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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1908
Page
7
Charleston April 28 Coles county grand jury votes no bill to indict Judge Peter J Grosscup and Central Illinois Traction directors. Former manslaughter indictments over last August wreck, which killed eighteen, are quashed.
Scores from the leagues list results in New York Brooklyn 4 New York 1 and Philadelphia 3 Boston US, Pittsburgh 3 Chicago 4 Cincinnati 2, St Louis 2 Chicago 1, Cleveland Detroit 2, Philadelphia New York 3 12 innings, Washington 7 Boston 0, Milwaukee 0 Columbus 6, Toledo 7 Kansas City 4, Minneapolis Indianapolis 2, Pueblo 7 Sioux City 6, Omaha 3 Lincoln 2, Denver 6 Des Moines 1.
Bloomington April 25. Governor P Deneen has denied Merritt Chism’s pardon after years of effort by friends. Chism, a farmer, murdered his wife and is now serving a seventeen year sentence. Public opposition centered on the cold blooded nature of the crime.
Antisaloon forces rung church bells to celebrate the supreme court action disposing of the local option law. Thirty five saloons have been wiped out in Perry County since the law became effective.
An account of Grover Cleveland born in Caldwell New Jersey his early schooling and law career his rise as mayor of Buffalo governor of New York and his 1884 presidential victory over James G Blaine highlighting his vetoes civil service reform and single term pledge to the people and the dramatic shift to national prominence.
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