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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1909
Page
5
The week review notes renewed trade activity with tariff changes now law. Iron and steel demand rises as pig iron output expands and buyers gain freedom. Dry goods trade grows with strong collections, while retail activity clusters at central markets. Hides price shifts follow tariff impact.
Geneva reports the psychology congress accepted the American invitation to hold its 1918 meeting in Boston. Officers named include honorary president William James of Cambridge and president James Mark Baldwin of Baltimore with vice presidents Edward Bradford Titchener Sage and James M. Cattell.
Berlin Aug 7 a Chinese merchant Tien Yon shot Hildegarde Hoffmann, a white music hall singer, in jealousy and then shot himself. Bott died minutes later.
O S Moses lost his pacing mare Easter Wing on the track when a sulky tire burst and the wheel dropped. The frightened horse bolted, he ran onto the railroad, was struck by a freight train and killed.
In Clinton Iowa a pier of the old Chicago and Northwestern railroad bridge was blown out with dynamite. Eighty sticks were used to destroy the pier as part of removing the aging structure replaced by a new steel double track span costing about 2 million dollars. The blast was heard far away and many Mississippi River fish were killed.
Colfax Louisiana hosts the state Epworth League program this week attracting hundreds from across the state to Colfax. The gathering began August 7 and continues with organized events and activities for attendees.
A warning against harsh and impure soaps notes they cause skin diseases and urges avoidance regardless of fragrance or refinement.
Promotion for Pure Soaps highlighting careful selection to avoid unworthy products. Emphasizes pure soaps and pricing per cake form.
Washington August 7 Special An unusually quick enrolling of the Payne tariff bill followed its house origin with the conference report read in three hours. Readers from both houses scanned pages as Mundell Heyburn and others pressed for full reading, while Col Lon Livingston lamented the tariff strain amid Georgia peaches and watermelons. Two members, Mudd and Legare, illness sidelines plague despite long service. the politics of the tariff linger.
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a safe quick acting hair restorer available in Washington at Lemmon's Pharmacy. It claims to cure dandruff in two weeks stop hair loss and itching while making hair glossy and perfumed with a favorable testimonial from Mrs Elizabeth W B Anderson of Mechanicsburg Pa.
A parent from Dempsey Alabama recalls a two year old episode when the infant suffered cholera infantum with vomiting and diarrhea. After failing to find a doctor local Elder Bros and Carters store recommended Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy which quickly relieved the child in fifteen minutes and led to a full recovery. The remedy is sold by F L Stolte and Lemmon s Pharmacy.
The National Retail Jewelers association endorsed the rivers and harbors movement to push federal action for inland waterway development and selected Detroit as next year’s meeting site. Detroit defeated Cedar Point 3 to 1 in a convention vote and a price-fixing proposal was approved to standardize watch movement and case prices, aiming to curb mail order competition.
Dubuque Iowa August 7 Anton Witting of forty a carpenter and prominent union man dropped dead at his home overcome by the heat in Dubuque la
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