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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1913
Page
7
President Taft welcomed about seven thousand visitors to a New Year’s Day reception at the White House. Officials including army and navy officers and diplomats appeared before the public throng, with secret service guards scrutinizing the line of callers at the east gate and executive entrance.
Mills Seed Co under Langworthy and White is expanding catalog mailings with installments of ten and twenty thousand and a first edition of 400,000. The operation strengthens the Washington post office as seed shipments go by mail and plans include seed corn and a full line of field seeds.
A 1910s Washington area testimonial touts Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney troubles. Mrs. M. J. Shifflett of Sigourney Iowa says the medicine relieved pain and improved kidney function after taking a box, urging others to use the same product. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY 50 cents. Remember the name Dean's.
Des Moines reports Jack Harris a Phildia coal miner and father of 23 watches daughter Lora Harris wed George Gilliland at Phildia. Judge Brennan presided in courthouse chambers. Harris defends high living costs and emphasizes frugality, family welfare, and teaching savings to his children.
Governor-elect George W. Clark faces a flood of applicants for Iowa state game warden as hunters license funds swell near a hundred thousand dollars. Politicians expect the warden to control spending, while sportsmen groups push for using the money to improve hunting and fishing conditions instead of diverting funds.
Paul Banurand of Chicago, formerly of Montreal, a traveling salesman, arrested in North Adams for passing worthless checks, was taken by Spencer police and will be held for the superior court. He faces forgery charges and is said to be linked to similar complaints in other eastern cities. Banurand claims birth in Massena Springs, N Y, forty eight years ago, with early schooling in Montreal and Victoria Law School.
Madame Sarah Bernhardt declined Chicago socialite Mrs Harold McCormick offer of any sum to appear at a January 31 Windy City party for the 400. She is under contract to perform in Portland that night. Bernhardt sent her son Maurice Bernhardt, manager of her Paris theater, with a New Year gift of a 1500 acre ranch near Colorado Springs Colorado.
New York reports financier James R. Keene is gravely ill. He was moved from the Waldorf Astoria to a private sanitarium on West 52nd Street and later rumored to be at the home of his son Foxhall Keene. No condition details are being released.
Public auction to dissolve partnership features 88 head of livestock including mares cattle hogs and sheep plus grain hay machinery implements and farm equipment. Sale begins at 10 a m at 3 percent miles northeast of Kalona and 4 miles west of Riverside with terms a 12 month credit on totals over 10 dollars. cash for 10 and under. Lunch on grounds. Auctioneers J W Southwick son John A Yoder clerk F E Skola.
Miss Maude R Ingersoll daughter of Col Robert Ingersoll marries Wallace McLean Probasco in New York with a simple ring ceremony. She and her husband are both identified as agnostics and the event is recorded alongside medical news from Cambridge.
Flint Michigan January 2 report notes Marcus B L Glyde of Clyde aged eighty weds Miss Mary A Hiller of Vassar aged forty eight. The Clyde resident is described as a Civil War veteran celebrating his New Year’s marriage with a bashful remark about his first kiss.
Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland defeated Oliver Kirk of St. Louis in a featherweight bout in St. Louis. Kilbane toyed with Kirk for one round and stopped the eight round scheduled match in the second round, leaving Kirk in a helpless pulp.
In Cambridge Massachusetts on January 2 McGill University triumphed 2 to 0 over Yale in a tightly fought hockey game. The Canucks gained the lead through skilled play and a touch of luck sealing the win.
Gary Indiana January 2 22 year old Mathew Strailez died from a bullet wound received while standing in front of his home at 1804 Connecticut street. The shot was fired accidentally by revelers celebrating the New Year.
Grace Trimble, sixteen, was arrested in New York as the firebug who set seven fires at the building 214 Kingston Avenue in Brooklyn. Police report details indicate repeated arson incidents leading to her arrest on December 28.
An advertising notice promises PAZO OINTMENT will cure itching or bleeding piles in 6 to 14 days with a money refund if not. It also mentions Chamberlain's Liniment for partial paralysis relief and rheumatic pains, offered by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Call 689 Black to place bus line orders and have them attended to promptly by Frank Rogers. Include street address and number for delivery.
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