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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1905
Page
5
A summary of recent community events includes accidents reported, deaths, births, and marriages gathered by local news staff. Names and exact details are provided for the incidents and life events as recorded in the notices.
Miss Gretna Crain returns to Highland after visiting the Harvey home. Ezra Smith shells corn for Stewart brothers. Frank Noel and Ray Noel of Jamesport Missouri stay with T B Thrasher Saturday, attend Prairie Flower preaching, visit Andy Simpson and Clarence Work homes, plan to Wayland then Wichita. Albert Frisk sale set for Thursday February 2. Henry Rathmel resigns as route three mail carrier effective February. Will Todd visits sister Hattie Simpson Monday.
In Lexington January 30 a report notes Arthur Durst and his brother John of Kalona will travel to Ottumwa to visit their sister and attend the closing out sale of a brother near Moravia. Also listed are local visits, shipments, and moving plans of residents.
The family intends to move March first to Washington to give the girls better school advantages. Mr. Lon Fleming has rented the farm. Mr. Nathan Campbell will not move to the Allin Knott's farm and plans a sale then run a feed store in town. Ed Squires will stay in the country for a while.
Rates listed include 615.00 to Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana and many Texas points round trip 823.00 to Pecos Texas and Carlsbad New Mexico and return 24.50 to El Paso Texas and return.
Local shoppers mention Duncans Valentine display and Vienna bakery macaroons rolls and coffee cakes. Frost at Vienna bakery jokes about yeast on hands. Friday basketball game at Commercial club gym noted with social visits and upcoming county auditors convention in Marshalltown February 14 15 16.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for sickness from poisons of undigested food. It promises a money back guarantee and notes the product costs 25 cents at J H Stewart’s drug store.
Rev. Charles Ferguson of All Souls' Church advocates a civic university to encompass Kansas City’s entire industrial life. He says the city will become a major metropolis and argues for a non graft driven effort to raise overall purchasing power and civilize development through a comprehensive labor union in education.
The article argues for a civic university in Kansas City as a people’s institution. It would house labor, women’s clubs, and the arts, generating revenue and aligning workers, capital, and civic leaders under a national ideal. It envisions a university building chartered under Missouri statutes to fund a hall, studios, and offices.
A delegation of Molo kanys known as Russian Quakers left Ellis Island for a planned settlement near Los Angeles seeking peace and a warless life. They travel with money, speak several languages, and emphasize morality. immigration authorities offered no exclusion reason, aided by P. A. Deamens, a former captain.
Deamens, an ardent Molokany supporter, recalls how the Molokanys fled Russia after refusing army service. He says about 200,000 now live near the Caucasus and many will emigrate to the United States, with Los Angeles as a farming destination. A detachment is to arrive every few days this year.
A Woodruff Minnesota correspondent to the St Paul Dispatch reports an odd natural phenomenon at Rice Lake and Alder Lake. As the lake froze a muskellunge estimated at seventy five pounds pushed through the ice like a tug, widening and keeping open the channel into Alder Lake.
J B Dignam editor of a Richmond Indiana local magazine launches the Simple Life movement inspired by Rev Charles Wagner. He plans a national and possibly international expansion with the motto Speak justly speak frankly and seeks guidance from Rev Wonener.
Excerpt credits General Nogt with urging humane treatment of the defeated General Stoeser after a hard siege. The voice also recalls a persona poem praising Nogt as a gentleman and soldier, contrasting bare toughness with respect. The piece reflects wartime sentiment and literary tribute.
The contested will of late David Shepard founder of Nichols and Shepard Threshing Machine Co. came before Probate Judge Hamm in Marshall Michigan. Shepard’s estate exceeds 1 million dollars and he left everything to his son Freedom while contesting son Alfred is named as a disinherited heir. The will notes Alfred had been provided for.
Paris Illinois February 1 1900s article notes Frank Perisho a leading farmer near the Indiana line sues his brother Joseph for 5000 alleging alienation of his wife’s affections. A divorce suit is mentioned and a sister-in-law’s brother recently died by his own hand.
In Fall River Massachusetts on February 1 a special textile council meeting is called after manufacturers refuse to meet labor secretaries about mill grievances. Governors Douglas intercession may be sought to mediate.
Relatives of Justina Loeffler of Chicago who vanished two years ago believe she may be a victim of Johann Hoch, now jailed in New York on a murder charge. Loeffler has not been heard from for months.
In Gaylord Michigan on February 1 a snow storm and extreme cold forced the family of H Crehoe to abandon their house as flames engulfed the structure. The building was nearly destroyed and only partly insured.
Richmond Indiana February 1 Henry Frartman aged 50 a farmer living north of Richmond was struck by a street car and killed instantly He is survived by a wife and six children.
Meetings of Vanderbilt lines boards in New York saw resignations by Ingalls of the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis and Ledyard of the Michigan Central. W H Newman was elected president of Michigan Central and the CCC and St Louis. Ingalls named chairman of CCC and St Louis, Ledyard named chairman of Michigan Central. Senator Depew resigns from Michigan Central chair.
In Mind, New Jersey on February 1, Spencer Witham, a young boy, threw copper wire at his brother Morton during a game of clothing tossing. The wire’s sharp point pierced Morton's skull, and he died three hours later.
Fire at the Victor Talking Machine company plant in Camden New Jersey caused a loss of about 0 000. Fifty women workers were in the building when the flames started they became panicked and many fainted but all were rescued unharmed.
LaCrosse Wisconsin February 1 reports the weather bureau says the current 20 below climate will end this winter. The thermometer marked 20 below and continued to fall as frigid air grips the region.
The report covers regional weather across Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa with snow flurries and cold winds. It also lists Chicago Board of Trade grain quotations for May July and Sept across Wheat Corn and Oats and prices for Pork Lard Short Ribs and live cattle hogs sheep and veal at Chicago and East Buffalo markets with receipts and price ranges.
Friends report the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs 8 G Adams of Waterloo. The Commercial club hosts a basketball game next Friday night featuring the High School girls against Muscatine in a local matchup.
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