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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1907

Page

6

Hay and crop yields fall across Iowa report

Iowa crop bureau reports show hay harvest near 80 percent of a normal crop in northern counties while southern areas see lighter yields due to storms. Potatoes suffer in Montgomery county with rotting, onions in Amana and Tama counties are large and good, oats in northeastern Iowa about 60 percent, and labor shortages delay hay and oat harvesting in Cherokee county.

Des Moines Iowa J. R. Sage Iowa Crop Bureau Montgomery County Towa Amana Cherokee County

Return of J H Marshall Reveals Marital Inroads in Des Moines

In Des Moines on August 2 J H Marshall returns to confront a wife now remarried after fifteen years since their marriage. He declares no plan to seek custody or action, as the pair meet in court and the truth of a second marriage unfolds amid local notes of daily residents and visitors.

Des Moines Iowa Enoch Arden J. H. Marshall Fife

Missing 17 year old girl amid Holy Jumpers in Wisconsin

Mrs. Anna Lundell of Sauk City Iowa seeks habeas corpus in Waukesha to recover her daughter Olga 17 said to be enticed by a group called the Holy Jumpers. Olga, a high school student, disappeared two weeks after attending band meetings with friends. Fresh candies line Vienna store as Dr L Baird travels from Fairfield to Ainsworth.

Milwaukee Anna Lundell Sauk City Iowa Waukesha Olga Oga

Visiting relatives linked by trips through Oskaloosa and Keota

Miss Helen Wilson who has been visiting relatives in Oskaloosa is spending a few days at Miss Maud Erdice's home in Keota. Mrs R. B. Tracy of Richland and her grandson Lorraine Tracy of Baton Rouge left yesterday for West Chester after visiting R. P. Lewis's home.

C. M. Buchanan Fairfield Cty M. L. Miller Ainworth Katherine Hopengardner Brighton Clyde Matson Monmouth Ilinois J. W. Davis Ainsworth John Miller Keota I. K. Beal Robert Burns Milwaukee Belle Plaine J.M. Lindley Winfield Cedar Rapids Joe Klopfenstein J. W. Carter Crawfordsville Lindsay Elizabeth Anderson Garnet Kansas A. E. Forgey Bonaparte Iowa Mills Samuel Thompson Lowash Youngstown Ohio Harry Heleher Chas. Yeager Helen Wilson Oskaloosa Maud Erdice 8. R. Tracy Richland Lorraine Tracy Baton Rouge Louisiana West Chester R. P. Lewis

Hahn Family Returns From Visit To Belle Plaine

Mrs. C. C. Hahn and her son returned to their Belle Plaine home yesterday morning after visiting the Charles Critz home. They were joined by Marie Critz who will stay at the Hahn home for a month.

C. C. Hahn and Son Belle Plaine Charles Critz Marie Critz Hahn

Davenport Saloonkeepers sue over $20,000 paid to brewers

Davenport saloonkeepers sue to recover $20,000 paid to brewing firms alleging illegal business during the period. The suits start a long running clash between saloons and brewers, with stricter mulet law enforcement expected as a outcome of the battle.

Davenport Iowa

Doctor Thorn Ends Term as District Elder in Muscatine

Washington doctor Thorn, presiding elder of Muscatine district, led a quarterly meeting at the M E church and preached the final sermon in that post. Riverside Leader James Letts arrived from Palo Alto, California, for a visit with the Marion Anderson family.

Doctor Thorn Washington Muscatine M. EE Riverside James Letts Palo Alto Calif Marion Anderson

Laura Matthews A Chicago Girl Found Dead In Colorado

Laura Matthews the Chicago girl whose body was found on a Colorado mountain is remembered in Clinton Iowa where she visited relatives on Sixth avenue near Second street. She was a niece of Mr and Mrs Lou Matthews and had made many friends in Clinton during past visits.

Clinton Iowa Laura Matthews Chicago Colorado Lou Matthews Sixth Avenue Second Street

Potato harvest underway on Winter's twenty five acres

Charles J. Winter reports twenty five acres of Early Ohios planted this year with an expected three to five cars of potatoes. The harvest has begun and will be shipped to Chicago. A crew of eleven boys worked early yesterday and continue today helping with the harvest.

Charles J. Winter Chicago

Scientists Find Worms in Mt Tacoma Ice

In an ascent of Mt Tacoma Prof John B Fleet and colleagues from Chicago found millions of tiny worms in Arabia glacier ice. The worms about an inch long and hair sized were extracted for microscopic study, shocking the observers with the wriggling mass in solid ice.

Tacoma Washi Mt.Tacoma John B. Fleet Cowles Chicago Arabia Glacier

Rattlesnake Death Shocks Cantril Family

Joe Nicholson learned his granddaughter Sylvia Cochran died in Oklahoma after a rattlesnake bite on Thursday afternoon. Medical aid and family efforts could not save her, ending a sorrowful day for the Cantril family.

Cantril Iowa Joe Nicholson Sylvia Cochran Oklahoma Sylvia

Washington Lodge 26 Regular Meeting Notice

Washington Lodge No 26 calls a regular meeting for Friday evening August 2 1907 at 42 21 G W Brown W M petitions to be acted on and possibly work to be performed by the craft.

G. W. Brown W. M

Urino Laxative Syrup Promises Refund for Indigestion

Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup is sold with a positive guarantee to cure constipation sick headache stomach trouble or any form of indigestion. If it fails the manufacturers refund your money. Sold by all druggists.

Mrs Ralston Visits Hays Family in West

Mrs. W. O. Ralston of West ter is spending a few days at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hays.

Mrs. W. O. Ralston West @__ter Mrs Walter Hays

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