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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1907
Page
2
A landlady welcomes a stout new boarder recommending a previous guest’s advice on a cure for obesity. The boarder notes prior antifat attempts failed, but a short stay at the house is advised, per a Tatler remark.
Colonel Bill Sterret arrived in Washington to report for his Texas paper. General Boynton, a militant Cincinnati newspaperman, spoke bluntly to lawmakers provoking anger among statesmen. A man burst into Boynton’s office threatening to shoot him. the general defended himself with a chair, forcing the intruder out as Sterret watched in astonishment.
A new correspondent, Sterret, approaches Boynton after landing in the gutter and asks about office customs. He inquires whether he may kick the next man entering in honor of the Confederate dead, revealing tension within the Washington press environment reported by the Saturday Evening Post.
The quip plays on a clean shaven handsome boy who is an actor yet lacks money, eliciting a humorous exchange between First Summer Girl and Second Summer Girl in a Punch-style vignette.
Grand Secretary L W Quick denounces a forged dispatch urging rail workers to shun Western Union. Operators pledge to honor contracts yet aid strikers financially, while the Beeson home for orphans publicizes its long running mission and care for thousands of children.
Clifford Thorne leaves for Cedar Rapids to attend the Grand Lodge of Iowa Pythians with Frank L. Wilson running again for Grand Master of Exchequer. The Rathbone Sisters also attend as the largest Iowa Pythian grand lodge debates supreme representative with three candidates Carl F. Kuehnle Cassius C. Dowell and B Murphy. Kuehnle led twelve years Dowell eight years. W S Bilby is unopposed for grand chancellor and no candidates for grand vice chancellor.
Pensions granted in the First District of Burlington Iowa on August 14 include Frederick Teeman Mt Pleasant at 15 monthly Ernest Lydolph Bonaparte at 12 Theodore Knaup Burlington at 15 Wilson Bottott Packwood at 12 William Mathews Kalona at 24 John Henkson Mt Pleasant at 12 Aaron Harlan Croton at 20 George Wagner Columbus Junction at 15 Delarma Douglas at 15 George Bellymer Keosauqua at 12 Henderson Altia Na.
The fragment mentions Peter Manshund of Ft Madison at age 20 and James L Freeman of Fairfield with a sum of $12, suggesting a formal or financial note involving two individuals and an amount.
A Georgia man recounts a year ago suffering measles that worsened in rain and caused stomach and bowels distress. He credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his life and says he remains well. Sold by Cook Sherman.
Col. S. W. Brookhart travels to Des Moines to assume inspector duties for small arms practice then, with fifteen Iowa Guard marksmen, to Toledo for the national match. The event draws representation from all U S military departments and territories, Alaska, the Philippines, Hawaii, the navy, and service academies. It showcases American military marksmanship and maintains high standards across services.
The writer notes no abatement in the strike as of now and reports markets remain delayed. The opening market arrives late at 10 to 11 o'clock, hindering timely rural newspaper distribution and the paper's usual early-morning system. There is hope conditions will improve and regular operation may resume soon.
The M T Anderson ice wagon will be on the Chautauqua grounds Thursday and then every second day during the Chautauqua. Patrons are asked to take enough ice to last two days and to telephone orders to the Anderson office for arrangements. Miss May Humston is visiting the Clay Humston home at Verdi for a few days.
Mrs Lee Cook of Bloomington Illinois arrived Monday evening for a visit with her aunt Mrs A M Meade. An advertisement promotes Dr Shoops Magnetic Ointment claiming quick relief for piles including itching and protruding cases. Large nickel capped glass jars priced at 50 cents, sold by J H ee.
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