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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 29, 1908

Page

8

Republicans Hold Caucuses Endorse Allison in Senate Bid

In city ward caucuses Republicans favored Senator Allison over Governor Cummins for the Senate. White was unanimously chosen as the national convention delegate, while ward selections split between Allison and Cummins for county delegates. County convention next Saturday will choose delegates to state and congressional conventions.

United States Senate Allison Cummins S. A. White Iowa Tec Republican County Cauc Senate Fairfield Des Moines First Ward Samuel Gardnner White-Allison George F. Ross Lem Cherry James F. Marsh Amos B. S Durst Second Ward Colonel Bell C. A. Dewey W. B. Bell C. E. Helwick Db. M. Mannhardt Lyman Babcock 8. W. Livingston Henry Shields Third Ward C. H. Wilson A. W. McVall A. Anderson Robert McCall, Jr Ernest Lemmon W. EB. Logan R. E. Dougherty C. «. Wilson Fourth Ward J. W. Morton White-Allison de BR. T W. G. Stewart J. . Morton J. A. McCoy A. W

Tillotson to Trim Season at Creston

Miss Ethel Tillotson will leave this evening for Creston where she will trim the coming season. This is Tillotson’s second season at that place. Mrs. Etta Winter Young came up from Burlington for a visit with friends at the R. 8. Young home before returning to Springfield, Colorado.

Ethel Tillotson Creston Tillotson Etta Winter Young Burlington R. 8. Young Springfield Colo

Woman and three children killed in Brereton fire

A blaze at 311 Brereton avenue in Pittsburg killed Caroline Viacak and three children. The husband and father is missing, and two houses were destroyed with a third badly damaged. Fire investigators traced the fire to the Brereton avenue address.

Pittsburg The Evening Journal Caroline Viacak Brereton Avenue

Pleasant Plains Missionary Auxiliary Hosts Meeting and Farewell

The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society auxiliary will meet at Mrs. Ezra Smith's home on Wednesday March 4. A farewell party for Miss Blanche Mann was held at Miss Della Knecht's home in south Washington with games and a luncheon by Elsie Knecht and Myrtle Norton. Friends wish Miss Mann happiness in Missouri.

Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of Pleasant Plains Ezra Smith Della Knecht Washington Blanche Mann Missouri Elsie Knecht Myrtle Norton Miss Blanche

West Chester Baptist youths hold social at Craynes

Baraca and Philathea Sunday school classes hosted a Thursday evening social at Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Crayne home in West Chester. About thirty five young people attended, enjoyed games and music, followed by refreshments.

The Baptist Church West Chester M. E. Crayne

Fortnightly club evening section meets Monday

The evening section of the Fortnightly Club's department of literature will meet next Monday evening with Mrs. Elder.

Department of Literature Elder

Mason Transfer owner celebrates ninth birthday

E G Mason proprietor of the Mason Transfer and Storage Co celebrates his ninth birthday. He received forty one letters from friends and relatives across the country, all wishing him well. If he lives to seventy, he would be about three hundred years old at the seventieth celebration.

E.G. Mason Mason Transfer and Storage Co Mr. Mason

Passion Play and Sacred Drama at Academy Chapel

Holy Land Entertainment presents a two hour master presentation of the life of Christ at the Academy chapel on March 6 and 7. Rev. Silberman will lecture with an invisible choir, costumes of the Holy Land, and a Jerusalem themed tour including a Jerusalem wedding ceremony. Admission 10 and 25 cents.

Academy Chapel Age Silberman Palestine Christ Holy Land Jerusalem

Five Children Born To Campbell Family in Steubenville

Five perfectly formed infants were born to Mr and Mrs George Campbell of Steubenville Ohio on February 29 Three babies died within an hour of birth Two children a boy and a girl survived The combined weight of the infants was twenty three pounds Mrs Campbell weighs under a hundred pounds The case is described by physicians as remarkably unusual Campbell is a millworker with four brothers Two twins families have had births and each of the other brothers has fathered triplets His first wife died after giving birth to triplets.

Steubenville George Campbell Campbell

Real Daughter of the Revolution Dead in Lancaster

Mrs. Lydia A. White aged eighty, described as the real daughter of the American Revolution, died after a period of illness from a cold and pneumonia. She was a lifelong Lancaster resident. her father George Leonard fought in the Revolution under General Washington and took part in Brandywine Princeton and Germantown battles.

Lancaster Lydia A. White Pneumono

Chamberlain Heads to Europe for Rest and Recovery

Joseph Chamberlain and Mrs. Chamberlain depart London for the Riviera where they plan to stay for several months. His health improves only slowly as the journey begins.

Chamberlain Europe London Joseph Chamberlain Mrs. Chamberlain Riviera

Local arrivals and visitors fill Johnsons area today

Marcus Turbott arrives from Ainsworth with other travelers stopping in the city. Alfred Peterson from Crawfordsville and Ott Patterson from Havre are among those on business or visiting. A ten pound girl is born at the Oscar Brook home in northeast Washington. George Lemon returns from an extended western tour with stops in Denver Wray Helena and Mt Nebo.

Johnson's Marcus Turbott Ainsworth Ott Patterson Lexington A. C. Peterson Crawfordsville McCall Bros Ode Ben Ferguson Havre Vienna Alfred Peterson A. G. Long James Stone E. J. Grove Keota Rock Island Oscar Brook Washington Lou Davenport Oskaloosa Davenport Ray Miller Lulu van Horn Fred Neiswanger Let Barnes Indiana P. P. Showalter Isaac Glen Isaac Kleese Wayland R. S. White Opal Allen Green St. Louis I. Green Walter Lodders Burlington Iowa City S. K. Coates Eldon Williamson J. B. McCoy C. M. McCoy George Maxwell M. D. Yard Harp Cherryholmes Robert de Harpport Crawfords Ville City Frank Ropers Lincoln Far West Denver Utah Wray Colorado Ned Beaver Norton Payne Mt. Nebo B. R. Stickley Helena Montana A. W. Kitzberger

Ottumwa Triumphs Over Local Team 31 to 20 in Close Contest

Ottumwa won 31 to 20 after a hard fought game with the local high school boys. An unusually large crowd attended the match and a post game banquet followed with toast remarks by officials and students.

Ottumwa Muscatine High School R. Stentz Ottumwa Boys Harry Robertson Howard Cunningam Perry Richardson George Dempsey Raymond Buckley Lodwick Ossier Thorpe Haw Epps J. Slutz Cremer Washington Robertson Cunningham Richardson Buckley Dempsey Bert Dixon Mr. Roberts Elmer Sickles

Burlington Wins Southeastern Iowa Debate Championship

The final inter high school debate in the district took place last night at Burlington with Iowa City as the rival. Burlington won two to one, securing the southeastern Iowa championship as both teams argued vigorously. Also advertised at the Vienna were hermits cup cakes drop cakes and sponge drops.

Ottumwa Harvey & Warfe Meade Roberts Ottumway High School Harry Robertson Bert Dixon Ralph Stentz Victor Thorpe Mildred Wabnitz Ethel Nichols Rooters James Slutz Washington Burlington Iowa City Southeastern Iowa Vienna

Business Holds Its Own AmidMixed February Trade

R. G. Dun weekly review notes ground held after earlier depression with sporadic progress. Best signals come from the west and south as idle steel mill machinery resumes. manufacturers report scarce orders and high prices while jobbing sees large country merchant attendance but subdued volumes. Stockpiles stay ample, February compares favorably to January. finished steel contracts remain small though more numerous.

New York R. G. Dun & Co Weekly Review of Trade

Friend of the Trust Involved in Tobacco Case

P. C. Lentz a Chicago wholesale grocer testified as a witness for the defense in the government’s bid to dissolve the American Tobacco Company. He said the firm did not block independent dealers and that beyond jobber prices it offered a 3 percent annual gross sales reduction. W. H. McCord supported that the company never barred independents from handling their brands.

New York P. C. Lentz Chicago Dreneoh Northwest Tobaccco Com American ‘Tobacco Company Lentz American Tobacco Company W. H. McCord Omaha Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Texas Colorado Wyoming Flo

Winter Isolation Linked to Alaska Insanity Rise

Washington report states long winters in remote Alaska fostered increased insanity prompting senate action. A new authorizing measure allocates large funds for Alaskan asylum care and facilities amid concerns 5 percent of offshore tax revenues for infrastructure and services are insufficient.

Washington Alaska Senate

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief for Women

An advertisement cites testimonials from Mrs Maggie Gilmer and Mrs Josephine Hall praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health and aiding motherhood. It claims the remedy has helped women with displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and other female complaints over thirty years and invites sick women to write for advice.

Maggie Gilmer West Union Mrs. Pinkham Lydia E. Pinkham Josephine Hall Bardstown Ron

Truth and Quality Laxative Endorsement Ad claims purity

An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a safe effective laxative. It emphasizes gentle action without debility or dosage increase and cites physician approval. The advertisement urges purchasing only the California Fig Syrup Co. product through leading druggists.

California Fig Syrup Co

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