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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1911
Page
8
Official notice shows Col Howell in command of the 04th Regiment Officers School. Training details are not listed, but administration and leadership are emphasized. The item underscores organizational structure within the regiment.
Des Moines reports the Fifty fourth Iowa National Guard will open its campaign season with an officers school January 4 and 5 in Burlington. Col R H Howell commands the regiment and Capt Robert McCleave will instruct. Members study bulletins from the correspondence schools at the adjutant general's office.
Des Moines reports indicate a state organization may form to back Senator W. S. Kenyon. Work will begin after year start to reach voters and counter opponents' misrepresentations. Kenyon’s involvement in beef packers antitrust case complicates his campaign efforts and may prompt retirement if litigation prolongs.
A system for a school savings fund is in place in East Waterloo schools. A local bank provided $300 in materials and will supply stamps and stamp books. Children are responsible for what they earn, with deposits starting at $1 on Saturdays. Savings books must be full of stamps before deposit, and withdrawals require receipts signed by the book owner and countersigned by a parent or guardian.
Dr. Jacob E. B. Conner United States consul at St. Petersburg arrives in Iowa City for a brief visit. A University of Iowa alumnus he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1892 and his medical degree in 1903. He has served on the political science faculty.
Doctor Conner, an Iowa product who studied at a state university and the University of Pennsylvania, rose from special agent in the department of commerce and labor to the consular service. He was the first American consul to Saigon in Cochin China and later became consul at St. Petersburg, a prominent post. His boyhood years were in Atlantic, Iowa.
Two members of the German faculty at State University of Iowa receive invitations to address the Modern Language Association of America at its twenty ninth annual meeting in Chicago December 27 29 Edward H Lauer will speak on The Politics of Heinrich von Kleist and Francis W Kracher on Wirklichkeit and Mutmassung im Goethe Merk Verhaeltnis Prof Chas Wilson head of German at Iowa serves as secretary of the central division and sits on the executive council editorial committee
Horace C. Boughman sues the Keokuk and Western Electric company for 2000 dollars after an interurban car, driven by a motorman who mistook him for a chicken while he slept on the tracks near McGregor crossing, struck him injuring a heel and other minor harms. The case proceeds in district court this week.
Ottumwa Iowa Dec 19 Captain Samuel H Harper mayor of Ottumwa and former state commander of the Grand Army of the Republic is dead at his home after a heart trouble attack He was 63 years old.
The Washington Men and Religion Forward Movement committees met at the Methodist church to plans for the January 7 to 9 convention. Surveys on religious and moral life will be presented by Cedar Rapids experts, with local funds covering all expenses. A December 26 meeting is scheduled at the Second United Presbyterian church.
President Taft will be the chief guest of honor at the New England Society of Brooklyn dinner tonight at the Academy of Music. The date was moved from December 11 to fit the President’s schedule.
In Cloverdale on December 19 E L Harding, a tenant farmer, sold timothy seed to an elevator for 1653.13 dollars and fourteen loads of barley for 1488.20 dollars. His 100 acres of timothy netted about 2000 dollars plus fifty tons of hay and pasture. He photographed the seed, check, and affidavits to prove the claim.
Beginning Wednesday evening the clothing stores of the city will be open until 9 o'clock until after Christmas 2012.
Drugstore notice promotes LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee if they fail to cure. Each box bears the signature of E. W. GROVE and is priced at 25 cents.
New York Attorney General Wickersham is expected to discuss the trust question in an address this evening at the Catholic club of New York during a dinner event.
A terse reflective line imagines affliction sculpting character much like a blacksmith shapes metal when struck by tools and heat. It speaks to pain refining the self over time. The verse centers on resilience and the transformative power of hardship.
In New Rochelle a well dressed man in a Greek restaurant inspected oysters and pocketed pearls from several shells. After swallowing multiple mollusks he revealed twenty eight pearls and offered $500 for them, claiming to be M C Berlefech of New Haven. The waiter refused and the jeweler Edward Carson noted the pearls’ probable miscount.
A humorous pastiche tracks Ponce de Leon from mispronounced name to naval exile and Florida's pestilential mosquito trade. It notes his invention of mineral water with a 30 percent alcohol solution marketed by druggists, his downfall under the pure food act, and his death in Cuba at the hands of Indians, while his fame and remedy persist.
A governor cites a jab at a political rival with a dining house joke while jugglers, bakers, and performers surface in anecdotal reminiscences. A curious child overhears and shouts to reveal a mother’s presence, as tales from St Louis Globe-Democrat and Lippincott’s Magazine drift through the luncheon chatter.
A brief aphorism from Marcus Aurelius urges living a steady life by following the right path and choosing proper thoughts and actions for lasting happiness.
The Paxton Toilet Co introduces a toilet germicide powder dissolvable in water for toilet and hygienic use. It claims whitening teeth cleansing breath purifying mouth and removing nicotine while also serving as an antiseptic wash for eyes throat and wounds. Sold 25 and 50 cents a box with free sample to mail orders in Boston Massachusetts.
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