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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1908
Page
3
C O Eldridge of Em e Ga touts Dr King's New Discovery as best for coughs colds and throat and lung troubles. He notes seven years of use and quick croup relief for his children. Marketed worldwide as the king of such cures. Sold at Stewart's Pharmacy 60c or 1.00 with a trial bottle free.
Washington dispatch reports Republican and Democratic signals point to Taft and Bryan as central figures for Chicago and Denver conventions. Dixie campaigning may decide Taft’s fate, while Bryan enjoys broad Democratic backing. The Gridiron Club banquet on January 25 features Roosevelt and Bryan.
R G Dan Co reports slow but steady improvement in New York trade. The broader market for commercial paper and freely negotiated mercantile loans ease postponements and speed collections as buyers return to markets. Manufacturing remains conservative with many plants operating below full capacity. wage readjustment and plant restarts expected as orders rise.
Mayor Balkema reports Henry Bythorn aged thirty shot and killed Rhoda Norton aged twenty one then wounded his wife and killed himself. The family, formerly Nortons, had moved from North Muskegon to Saginaw and Idaho for lumbering. Bodies to be brought to Muskegon for burial.
Lieutenant Joseph H. O'Malley of engine No. 98 was overpowered and chloroformed by two burglars who entered his West Adams street home through a bathroom window. They stole $87 and a watch and chain valued at $25 before escaping. O'Malley recovered quickly and reported the burglary at Desplaines street station.
In Tekonsha Michigan on January 18 members of the Presbyterian church dismissed Rev. William McPheters after he called the young women of the congregation "a flock of cackling parrots" during a sermon. The meeting of the congregation led to his removal from his post.
In Champaign Illinois on January 18 Mrs Mattie Hubbirt tried to board an Illinois Traction Co car from the wrong side near Bement and was killed. Her sixteen year old daughter, an eyewitness, signaled the car to stop.
Proud of This Family, Adams Massachusetts notes the Desautels clan as an example of anti race death by own action. The couple has sixteen children with all but two living at home. Mr and Mrs Desautels married twenty eight years ago when he was twenty three and she twenty.
The body of Dr. George W. Jones of Keokuk was found two miles north of Burlington. He disappeared on Christmas night. A bullet hole in the head and a slashed throat were found, with a penknife clenched in his hand suggesting suicide.
Charles Reign Scoville the Chicago evangelist aided by Mrs Scoville Rev and Mrs Thomas Penn Allom and Jesse Van Camp closes the greatest revival in this region of Illinois nearly 600 accessions reported the town now deeply awakened religiously in Mount Carmel.
Miss Nellie Stevenson arrived from Keota while Elrod Dayton of Brighton spent a day in the city on business. Mrs. D. O. Harrison left for Mr. Pleasant to visit her daughter Miss Irma training as a nurse. Miss Dora Montgomery returned from Iowa City due to her brother Will Montgomery’s pneumonia.
Miss Martha Porter returns home to Ainsworth after a week at the Academy. The Misses Della Brookhart and Mabel Buckley come back from West Chester. George Warner of Wamego and Mrs. Mary Swan of Hanover arrive in Kansas to visit the Warner family. The Ly man Twins and their entourage are set to appear soon.
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