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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1907
Page
8
An annual inspection led by the chief Labor Commissioner reports an increase in sweatshop activity in Michigan. In Detroit 675 tenement shops were surveyed with 1 541 workers including 36 children under 16. Average earnings ranged from 59 cents to $1.60. Muskegon reports 351 employed.
The Setteedown club in Boonville Indiana admits Senator James A Hemenway as an honorary member. Elected officers are L J Kinderman president Bert Parker vice president and Rodger Gough secretary and treasurer. The club bans smoking in its refined quarters and aims to host distinguished visitors notably time with Uncle Joe Cannon. The name derives from the Shawnee chief Settedown who once roamed Warwick county and the club sits on that land.
William Wirt Mills warned at the Wa shian's Municipal League of high infant death rates linked to bad milk. He cited 72 infant deaths per day and 233 infant deaths per 1000 births, noting 76,206 total deaths in 1906 with one third under age five. Speakers favored pasteurization as the solution, praising Nathan Straus's philanthropic milk program.
St Louis reports Adolphus Busch, the millionaire brewer, suffered another relapse of pneumonia Wednesday night. He remains in a grave condition, unable to lie down for days, constantly sits in a large arm chair, and endures severe coughing with poor sleep.
Rev Clarence M Case pastor of South Highth Street Friends in Richmond Indiana heads the opposition to using Standard Oil money for new Earnham College buildings. He argues any alliance with the indicted Standard Oil would be unholy and taint the project.
Officials of the Taaneo Nacional report forged checks cashed by money exchanges in Havana. Investigations show the funds originated from employees of the sanitary department, with the checks bearing the forged signatures of the sanitary paymaster.
Josiah Alger sues the city for 5000 damages claiming no fence along a street caused his blind horse to walk over a precipice. The fall threw his wagon and horse thirty feet, leaving him permanently injured.
A special jar loaded with roses and floral gifts left Beaumont for hospitals and charitable institutions in Kansas City. It was sent as a courtesy gift from Beaumont ladies through the Chamber of Commerce.
James Lynch, jailed in November, identified Mullen in the county. Judge Thompson of Danville ruled on bail for Lynch after Admittance of homicide in the case. New details place the men in the ongoing murder inquiry led by Lt. Newman.
K G Dun reports uneven week in winter fabric trade as weather moderates, with snow blocks slowing traffic. New spring orders arrive in large volume. some 1908 deliveries covered by contracts. pig iron consumption exceeds production despite high output. Liabilities from January failures total 5 250 545, mostly in manufacturing.
Springfield January 19 smallpox and scarlet fever epidemics alarm state health authorities. Inspectors are dispatched to investigate scattered cases reported in Chicago Galesburg North Chicago Hoopeston St Charles Strengthreit Wyoming Castleton Toulon Mass Peoria Burrowsville and Jacksonville.
In Muskegon Michigan on January 19 Bennie Crosa 14 confessed to stealing to avoid hunger telling Justice Oosterbaan he pawned a bed quilt for 45 cents to buy provisions. Despite years of crime his manly bearing impressed the judge and he was sent to Lansing to reform.
Norfolk Neb Jan 11 Joseph Holdoebler a German citizen and state asylum inmate has appealed to the German emperor to win release. For two years the sanity question has been debated with friends deeming him sane though several doctors have judged otherwise.
The Chicago Board of Trade market quotes show mixed moves across grains and meats. Wheat corn and hogs futures report varied highs and lows, while live stock and hay prices pass along receipts and bid ranges from major markets including East Buffalo.
The New York Herald notes a surge in road building due to bicycles and automobiles. It cites 460,206 miles measured by the government and estimates total roads at 3,000,000. States like New York and Maine subsidize road work, while eastern hard macadam and oil-treated surfaces dominate different regions.
A Muskogee correspondent reports a plan to persuade Andrew Carnegie to fund Carnegie public roads in the new state instead of libraries. The proposal centers a 10 mile road from Muskogee to Indiana University Hyde Park Fort Gibson and the National Cemetery with a $100000 cost including a wagon bridge over the Arkansas river.
The Toronto Automobile Club launches a competitive program to improve Ontario roads surrounding Toronto. A minimum 800 prize fund will be distributed as 500, 200 and 100 to municipalities showing the best one mile of improved roadway by July 1. Criteria include drainage, width, crown, hardness, smoothness, and permanence. Criteria and judges require approvals from A. W. Campbell, Ontario highways commissioner, York county council, and the Toronto Automobile Club.
A proposal urges counties in every state with an inheritance tax to dedicate those receipts to building a national highway. The idea aims to link estate tax revenue to a large-scale road project across the country.
A Michigan Farmer recommendation urges selecting a good established breed boar, avoiding mongrel sires, and giving proper care. It recommends varied palatable feed, two daily meals, and gentle handling with a light buggy whip to guide the boar without provoking aggression.
The article urges scrupulous cleaning of troughs and feeding floors to prevent harm to pigs. It notes swine are naturally cleanly animals and will avoid soiling their beds if kept in sanitary conditions, a trait shared by few domestic animals.
A woman with an unusually clear complexion sat for a photo. After viewing the proof she returned it with complaints of small facial spots. The photographer found no fault in the negative. Two weeks later spots erupted on her face signaling a severe smallpox attack.
The celebrated painter William Hunt was commissioned to paint a portrait showing him kneeling and holding an open scroll bearing a declaration of love and a marriage proposal. The recipient replied with a chalk drawing of herself holding a sheet reading Yes, a concise rejection that became a noted anecdote.
Forty years ago Japan operated only coastal vessels. Now the country sustains several steamship companies, the largest of which controls sixty three ships in service or on order, signaling a major expansion of maritime commerce.
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