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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1905
Page
4
Colonel Rodman dies after days of unconsciousness. The long illness and death are reported by local sources with emphasis on his military rank and public service. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Alfred Allen Rodman died after a long illness from apoplexy. He was born February 2, 1841 in Martinsburg Ohio and served in the Civil War before pursuing medicine and business. He held several Masonic and G A R positions and was Cap tain General of the Grand Commandery of Iowa. The funeral is set for Thursday at 2 pm from his home with the Grand Commandery in charge. Interment will be at the old cemetery.
Bloomington dedicated a cottage home for elderly women as a New Year gift honoring the late Mrs. Sven Withers. Her bequest included land and the Withers Homestead to shelter elderly residents and support the city’s Withers Public Harmony Institution. Three more cottages are planned with hopes a local eccentric billionaire may fund the project.
Mrs Georgia Christopher of South Bend Indiana traveled with her husband and infant from northern Michigan to Reach Battle Creek Michigan when the child fell ill and died in the coach. Passengers urged her to alight for an undertaker but she could not pay for embalming and returned to the coach with the body. The scene moved the travelers to tears.
The final act of Attorney General James Donovan’s information against five Montana state representatives targets a beef trust conspiracy. Agents of Armour & Co Swift & Co Cudahy Co and Hanmanend Packing Co face arrest. Judge Smith orders release on bond and sets a court appearance date.
London reports three quarters ended Saturday total revenue 68 1 AMS 220 with a net decrease 58 041265 compared with 1903. Of this total 7 068.055 was paid into the exchequer. The net decrease is 58.218 055 versus 1903.
Dr William Alexander Ross aged 187 died at his daughter’s home in Kansas City Kansas. He was a grandson of General Alexander Ross who served on George Washington's staff in the Revolutionary War and the first white child born in Boone County Kentucky. The report also notes the Phoeniy line steamer British Princess arriving from Antwerp with 1,100 tons of wheat in cargo.
Local items report varied interests from bakery sales at the Vienna to cream and chocolate pies for Johnsons. W N Bragg returns to Davenport, J A Work travels there on business, and J P Thomas offers a farm for rent. Attendees at the State Teachers Convention in Des Moines share reminiscences including a letter from WY Lewis.
Social highlights recount Miss Minnie Wilkins hosting a six o'clock dinner on the Heights with games and music to close the old year. The Second United Presbyterian church parsonage welcomed Rev Sawhill's friends, while the Baptist church held a large dinner, roll call, and reports. Fortnightly club music ended with Mendelssohn numbers and plans for the next meeting on January 16 hosted by Mrs Crooks.
Mrs. Michael Wilson of South Iowa avenue, long ill, fell this morning breaking her hip. A doctor attended and she rests well though the fall endangers her ability to use the limb. Mrs Jr W Clapper and son Clayton arrived from Loveland, Colorado to visit relatives including Miss Cora Porter.
K. A. Burnell came back to Newton this morning following a visit with friends in the city.
One hundred dollar reward offer for an incurable case of catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsements by Walding Kinnan Marvin of Toledo praise F. J. Cheney & Co. and claim honesty and solvency. Internal remedy targets blood and mucous surfaces. 75 cents per bottle. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation. sold by druggists.
The Langdons case follows Montgomery Langdon who inherits a publishing house and turns to writing. After initial success with a rival publisher he returns claiming art over business, dismisses readers as a failed system, and resumes running the firm in traditional fashion.
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