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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1906
Page
6
An advertisement-style piece extols Favorite Prescription by Dr. Pierce of Buffalo New York. It claims cure for female weakness and promises safe, openly labeled ingredients with endorsements from medical professionals. It also touts Dr. Pierce’s Medical Adviser free on request and mentions Pleasant Pellets for digestion and bowel health.
Plaintiffs Chas. D. Gorham and others sue to quiet title in fee simple to the south half of lots five and six in block three in Washington townships original plat and the southwest fractional quarter of section nineteen township seventy six north range six west. Defendants unknown claimants warned to appear by January 7, 1907. petition seeks correction of deeds and equitable relief. published by order of Judge Byron W. Preston in the Evening Journal for six weeks.
Iowa Central offers round trip excursion tickets every Tuesday to Minnesota Iowa the Dakotas Manitoba Saskatchewan and Canadian Northwest and on the first and third Tuesdays monthly to the South East West and Southwest. Fare one fare plus 2 dollars and less with liberal limits and stop over privileges. For rates contact agents or A B Cutts G P T A Peaceles
Entries for the era contest at the Farmers' Institute must be a Prosnix hail before December 12th and 13th. The same rule applies to articles exhibited by the wea. All corn to be entered and brought to the hall by the stated dates and conditions.
The December Weekly Review of Trade notes Thanksgiving interrupted business but overall conditions surpass 1905 records. Staples distributed widely, forward orders in steel, and cotton prices rise as spinners absorb raw materials. Deliveries lag in the tree commerce amid strong domestic demand, with November failures totaling 8.6 million dollars across manufacturing trading and other sectors.
William D. Carver, 30, local manager for McKeever Bros nine owners and developers of New York and Chicago, shot and killed himself at his home 522 Melwood Street east end. Carver had been with the firm five years, came from Philadelphia last March to oversee the Pittsburgh branch. affairs said to be in good condition.
President Roosevelt appoints John A. Meckhenny of Louisiana to fill a vacancy on the Eighty Service Commission created by A. W. Cooley’s promotion. Meckhenny, a Democrat and Rough Rider veteran, helps balance the board with Commissioner Black.
Washington reports the bureau of navigation will seek an appropriation to cover official entertainments on naval ships when abroad. Officers say duty to show honor and foster friendly relations requires expenditures not routinely provided in our country. New York notes Adam Swope aged 946 years died after joining Trinity Methodist Church in Trenton. Newman UL reports George Frera, a well known farmer, is missing from his home near Newman and a general search is underway.
New York reports the largest pre Thanksgiving crowd in history as shoppers flood districts and stations. Railroad officials say business exceeded all previous records for the period as outgoing trains run crowded into late afternoon.
Paris dispatch notes no great importance in clashes between government troops and Raisuli forces plus Angherns near the Harris house, a Tangier area. Separate report from Town City Indiana says Engineer Brien found dead in a westbound Rock Island train cab at fifty miles per hour with skull crushed by a projecting timber.
Members-elect of the Hawaii legislature plan to petition the United States to raise their pay to 1000 dollars per session. Police in St Louis launch a crusade against policy games as a notable crackdown. Justice Jaycox of the Brooklyn supreme court ordered foreclosure sales on the Manhattan Beach and Oriental hotels and nearby property. Harry Thaw, awaiting trial for the Stanford White shooting, is described as the wealthiest prisoner to spend Thanksgiving in the Tombs.
The boys corn contest will be held at the Bell Carriage Co office December 12 and 13. Entries must be brought to the office by noon December 12 with 10 ears of corn for prizes including a free trip to Ames short course or a Stevens rifle. Visitors may inspect exhibits and attend lectures on coin on day one.
In New York on November 29 a fireman Pietro Moniera died from a head blow during a mutiny aboard the Mallory line steamer San Jacinto. Five others were injured as the incident unfolded at the ship’s dock where Emanuel Conchero was arrested on murder charges.
Official vote totals from Massachusetts for the November 6 election show Republican Curtis Guild Jr. with 222,528 votes and Democrat Prohibition and Independence League candidate John B. Moran with 205,?. Guild's plurality stands at 30,? indicating a Republican victory in the governor's race.
Ten thousand dollars worth of jewelry taken from two boarders at a fashionable boarding house located at 38 East Twenty second street New York. The report notes the theft and value without further suspect details.
In Lafayette, Macon County, Will Pike of Bowling Green Kentucky shot and killed Len Ray, the father of the bride Essie Ray, after learning of their runaway marriage. Ray confronted Pike at the hotel where the couple was lodging and the men exchanged shots, ending in Ray's death.
Delaware Lackawanna and Western directors announce a Christmas dividend of 2.62 million dollars as three years of strong earnings permit extra 10 percent payouts in December. The stock trades at about 50 dollars, a record high for a railway issue.
In Charleston Ohio Mrs. Robert Mayhew committed suicide by drowning in the family cistern. She lived near Mount Aetna with her husband and four children. The act followed the sale of the homestead by the master in chancery to settle the family estate. Her family says she could not bear to leave the home.
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