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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1908
Page
3
Special to The Evening Journal reports a Iowa forecast for today and tomorrow. Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with warmer conditions tonight.
Creston Iowa January 24 Republicans of the Eighth district decide caucus timing for the Des Moines state convention on March 18 to avoid delay. They endorse Roosevelt policies and commend Taft as a means to perpetuate them.
Advertisement asserts Chamberlain's Pain Balm can improve rest and sleep for rheumatic sufferers. It promises relief after one application, though not guaranteed, and lists Cook and Sherman as sellers.
Remember the school exhibit in the kindergarten room Friday and Saturday of next week. Everybody invited. Luther Gormley was a passenger home to Crawfordsville last evening after a brief city visit on business. Mrs. W. J. Welliever and Blanche of Ainsworth were passengers last evening for Crawfordsville for a brief visit. Otto Dede is here for a short visit with friends before he goes to Oska loosa where he has bought a half interest in a tailoring establishment and will be located there in the future. The partner is John Barns Jr. The business is established and promising as the field is good. The boys will run an exclusive merchant tailoring business.
Ames Iowa reports the Willetts eligibility dispute is settled after Grinnell confirmed two prior years. Ames apologized to opponents and may seek future athletic schedules with Iowa, which has cut relations since the incident.
The funeral for Mrs. Rebecca Meyer will be held Saturday at 10 o clock. The first service will be at the residence, followed by a second service at Grace Hill Moravian Church of which she was a member.
An Iowa Falls railroad death case reveals that Bert Edwards, grandson of Agriculture Secretary Tama Jim Wilson, was killed under train wheels while aiding a broken drawbar. The estate seeks $25,000 in damages, citing negligence by the Illinois Central and Waterloo conductor Mike Lorden.
Leslie M. Shaw says he did not quit the presidency but has contracted to sell his holdings and will resign March 1 if terms are met. He notes differences with Dickinson, who with his family controls the trust, and says he joined Carnegie Trusts on leaving the treasury in 1900s, earning 36000 a year.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the residence in southeast Washington conducted by Rev. U. S. Smith. Interment followed at Elm Grove cemetery. Pallbearers named were Howard Beenblossom Edw Lins J E Maxwell Ernest Garrett Edgar Vinton and Fred Jones.
Mr EB B Chamberlain of Clinton Maine says Bucklen's Arnica Salve "does the business." He reports cures for piles chapped hands and an old sore with no scar. Stewart's Pharmacy sells it for 25 cents.
A Los Angeles Times column notes a chauffeur praising a new petrolythic road process. He says it beats every surface he has driven on, and the article suggests widespread public approval as mileage under the process grows.
Chester County commissioners received Pennsylvania highway department bills for improvements on county roads in Westtown Schuylkill Valley Avondale. Totals include contract price extras inspection and surveying. State covers two thirds of costs while county and township each pay one sixth.
Under the central automobile department the Kongo Free State road project has progressed for over a year. When finished the routes will serve automobile freight lines. The major highway under rapid construction runs from the Kongo toward the Nile at Rejaf near Gondkoro.
Wyandotte County Kansas commissioners approve an oiling experiment on thirteen miles of macadam roads. Estimated cost is seventy five dollars per mile. Process includes sweeping, oiling, screening, and multiple applications planned over the year.
An old advertisement touts Dr Shoop's Restorative as a remedy for weak stomach nerves and lagrippe. It mentions Laxative Bromide Nine tablets and that druggists refund if it fails. Mrs Ida Jacoby improves from lagrippe while Mrs Lyle Nicola departs Norfolk Nebr. J H Stewart signatures.
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