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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1905
Page
5
Wanted at once young men for firemen and brakemen with high wages and promotion. Firemen start at 100 and become engineers at 175, brakemen start at 80 and become conductors at 200 monthly. Instructions by mail from the state agentional Railway Training School in Boston Minneapolis Minnesota.
Har ry Colson of Masonville Iowa testifies to Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best cure for blind bleeding itching and protruding piles. Also serves well for cuts burns and injuries. 25 cents at J B Stewart druggists.
Pursuant to a district court order, E. Skola as administrator will sell at public auction on Dec 40 at 1 30 p m the estate real estate of Chas Shrader. The property includes a 10 room residence formerly Jos Agoer Sr with modern plumbing, barn, lot 7 8 Katona, plus a brick floor and feed store building on lot 17 block 2 Katona. See administrator for viewing. Auctioneer J A Yoder.
Geo. W. Hoffman of Harper Washington credits a bitter battle with chronic stomach and liver trouble to Electric Bitters. He recommends them to all and says he will never be without them. The druggist J. H. Stewart sells bottles at 50 cents under guarantee to help others.
Justice Jaynor in Brooklyn court denied the supreme council of the Royal Arcanum the power to raise rates or alter assessments for members. The decision held amendments changing contracts of members are void. Witness William O. Robson testified the order holds substantial insurance certificates and Massachusetts law may allow rate changes with proper procedure. An appeal will be taken.
John Schulz a prominent local merchant was stabbed to death by Edward Morris after a dispute over shoe prices. The killing happened at the store doorway as about 500 shoppers looked on. Schulz left a wife and eight children. Morris, jailed, has six dependents.
Admiral Dewey prepared a Christmas message for officers and enlisted men across the United States Navy. He urged unity, banning cliques and grudges, to serve the country and the service.
Incoming leaders foresee about 3000 Seventh Day Adventists leaving Battle Creek due to long running friction between Ellen G. White and Dr. Kellogg. White accuses Kellogg headed institutions of not representing the denomination. Exiles plan to join the Tacoma Park colony near Washington.
Charles W. Bennett, longtime general manager of the western plants of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company at Elwood Indiana, resigns to become first assistant to the company president in Pittsburgh. Thomas O'Brien ascends from local superintendent to fill Bennett's former post.
Springfield report says Mrs Yates has shown clear improvement from illness. She can walk downstairs and is no longer in critical condition, aiding the ex-governor's plan to begin his senate campaign this week.
Representative Brownlow of Tennessee holds the early record for introducing bills in the current session. He has introduced 47 measures in thirteen days while the House total reaches 10 061 bills compared with 19 209 for all sessions last congress.
A thief smashed the window of a Fifth Avenue antiques firm at 252 Fifth Avenue and took a jewel box containing diamonds emeralds rubies topazes and pearls valued at four thousand dollars. The theft occurred on December 25.
A telegram from Milwaukee to Racine reports the sudden death of Mrs Isa dore M Black a leading Wisconsin temperance worker and state superintendent of the junior work for the Woman s Christian Temperance Union.
In Marion Indiana on December 25 Mrs Margaret Henderson a 65 year old wealthy woman was assaulted by robbers returning from a Christmas shopping tour. She was beaten chloroformed and bound before the attackers stole money from her.
A fragment notes Father inaction while smoke from a pipe and idle heat from Anderson's Coal contrasts with the day. The line hints at domestic idleness and local fuel supplier presence in the era.
Mies to the Bowen a clerk at Oakland Substation No 1 post office was taken into custody on embezzlement charges. Alleged shortage totals about 7000 dollars for a single month amid a Christmas rush. Miss Bowen is Mary F Bowens daughter, living with her mother in a fashionable district. fate of the money remains unclear.
In Battle Creek Michigan on December 26 M Chapman was jailed after stealing a blind man’s breakfast. He shared a cot with the victim at the police station and during breakfast the blind man found his meal missing and Chapman admitted the act.
Governor Sherrick granted two Christmas pardons in Columbus. Patrick Moran from Cuyahoga County, serving a life sentence for murder, is reduced to second degree. Martin Wobus from Seneca County, also serving life for murder, is reduced to second degree.
In Kokomo Indiana a two carat diamond found at a paper mill was sold by its finder Leslie Hostettler to a bartender for two cents. The bartender then sold it to a jeweler for 125 dollars. The gem, valued around 200 dollars, may have been from a discarded garment pocket sold as junk.
St Petersburg correspondent says officers returning from Manchuria deny a circulated dispatch attributed to General Linevitel about pil l l ig and mutiny at Habin. They claim the report exaggerates his ability to handle Manchurian troop revolt and call it a fabrication.
In New York on December 26 a Bowery registrant named Hegger Lesser fired three shots at his head. He was admitted to a hospital with three superficial scalp wounds as the bullets deflected on his thick skull and caused little harm.
St Paul December 26 the Twin City Rapids Transit company announced a Christmas raise for its motor men and conductors about 1000 employees. The increase is two cents an hour.
George M McKelvey a leading Youngstown figure killed himself in his room as his family attended church. He had suffered poor health for a long time and left no note. His death shocks the community.
New Orleans report states John McCall J. J. Wells and Jim Bester, residents of Lumberton Mississippi, were found in Broderick's rooming house on St Charles Street. They retired about 2 and gas flame was blown out, cause unclear.
New York December 26 local cigarmakers intended to protest to Congress against a House bill altering tariff laws on exports from the Philippines. Firewater Not Warmed Him Sioux City Ia December 26 John Southwind a Winnebago Indian came to Sioux City drank heavily and froze to death on a sandbank the next morning.
A short medical note touts Champerlain's Cough Remedy as a reliable treatment for croup in children. Testimony from M. F. Compton of Market Texas claims it provides prompt relief in severe cases. Stewart's Pharmacy in Cook and Sherman markets the product.
Mrs. Al Wita Jolson aged 101 years and 6 months, a longtime member of the Woman's Relief Corps and the Daughters of the American Revolution, died in Milford on December 26. Her father Levi Pierce of Worcester served in the Revolution.
New York reports certifieries of election will be presented to Mayor McClellan and other candidates who appear successful in the last session. The apparent plurality has been reduced to about 500.
University of Chicago scholar Shailer Mathews calls football a boy oriented sport in a minune article, arguing the game harms young players and undermines moral discipline.
An ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as prompt relief for liver and stomach trouble. It claims millions chase health from one extreme to another, urging readers to eat well and keep bowels regular, with J H Stewart’s drug store offering the guaranteed remedy.
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