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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1905
Page
8
An 19th century advertisement touts Warner’s White Wine of Tar Syrup as the best cough remedy on earth priced at 25 and 50 cents sold by all druggists and J H Stewart. The item notes O T Smith traveled this morning to Muscatine.
W A Row and J A Harwood were east bound passengers this morning on the Firefly heading as observers of the sale event. Fruit squares available for purchase with options to take home.
U S Senator Cockrell successor race heats up as Rep Cook testifies before a senate panel that a West Plains postmaster Hallenbeck offered a cash payoff and a federal job to switch votes to Niedringhaus. Cook names Morrow and others as participants in the scheme.
A Missouri senate committee reports that Thomas Niedringhaus did not personally contribute the $21,000 credited to him and that amounts were offset by gifts from Anheuser Busch and Adolphus Busch. It finds no direct evidence the funds were used to influence legislation, but seeks more time to examine patronage use in the senatorial contest. Niedringhaus denies authority of others to speak for him.
The article lauds Henry Wolf for his black and white wood engraving of Whistler's Carlyle portrait. It highlights his use of pure line cross line and stipple to capture color and sentiment, calling the piece a vibration of Whistler's spirit and a testament to temperament over technique.
The Insurance Press reports New York blocks valued at 25 million dollars would be destroyed by fire, with Chicago Philadelphia and Newark at 8 million each. Boston and St Louis at 7 million, others 1 to 6 million. State rankings show New York buying over 4 billion yearly, followed by Illinois Pennsylvania and Massachusetts at over 1 billion each.
The Indianapolis News reports that if the 1904 crops were evenly divided among every person in the United States, each would receive a barrel of flour, 200 eggs, 140 quarts of milk, half of which becomes butter, a bushel of apples and two and a half bushels of other fruits and berries, three bushels of potatoes and two of various roots, eleven heads of cabbage and half as much lettuce cucumbers and cauliflower, twenty eight bushels of corn and seventy pounds of cotton, six pounds of wool and leather for two shoes.
A British home office mineral production report places the United States second to Britain in gold and first in silver copper and lead. The US supplies over half of the world copper and leads in coal production while Britain earns higher coal revenue. Germany tops zinc with the US second.
An inventor in London discovers a 36 candle power light that may never go out. While testing photographic chemicals Magrady observed a glow from a globe, expanded it, and sealed it in airtight glass. He claims the light could remain brilliant forever if the glass stays intact and a company has been formed to manufacture it.
Washington authorities sought lighthouse keepers with a civil service exam. A typist misprinted the ad as lighthousekeepers provoking jokes about the weight limit of applicants and a proposed department of domestic economy, reflecting the era’s humor.
An old beggar known on Vesey Street now collects waste paper and fruit skins at the Jersey City Pennsylvania Railroad station. He abandoned his sign and organ, saying times are so hard he must keep his eyes open to do any business.
In Decatur Illinois on January 17 Emil Knorr August Yagusech and Charlies Laschin perished in a 600 foot coal mine shaft fire. A score or more of other miners remain entombed as rescuers face dense smoke after the blaze started in the mule stable.
The U S Supreme Court sustains Iowa’s anti cigarette statute in the Cook and Hodge cases. Cigarettes shipped into Iowa in paste-board boxes were not deemed original packages, rejecting the contention that enforcement hindered interstate commerce.
A dozen boys coasting down a steep west side hill collided with the Jackson Street bridge in Joliet. Louis Zupanich, 15, suffered a broken skull and is expected to die while another boy had a broken leg in three places and another a broken collar bone.
Lee Osborne twelve year old son of William Osborne of Whitmore Lake was instantly killed when his clothing became entangled in a feed mill shaft. Police report he died as machinery stopped. The father was in Ann Arbor serving on a circuit court jury.
Paxton Illinois January 17. Mont Dillon William Tavin and William Willis were given indeterminate prison terms by Judge E Harris in Ford county circuit court for grand larceny. Dillon's parents here are respected citizens and well to do.
W H Howard of Husband Pennsylvania reports his mother suffered rheumatism for years and could hardly move. After applying Chamberlains Pain Balm a few times she regained movement and remains relieved. Sold by Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman.
An old advertisement claims Warner's White Wine of Tar cures La Grippe in hours and relieves coughs afterward. It states the remedy should be taken thoroughly and in time and lists prices of 25 and 60 cents. Sold by J. H. Stewart.
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