference between the union committee and the Ministerial Association through his Des Moines college affiliation.
The commissioner aims to unite opposing sides on workable terms. He has collected substantial material and data and officials may publish a report on the commission's findings.
The notice urges a prompt 8 15 start for a show with many young children in the cast. It stresses finishing the entertainment efficiently and asks listeners to be in with their ears on time.
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