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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1907
Page
8
The city residents search for cool spots while farmers smile at hot weather. Heat waves push corn harvest delays and raise expectations of more hogs and fat cattle next year. Thermometer at 2 PM showed sixties in the shade, hotter than yesterday’s official reading.
Word arrived this afternoon of the death of Mary Bell Babcock thirteen months old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Babcock of Chicago. The infant succumbed to complications from illness suffered for two weeks. Remains will be brought to the city tonight on No 11 with funeral plans not yet set.
Local notes report sheep for sale and a broad array of visitors and residents arriving in the city. John Romine and family from Wellman, G W Nickolaus from Crawfordsville, J A Hillhouse from Havre, and others were noted visitors. Miss Nora Corette headed to Winfield to become a high school principal.
The postoffice will close Monday Labor Day at 11 o clock. Carriers will make their first two morning deliveries and the carrier rooms reopen at 10 50. Regular evening city collections occur as usual.
An old advertise warning about Foley's Kidney Cure claiming it cures all kidney and bladder diseases. It stresses urgency and urges purchase from local drug stores.
Milton I. Purdy, assistant to Attorney General Bonaparte, directs a new trust-fighting tactic using injunctions and receiverships against Sherman Act violators. Starting with tobacco and powder trusts, the plan targets big combinations and may soon hit Standard Oil. Purdy, a 51 year old Ohio native now from Minnesota, believes this approach surpasses fines in enforcing the law.
Senator Beveridge recalls a Fourth of July anecdote in Indianapolis about two men arguing over the Liberty bell. One says the bell rang to proclaim liberty and the ringer dropped dead for joy, while the other questions such a death. He adds a count about a man found dead on his mother in law's grave.
Miss Gertrude Beeks named special commissioner to study Panama canal employees conditions. She leads welfare research covering housing food recreation and workers’ welfare. aims to guide future War Department action.
In Shelbyville Indiana on August 31 a large barn owned by Thomas Bone Jot burned to the ground along with a small shed and contents. Estimated loss is 2500 dollars with 275 dollars of insurance. Fire authorities attribute the blaze to incendiaries.
Auctioneer Col. Chas. Brown offers six miles north of Washington a public sale of ten head of horses cattle hogs and farm machinery plus household goods. reading includes brood mares driving horses and Sattley plows with terms credit 12 months at 7 percent on sums over ten dollars. lunch by Pleasant Plain church ladies. clerk H. T. Reynolds.
A Georgia resident credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his life after a severe measles illness worsened by rain. He states he is now strong and well and praises the product in gratitude. Sold by Cook and Sherman.
Charles F. Deters describes Ostende Belgium as the world’s famed beach where two thirds gamble and one third sits in portable chairs. The lighthouse dating from 1771 sheds a glow for miles while diverse visitors from Paris to Berlin mingle in Sunday best on the famed promenade.
Myron Severhill a wealthy tobacco lawyer in Janesville Wisconsin dies at 79. He helped pioneer tobacco farming in Wisconsin becoming a key figure in the industry. The report notes other world events alongside local business and legal matters of the era.
Cincinnati Aug 31 R F Singleton ex magistrate Covington Ky died at city hospital after being found badly beaten in a Richmond street house last Wednesday. Singleton was lured to the house by a woman known to police as Mrs Walter West and was robbed and beaten by two men, one believed to be Mrs West’s husband.
Eddie Goes catcher for the Okloolama City team received a 30 day jail sentence from Judge Simmons in Topeka city court for assaulting umpire Guthrie on August 1 at the Topeka grounds. Guthrie is described as a small man and a cripple.
Tim Jordan first baseman for the Brooklyn Nationals is valued as a heavy hitter with rising home run totals. Team president Ebbets states Jordan, and Harry Lumiey, will not be released at any price, signaling strong club resolve amid managers seeking top sluggers.
Joseph Shelran a 35 year old man from Toledo Ohio was found in a dying state on the Lake Snare tracks near Millsburg on August 31. He likely fell from or was thrown from a train. The incident remains a mystery with Shelran carrying 838 in bank certificates.
The article outlines the earliest surviving baseball rules from the Knickerbocker club dated 145. It lists twenty one counts of aces, pitched ball rules, foul ball definitions, outs on catches, baserunning outs, and foul strike restrictions. It notes Section 7 was later changed to allow only the first baseman to put out a runner by holding the ball on base.
The St. Louis Nationals plan major changes with many new young players. Manager McCloskey notes Jake Beckley has moved to the minors. Burnett fills in at outfield, coming from the Pacific coast. Kelly returns to Baltimore and Burch sold to Brooklyn, reshaping the outfield. Murray shifts to left field, a red headed rookie who can hit and is improving in fielding.
Kid Lafferty, trainer of Nut Boy, operates Stony Ford farm in Orange County New York. He has nine speed prospects in training, seven sired by Austral, Boreal’s brother, with Bucklock and Trampas noted as record horses. Lafferty is renowned as a capable conditioner and reinsman, expected to bring in winnings before next fall.
Jay Northrop has been named captain of Northwestern university's 1908 baseball team. He will be a senior in the College of Liberal Arts next year and will play his third season. Northrop, a catcher from Woodstock Illinois, is noted as a strong backstop and a skilled hitter and batter evaluator.
Three young stars Hal Chase Tyrus Cobb and Harry Niles are poised to challenge for league glory as Lajoie steps down. Experts say this trio shows unmatched promise and could become the era’s three greatest players at once.
The Pottsville team in the Atlantic League replaces Captain Wall with Outfielder Cook as team manager amid the league change.
Northwest of the city businessman B F Brown visits town for dealings. An advertisement touts Dr Shoop Magnetic Ointment as a guaranteed cure for piles including itching and protruding types. Large nickel capped jars sold for 50 cents by J H Stewart.
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