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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1906
Page
4
Two students in a recent campus dance melee were fined and released. The event left the hall disfigured while the fire company was forced to douse spectators and participants with water. The freshmen retaliated by making a captured sophomore clean up broken eggs and endure snow from the skylight as punishment.
Friday at 2 30 p m a thimble bee social will accompany the Woman s Home Missionary society monthly meeting at the East Main street home of Mrs F L Wilson The Indians study topic and all church and congregation ladies are invited to attend.
A group of about twenty youths enjoyed a sleigh ride to the east of the city yesterday evening. They spent a pleasant time at Mr and Mrs Francis Swift home with games and amusements. The sleighing added a cheerful feature to the outing.
Regular meeting of the Fraternal Aid society scheduled for Thursday evening. All members are urged to attend. Mr. Stevenson the deputy from Fairfield will be present.
Fred Adler appeared before Justice A. 8. Folger and waived examination on a charge of stealing chickens from Robt. Fulton. He was bound over to the grand jury but failed to furnish bond and was committed to the county jail.
A car load of inebriates passed through from Independence this afternoon en route to their new home in Knoxville. The train consisted of an engine, four baggage cars and the cars containing the inebriates.
Local notes show a busy day with visits from Ira Bowman in Keota Iowa and appearances by Miss Edgington and Dr A B Hamilton among others. Citizens like Jas A Stimson Mrs Ada Rickey and John Olds travel for visits shopping and court business while Vienna hosts promotions and an upcoming U P church talk.
A Washington dispatch reports Marcus Uraun’s critique of Italy and Hungary urging immigrants to avoid naturalization while urging homeland governments to support emigration. Braun calls for surveillance abroad and tighter bonds for those facilitating travel and labor, citing Turkey Syria and Lebanon concerns.
The New York American reports Halstead & Co. sued the Postal Telegraph Co. in Brooklyn Supreme Court after a sending error cost them 2,200 in a bag contract with Armour & Co. A dash and four dots were sent instead of the intended three dots dash dot, altering prices. Justice Maddox weighed the verdict on a defense motion.
J. Miller, manager of the 101 ranch in Oklahoma, says preparations are underway for a summer program called Cowboy Kindergarten. About 400 eastern youths are to participate over four months, living outdoors, sleeping in camps, and experiencing cowboy life with mounts, blankets, and occasional cattle roundups.
The Atlanta correspondent of the New York Tribune reports Canada’s Pacific railway plans a vast irrigation scheme. In three years 1.5 million acres near Calgary will become 20 000 farms watered from Bow river. Two thirds of Bow river water will serve the scheme. 110 000 acres already ready for market. Immigration brings Americans and others to the canals. About 100 000 people expected to be sustained on land once deemed useless.
A battered trunk once owned by Dolly Madison, discovered by Mrs. Roosevelt and renovated, now houses part of the White House silver. The cowhide chest bears the inscription Mistress Dorothy Madison care of James Madison and shows scorch marks from the White House fire.
The centennial celebration of Pike's Peak, discovered by Zebulon Pike, will run September 10 to 15, 1906. The Colorado Springs Dispatch notes preparations underway, with the Pike's Peak association directing events from its Colorado Springs headquarters and inviting President Roosevelt and his cabinet.
Fred Kremple of Milwaukee fashioned a butterfly mosaic portraying the Madonna from 5198 live butterflies and presented it as a wedding gift to Miss Alice Roosevelt, per a Milwaukee dispatch.
Built by Girl Architects, Ohio State University will soon have a woman's building. It will be planned and arranged by three women architects Miss Kenyon Hayden, Miss Florence Hite and Miss Mary McMahon. The building will be of the old English Tudor style.
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