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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1907
Page
3
Journal readers react to claims that Rameses II did not live during the era of great works and that his inscriptions misattributed royal glory. The piece mocks the pharaoh as a vanity driven fraud and laments the loss of public confidence.
Des Moines August 2. The George A. Miller Printing company filed a vigorous protest with auditor Lew Burnett challenging a Polk County board of supervisors resolution that all county printing bear the union label. Miller threatens court action to test if civic bodies can require union-labeled work and claims union quality and cost claims are unfounded.
In Waterbury Connecticut on August 2 Sergeant William Benson of Company A Second Infantry was reduced to the ranks after hazing Brigadier General Russell Frost during a governor’s day drill. Benson ordered Private William Davis to fetch sixty eight umbrellas to guard mount, then provoked chaos by pulling Frost from bed and assaulting staff. Frost doubted the prank citing past commands and Benson remarked war is hell as he faced public discipline.
S Jemison of Spring Grove York County Pa lauds Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best and reports five years of use with cures. He recommends it to others and notes Cook and Sherman sell the remedy.
Market reports show The Vienna offering a wide assortment available continuously. Shoppers find diverse merchandise and steady stock levels across categories throughout the day.
Patent reports list patents issued on the thirtieth to residents of Iowa. Entries include Albert Cotton of Chillicothe for a railway tie and J R Brooks of Cedar Rapids with half assignment to M Ford for a grain-driver, among others in Davenport Manning and Decatur.
Chautauqua tickets go on sale at every bank in town. Johnson's bakery advertises a full line of cakes, macaroons, and raised doughnuts. Several residents travel for visits, hospital stays, or relatives in nearby cities.
The forecast notes fair weather tonight and Saturday with warmer conditions on Saturday. The item also includes an advert for Foley's Honey and Tar addressing hay fever and summer colds, claiming quick relief and healing of inflamed air passages, with a warning to seek the genuine yellow package.
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