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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
3
Special to The Evening Journal reports Iowa weather for today and tomorrow. Forecast calls for fair tonight and Friday with rising temperatures Friday.
Albert Wester, thirty, killed two miles south of Albia at the Hocking Kings mine after a tool cart pushed into an open shaft 250 feet deep. The tragedy sparked a large Albia funeral attended by United Mine Workers from Hocking and Albia camps. Wester, recently back from Sweden, was regarded as careful and honest with money and property.
The new production The District Leader will appear at the opera house on February 4. It is a drama with music and songs, offering public interest, pathos, and comedy, with musical numbers that weave into the plot. Locals O E Brown and Mrs. Lombardo travel. others attend horse sale in Sigourney.
The essay argues Walsh’s Chicago trial exposes blue laws as misapplied and suggests broader guilt in financiers and statesmen amid national disillusion. It likens reform to a painful cleansing, urging continued hard remedies to prevent moral and economic decay.
W L Roach of Muscatine a leader in business and politics will address the Presbyterian church next Sunday evening at 7 o clock under the brotherhood auspices. The talk titled The Men and the Muscatine Meetings follows his civic federation work and Christian service.
The Lyman Twins staged The Yankee Drummer to a full opera house delighting crowds. The 15 member company presented a humorous plot with clever songs and calcium stage effects. Katherine Evans as Miss Smiley drew laughs with matrimony themed makeup.
In a Sunday address on Law Enforcement at First Presbyterian Church Attorney General H W Byers promised to do his duty regardless of who it affects, signaling a strong stand against gambling and naming local officials in a pointed denunciation. The remarks followed by a brief note promoting Chamberlain’s Pain Balm for rheumatic pain.
Police raided a Sunday bootleg joint at 607 Locust street basement in Des Moines at 10:15 PM. They confiscated a case of beer and arrested three boys Frank Beard Victor Tasson and Lee Latham for operating the den posed as a restaurant.
Ed Carr and Ed Mick who went to Burlington to recover losses from forgers were arrested in Cedar Rapids and brought back. They gathered enough money from the forged checks to cover a $10.50 payment each and paid $4.52 to other victims here, covering their expenses.
An early 20th century advertisement urges taking Foley's Kidney Cure at first signs of trouble to prevent Bright's disease and diabetes. It claims safety from the Pure Food and Drug Law for Foley's Honey and Tar and promotes shows and ticket prices for a future performance. A general druggist sale note accompanies the ad.
The Mahaska county Prohibitionists organized a club in Oskaloosa Iowa and plan to teach prohibition. Prof John W Leedy of Central Holiness University is president. Oskaloosa hosts the largest prohibition league in the country with many students as members.
John Hurley, an elderly man from near Solon, was found frozen and brought to Iowa City hospital. He had slept in his shanty in timber and is said to be in grave condition with swollen feet. doctors may amputate. Also notes an event titled A Modern Ananias at the Academy Graham on January 25.
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