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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1906
Page
2
Des Moines reports an error by the senate enrolling clerk during the last session. The misprint requires teachers earning a license this year to take a first grade certificate exam, forcing many who hold only second or third grade credentials to meet high school level tests.
The academy closes Thursday due to the death of Professor Meyers brother in Crawfordsville. Mr Daugherty leaves Thursday morning. other teachers continue work Friday. Senior play Mr Bot to be given at Wellman May 12. Miss Smith in charge. seniors optimistic about success. Spirogyra quest excites botany class for microscope observers.
A collage of light satire and current-angle quips from papers like Pueblo Chieftain Atlanta News Boston Journal Chicago Herald and Los Angeles Express comment on ex presidents scientific finds etiquette politics and odd inventions. Notables include Roosevelt abolition of debt humor about microbes in hymn books and a New Jersey life insurance mugging.
Des Moines residents note a letter from Nathan C. Shaffer, president of the National Education Association, stating the San Francisco session for this year will be abandoned. The Department of Public Instruction in Harrisburg confirms the widespread preference to skip the meeting. Henry Sabin, Des Moines, Iowa, is informed of the decision.
George Loubard of Memphis visiting relatives in Est Lodge fell violently ill after smoking a cigar that contained a human finger fragment. The detached finger piece, with two joints and part of a fingernail, likely came from a factory cigarmaker’s hand and mixed with filler. Loubard had bought several cigars and noticed a peculiar flavor before sickness.
In Dubuque Iowa the two year old child of Mr. and Mrs. D E Coffin died after a peanut shell lodged in its lung. Doctors performed an artificial throat opening but relief never came. The child died three weeks after the accident at home following hospitalization.
M Adams president of the Iowa association of Rural Letter Carriers sets the annual convention for August 28 and 29 in Des Moines. The program is to be announced and the group, now about 2300 members statewide, aims to advance members in their business.
W F Brinton and company have toured Iowa Nebraska Kansas Indian Territory and Missouri since last September. On returning to Washington they present a benefit for San Francisco with half of net receipts to the Red Cross. Admission 25 cents with 50 cent gallery. Curtain 8 30, end 10. Tickets at Nicola Harmon's.
Mr J B Egleston of Maple Landing Iowa reports severe winter colds escalated to la grippe with aches congestion and fever. He praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy and double dose Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets for rapid relief and complete recovery. Stet Cook Sherman and Stewart's Pharmacy.
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