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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1907
Page
8
In Dowagiac Michigan on August 6 a dog was found in the residence district with a human leg in its jaws provoking alarm. A boy revealed the foot was a doctor Rix’s specimen from decades ago preserved with arsenic. The doctor explained he had prepared the specimen years earlier and recently found it.
The New York Herald recounts Anne Bonney and Mary Read, famed 18th century pirates who lived as men. Read grew up as a boy and served as a sailor and soldier before marrying a comrade, later joining a buccaneer crew with Bonney. Both were celebrated for courage. Read died in a prison cell, Bonney was returned to her family after Rackham's ship was captured.
A brief Tatler note records a dialogue about gratitude and service. It shows a servant asking what to say to his master regarding a pheasant gift and the master's generosity.
Louis M. Levy a retired merchant and leading Jewish figure in Little Rock killed himself amid financial troubles. Levy a prominent member of the Hebrew community died from a self inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Little Rock.
In Piatigorsk Caucasus on August 6 General Karekozoff former Odessa governor general was shot in the town center. The assassin escaped.
A New York Sun report recalls Filipino hospitality centered on the family cigar. A long cigar rests in a post hole for all to share when guests arrive, with even a child or infant puffing. Declining the offered smoke is bad form, and passing the lit cigar without flicking ashes off may offend.
The Duchess of Marlborough opens two London houses for wives of prisoners and for mothers to leave their babies daily. She plans to teach laundry work and sewing and expects room for about twenty women. The bishop of London will dedicate the homes, likely in September, and she will end her planned U S visit to focus on this charity.
Marion Indiana dated Aug 6 describes Conductor J H McMullen in charge of a Clove Leaf freight train arrested by Marshal Green of Decatur after a 40 mile chase. He pleaded guilty by wire to blocking a street in Decatur and paid a $20 fine plus costs. The train was sidetracked across a street crossing to await another train, exceeding the local ordinance limit before being overtaken in Marion.
The exchange-style notice paints a Italy-wide image of cities ringed by factory chimneys in smoke with tax exemptions for zones around towns. Venice Verona Florence Genoa Rome all feature smokey horizons as the writer laments the loss of a clean view and laments Rome’s horizon.
Three French sardine trawlers about sixty miles from Belleisie report observing a submarine earthquake. They saw dense black smoke rising from the water five miles away, believed a ship was on fire, but found no vessel there. Smoke and flames persisted as they retreated and watched through the night.
Baptiste Zaac of Williamson seeks to hold Ernesto and Zeck Zamponi in Madison county jail indefinitely at 35 cents per day per prisoner. Zaac claims the Zamponis attacked him in March injuring his ear and he won $185 judgment plus costs, which remains unpaid.
W J Ross an oil expert from Princeton directs four crewmen to erect a derrick on the J H Parker farm five miles west of Rockport to drill a test well for the Mattingley Oil company The field is described as unmapped and untried.
Nick Creighead, a Callaway county farmer, owns a famous shepherd dog known for catching fish in small streams near the farm. The dog spots fish in clear water, waits on shore, then dives to grab the quarry before it escapes. People visit the Craighead farm to witness the piscatorial act.
An Argonaut observation notes Japanese sailors on shore leave at Gibraltar carrying water bottles to avoid water borne disease. The detail illustrates their practical approach to preventive hygiene and health protection.
In Aug That Michigan the search for Thomas Morrish a wealthy Flushing resident is to be renewed Sheriff Zimmerman has posted a reward of 1000 offered by his relatives for information about the missing man.
Baseball scores from Chicago on August 6 show multiple league and association games. Key results include Philadelphia 11 at St. Louis 2, New York 5 at Chicago 4, Cleveland 6 Philadelphia 12, Detroit 8 Washington 5, and Louisville 4 Kansas City 0. Western and other leagues list Denver 10 Sioux City 2 and Pueblo 4 Omaha tied after eight innings.
Shirley Davidson son of Judge Davidson and Miss Hingston daughter of Sir William Hingston are believed drowned after a boat drifted away on the St Lawrence Sunday. Davidson, known in the United States for hockey and football, sailed with Duggan on his Seawanhaka cup defenders. He was an engineer with Dominion Steel and other major firms.
A pleasure craft was dragged by a cable attached to a loaded car float towed by a tug from the New York Philadelphia and Norfolk line and overturned in Hampton Roads. One child drowned. the father, three uncles, and a cousin were saved. The battleship Minnesota launch was earlier sunk in the same manner.
John Corrigan about 60, a wealthy miner from Spokane, was taken from a train to a St. Paul hospital with paralysis. He was returning from a trip to Europe and carried about $5,000. Doctors think he may recover.
Arklow Ireland Aug 6 Thomas Myler claimed he raised the stars and stripes at Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American war and was drowned off Courtown while training to swim St George s Channel.
The forecast calls for fair weather across Illinois Indiana Lower Michigan Iowa and Wisconsin through 8 PM tonight. Skies are generally clear with no precipitation expected and temperatures mild for the region.
Chicago Board of Trade quotes cover Wheat Corn Oats Pork Lard Short Ribs and cash sales with prices for futures and per common unit. East Buffalo live stock firm Duning Stevens lists cattle hogs sheep lambs veals with price ranges and receipts for the day.
War against consumption prompts warnings as nations seek to curb the white plague. Foley's Honey and Tar is touted as a perfect cure for coughs and colds with no danger of consumption. The genuine product comes in a yellow package and is sold by all druggists.
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