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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1909

Page

6

Militant suffragette lawyer to wed New York man

Mary Coleman of New York, a leading suffrage advocate, will marry Frederick Lampton Hardenbrook during Easter week. Rev Lydia Commander will officiate at a private ceremony attended by union members in the bride's home. The wedding features ballot box gifts and yellow theme outfits for all.

Militant Party New York F. L. Hardenbrook Lydia Commander Mary Coleman New York City Frederick Lampton Hardenbrook Hardenbrook Hugh Coleman Miss Coleman Woman's National Progressive Suffrage Union Sed Presbyterian Church East One Hundred and Twenty-second Street Mrs. Hardenbrook Maid of Honor

Northwestern law school plans Lincoln centennial celebration

The Northwestern University law school in Chicago marks Lincoln's birth centenary during Centennial Week February 7 to 14. The celebration, at the Dearborn and Lake streets campus on the former Tremont House site, will feature Dr. Little of the Barrett Biblical Institute delivering the principal address in the old assembly room.

Lincoln School of Law Northwestern University Chicago Abraham Lincoln University Dearborn and Lake Streets Douglas Little Barrett Biblical Institute

Beefsteak Dinner at Hotel Metropole Astonishes Guests

In New York at the icicle lined watchshelter of the Metropole, about a hundred guests hosted by George A. Kessler enjoyed a $10,000 beefsteak dinner. The transformed hall resembled a wholesale butcher’s refrigerating plant with fifty dollar silver mug favors and wooden bench seating.

Hotel Metropole New York George A. Kessler

Spanish Commercial Float to Charter Large Vessel in Barcelona

A group of Barcelona merchants consider chartering a large vessel to host a saw exposition of Spanish manufactures and agricultural products. The plan aims to create a ten months voyage making the vessel a principal commercial port of the world for promoting Span o merchandise and trade opportunities.

Barcelona Spain

Alfalfa Uses for Live Stock Highlighted in Bulletin

A Department of Agriculture bulletin extols alfalfa as a nutritious feed for cattle sheep hogs and horses. It notes cost savings replacing wheat bran with alfalfa and cites Tennessee Ohio Kansas experiments. It cautions about bloat in ruminants and recommends small scale trials and varied treatments to optimize yields.

Department of Agriculture Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station Wing Brothers Ohio Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station

Copyright Notice Limiting Reprint Rights for 1909

A 1909 notice from the American Press Association declares that the articles and illustrations cannot be reprinted without special permission, indicating strict rights constraints for republishing.

American Press Association

Favus Disease in Animals and Remedies

Describes favus as a contagious skin disease in dogs cats canaries rabbits and poultry with gray crusts that smell moldy. Warns of epidemic spread, outlines transmission through pets and pests, and provides remedies including vaseline iodine mercury oxide ointment carbolic acid solution and quarantine plus disinfection.

Do Not Postpone Incubator Care For Hatching Success

A cautionary note warns poultry keepers to properly prepare incubators. Emphasizes turning eggs daily testing thermometer and regulator and using clean oil. Advises running the machine a day before loading eggs and testing eggs at proper dates. Warns that neglect may ruin hatch outcomes and invite exposure.

The Poultry Show Parade

A playful verse about a county poultry show with Uncle Sam in silk hat and high collar. Hens win big, roosters strut, and geese and guineas join the humorous spectacle as spectators prepare to start the fun.

Uncle Sam

Breeder selection warns against gross defects in birds

Instructions forbid mating birds with wry tails, squirrel tails, pinched tails, white faced cockerels except Black Spanish, deformed beaks, purple barring, brassiness, white lobes in Wyandottes and Cochins, feathered shanks in clean legged varieties, clean shanks in feather legged varieties, extra toes, and slipped wings. Minor defects should be mated to birds without the defect and avoid pairing defects to prevent recurrence.

Raising Broilers ForProfit By City Fowl Enthusiasts

The article discusses practical advice for starting broiler farming, noting hard lessons and the value of experience. It compares White Wyandottes and White Rocks as suitable breeds, highlighting their hardiness, rapid growth, skin color, and breast size. It covers equipment needs like incubators and housing, and outlines three weight categories for squab, medium, and large broilers, noting winter hatching and finishing timelines.

Feathers and Eggshells in a Chick Raising Chronicle

A humorous poultry column discusses farm care from sanitation to brooders and poultry health. It notes a rash of chicken pox like disease on birds, calls for lye cleaning and repainting coops, warns against egg production dips from overused tonics, and includes a rhymed lament about domestic labor in poultry farming.

Miners Split Over Party Lines at United Mine Workers Meet

Indianapolis Jan 28 The United Mine Workers convention ended with discord and then broad agreement on court procedure reform for injunctions. Arguments centered on organizer financing and political party support while a proposed independent labor party failed. A unanimous vote backed public ownership of means of production, while a pension measure was rejected.

Indianapolis United Mine Workers’ Convention Frank Farmiigton Ilinois John H. Walker Lewis W. B. Wilson England

Weather Forecast for Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Iowa

Forecast calls for cloudy skies in Illinois and Indiana with warmer conditions in Lower Michigan and fair with rain on Friday. Wisconsin and Iowa to experience unsettled weather and a rise in temperatures.

Wisconsin Iowa

Market Report Chicago Wheat Corn Hogs and Livestock Prices

Chicago markets list wheat prices for multiple grades with sample values and a Chicago live stock section showing hogs castles sheep and cattle quotations with ranges. East Buffalo and Elgin reports follow with slow markets and dairy price listings.

Chicago Castle Western Fed East Buffalo Live Stock East Buffalo N. Y Dunning & Stevens Live Stock Commission

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted in 1938 Ad

Baltimore reader Mrs. W. B. Ford shares four years of misery from female ailments improved after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts the remedy as the most successful and offers free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Massachusetts.

Baltimore Lydia EF. Pinkham W. 8 Ford Lansdowne St Lydia E. Pinkham

Iowa cafe owner sues college official for 2000

L G Daniels proprietor of the Iowa cafe in Iowa City sues Miss Elizabeth Irish manager of a local business college for 2000 claiming she caused a drop in patrons. He says a tip to the University of Iowa dean of women Mrs M M Volland led to his waiters being accused of flirting with co ed boarders cutting December business.

Iowa City Iowa Elizabeth Irish M. M. Volland University of Iowa L. G. Daniels Iowa Cafe Miss Irish Daniels

Silver Plate Surgery After Brick-Throw Incident

In New London Iowa on January 27 Leonard Portlock fifteen suffered a head wound from a brick during snowball fighting. Doctors performed brain surgery placing a silver plate and he is reported doing well. The attacking boy’s identity is not known and he was upset at being outmatched by younger players.

New London Iowa Leonard Portlock C. E. Cook Ottumwa

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