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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1905
Page
5
The article compares Earth’s surface to the bottom of a sea and describes the atmospheric ocean that encircles the globe. It explains how solar heating varies by latitude, how diurnal rotation moderates currents, and how clouds vapors and electric currents produce lightning and thunder as heat, light, and atmospheric phenomena develop.
Columbus Junction reports a highly successful Chautauqua season with strong attendance and larger grounds. Receipts are projected around 7000 dollars, about 1000 more than last year, while 270 family tents contrasted with 190 previous, and 160 are already reserved for next year.
Chicago Hamline vacation school enrolls 700 pupils who become stockholders in a derelict gray house next to the school. Boys repair exterior while 400 girls renovate interiors, design wallpaper, sew carpet, and learn practical housekeeping under educators aiming to teach domestic science and household arts.
Reverend Charles Norton of Los Angeles stays overnight at the Wm. Skipton home to visit his mother who lives there.
Consul General Rodgers reports the Chinese chamber of commerce is powerless to stop the boycott of U S citizens and products as Chinese students appear to control the situation. Officials are inactive and other nationalities fear the spread. State department says no immediate relief, awaiting a more liberal treaty on Chinese merchants and students to curb the anti U S movement.
In Philadelphia Judge Barret's desertion court Geo Franklin faced a non-support charge from his wife. He claimed a good home existed but his mother-in-law blocked it. The judge ruled married couples must have their own home. Franklin was ordered to pay $2 weekly for his wife’s support elsewhere.
The church schedules Sabbath School at 9 40 morning worship at 11 with a sermon titled Spiritual Beggars preached by the pastor. A park service follows at 6 30 with Senior Christian Endeavor on Building of Character led by Eugene Schneider. All are invited.
The Church of the Covenanters holds Sabbath services at 10 a m led by Rev W C Allen. Sabbath School starts at 9 50 a m and Christian Endeavor meets at 6 15 p m.
Services in Living Lake church at 3 p m conducted by Rev. W C Allen Sabbath School at 1 45 p m
Sunday School at 9 30 and classes at 10 30. Morning service at 11 with Rev. Elias Handy preaching. 3 o clock meeting on Sunday School work addressed by Rev. Handy, secretary of the State Sunday School association. Park service 6 30 Epworth League 7 45 led by Will Kuhn subject The Making of Character.
Washington Circuit Eureka and Plains report Sunday School at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m with invitations extended. J F Robertson serves as pastor.
Sunday School at 9 30 and Park service at 9 30. No morning service due to pastor’s vacation. Junior Bible Y P U at 5. BK Y P U at dark.
The eighth Sunday after Trinity with Sunday School at 10. No morning service. Evening prayer and sermon at 7 30.
An incendiary fire at Elmendorf farm in Lexington killed three valuable trotting horses and a harp valued at 10000 dollars. Henry Robinson, a colored man, confessed to starting the blaze and said a white man paid him to do it, providing the name to police.
In Kewanee Illinois on August 11 a family gave a patent medicine by mistake to their infant daughter instead of burning it for relief from whooping cough. The child died as a result of the incorrect administration.
In Pontiac Michigan on August 11 John Maugh a miller his wife and two children ate poisonous mushrooms and were treated. The entire family was pumped out and all are now out of danger.
A Honolulu based firm forms a shark hunting venture to harvest oil for export to China and use the remainder for fertilizer in Hawaiian sugar plantations. Several schooners are outfitted to process up to thirty tons of shark daily, employing crewed vessels, with odor eliminated by live steam.
An international exhibition of applied sciences and manufactures to be held in Milan to celebrate the Simpson tunnel completion. The 199 acre grounds lie northwest of the city with 42 acres of buildings. Governed by government and municipal support, it already expects a large state grant and a 3 000 400 franc lottery raise. Signor C Mangili serves as president of the executive commission.
Dr. A B Leberer discusses Four and Twenty Paragons a book for Japanese children shaping character. The text recalls a cruel mother and a son melting ice to fish, another lying naked to lure mosquitoes, and a centenarian wrapping in swaddling to fool aged parents into thinking they are a young couple with a baby.
Proper stair climbing centers weight over the advanced foot with the chest forward. Strike only the ball of the foot for buoyancy, though some place the whole foot lightly. Take time since lifting body weight repeatedly is hard work. Back effort should match level ground. Legs perform the motion, aiding abdomen reduction and indigestion relief per medical guidance.
The cGRI and PBR special excursion train will depart Fairfield on August 13 arriving in Muscatine at a.m. Return service leaves Muscatine at 9 p.m. Round trip Washington to Muscatine is 1.10 dollars. H W Russell, Agent.
Fiendish suffering from sores ulcers and cancers is warned. Wm. Bedell of Flat Rock Michigan says Bucklen's Arnica Salve is the best healing remedy for sores and skin injuries. It soothes cuts burns and scalds. Price noted at 25 cents at the store.
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