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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1905
Page
8
In a royal ceremony, the pope elevated two new cardinals. Mer. Caganio de Azevedo and Mer. J. A. de Atcoverde e Aliupireqte Cavalcant received the red biretta and cardinal robes. Archbishop of Rie Janerto presided.
The fragment mentions individuals named Lois, Pee, Cynthia Hender and Katie Morris claiming long-ago ages and origins in North Carolina in 1708. It notes a claim of years lived and a death at a daughter's home, reflecting archival confusion and doubtful ages in a bygone record.
In a brief outline, ore shippers in the Lake Su district fixed the arriving time for the year at a stated amount. The central committee representing the shippers discussed the plan and reached provisional arrangements despite incomplete details.
An advertisement touts a tonic developed from herbal extracts by Dr. Pierce. It claims to rebuild digestion and vitality, using glyceric extracts of Golden Seal, Queen's root, Stone root, Black Cherry bark, Blood root, and Mandrake root. It cites testimonials from Mra A. T. Jones of San Francisco praising its cure for a cold and cough after other treatments failed. The product is described as sugar-coated granules that regulate stomach and liver functions and avoid the pill habit.
The plan authorizes public improvements in Hawaii funded by an 8.75 million loan. Storms disrupt the Philadelphia Maritime Exchange to Delaware breakwater communications as Atlantic coast conditions worsen. Fire destroys property in Brodhead Wisconsin. Velix Prank, 20, a maker in Mexico City, says he attempted suicide in a New York restaurant. The World Sindar School plans next convention in Rome in May. The Economical drug store in Bigin Hong Kong run by Thomas J. Ross burned, with losses. Sarah Bernhardt to perform under a circus tent. Lt Col James S Pettit claims politics controls the army. Hearst counsel seeks recanvassing of New York mayoral vote. John Stansfield and family severely burned in Sharon Massachusetts gas explosion. General Terman Tallot, West Point graduate and railroad man, dies in Newark.
In Greenburg Pennsylvania a fire consumed the Lusco home killing two young children while the parents were briefly away. The origin remains unknown as investigators probe the blaze.
A speech by a local advocate at the Fiteburg Merchants' Association meeting urges restoring fair sea representation for American ships. He argues against endorsing merchant marine recommendations as the best feasible solution and favors policies to boost U S. manufacturing and create new trade rather than wresting markets from competitors after they are established.
A well known farmer, Dee Wie We age, was tried for refusing to permit his children to attend school because checkers were played at the school. He was fined £5 and costs. The court still determined his children shall not attend the school due to stated reasons.
The Athlophoros Company of New Slaven Connecticut advertises more than two decades of experience in offering its products and services to local customers.
New York, Dee. The directors of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway company met to reduce the quarterly dividend from 2 percent to 1.44 percent on Rock Island stock. They approved paying the January dividend on preferred stock and left a $50 surplus in the treasury. The board also authorized $500,000 for additions and improvements in the coming year, on top of $2,000,000 remaining authorized to spend.
Madison reports the Wisconsin legislature finished its special session and adjourned until noon Tuesday December 19 giving the governor three days to act on bills. The assembly approved an amendment requiring tax payment before railroads can proceed and concurred on the capitol building and university investigation measures after the senate rejected the eight hour day proposal.
Terre Haute Indiana December 16 F F Alson a Danville normal student and a girl named Mattie Ramey of Washington were arrested here. The pair admitted the girl ran away from home to join him at Danville and were released on promise to leave the city.
Milan Bennett is dead and Abbott Davison is seriously wounded after George Hasty shot them at a Gaffney hotel. Bennett, said to be from Boston, and Davison from Chicago, were managers of a traveling theatrical company.
Chicago Board of Trade quotes show varied movements in wheat corn and oats with mixed futures, while live stock and hay values in Chicago and East Buffalo reflect steady hogs and fluctuating cattle and sheep. Receipts for hogs and cattle are noted with price ranges for Christmas beef, fancy steers, and prime lambs.
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