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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1903
Page
9
The Misses Ella Kahn Flora Weal Laura Rich Viola Stern and Paula Kraus will receive New Year's day gifts from 4 to 10 p m at 4518 Drexel boulevard in Chicago.
Mrs Minnie Smith is reported to be much better, showing notable improvement in her condition.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy for dyspepsia dizziness headache liver and bowel troubles. The product is described as gentle yet thorough and priced at 25 cents at Stewart Pharmacy.
Mr Eli Butler of Frankville New York touts Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as the finest remedy for constipation they act gently and leave the bowels naturally. Sold by Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman Karl Cocklin student in Iowa City visiting Al Cocklin home Isaiah Bush visiting James Rathmel on the Heights Sunday.
Miss Rudd ill. Many visitors in the city including Levi Wenger of Wayland and Elrod Dayton of Brighton. Receptions at homes for Bertha Young and Miss Mary Grasse. Travel to Mt. Pleasant and Vinton for holidays. Miss Mary Hughes leaves for Des Moines and Burlington. her M E class presents books to her.
Mary Gibbs 21 died at home of her grandfather after her arrest for forging drafts to steal from multiple banks. Coroner Charles Lester attributed death to shame and lung congestion following arrest and arraignment. Ralph Latshaw, her attorney, warned she might take her own life.
Iowa county clerks ask the legislature to shift vital statistics reporting from county assessors to physicians and midwives who are in closer contact with births and deaths. The change, supported by the state board of health, previously failed over compensation provisions for reporters.
Chicago December 28 A civil suit filed by attorney G I M Pratt seeks three times the amount lost from bookmaker James O Leary totaling 18000 with one third claimed as lost in horse race bets. Pratt acts for a third party whose identity is withheld and who allegedly deposited 6000 in O Leary's books in the past six months. The action follows a statute allowing treble damages with half awarded to the county. The case aims to aid the family of the man who reportedly gambled and lost.
Two men were killed and six injured in a rear-end crash at Williamstown Kentucky when a wrecking train backing up from Mason collided with a freight train. A relief car and two cabooses caught fire, burning quickly and claiming the lives of James Lux and Florence Crawley from Ludlow Kentucky.
Phillip Fr. Wenz secretary of the Wenz Shoe Co of St. Joseph was found dead hanging by a wire from the roof of an empty box-car in Burlington yards. He had been missing since yesterday morning after telling his wife he was going to his offices. Relatives question foul play due to bruises on his body.
Hugh A. Mullen, 56, proprietor of the Sunday Philadelphia World, was instantly killed at the North Philadelphia station of the Pennsylvania railroad while attempting to cross the tracks. An accident policy for $5,000 was found in his pocket. he was a well known local politician and Philadelphia native.
William P. Karstens aged 85 was killed when a spear broke on Lake Winnebago striking him in the head and breaking his skull and larynx. The Fond du Lac man had planned to marry next week.
Acting jailer Mindiey fired a single shot at prisoner John Onley during a dispute over whisky. The shot struck Onley in the arm and shoulder as tensions escalated when Mindiey refused to hand over whisky brought by Onley’s wife. Onley hurled insults and a cuspidar before the incident, which occurred as Mindiey stood outside the cell door.
The trustees of Albert Lea college in Minnesota have assigned for the benefit of creditors. Liabilities run about nine to ten thousand dollars while assets total roughly five times that amount including school buildings and residence property. C WM Freeman is named assignee. The collapse followed friction with MacAlister college, another Presbyterian state school.
Austin report confirms J. B. Hoge and associates acquired 228 acres in the Batson Prairie region. The land cost $8,000 per acre, totaling $1,824,000. The plan calls for development and construction of an oil pipeline through the property.
A First National Bank vault in Salem is blown open with dynamite. Though $8,000 is known to be inside, the burglars flee without taking money. They later steal a team, a sleigh, robes and a fur coat from a livery stable before escaping. the crime is found when the bank opens in the morning.
Funeral services for the late Rear Admiral Edwin White of the U S Navy retired were held at the naval academy chapel. Interment followed in the naval cemetery with a marine battalion escort and a detachment of sailors, accompanied by the naval academy band.
Hartford newspaper reports the death of The Rev Dr George Edward Street pastor emeritus of the Congregational church at Exeter Illinois due to heart disease. Street aged 69 was renowned for his historical writings and served as a corporate member of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions.
December 28 report from Xenia describes Fred Towe Willian Tadlock and several youths in a free for all using knives clubs and pistols. Tadlock was shot in the neck by Howe and may die. Others suffered cuts and bruises but none seriously hurt.
In New York on December 25 David Jones and Julius Robert Jowell, being taken to the White Star steamer Teutonic, escaped Scotland Yard detectives at the pier. They boarded the Teutonic and attempted to bribe a steward to hide them until Liverpool, but the captain returned them to detectives who kept them in custody.
Judge Fisher fines the People's Gas and Electric Light Co. $300, its president J H Brown $200, and its attorney $100 for contempt after the company refused to supply light to Xenia. The contempt followed a mandatory court order to furnish city light that the company ignored amid a public service board suit over non insulated wires.
A Christmas celebration in Huhira Georgia nearly turned violent as white men clashed with Black residents. Police acted to separate groups and prevent a broader outbreak.
In Boston on December 28 a dredge named General Poe sank in the channel between Deer Island and Nix's Mate to Boston harbor. Three men were drowned while twelve others were rescued, leaving a tragic tally of the incident expected to include further inquiries.
An old advertisement promotes Curea Colda Quietly Bromolax described as a safe non quinine remedy available at all druggists. The offer claims no quinine and no adverse effects.
An appeal urges farmers to relocate to the South for year round cultivation of fruit berries and truck gardening. It claims higher earnings with less labor and invites readers to contact G A Park General Immigration and Industrial Agent Louisville Nashville Railroad Company Louisville KY for more information.
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