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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1911
Page
3
The Proctor-Keeney measure became law after Governor Marshall signed it, superseding the county local option law. In the two-year period eighty-two Indiana counties held liquor elections with a dry majority of about 73,000, causing 2,609 saloons to close under both acts.
Mrs. Jane Dowie widow of John Alexander Dowie lies critically ill at home near Whitehall with paralysis spreading from the left shoulder. Her son A J Gladstone Dowie rushed from southern Michigan to be by her bedside as condition worsens.
In Cambridge Massachusetts on January 28 the bronze casket of Mrs Mary Baker Eddy founder of the Christian Science church was interred in Mount Auburn cemetery. A bronze casket housing her complete works rested atop the casket as mourners viewed her face before the burial. Judge Smith offered a psalm as the coffin was lowered into its concrete and steel enclosure.
John Schenk spoke publicly after his wife was arrested on arsenic and lead acetate poisoning charges. He refused to take her back even if acquitted and criticized the jury’s deadlock. He vowed not to bear trial expenses unless required by the courts and said he would not surrender his children to her.
A humorous note advocates a baldhead parade to warn hair owners about dandruff and hair loss. It touts a banner campaign urging readers to avoid Parisian Sage sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy for 50 cents a bottle, claimed to stop hair loss and dandruff in two weeks with money back guarantee.
Governor Pickens declared Fort Sumter would be seized by force if the United States did not surrender. Samuel Chester Reid, celebrated privateer in the Geneval Armstrong fight at the Azores, died in New York City in 1814, born 1782.
Chancellor Bismarck told parliament Germany would not restore Poland and would spend 75 million dollars to buy out Poles and repopulate the land with Germans. He threatened to pay parliament if it opposed the emperor's will.
J J Phillaer a 62 year old farmer near Owosso Michigan ended his life with a shotgun after a domestic dispute with his son Louis. Despondency and ill health were noted as causes. Phillaer had come from Gratiot county seven years ago and a widow survives him.
Cloudy and colder conditions spread across Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin today with north easterly winds. Some areas may see limited sun as a milder but fair day follows with moderate conditions expected tomorrow.
President Taft will make a brief southern swing after Congress adjourns in March. He will end his trip in Cincinnati, Ohio, his hometown, spending several days there before returning to Washington. The itinerary is not final. stops are expected in Anderson South Carolina, Atlanta Georgia, Nashville Tennessee, and Cincinnati Ohio.
Boise January 28 Two men T W Flowers and his son Arthur were killed in a snowslide near Hailey Idaho while traveling in a mountain area. The accident was confirmed by local officials and adds to winter weather hazards in Blaine County.
Advice on buying airplanes, with prices from 1200 to 7500 dollars plus 50 percent import charges. Detailing training costs, suggested $2000 loss from learning, and the need for about sixty flights under a qualified instructor. Mentions regular schools abroad in Chalons, Pau, Lyons, Juvisy, Issy, Mouzon and others.
A Paris correspondent reports fur scarves now rival satin wraps for summer wear. Furs are pliable and draped around the back with crossed ends, and some resemble two long stoles meeting at the back and extending past the waist.
A narrator, once close friends with Pendleton, travels from Constantinople to India after Eleanor’s death. In the ruins near Gaur he discovers Pendleton, transformed by hardship, alive in a temple doorway. The two confront past enmity as Pendleton reveals his grim fate.
In an isolated ruined city Brayton confronts Pendleton a former friend turned foe. Pendleton offers four crystal cups with essences that grant happiness love contentment or death. Brayton reveals a wife’s death to thwart Pendleton and Pendleton drinks all four, dying after achieving the fourth essence.
A verse from Youth’s Companion tells of a girl who loves sewing but resents books. On her birthday she sobs over a slim volume yet perseveres to read all gifts, then learns to balance sewing with reading and expresses gratitude. A companion poem follows a girl who dislikes sewing but adores books and learns to thank with effort.
In the eleventh century Margaret Atheling, wife of Malcolm III, objected to nobles leaving the table before grace. She drew those present to drink from a gold cup after grace, creating the grace cup custom later known as the loving cup. The practice spread across the country among nobility in the Middle Ages.
Two children were pulled from deep water by an elephant from a traveling circus that was bathing nearby. The animal carried each child to safety after hearing their cries, a remarkable rescue in a small French coastal town. The elephant, named during a previous life, reportedly died recently in Hereford from illness at about 135 years old.
The pelican spans Africa Asia and parts of southern Europe with strong wings and a very large pouch used as a fish basket. It hunts by hovering and swooping to scoop fish, then flies homeward often pursued by hawks that steal catches from its pouch.
A man dreamed thrice that the spirit of Czar Alexander III appeared and said coins from a wonder working minister could shield from evil. The man sent the coins and his dreams to the Russian ambassador in Vienna, who delivered them to Nicholas II.
A teacher asks childish riddles and Johnny answers with simple wordplay about age past pastur age a spoon for strawberries and a coat worn by pants and vest Then a riddle about duplication yields the letter M in a moment and in a minute while not in a thousand years
A large marble represents the Earth and a small pea the Moon two and a half feet away. The Sun is a nine foot globe four hundred eighty yards away. A hollow globe the size of the Sun would still leave room for the Moon to orbit at its usual distance.
A mother tends to her ailing doll despite wind and weather. The narrator notes the doll’s condition improving under care, while the speaker endures the effort of daily outings. The verse focuses on perseverance, maternal devotion, and the doll’s fragile recovery.
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