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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1910
Page
2
In Brighton Iowa on December 21 a train extra on the Iowa Central pulled onto a side track. A draw bar pulled loose and was chained. The conductor, between the broken car and others, was struck as the train stopped. He suffered a deep head wound and internal injuries and was taken home to Oskaloosa with a physician attending.
In Muscatine Iowa the tale recalls a three acre island owned by Jennie M Day taxed at 18 cents. Repeated tax sales failed as the island vanished under the Mississippi river after sandbars formed. The board of supervisors finally abated the tax as the river replaced the land.
City banks will be closed all day Monday December 26 due to a legal holiday observed when Christmas falls on a weekend. The holiday policy follows the day after the Sabbath rule for this year.
Long discussion of Andrew Carnegie's peace endowment fund, its income and unclear plans for its use. Notes James Brown Scott, Oscar Straus, and Taft platform ideas on scientific study of war causes and arbitration. Emphasizes a practical, nonverbal approach to promoting international peace.
An explosion and fire at the Little Hulton colliery in Bolton entombed about 290 miners with ten bodies recovered. Authorities say most are believed dead. Survivors were not reported in the dispatch.
A fire in Cincinnati’s modern factory district caused 2 000 000 dollars in damage, killed a fireman and an identified boy, and injured six firemen as walls collapsed. The blaze swept the block from Ninth and Sycamore to Broadway.
In a special contest closing Monday night 101 new members joined the Pythian lodge and $500 in dues were collected. A campaign to raise funds is underway to build a new lodge home with $1,200 already pledged.
Detectives on December 21 arrested Bob Brady Patty Gorman and George Martinson in a brushy area near Oskaloosa Iowa. Authorities say the trio led a ring responsible for a string of robberies and safeblowing crimes in the region. Evidence of many offenses was found at the rendezvous.
Albert Karous appeared before Squire Riley on a larceny charge and was released from the county jail on bonds posted by Eli Applegate and Francis Birka. A grand jury hearing is slated for the next term beginning January 3.
Pp Wood formerly of Wichita Kansas opens Our Way a cigar candy china store and news stand in the Smouse building East Washington street The shop features a loafing room for gentlemen only with mission style chairs and tables Wood and his wife reside four blocks east of the square as he plans to make the city his permanent home.
The W. H. team will start with one new player in the five for tomorrow night’s basketball game. The remaining starters are veterans, signaling a tested lineup and possible tactical adjustment by the coach.
The report lists Carnegie philanthropic gifts totaling 179.3 million, exceeding Rockefeller gifts by 55 million. It names the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburg and Washington, allied engineers and societies, and endowments across libraries, education, peace foundations, and universities in the United States and Europe with multiple small colleges and missions.
Mr Straus urges Carnegie Foundation to undertake an authoritative study of war costs and economic effects on nations. He argues war consumes two thirds of revenue and yields little return, urging arbitration over military conflict and trustees to direct funds toward peaceful progress.
A sequence of large monetary figures is listed, including 315 million 287 million 281 million 262 million 227 million 95 million and 84 million, presented as a stark comparison between peace and war related costs or funding.
In a pristine Montclair New Jersey dairy the owner ordered every cow’s tail sprayed with filtered water before milking after dust particles were seen drifting in a sunlit knothole beam. The change aims to prevent tail dust from contaminating milking pails.
The completion of the Cape fed canal will reduce risk for 23,000 vessels carrying 25,000,000 tons of freight annually by saving a trip across the dangerous Nantucket shoals.
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