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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
3
An advertisement claims LAX-DIGEST as a premier laxative and digestant by a leading medical expert. It touts benefits for dyspepsia indigestion constipation and related ailments with 10c and 25c sizes and urges substitutes be refused. Prepared by J H Wagner Co Fort Madison Iowa U S A. Also claims REN-GAW cures headache in ten minutes with similar pricing.
Movements and arrivals as residents and visitors travel to and from Eldon. Notables include Miss Joanna Kyle from Brighton spending Christmas in Washington, Mrs. Zack Crandall and Miss Cora Leen shopping here, Miss Jean Stephen visiting Keota, and Ross Pence, George Glick, and Roland Gallagher arriving from Delta Davenport Muscatine and Des Moines for short stays.
President Roosevelt invites a January conference at the White House to discuss dependent children. He urges care in family homes, notes 150000 children fall under this category, and cites support from welfare groups and religious bodies in a push for broader child-placing efforts.
Local residents and visitors were in town for Christmas with numerous rail and train departures to Keota Pleasant Plain Ainsworth Cotter West Chester Fairfield Clinton and Davenport. Names include Miss Veronica Fritz Miss Cora Richardson Miss Catherine Morris and Rev Father J M Walsh among others with returns to homes after holiday visits.
In Chicago on a muddy field Longmont Colorado defeated Englewood High School 13 to 0 to win the national football championship. Longmont scored two points in the first half on a safety and added two touchdowns with a goal after in the second half. Scruby and Pliska starred for the teams with Piper also strong for Englewood.
Dorando Pietri defeats runners Floyd Doughty and Samuel Myers in a twelve mile exhibition relay in Fall River Massachusetts. Pietri's time is 1 03 39 while the Doughty Myers team finishes in 1 04 18, a half lap behind.
San Francisco December 26. Dr Bruce B Lee was sentenced to five years in San Quentin after being convicted of manslaughter in a quarrel with rival Thomas McCarthy. Lee stabbed McCarthy with the steel point of an umbrella as tensions rose over a girl, causing the death.
Billy Bunch was killed by city police while resisting arrest by City Marshal Stouse and Constable Kennedy. Six shots struck Bunch as he opened fire on the officers, who were pursuing him. he died instantly.
Atlanta December 26. David Schane manager of an Atlanta automobile agency bled to aid life of Alfred Smart Grandy eleven who had been run over by his car. The boy died during the operation. injuries included a severed right leg, a fractured left leg and internal damage.
Long Beach California December 26 A Sugar beet weighing 61 pounds is shown as the largest ever. It sits with a 78 pound squash and an 18 pound red table beet. All are champions from dry farming with lush tops and ample size.
In New York a trolley car and an automobile collided in the sunken roadway at Eighty sixth street. George C. Hurlbut, librarian of the American Geographical Society, and his daughter Miss Iliane Hurlbut were crushed and fatally injured. Chauffeur William Agg escaped by jumping.
In Fidelia Kentucky on December 26 five men were mortally wounded during a general pistol fight after Charles Sanders tried to steal a jug of whisky. The melee saw nearly a hundred shots exchanged amid the confrontation and ensuing chaos.
In Roanoke Virginia on December 26 J A Golla horne was cremated after a fire leveled his home. Authorities believe a lamp exploded while he slept starting the blaze.
The forecast calls for fair skies in Illinois Indiana and Iowa with cloudy conditions across Michigan and Wisconsin. No precipitation is expected and temperatures remain mild across the region.
The Vienna offers coffee cakes and rolls this evening and ready to file party or reception orders. Many residents and visitors are noted for Christmas travel and visits to Columbus Junction Fairfield Ainsworth Ottumwa Muscatine Monmouth Grinnell Crawfordsville and Hutchinson.
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