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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1913
Page
2
Fire destroys Iowa hotel in Chicago panic kills four
Extra edition reports three men and one woman killed and many injured when a fire wrecked the Iowa hotel in Chicago causing a jump panic. The dispatch notes additional items from Miami where W J Bryan plans to accept the secretary of state portfolio in Wilson's cabinet and mentions Henry E Alexander traveling to Trenton with Bryan's reply after illness. Mr M L Snider adds stock of shoes.
Markets in Chicago hogs cattle and sheep prices steady to higher
Chicago stockyard market report dated January 30 1913 shows hogs with light to heavy buying mixed values 7.30 to 7.75 with higher opens and closing activity. Cattle receipts around 5000 and bids steady to 10 higher with various classes listed. Sheep receipts about 16000 with prices 4.50 to 8.70 and western lambs similar. Overall market fully active with price movements modestly up from Wednesday averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Texas
Wellman Social Notes and Local Incidents in 1913
Rev. Mr. Cowley of a Chicago area Methodist church preached at Wellman and visited Grace Dawson. Local families shared meals and calls, with Marjorie Dawson recovering from appendicitis in Iowa City. Milton Smith nearly died hauling hay. he escaped serious injury. School opened in a new building with a parade, and Grace Dawson returned from deaconess work for first church Maccatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Wade
W. H. Wishard
Robert Dawson
van Hauten
Lenox
F. D. Snavely
Bushong
Burlington
Snavely
Nancy Nesmith
Leitz
Tipton
Lizzie Dickel
Wellman
Grace Dawson
First Church Maccatine
Rural Route One notes from Jan 28 1918
Andy McGuire returns from Chicago. Zecks visit Jim Zeck’s family. Carlson sisters visit Shalla. Babcock and Young families visit Everette Young. Gust Anderson and Malmstead families visit Oscar Carlson. Candy social planned at Jackson Center schoolhouse Friday. Ernie Carlson visits Frank Kallaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy McGuire
Chicago
Ralph Zeck
Jim Zeck
C. Carlson
Earnest Carlson
Jim Shalla
Palmer Babcock
Baby
Everette Young
Gust Anderson
A. Malmstead
Oscar Carlson
Jackson Center School House
Electric Company To Install Engine In Washington Plant
The Iowa Gas and Electric company has let a contract for a 350 In. p. Corliss engine to be installed when weather permits. It will replace a small engine and will handle larger loads, connected to a 225KW generator installed last fall. Additional changes aim to improve plant efficiency by year end, reflecting the company’s plan to upgrade service with heavy expenditures supported by local cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Gas and Electric Company
P. Corliss
Washington
Colorado Senators Debate Women on Juries in Legislature
In Denver on January 30 Senator Helen R. Robinson’s bill to amend the constitution to admit women to jury duty prompted a heated hour long debate. Senator Williams opposed on moral grounds while Senator John Hecker supported equal suffrage and jury service for women. The measure passed on second reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Helen R. Robinson
Williams
John Hecker
Resurrection of Faith and Local Changes in Richland
January 29 1913 Richland sees Mrs P Hoskins improving Rev S J Decker leaves M E church for Moravia with higher pay to Pastor there. Byron Vastine ill at mother Mrs Alice Vastine home. EF Gardner and family visited J M Walker. C A Neville installs new electric light in hardware store. Mrs Kate Bergh improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
S.j.decker
M. E. Church
Moravia
Byron Vastine
Alice Vastine
EF. G. Gardner
Washington
Paulson urges high schoolers to choose fitting life work
Leonard Paulson of Des Moines, state secretary of the department of boys' work in the Y M C A, spoke to 10 local students at 1 15 pm. He warned that many in business, law, and medicine lack proper fit and urged students to select a place and prepare carefully. He cited four keys to success: preparation, persistence, hard work, and altruism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Paulson
Des Moines
Department of Boys
Mr. Paulson
This Will Be a Fine Batch of Horses for Sale
A dealer asserts the upcoming lot offers an excellent selection of horses ready for purchase. The seller touts quality stock and strong appeal to buyers seeking reliable mounts. Potential bidders are urged to inspect the offerings closely.
Witnesses Dispute Duel of Words and Fracas
A reported altercation has witnesses offering conflicting accounts. One party claims seeing the clash, while another says they were distracted by the fight itself and did not observe the key moments.
Would Let Women Vote on Suffrage Plan
Des Moines Iowa January 30 Senator Chase of Hamilton proposed a senate bill to let all persons eligible under school laws vote on woman suffrage at the next state election. He would add extra precinct booths and provide ballots so eligible voters could express yes or no. He cited Massachusetts where about forty percent of women chose to vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Chase
Hamilton
Senate
Massachusetts
Attractive Nests for Hens From Discarded Boxes
A New York Tribune Farmer piece describes practical hen nests crafted from discarded boxes such as soap or condensed milk containers. Nests run along walls, include hinged tops for easy egg collection, and can be improvised from wooden boxes with four uprights lifting them above ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Fresh Air Houses for Eggs In Poultry Keeping
A farmer shares that open air houses with a screened door yield about twice as many eggs as enclosed setups. Straw bedding distributes feed morning and noon with a mash at night. finish with ear corn. Regular straw replacement and extra care in bad weather ensure winter laying from bred-to-lay white leghorn and white Wyandotte fowls.
White Eggs Noir: Freshness and Size Define Trade
The white egg trade demands shells that are nearly full and a uniformly strong body with chalk-white color. Shrinkage and, in summer, weak bodies or undersized eggs are common defects, and buyers reject cream-tinted yolks that some shippers mix with whites, harming sale against general supplies.
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Lieved
M. L. Snider
John A. Babcock Commission
U. & Yards
Illinois
Harry L. Kaga Morrison
Washington, Iowa
Lamson Broa
de Chicago, Ill
Oais
Reister & Son
SPEER
BOM
Ernie Carlson
Frank Kallaus
Iowa Gas & Electric CO
H.pl Engine
Colorado
Senators
Richland
Winfield, Iowa
McElhinney &Cherryholmes Db
F. Macon
W. HH. McClurking
the Justice
O' Rourke
Senator Chase
Bill
First Post
New Spring
Big Soap Sale
the Royal
Swift
Sun SC
Maxine Elliott
Jockey Club
Queen Regent
Mechanics
Mutual
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