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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1904
Page
8
A vintage medical ad promoting Warner's White Wine of tar Syrup as the quickest cure for a cold. Offers 25 and 50 cent sizes and lists J H Stewart as the seller through general druggists.
New York dispatch reports a major Protestant Episcopal Church controversy centered on Bishop Ethelbert Talbot of central Pennsylvania and the unfrocked Rev. Ingram N. Irvine. The case involves alleged conspiracies, a divorced woman Mrs. Elliott, and disputed canonical procedures. Accusers seek church court action as papers and authority move through Philadelphia and Boston channels.
Minnesota adopts a constitutional amendment ending the grand jury system. The measure passes by a wide margin and Wisconsin and North Dakota courts already operate without grand juries. Attorneys note the panel often hears only the prosecution and push for trial by jury instead. No change in trial procedure beyond eliminating the grand jury.
Baron Ki youta of the imperial Japanese commission asks Colonel Fountain for a full report on St Louis exposition policing. He requests data on arrests accidents and on duty numbers for a specified period. Deer in Millville New Jersey become tame approaching homes to drink from a stream near Leaming's Mill Pond as four deer visit daily.
Tang Shao Ki taotai of Tien-Tsin departs for Thibet to study conditions there. Educated at Yale, he formerly served as secretary to Yuan Shi Kat, viceroy of Chili province.
The Hayti government under President Nord convicted ex president Sam and several officials of conspiring to fraudulently issue bonds from 200000 to 350000. Sentences range from five to fifteen years in prison for high officials and relatives of the former president. Sam is not presently in Hayti.
At the U S Naval Academy authorities found plans for drinking large amounts of liquor by midshipmen. Watchmen screened entrants and confiscated much liquor, some smuggled in, halting several banquets. Three midshipmen faced possible dismissal by Commandant Badger. The report also notes a Kansas City bishop consecration and other scattered items including a murder case and a copper district pioneer death.
The forecast warns snow in northern Illinois and Indiana with a cold wave and high northwest winds. Lower Michigan sees rain turning to snow with a cold wave and a northeast shift to northwest. Wisconsin and Iowa expect snow and a northward shift with a cold wave and northwest gale in the east, with colder air spreading.
Daily summary from Chicago and East Buffalo shows hogs, cattle, and sheep receipts with varied quotations. Hogs mostly $4.25 to $5.80, cattle from $1.50 to $8.75, sheep and lambs near $5 to $7.60, plus notes from St. Louis on wheat corn oats prices and track quotations.
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