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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1908
Page
6
Governor Hughes forms a nine member commission to investigate stock trading abuses including short selling and margin practices. The panel includes Horace White and John Bates Clark and aims to expose wash sales and bucket shops while recommending tighter margins and penalties.
The piece argues Wall Street welcomes the commission inquiry while doubting its spontaneity. It likens the market to a church on Wall Street, notes big money and deceit in stock gambling, and cites Hughes probes as potentially exposing direct questions and answers about market manipulation. It references John Law, Blunt, and Daniel Drew as historical precedents and predicts Governor Hughes will pursue the investigation to address stock market gambling concerns.
Chas. Newman presents Rudolph and Adolph with Mason and Mason performing Tuesday December 29. The review praises the lively farce with engaging plot and well integrated musical numbers amid constant laughter and applause.
Auction announced by W. S. Eldridge and D. F. Macon for January 5 1909 at the seller’s residence northwest of Washington. Sale includes horses cattle sheep poultry crops farming implements and household items with credit terms of 12 months on sums over 10 or 6 percent discount for cash.
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease and promotes Cheney's Catarrh Cure from Toledo Ohio. It states internal doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful, claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces, offers $100 on failure, and urges readers to send for circulars. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Auction notice lists extra good farms and town residence and business property near West Chester Washington county Iowa within five miles of town. Also offered are a meat market and ice business with buildings and fixtures, plus a first class elevator and coal business. Signed J. D. Dayton West Chester.
The advertisement from Cohn and Share offers the highest prices for hides furs and junk with a contact telephone 387 at Washington House dated one month ago.
Representative Cocks urges every post office to fly the flag as a patriotic lesson and symbol of federal power, while Representative Overstreet resists, saying the bill would cost a barrel of money. A Mississippi reader praises Foley's Kidney Remedy from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
At his Leominster home P. H. Murphy a 24 year old pitcher collapsed and died from pneumonia after requesting his friend William Lahiff to sing Face to Face. Murphy had played for Keene New Hampshire Bridgeport Allentown and the St Louis Nationals prior to a 1907 bridge transfer for 2400.
The girls of the neighborhood host a box supper at the Gray school house next Tuesday evening the 20th. Everyone is invited to attend.
Mrs S M Hedges and her daughter Miss Maude of Winfield were guests at the W Hedges home in the city for Christmas.
Among the national poultry show attractions in Chicago were Peggy a $10 000 hen owned by Er nest Kellerstross of Kansas City Professor J E Armstrong s ideal hen a cross between a Dorking hen and a Silver duckwing gamecock Julia an eight year old champion hen from Deer field Ill and tailless chickens from the Isle of Man.
Paris streets grow dangerous with motor cars and underground passages are being made at several sites after accidents including on the Avenue des Champs Elysees and the Place de la Concorde.
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