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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1911
Page
6
A meeting is set for the evening of January 11 to elect a captain to replace Capt Pollok. All company members should attend. Capt Wallace resigns after a year of service citing duties as too burdensome and time consuming.
New York on January 7 reports a warehouse fire that caused $100,000 damage. Four firemen were seriously burned, with injuries described as probably fatal. The flames threatened St. Vincent's hospital but were confined to the storage building.
Miss Ver Vera Alberson hosted the Ready Maids at her West Washington home with a luncheon and social time for fancy work. The Junior Queen Withers of the Methodist church gathered at Mrs. Ralph Keller's East Main home with sixteen members for study and a luncheon. The Degree of Honor installed officers led by Mrs Mull of Muscatine with a social evening and refreshments to follow.
The Marshalltown school board adopts a household economies department for the high school starting January 22. Headed by Miss Ethel L. Phelps of Elwood, the program teaches cooking sewing laundrying and home nursing to girls from eighth grade up.
Frank Meyers a Maybray steerer pleaded guilty before Judge MacPherson in U S court and received fifteen months in prison plus a $1000 fine. He steered three men in 1908 causing $15,500 in losses to W H McGrath Pine City Mont M Jackson Minneapolis and R W Shaw Minneapolis. Trial of eight other Maybray men is set for March 8.
The Fortnightly club evening literary section will meet Monday evening with Miss Hanson to discuss the program and readings.
Cut prices reduce one fourth on all suits overcoats pants shirts underwear hats and caps at Dougherty Bros. Readable text notes a clearance style sale with broad clothing categories.
War veteran A. K. Smith from Erie says years of indigestion constipation and liver trouble ended after using Dr Kirig's New Life Pills. He urges others to try them for stomach liver or kidney troubles. Available for 25 cents at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
A young lady who was recently run over by a motor car apologized to the chauffeur. In motor circles there is surprise that it took so long to realize the proper action under the circumstances.
A historical note promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective for colds croup and whooping cough in children and states it contains no harmful drug. Sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Four boys in Dayton Ohio found a bottle with unknown mixture. It circulated among them and the fourth boy received a larger dose and became seriously ill, staying in bed for weeks. His father seeks someone to pay the doctor’s bill but cannot determine fault among the finder tester or passer. A puzzle for readers to settle.
Mary C Abbott of Wolfeboro New Hampshire reports a rapid cure from rheumatism tied to uric acid buildup after three days on Foley Kidney Pills. She notes pain in feet joints and back disappeared and urges others with similar trouble to try the remedy. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co advertise the product.
Epigraph quoting Confucius notes virtue gains breadth when practiced by individuals, spreading to neighbors and communities as a guiding principle.
In Creston Iowa Mr Ps A Stalker awoke to fierce dog barking and found her house ablaze. She and her son escaped as the structure and contents were consumed, losses about $5,000 with little insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown.
The State university glee club completed a holiday trip through north and central Iowa with concerts in Marshalltown Nevada Onawa Cherokee and Fort Dodge. They prepare for a glee club contest on January 6 in Des Moines competing against Grinnell College and Iowa State Agricultural College at Ames.
Cedar Rapids Iowa January 7 The athletic board at Coe college ends baseball for the season due to low interest and fundraising. Fans contributed under $500 last season while the athletics appropriation stood at $3 000 creating a $400 treasury deficit.
Des Moines Jan 7 morning sessions of the Missouri Valley athletic representatives and conference presidents focused on preparation for the afternoon. S. W. Byers and Dr. Clapp were elected to key posts. A major action arranged the coaches meeting for the May track and field event.
An enterprising Briton introduced a famous salt shaker in Spain after dealers balked at open cellars. A jeweler’s window display sparked curiosity, leading to sales of the shaker and a unique salt brand. The custom spread, boosting the company’s Spanish business significantly.
A Constitutionnel paragraph claimed King Louis Philippe met M Thiers to form a cabinet and Thiers quipped about wringing his neck like a turkey. A separate notice said a Rue du Pot de Fer murderer was arrested, with the prisoner insultingly praising loyalty to king and country.
Champ Clark lauds Senator John Warwick Daniel of Virginia as the last of old fashioned orators. His fame rests not on law or routine speeches but on two masterful orations on Lee and Stonewall Jackson, deemed superior orations by Century.
An early Cambridge note recalls a mill pond called By Ron's Pool on an island in the Cain Grantchester where a undergraduate poet enjoyed leisure. Edward Conybeare notes in Highways and Byways in Cambridge that bathing was frowned upon by authorities. students caught bathing faced public flogging in college hall and again next day in university schools. A second offense led to expulsion.
A New York stage manager warns that the sunrise effect in a musical show is incorrect. The scene painter counters that audiences expect nothing like a real sunrise, per a Washington Star remark.
A playful exchange in which Miss Loveleigh and Jack Spooner discuss a professor’s claim that the moon is a dead body. The dialogue framing appears in the Boston Transcript.
New York January seventh 1920 Madison Square Garden hosts the Eleventh Annual Exhibition of the Association of American Licensed Automobile Manufacturers. The show runs beyond a week for the first time with two parts and more than 300 exhibitors. Commercial vehicles lead the forthcoming display as Part Two begins next Monday.
London reports a committee of policemen prepares a plan for arming with revolvers after five officers were killed by burglars. Authorities largely oppose arming the force despite praised restraint, while public opinion remains cautious about self defense in policing.
The telegraph typewriter tops the Chicago electrical show at the Coliseum with railroad men from the West keenly observing. The instrument promises near elimination of telegraph errors, as electric advances fill hundreds of exhibits from music to punching bags. The Chicago show is the yearly highlight with forty thousand square feet of space and exhibitors representing hundreds of millions of dollars.
Washington reports that business leaders preparing for the National Tariff Association convention in the city cite census figures. They note the middle west has slowed in immigration gains with Kansas and Nebraska under 20 percent, Missouri and Iowa under 10 percent, and Iowa population down while Missouri rose only slightly. West of the Missouri River mostly shows 30 to over 50 percent gains.
Former President Roosevelt will be the guest at a New York dinner on January 7, as part of a scheduled appearance reported by the press.
Colonel Roosevelt delivered the principal address at the annual dinner of the Periodical Publishers' Association at the Waldorf Astoria last evening. It marked his first public utterance in New York since the election. Champ Clark spoke as a candidate for next Speaker of the House.
In Bogland New York January meeting of the Woman's Political Union Sylvia Pankhurst daughter of militant suffragist will deliver the principal address at Carnegie Hall. She represents the English Womans Political Union aligned with her mother Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst who serves as president.
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