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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
6
The Iron Age notes dull demand and cautious buying across the sector. Railroads lag while general trade acts conservatively ahead of tariff revisions. New business remains light, with no snap in demand and hesitating requirements.
The River Furnace and Dock company of Cleveland announces plans to start building two furnaces costing $2,000,000 as soon as weather permits. The project signals a major expansion for the firm in the Ohio steel industry.
The American Sugar Refining Company, known as the sugar trust, faces federal fraud charges in Brooklyn. The government alleges fixed scales were used to cheat import revenues on raw sugar, with Judge Thomas J. Chatfield presiding.
Justice Crane says the Hains case will go to the jury tonight in Flushing New York. Juror Thomas Walsh was injured by a street car in Manhattan but remained in court. The district attorney argued the defendant had a fair trial and condemned violence in the case while recalling sensational details.
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway and the Lake Erie and Western railroad accept President William H. Newman resignation and elect W. C. Brown as successor.
Minneapolis reader Mrs Joan G Moldan reports relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter praises health restoration after three months and urges others to seek guidance from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Poultry notes discuss breeding feeding and care with practical tips for coop management. Articles reference common breeds and market considerations and emphasize health and productivity for 1908 farmers and hobbyists.
A nostalgic look at Christmas past with gift simplicity and cozy rituals contrasted with modern cravings for luxury. The piece blends memories of sleds, home crafts, and family warmth with reflections on changing tastes and social desires. It also touches on White Faced Black Spanish chickens, their history, shows, and fading prominence amid breeding trends.
The piece notes the 1908 boom followed by failures in poultry, with poor crops and high grain prices cutting profits. It cites retrenchment, culling, and bankrupt incubators, yet promotes sturdy, practical producers and a booming market with 1909 expected to bring further progress.
A poultry column answers reader questions on healing a cankered ear using hydrogen peroxide, preventing hens from laying at night by adjusting feed and perches, improving brassy White Leghorn plumage with seeds and diet changes, best profitable goose Embden, and managing a bully rooster by introducing a larger rooster to assert dominance.
The piece surveys poultry farming themes with emphasis on the Bronze turkey, guinea eggs, pheasants, and green duck eggs. It notes rising female expertise in poultry journalism, critiques trap nest experiments, and warns about fattening methods and storehouse feeding practices as modern trends emerge.
Washington January 14. A bill to create the inland waterways commission stalls in the senate amid opposition from Hale Aldrich Kean Teller. Senator Newlands champions the bill but faces repeated procedural delays and opposition from Colorado.
An advertisement argues a strong stomach underpins citizenship and loyalty to country. It claims Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery cures stomach and digestion diseases and builds solid muscle. It warns substitutes profit less and offers Common Sense Medical Adviser free with stamps.
A remorseful young Chicago girl Fannie Chanon, who worked on a Jewish holiday, commits suicide by jumping before an elevated train after feeling forsaken by faith. The piece reflects on atonement, guilt, and the claim that life without faith is impossible, urging readers to consider the depth of spiritual longing and hopelessness.
In Washington a young man Frederick J. Kraemer aged twenty three shot and killed Lizzie Harbin forty one mother of seven when she returned to her husband. Kraemer then shot himself in the head dying instantly.
A New Orleans Times Democrat comic caption sketches a fashionable woman admiring her reflection and declaring she is in love with herself. Her maid quips that she has no rival, and the joke turns on clever clothes prompting rivals to shrug.
Brave Fire Laddies use Bucklen's Arnica Salve after burns and injuries. It claims rapid pain relief and healing for burns, wounds, cuts, bruises, skin eruptions, ulcers, felons, and piles. Available for 25 cents at J. E. Lemmon's.
Don Wittman returned home on Rock Island No 2 last evening. David Love of Ainsworth rode as a passenger home. James Taylor headed to Crawfordsville. Peck Brothers announce a general farm sale Thursday January 28. M J Cruzen of Oskaloosa and A E Knotts of West Chester were in the city yesterday. Mrs M Wertman visited Washington from Crawfordsville. R T West of Chardan Iowa stopped briefly en route to Fairfield. A D Sanders of West Chester rode home after a day in Washington. Mrs Rebecca Prouditt of Crawfordsville visited her daughter in law Ella Proudit. Mr and Mrs L L Twinam of Crawfordsville conducted business here yesterday. F L Roper of Ainsworth, who held Salvation Army meetings, has accepted a pastorate at Letts U B church.
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