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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
7
Federal grand jury indicts Otto Heinze and Otto Heinze & Co for overcertifying fifteen checks totaling over $400000 drawn on Mercantile National Bank. Heinze surrendered on $50000 bail, pleads not guilty. Counsel says overcertification not intentional. bank records may have missed a $500000 credit.
Lauterbach argued no willful intent to over certify and that if the grand jury had understood the facts an indictment would not have been returned. The indictment charges Heinze as Mercantile National Bank president with over certifying fifteen checks by guaranteeing bank signatures. The offense carries 5 to 10 years in prison under federal law.
Mr. W. Bigler of Piqua Ohio speaks on aging noting tremors weakness and sleepless nights and claims nothing equals the shakiness of old age in his experience.
Mr Bigler praises Dr A W Chases Nerve Pills as a tonic for aged readers with nervous trembling and sleep troubles. He reports steadiness stronger sleep and restful nights after using the medicine, calling it wonderful for his age. Other senior readers also write with similar accounts. 60e a box at all dealers of Dr A W Chase Medicine Co Buffalo N Y.
The Heinze family battles, led by Otto Heinze & Co, exploited United Copper stock through short selling and bear pressure. Forced broker payments and a suspension of Gross & Kleeberg followed as the Mercantile National bank faced a crisis. Heinze exits the bank, while allies retain control of shares bought from Edwin Gould.
A vintage advertisement promises one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh cure failure and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a systemic remedy. Endorsers Walding Kinnan Marvin of Toledo pledge F J Cheney & Co trustworthiness and financial ability. Testimonials offered, price listed, with family pills for constipation.
Evansville motorman Dalton Ki Brown disappeared after a collision between his passenger car and a freight at Ford's Station. Brown helped in rescue then reportedly stayed behind to guard company property. Last seen fleeing along a country road. dispatcher says he forgot to hold the car. Injured passengers are recovering. Mrs Flora Gardiner Kling of Mount Vernon is seriously hurt with both legs and an ankle broken.
The Austro Hungarian embassy in Washington reports an amnesty decreed by Emperor Francis Joseph I to mark sixty years on the throne. It extends to citizens of Austria Hungary and Bosnia-Hercegovina under military obligation who were declared deserters for enrollment noncompliance, but not to those who have deserted while in active service.
A speaker suggests dedicating a portrait to a charitable cause asking why the work should not be given to an institution for the blind. The proposal frames philanthropy and support for the visually impaired as a public-minded act.
In a Chicago News item a playful verse portrays Mabel on the party line who chatters endlessly during telephone calls. Neighbors groan as she guards the line and resists calls to trim her chatter. Her persistence fuels humor about the old time telephone etiquette.
In Estherville Iowa Judge Bailie ruled in favor of the city in the second case of the First National bank versus the city. The bank had argued taxation of national bank stock at market value violated national bank laws and opposed taxing stock on that basis. the first case went to the supreme court, which sustained the city's right to tax stock at market value and a rehearing was denied.
Auctioneer Charles Brown offers sale on Tuesday January 14 1908 at 10 am at his farm nine and a half miles north of Washington and half a mile north of Egypt school. Items include five horses thirty four cattle carriage buggy harness hay straw stoves chickens and saddle. Terms cash for sums under 10 and 7 percent interest on notes. 10 month credit for larger sums. Lunch on grounds.
Hyomei marketed as a direct treatment for catarrh sold through Lemthon's pharmacy. The ad claims catarrh is germ disease and promises the medication reaches air cells and heals mucous membrane. It guarantees refunds if Hyomei does not benefit the sufferer.
Auction at the Frank Mason residence 244 miles northwest of Ainsworth on Saturday January 11 1908 at 10 am. Items include a work team four cows with varied calving status, hogs, cattle, corn and hay, fence posts, household goods, two stoves, chickens, and more. Credit terms nine months on sums over ten, cash under ten. Also offered: geldings two and three years old two spring colts two cows corn binder harness gan and other equipment. Frank Mason D F Macon auctioneer J H Pearson clerk.
Teeter and Lathrop auctioneers announce a sale on Thursday January 23 1908 starting at 10 oclock at the farm four miles northwest of Washing ton featuring eleven head of horses eleven cattle including nine dairy cows eighteen hogs and farm implements plus household goods hay corn straw pasture and a list of tools. Terms include 12 month credit on sums over 10 000 cash for 10 and under six percent discount for cash and a lunch served by Pleasant Plains church ladies. The Fraternal Aid association meets that night and installing officers will be discussed with members urged to attend.
This vintage ad promotes Dr Shoop's Restorative for weak stomach heart and kidney nerves urging readers to try a free sample from Racine Wisconsin. It claims tablets or liquid restore health by fortifying internal nerves and offers prescription strength relief without drugs.
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