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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1911
Page
3
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as strengthening weak stomachs and lungs, nourishing blood and nerves, and aiding digestion. It claims nature builds the body with its condensed nutrients and urges purchasing the medical adviser and medical books from Buffalo New York, with prices in stamps.
Winfield crowd fights for strict law enforcement after a local assault on Miss Lucy Bowman. Sheriff Gee travels from Chicago to recruit top detectives as a fund grows, with 99 of 100 men in the community subscribing by phone to cover expenses and push for conviction.
Perry G. Holden of the Ames agricultural extension department said no man has a right to refuse the governor's office if offered. He added he prefers his current work but might run if urged by friends after reports of a Des Moines launch.
Galesburg Illinois December 23 Conductor Frank Graham a Burlington employee and local resident was fatally injured near Farmington after slipping from a platform and being run over by an engine both legs severed at the ankle as his crew prepared a Canton bound train.
Prof Byron J. Lambert of the Iowa State University engineering college told the annual good roads meeting that Johnson County road taxes of 24000 dollars could be kept in 100 percent better condition and yield 10000 dollars in profit annually. He favored dirt highways for low cost and noted macadam and gravel upkeep costs are misunderstood. He endorsed bitumen as a top material to reduce long term road maintenance costs and urged careful cost studies before permanent road projects.
Sheriff McCarty detains two men near Cedar township after thefts from barns in the area. They lived in a tent four miles north of Colum bus Junction and later near the Junction with a gypsy lifestyle. In their possession were two horse blankets from Tom Reeves and robes from Howard Kerr and Benson barns. They gave names John Rogers and son, with one alias John Smith. The older man claims a wife and eight children. the younger is about eighteen. Preliminary hearing held.
Before Squire Riley this morning the preliminary hearing was waived and two accused men were bound over to the grand jury under two hundred dollars bond each. The charge is breaking and entering a building in the night time.
The Rock Island Milwaukee and Burlington freight houses will close Monday for Christmas and again on January 1. Rock Island and Burlington depots cease all day, Milwaukee closes after 10 a.m. No freight movements and local trains stopped. Post office court house and many stores will be closed. city expects a quiet Christmas in Washington.
Berlin December 23 Emperor William gave his annual before Christmas geld to the public. He walked with money in his pocket and distributed it to all who appeared worthy, a day earlier this year since Christmas fell on Monday. He and his household receive gifts as well as the rulers of Europe and royal servants.
Crowds clogged downtown shopping districts as hundreds of young women employed in large shops fainted amid crowded counters. Many were sent home or to hospitals, with relief efforts by charities and the Salvation Army preparing to feed about 100000 people on Monday.
New York reports preparations for a grand peace centennial to mark 100 years since the Ghent Treaty ending the War of 1812. Theodore Roosevelt honorary chairman and Andrew Carnegie lead the executive committee with Elihu Root William Jennings Bryan Joseph H. Choate J P Morgan and Alton B Parker among leaders. Canada’s R L Borden supports the project.
The Rev. Chr. T. Rasche traveled to Keota then to the German Evangelical church in Valley where he serves as pastor. Communion is set for tomorrow morning and Christmas exercises for Sunday night featuring a large tree and a program by the younger members. The annual Christmas preaching is scheduled for Monday at 3 o'clock with a 4 15 program follow up and a prominent Christmas tree in the exercises.
The Washington school system adjourned for two weeks until Monday January 8 with all buildings resuming lessons then. Teachers and pupils enjoy a holiday after four months of study followed by Christmas exercises and informal programs across the cities schools. Many city teachers left for home trips while rural teachers also returned to their districts for Christmas vacations.
Ambassador Jusserand of France Minister London of the Netherlands and Attorney General Wickersham depart for a holiday trip to inspect the Panama Canal. The party travels via Colon to Panama then to Santiago Cuba and Havana returning around January 10.
The will of James Lee dy of St. Joseph, admitted to probate, provides a perpetual legacy of 500 dollars per year for revival meetings in the Christian Church of St. Joseph among other bequests.
Mercury ointments can ruin smell and upset the system. use only on prescription from reputable physicians. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo contains no mercury and is taken internally. Sold by druggists at 75 cents per bottle. Also take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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