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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1909
Page
5
Special to the Evening Journal reports Iowa weather: partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Warmer in the eastern portion tonight, cooler in the northwest Friday afternoon.
Local brief notes list various residents and visitors in the area. Star theater promotion mentions Ome of the Beravest and the play The Devil tonight at the Unique. Several residents like Lem Cherry R D McFarlane Mrs H H MecCleery and others travel for business and social visits to Fairfield Ainsworth Crawfordsville West Chester Davenport Bright om Wellman and Minneapolis connections appear.
Members of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen met Monday night and elected officers for the ensuing year. Foreman Mrs. W. H. Minick, correspondent Ray H. Dean, chaplain Mrs. Mary A. Barrrows, master of ceremonies Mrs. Fred Shoemaker. John Little elected delegate to the state conclave in Des Moines on April 6. Schilling named as alternate.
Mrs BE C Rice slipped and fell yesterday morning at her daughter Mrs Milton Denison's home. She will be laid up for a few days but the injuries are not serious and friends expect a swift recovery.
Sacramento February 4 The California assembly defeated the Drew bill by 48 to 28 barring aliens from owning land The measure amended to remove a Japanese only clause would have driven foreign capital from the state and strained relations with Japan Proponents led by Grove G Johnson argued for protection against Japanese land ownership with a dramatic protest while Nathan G Cole opposed citing constitutional and labor concerns and national policy.
Chicago wheat prices by sample range from No 2 red at 3.09 to No 3 hard at 1.04 with multiple grades listed. Chicago live stock reports show hogs 64,000 receipts with prices from 5.90 to 6.50, cattle 26,000 receipts with prime steers 6.75–7.00, calves 4.75–8.25, and sheep 18,000 receipts with wethers 5.25–5.60 and lambs 7.00–7.65. East Buffalo and Elgin markets mirror slower cattle and variable hog demand with assorted prices. Butter market in Elgin shows creaming prices from 21c to 31c for various grades.
Count Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff new German ambassador is hosted by New York City today. A chamber of commerce reception precedes a Manhattan Club banquet with remarks stressing enduring friendship between Germany and the United States and praising American prosperity and enterprise. Prominent German Americans and speakers include Nicholas Murray Butler Philip T. Dodge and Joseph H. Choate with Herman Ridder presiding.
Norfolk heads into a major new venture as a Pittsburgh capitalist to build a large paper and sugar factory on Berkeley side of the Mirabeth river. Corn stalks in green and mucky state will be processed into paper with sugar as a by product, using corn grown on Dismalava m farm lands.
Advertises a laxative and quinine cold cure claiming one day relief. Promises refund if it fails with E. W. Grove’s signature on each box and a 25 cent price.
In South Norwalk Connecticut workers from Crofut and Knapp move tools from the plant to their homes, underscoring the seriousness of the ongoing hat strike as curlers makers and finishers participate in the walkout.
Theodore Sutre and Adolph Timm urged the house committee on the alcoholic liquor traffic to retain decision on prohibition from popular vote. They opposed the Bennet bill proposing a 10 member national control commission to study and recommend legislation for federal liquor control.
Madison Wis Feb 4 The election of a United States Senator to succeed Isaac Stephenson seems blocked until an investigation of the senatorial primary is completed as Stephenson fell four votes short of re election on the fifth joint ballot.
Hal H. Chase first baseman for the New York American League team and Jacob Weimer pitcher for the New York National League team were reinstated on condition they pay fines of 200 and 150 dollars respectively in Cincinnati on February 4.
In Richmond the court rules Baroness von Roque and associates may pursue lawyer David W. Armstrong for 52912 in land sale proceeds. It sets aside deeds by Mrs Maybrick and her mother to Armstrong, with hundreds of thousands of acres involved and Armstrong found not to have intentionally wronged.
Former Oakland police chief S. C. Hodgkins was wounded while pursuing James Clifton who attempted a hold up. Hodgkins dropped his revolver. his wife seized it and fired three shots at Clifton risking her husband's safety. Clifton fled but was later captured.
Harvey Hazel seventeen found guilty of murdering his mother was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Ohio state penitentiary at Columbus. He beat her with a hammer and robbed her of 57 pounds.
President Roosevelt reiterates that the government must have a secret service force able to act against criminals anywhere. He opposes restricting the secret service and says it would be poor policy to discriminate against its use to detect and punish criminals.
Madrid announces the cabinet will accept Vickers Sons & Maxim tender for the new Spanish squadron with modifications. The contract amount is 40 million dollars.
A suburbanite and a city friend discuss life in the village. The city guest notes many residents live to eighty or ninety, joking that it proves some get their punishment here on earth.
Olympia Feb 4 The anti race track gambling bill passed the senate after clearing the house last week making pool selling bookmaking and betting on horse races a felony. Also notes Bessie Kouba and Deli White from Cedar Rapids and Iowa City attending Longer Kos wedding then departing for home.
The text explains how Chinese officials and common people use euphemisms for dying. The emperor is described as “crashing” rather than dying while princes “demise,” ministers “stop,” and officials resign. Commoners alone “die.” Coffins are called “the timber of age” or “longevity boards,” and life insurance is framed as securing graveclothes and a “charming retreat.”
A New York Indy employee, Lycurgus Jones, resists being nicknamed. She jokes about shortening the long name, and he counters with preferences for Jonesey or no nickname while she insists on Lycurgus.
A Washington Herald quip notes the Chaucer club discusses itself when all members attend. The lighthearted line hints at the self referential nature of their gatherings and their focus on Chaucer.
Call up phone number 1 to place orders for the city bus line. Leave your street and number for prompt service by Frank Rogers.
A N McElwain was a passenger for Fairfield this morning to attend to business today.
A old notice advises that pneumonia often follows grippe but not from Foley's Honey and Tar used for grippe coughs and deep seated colds. The genuine product is in the yellow package from Lemmeon’s Pharmacy.
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