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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1904
Page
3
The report notes higher death rates for males than females in 1900 across the United States and in cities, with the gap varying by age. It also observes a slight decline in male school attendance among ages 10 to 14 over the past decade, offset by a rise in female attendance.
Fragmentary figures indicate that the share of female births was lower than that of males in the observed period, with the text implying a disparity across gender birth rates.
In Toledo Iowa December 14 the estate of Isaiah Showers is settled for 860000. He reportedly hid more than 2500 in gold in a glass jar beneath his woodshed in a gas pipe system. Showers a lifelong bachelor and critic of women, avoided women at church and even moved pews to separate from female congregants.
The note mentions Beaver hats offered for $1.50 at Miss Lewis and a church scene where Showers often sat alone in a crowded pew, hinting at a local social setting and prices from a past era.
Cedar Falls Iowa December 14 Professor D B Wright president of the Iowa State Teachers association announced committees for the fiftieth anniversary to be held in Des Moines on December 27 28 and 29. Resolutions President Charles B Shelton Simpson college Indianola Superintendent Thomas B Slutt LeMars J C Hugler Ida Grove Miss Annie Packer Mt Pleasant etc Necrology Professor Richard Barrett Iowa State College Ames President's Address Professor Samuel J Buck Iowa College Grinnell Professor F C Ensign Council Bluffs S W Roley Russell County Superintendent Miss Ella Chassell Eldora Professor L C Focht Wilton
Des Moines December reports Roosevelt removed Judge Ben Laker of New Mexico’s court. Judge Baker, an Iowa native raised near Sioux City, studied at the state university and law school, practiced in Omaha, then became New Mexico judge appointed by McKinley. He served as county clerk and Omaha judge and was considered for governor nomination.
The propaganda staff oversaw prize awards for ecclesiastical college students. American college winners earned thirty two medals with John Wolf of Dubuque Iowa taking a first medal and a second medal in a four way draw. George Dequoy of Grand Rapids Michigan and Mary Driscoll of Boston drew for both metaphysics medals, with Dequoy earning the first.
In Rock Springs Wyoming a bedbug poison used as a wound dressing at the State general hospital killed Philip Wolf and caused agony in eleven others. Wolf, shot in a duel with George Ahlf on October 10, had been recovering until the mistaken dressing was applied, and died within twelve hours. A nurse who applied the poison had been at the hospital less than a week, and the incident stemmed from confusion with the antiseptic dressing.
In Oskaloosa on December 14 Charles Jones, keeper of a joint, shot and killed Jack Salman at Buxton mines in what is described as cold blooded murder. Salman was drunk and Jones escaped after the shooting.
Special weather forecast notes light snow flurries likely in Iowa and along the coast. Forecast covers today and tomorrow with expected minor accumulations and cold conditions.
Mrs. M. BD. Rollns of Cambridge Ohio has been visiting at the John Bigham home south of town and left this morning for West Liberty for a short visit before returning to Ohio.
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