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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1905

Page

2

Second Annual Convention of Iowa Cement Users in Ames

The Iowa Association of Cement Users plans its 1906 convention at Ames Iowa February 8 and 9 with exhibits on cement products machinery and uses. Engineers contractors and farmers expected to attend with talks on farm cementing sidewalk work waterproofing and concrete design and reduced railroad rates arranged for delegates. Ira A. Williams is secretary for information.

Ames Iowa Iowa Association of Cement Users Lowa State College Iowa State College Ira A. Williams

University Trial at Iowa State U Hones Mary Queen of Scots Case

In Iowa City the junior law class debates did Mary Queen of Scots kill Darnley in the seventeenth century. Selected States attorneys include Charles Bernard and John W. Jordan. defense attorney Ray Files and James Goodwin. A Mary actor and witnesses will be chosen later as the trial unfolds before a statewide audience.

Iowa City Iowa Mary Darnley State University of Iowa Charles Bernard Clarion John W. Jordan Boone George Thom Correctionville Ray Files James Goodwin Burtig Stuart Dubuque J. J. Lamb Davenport Br. P. Reed Muscatine Hamlet Iago Desdemona

Wanted Remains Cremated in Davenport shipment

In accord with his last wish the body of Wm. H. Beck district manager of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen who died suddenly at a Tipton hotel was shipped to Davenport for cremation. Beck lived in Toledo Ohio and his wife did not reach Tipton before his death. He died of stomach trouble with condition deteriorating hours prior.

Tipton Iowa Wm. H. Beck Brotherhood of American Yeomen Davenport Beck Toledo Ohio

The Old Man of the Sea and a Fortune Found

A penniless traveler meets Enoch Crane in Engadine and stays to care for him in the Swiss inn. After Crane’s death, the narrator learns a buried fortune hidden in a tin box on Crane’s grave plot totaling stocks and bonds worth 240000. The tale echoes Sinbad and changes the narrator’s fate.

Sindbad Europe Engadine Enoch Crane Mr. Crane R. County Massachusetts Y. Turnpike Benoch Crane America

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