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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1907
Page
5
J H Grush purchased the Carr Grush meat market share and took possession today to continue operations as before. Mr Carr will decide his future, with community wishes for him. Grush, an experienced meat man, will run the business up to date. Also, Mrs E J Wiley learned of her brother T H Kaufman’s death in Dodge City Kan.
The piece surveys Scilly wreck lore from royal grants to modern finds. It recalls a church scene where locals nearly rushed to plunder a wreck until a minister halted them with a plea to start fair. It notes a bark carrying a car of beads wrecked about two centuries ago and beads still wash ashore.
New York state historian highlights amendments from the General Court of Assizes held in New York in 1670. It notes complaints about dead hogs and pork brought into the city in frozen states, unpreserved by salt, harming trade. The ruling forbids selling dead hogs unless well salted and packed, or smoked or dried, with penalties for noncompliance.
A narrative of an early career as a train newsboy in a major Civil War battle, a leap into telegraph operations, and stock ticker innovations. The tale recounts a $40,000 settlement, bank confusion, and the rush of sudden fortune shaping a future inventor.
A quoted line from Pear son's Magazine describes using a bank account to start a shop and develop new apparatus. The fragment notes the monetary source and entrepreneurial effort with emphasis on practical creation.
Orange Judd Farmer reports sugar beets thrive where climate and soil suit, with Michigan and Colorado leading. Farmers net 30 to 70 dollars per acre as knowledge spreads and factories provide expert help. Yields rise yearly as seed and cultivation improve, with sugar content climbing to 13 14 15 16 17 and even higher, while runs extend into December or January in mild areas.
Various churches reported engaging services yesterday with morning and evening gatherings. Congregations included multiple denominations and noted attendance and pastoral reflections.
The report notes Mills Taylor speaking at the First U. P. church communion services while Rev. Wm. Robb leads at the Covenanter. Other services are listed in brief.
Rev Mills Taylor preached at First U P Church on Ephesians 3 14 20. He outlined three parts Pauls petition conception and conclusion about Gods power to answer prayer. He urged prudent, well intended requests and praised the sermon before leaving for Xenia seminary.
At the Baptist Church the regular communion service was observed Sunday morning with the pastor Rev. George D. Rogers delivering 1 Corinthians 11 26. Sunday night launched a series of evangelistic services aimed at members and outsiders, followed by an after gathering. A cottage prayer meeting is set for Thursday evening at Miss Celia Ross's home.
The article notes minor operations on farms can greatly influence insect damage. Chinch bugs in spring fields stem from corn shocks left over winter and from Osage orange hedges with dense grass. Insects winter in these spots and then migrate to wheat and other grains in spring, causing losses.
At Covenanter Church Rev Will Rob of Mountry Sun preached yesterday morning on The Resurrection from Luke 14 14 and in the evening on prayer. The able minister, formerly a local Academy student, now attends a Covenanter Theological Seminary at Allegheny.
After the regular service yesterday at the Second United Presbyterian church an ordination service was held. Four new elders were ordained: Dr. W. E. Anderson, J. T. Matthews, Mel Logan and W. G. Brooks. The ceremony was very impressive.
The Colorado station found Kubanka, a durum wheat, best suited for dry land areas, while Turkey Red provided the highest yields among winter wheats. On Utah dry farming trials, corn yielded 25.93 bushels per acre with about a ton of stover per acre.
The Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church will meet with Mrs. Frank Stewart tomorrow at 2 30. The Queen Home Circle will meet this evening with Miss Oleta Stewart.
Trinidad Colorado January 7 reports Senator W A Clark of Montana has bought Vermeljo park from William B R Bartlett of Chicago. The 200000 acre tract lies fifty miles west of Trinidad in New Mexico and the price is said to be two million dollars.
Noted Pacific coast reformer and theologian Dr Stephen W Bowers has died in Los Angeles at age 75. In another incident, Charles Fanguy, a young White man, was shot and killed by a Black assailant who fired indiscriminately into a crowded street and fled.
Mr and Mrs Chas Darbyshire host a 6 o'clock dinner at their South Iowa Avenue home honoring Mr and Mrs Eli Scranton of Oklahoma City. Invitations go to a January 10 party at the Smith home 600 West Main Street by Nathan Lynn Roy Lowash and Tom Wolf. The Longfellow section of the Fortnightly club meets this evening at 7 30 with Miss Ruth Latta.
Henry Stormfeltz and Luther Lytle, recent visitors at the Andy Cunningham home, departed this afternoon for their home in Princeton Missouri.
San Francisco builds small three room cottages in Jefferson, Hamilton and sixteen parks for the homeless. Rent is 60 dollars per month with ownership after a year, and options to move the home later. Many families displaced after fires and earthquakes already live in these tent shelters and tents crowded prior to the cottages.
The piece notes Mexico’s many holidays marked by music and decoration, with natives and foreigners alike celebrating religious and national feasts. It cites independence day, Bastille Day, the king’s birthday, unification-day events for Italy, Kaiser’s birthday, Swiss confederation formation, Corregidora, Chinese New Year, and personal welcomes when family returns.
A brief maxim from Juvenal presents the idea that moral judgment surpasses legal verdicts. It frames conscience as a higher tribunal where true guilt or innocence is measured beyond formal acquittal.
The Hickman Bessey company closed a week in Washington with all seats filled and standing room at a premium. Americans Abroad drew hearty laughs as Miss Hanna Skinner won the raffle. The troupe, praised for clean high class comedy, departs for Kewanee Iowa for a two week engagement after strong local support.
Floyd, a Kershaw business leader, recalls a decade of weight loss and coughing from consumption. After six months on Dr. King's New Discovery his cough vanished and he regained 170 pounds. The product is sold by Stewart's pharmacy with a trial bottle free and 50 cents to 1.00.
Fred Spalding comes from Ainsworth and S Bell returns to Keota after a city visit. Edna Jones heads to Oskaloosa, Bertha Anderson resumes work in the academy, Lula Jones goes home to Monmouth, and Reba Johnson returns to Centerville after an extended stay. Several others travel through or visit friends in nearby towns, including West Liberty, Kalona, Perry Missouri, and Riverside.
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