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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1908
Page
8
A historic Red Men note urges free open hearted hospitality among members. It emphasizes recognizing strangers as friends, easing loneliness, and sharing brotherly greetings. Mentions California reservations with 14 000 members across 136 tribes and tribal benefit rights for sick members.
In an address at St. Mary's church Rev Fr Baart echoed his Detroit remarks from eighteen years ago and urged parishioners to sign an anti treating pledge. He warned that inviting friends to drink leads to drunkenness and poverty for the worker and family alike.
In Paris on January 15 Count Boni de Castellane and his brother Count Jean de Castellane appeared in the correctional court to face an assault charge filed by Prince Helie de Sagan. Boni admitted spitting in Helie’s face under provocation. Jean denied involvement and said he was not part of the fight. Proceedings were postponed until February 4 due to the absence of Boni’s attorney.
President Fairbanks declares Ma is immortal and highlights Masonic religion rooted ideals. Reports note growth of Masonic homes in Elkins and Kansas, temple constructions in Lafayette, and a 31,640 membership in the Supreme Council Perfection in a late 19th century context.
Details on Royal Arcanum and related societies outline jurisdictional member counts. The Keystone Ar canum notes active Pennsylvania work while the Order of Independent Americans shows 40 000 members and linked sick funds. Royal Neighbors of America reports 180 000 in good standing and the largest jurisdiction with 130 000 members.
Levi Jennings, 460 pounds and 6 ft 6 in tall, lay in a seven foot long casket in Cambridge town hall since he could not fit in a church. A Civil War veteran, he served as color bearer for the One Hundred and Twelfth Illinois infantry and fought in twenty three engagements and 100 skirmishes, with wounds at Knoxville Utoy Creek Franklin and Resaca.
Relatives of George Beard of Huntingburg Indiana, missing seven years, pursue a murder and robbery theory. Beard left November 26 1900 for his sawmill, sold 800 dollars timber in Evansville, deposited 800 dollars in bank still on deposit. Brother Henry now suspects a 500 dollar theft and homicide.
Fort Wayne Indiana January 15 After lying for 110 hours in an unconscious condition Mrs Isabelle T Bowen a wealthy widow has opened her eyes Absolute quiet surrounds her and bulletins are posted hourly for friends Mrs Bowen was partly suffocated last week by escaping gas
In Columbus Ohio on January 15 the supreme court sentenced Supreme Court Clerk Lawson W. Emerson to ten days in jail and State Senator Austin of Toledo to ten days in jail plus a $100 fine for securing the senator’s law license without proper examination.
January 15 report from RNewance says Christian Burghart of Genesee killed himself by hanging at age seventy five.
Springfield, Jan 15. Rev. Dr. James R. Kaye has been sentenced to two years at Fort Leavenworth for counterfeiting. He receives consoling letters and telegrams from across the country. A Wheaton church choir sends a message of sympathy and belief in his innocence.
Magistrate Walsh imposed fines of 1 cent on eighty push cart men arraigned at Essex Market court in New York. He explained the nominal fines reflected hard times, with most defendants being mechanics who turned to ped dling due to lack of work in their trades.
Cleveland reports public protests over slow running of the Twentieth Century Limited between New York and Chicago. The service will be resumed next Sunday. In Ann Arbor six of 108 University of Michigan medical college sophomores tested tuberculin positive, indicating tuberculosis in incipient stages and prompting treatment under university medical authorities.
Benjamin Braznell a young Pittsburgh coal operator and J W McGarvin wealthy Altoona visitor toured the city jail and were mistaken for inmates. Detective Morgan looted their valuables before guarding them in separate cells, later discovered by Captain McGough who realized the pair were visitors and not criminals.
A New York American quip compares a stalled automobile to a worse moment of a return trip, highlighting humor in an everyday mishap. The exchange plays on timing and feelings of frustration with a light, cartoonish edge.
The article notes Afghanistan may become a major mining region with rubies, topaz, lapis lazuli, marble, iron, copper, lead, antimony and other ores, plus coal nearby. It emphasizes extensive mineral resources and salts across the territory.
A dramatic verse note from New York Time humorist Mazie V. Caruthers about a man proposing in a leap year context. It wittily contrasts timid maidenly restraint with bold romantic timing and asks for a clear answer to marriage.
The notice touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure for La Grippe coughs claiming it stops the cough heals and strengthens the lungs preventing serious outcomes, and warns to refuse substitutes.
Guardian asks how the niece progresses in music. Musicus laments her poor progress, noting defective time and finger precision. Attempts to correct them fail and she insists on running scales her own way. Guardian remarks she inherited this from her father who spent twenty years in the coal business.
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