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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1906
Page
3
Special to The Evening Journal notes for Iowa forecast rain or snow tonight and Wednesday. The forecast covers today and tomorrow with mixed precipitation expected.
Miss Teresa Swift graduates purse and Samuel Thompson sales are advertised. Local students and travelers are reported including Miss Hope Ott heading to Keota for teaching, Miss Blanche Nicola to Mt. Vernon for Cornell College, and Homer Stevens and others returning to Des Moines Ames Davenport and Columbus Junction for schooling and family visits.
George Johnson left last night for Galesburg Illinois after learning his brother died suddenly. Other items note Miss Arthaud leaving for Vinton and Miss Sage resuming work after February, plus details about J M Denny’s old acquaintance William Van Benthuzen in Bloomfield and John Ditmar’s body burial and planned exhumation in Waterville.
Nortenskjold, the Swedish explorer, praises the United States venture to reach the pole by airship. Dr Nordenskjold says the project shows more promise than prior plans and believes the Arctic dream could be realized if a reliable airship is developed. He notes the main hurdle is headwinds during the brief Arctic summer.
United States citizens near Nueva Canarias Isle of Pines urge Americans to oppose the Isle of Pines treaty pending in the Senate. They claim denial of a hearing and demand a public forum to prove their just cause and preserve what belongs to the United States. They allege the motive behind the treaty is to condone disobedience by an American officer who allowed Cuba to take control.
Cable dispatch reports the Dominican gunboat Independencia anchored off Puerto Plata demanding the town’s surrender within 24 hours to Morales's government. Troops landed. US consul says cruisers will protect women and children.
At national offices of the Amalgamated Window Glass Workers of America the majority of about 6,000 members voted to place all patterns for wage adjustments under the organization’s wage committee. The move seeks centralized handling of wage talks away from local chapters.
The Central Federated Union endorses the Metropolitan Opera House Chorus Singers union demands. A committee led by Director Heinrich Codrich will be visited to present a wage raise from 15 to 25 dollars per week.
Manning C. Palmer former president of the American Exchange National Bank of Syracuse was found guilty by a jury in Auburn N Y and sentenced to five years in Auburn prison but remanded to the custody of the U S marshal pending appeal of the case
Wakefield Massachusetts January 2 The bodies of John A. Ritchie aged 21 of Stoneham and Grace Holden aged 19 of Wakefield were found in Lake Quannapowitt after they went to the lake to skate. The incident ends in a double drowning.
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