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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1906

Page

4

Death of Chas Dempsey Sudden in Jonesboro Kansas

Reports arrive that Charles Dempsey died unexpectedly with illness hints and no clear cause in Jonesboro Kansas. His body to be transported for burial as family details remain unsettled. He leaves three brothers and wife Miss Helle Podrich. his brothers Thomas Edward and George reside in town.

Thamas Dempesy Charles Jonesboro Iles Ihle Dempsey Tom Cmes Helle Podrich Thomas Edward Orge Washington

Oak posts for sale at five to twelve cents each

Several thousand dry oak fence posts remain for sale at five to twelve cents each. The listing repeats with the same details including price and contact number 84 Frank Stewart. Charlies Means sold his Heights grocery to J. W. Lemley who will manage the business and continue publishing the news. Carr & Link Ave operates a meat market with a full line of groceries and bakery items.

Frank Stewart Charlies Means Heights J. W. Ley Means Aittle Lemley Carr & Link T. Means

Baby Reo Auto Showpiece and Local Health Note

The Baby Reo is hailed as a finest item in the automobile line crafted for R. E. Olds of the Reo company with a likeness of the auto and four children on display. It weighs 243% pounds and will be shown at the New York auto show and likely in Chicago. Amos Rankin, previously ill, is reported not well today.

R. E. Olds Reo Uto Company Ato Ocean New York Chicago Amos Rankin

Move of Nurse Katherine Hopengardner to Jas Hendersom Residence

Miss Katherine Hopengardner the ed nurse relocates her apartment to the Jas Hender soi residence in a local housing shift.

Katherine Hopengardner Jas. Hendersoi

Arnica Salve Sold For Skin Ailments At Great Value

Local ad touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a cure for cuts burns sores and skin eruptions. Mrs.rant Shy of E Reynolds St. says it is essential for coping. J wart, the druggist, guarantees the 25 cent remedy.

Rant Shy E. Reynolds Gfield, Jr J. Wart

Marriage of Miss Ethel G White to Ransom F Bestor

Evening ceremony at five o clock in the city for Ethel G White daughter of Mr and Mrs Milton White and Ransom F Bestor of Iowa City. A social gathering followed with music and games and a bancheon served for the couple and guests.

Ethel G. White Milton White City Ransom FE. Bestor Iowa City Fred and Mary Rohrer Eriel Shaver Wellman Ali

Weekend Socials and Local Meetings Highlight Quiet Saturday

Miss Elizabeth Klein led her scholars on a bedride at the South school Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Ed Kuhn hosted about twenty six couples for dancing. The Brotherhood of St Paul plans its first meeting Friday at Keck residence with Dr W P Stoddard present. Home Guards also meet tonight with a candidate to be initiated.

Riley Miller East Washington Street Mrs. Miller Elizabeth Klein The South School Ed Kuhn Brotherhood of Home Guards

Valentine Banquet Planned by Commercial Club

A banquet will be held at the Commercial club on the evening of February 14 hosted by club members. The event is organized by a committee of Walter Ayres M L Anderson W M Keeley Frank Stewart and Edw Bicher to provide a nice little spread in celebration of St Valentine’s Day.

West Hill Wenthiemen Walter Ayres M.L. Anderson W. M. Keeley Frank Stewart Edw. Bicher

May Live 100 Years Says Mrs. Jennie Duncan

Mrs. Jennie Duncan of Haynesville Missouri aged 70 says Electric Bitters cured her twenty year chronic dyspepsia and made her feel strong again. The tonic treats stomach and liver diseases blood disorders general debility and bodily weakness and is sold with a guarantee at J H Stewarts drug store for a small price.

Jennie Duncan Haynesville J. H. Stewart

New Rug Rack Showcased by Crail Store

J. B. Crail of the west side dry goods store received a Magic Rug Exhibitor from Vermont yesterday. The rack displays thirty 9 by 12 foot Axminster or Moquette rugs and allows easy viewing by customers. Crail says it is a labor saving device.

J. B. Crail West Side Vermont

Weeklong Services Set at Second United Presbyterian Church

A notice announces daily services at the Second United Presbyterian Church throughout the week. Services start each evening at 7 30 except Saturday, with the public invited to attend.

Second United Presbyterian Church

Royal Neighbors Gather for Meeting Tomorrow at 2 50

The Royal Neighbors plan a gathering tomorrow afternoon at 2:50 PM with full attendance requested. Members are urged to attend and participate in the planned activities and discussions.

Tickets Held Back for Buster Brown Show

Henry Rathmell of Kremlin Oklahoma arrived yesterday to attend to business and visit relatives for a few days. Tickets laid away for Buster Brown show and not called for at two o'clock will be sold this evening.

Buster Brown Henry Rathmell Kremlin Okla

Cheap rates to Pacific Coast announced by Iowa Central Ry

The Iowa Central Ry offers one way tickets to California Oregon Washington British Columbia Montana and Idaho for 15 dollars less than regular fare from February 15 to April 7. Wednesdays travelers on Los Angeles and San Francisco routes go via Kansas City and the Santa Fe System. For details contact A. B. Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis Minn feb20.

Pacific Coast Iowa Central Ry California Oregon Washington British Columbia Tah Montana Idaho Los Angeles San Francisco Kansas City Santa Fe A. B. Cutts G. P T. A Minneapolis Minn

American farmer hailed as wealth maker of the nation

The piece lauds the American farmer for 1905 reaching a product value of 6.415 billion dollars and 1904 at 4.9 billion, noting vast transport needs, cattle and crop inventories, rising farm real estate values, and the growth of rural banks as the farmer becomes a national economic master.

W. G. Johnson American Agriculturiast New York Herald Annual Financial Review Wall Street United States Tie Times South

Grand jury begins work as busy court week opens

The session opens with Judge Preston and court reporter Robinson resuming duties. The grand jury is impaneled and begins work, with Foreman J. H. Huston and members J. M. Stone Edwin Brown Wm. lushby J. W. Brinton J. C. Bauer. A petit jury reports, and cases include Brawner vs. Smith and the estate of Araminta J. Bongert. Special venue of ten jurors is drawn for this term and to report next Monday. Mrs. Montgomery returns home to Mankato Kansas after visiting son Harry Montgomery and family.

Preston Robinson J. H. Huston J. M. Stone J. M. Walker Edwin Brown Wm. Lushby J. W. Brinton J. C. Bauer J. N. Sands Will Handy Brawner A. Rathmell Chris Harning Griffith Frank Webb F. W. Brindley Frank Fritz

The American farmer and the 1905 harvest achievements

The article extols the American farmer for surpassing weather hurdles through skill and scientific methods. It credits government and state experts, agricultural colleges, and the press for rapid knowledge spread, noting a remarkable crop yield in 1905 despite adverse conditions.

United States

Fifteen Skaters and Ice Boaters Rescued Near Sandusky

On January 15 in Sandusky Ohio fifteen skaters and ice boaters were saved after a drifting ice floe detached from shore. Three men spotted the danger from shore and paddled out to pull the group to safety before they reached open water.

Sandusky

Tenth Victim of the Fire in Green Bay

Andrew B R Elmore known as the Sage of Mukwonago and a Feahatea figure in Wisconsin history died at his Green Bay home at age 111. He is believed to have been the last survivor of Wisconsin’s 1846 constitutional conventions and the territorial legislature.

Green Bay Wis Andrew BR. Elmore Mukwonago Wisconsin Elmore

South Carolina College Abolishes Intercollegiate Football

Columbia shows the board of trustees of South Carolina College voted to abolish intercollegiate football. The action was taken without external influence and deemed in the college’s best interests.

Columbia, D. C South Carolina College

Destitution Among Elders of Indigenous Tribe Reported

The report notes that starvation grips the older members of the tribe, leaving them wholly destitute and reliant on fragile aid networks while younger members struggle to cope with limited resources.

Reasonable Doubt Granted in Hummel Conspiracy Case

Justice Woodward of the appellate division granted a certificate of reasonable doubt in the case of Abraham H. Hummel the lawyer convicted of conspiracy in the Dodge Morse divorce matter.

Hummel New York

Proprietor Blown to Atoms in Mackey Dynamite Accident

A hardware store at Mackey fourteen miles northeast of Boone was wrecked by an accidental dynamite discharge. The proprietor Alva S. Nelson was alone in the building and was blown to atoms.

Boone Mackey Alva S. Nelson

President Roosevelt backs Hepburn bill on railroad rates

Washington January 1 Roosevelt indicates accord with the house committee Interstate and foreign commerce in its support of the Hepburn bill for railroad rate regulation. Postal official Madden of Michigan to retire to private business in New York possibly joining a major publishing house.

Washington Roosevelt House Committee Edwin (. Madden Michigan New York Madden

Fined for Employing Children in Alton Troupe

Alton Alabama January 15 Manager Richards of a juvenile theatrical troupe pleaded guilty to two charges of violating state labor laws by employing children at night performances. Deputy Factory Inspector Jencks prosecuted the case and Richards was fined five dollars in each count.

Alton, AL Richards Jencks

Stonemasons Union Elects Officers in St Paul

The International Stonemasons' union concluded its convention in St Paul with Malcolm Geddes elected president for two years. J. J. Bryne of St Louis was re-elected secretary and treasurer for the biennial term.

Stonemasons Kise St. Paul International Stonemasons’ Union Malcolm Geddes St. Paul J. J. Bryne St. Louis

Sterling youth injures brother in anger incident

Floyd Maxfield of Sterling Illinois grabbed and cropped the left hand of his four year old brother during a fit of anger. A Cleveland bankers' committee warns forged securities placed by TL W Prior total several hundred thousand dollars. A buggy with John Rosa riding near Newcastle Indiana was demolished by a streetcar without injuring him.

Floyd Maxfield Sterling, Il Bankers’ Committee Cleveland W. Prior John Rosa Newcastle Ind Etro Rosa

Indians Face Starvation On Leech Reservation

In Duluth Minnesota on January 15 report cites Indians of the Leech reservation unable to secure sufficient rice or fish for winter, risking destitution amid scarce food supplies and hardship.

Duluth Minn Leech Reservation

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Chas Ark Rock Island Iowa Falls Iowa Wilm Ash Ash Estherville Rock Od Albert Sells Heights Grocery Reo Escery Professor W. G. Johnson Americaaa Agriculturiat Merth Af Camp Araminta J. Bongert Hull Washington, Iowa Florida Cash Grocery
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