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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1905
Page
8
A lion hurries to a barber shop run by monkeys to get a quick shave and haircut. The lion falls asleep and snorts loudly, prompting the barbers to plot a getaway to avoid being eaten. They swap shifts and flee, leaving the lion unpaid for his shave and haircut.
A colored woman carrying a baby left the child at the foot of a monument in Lincoln Park Chicago and hurried away, leaving the infant unattended as bystanders intervened.
Police notified after a distant sighting near a monument led to discovery of a six week old infant. The infant was taken to St. Vincent's Orphanage in Indianapolis on July 10. Jed Mayer of Lafayette has been appointed receiver of Merchants' National Mutual Fire Insurance Co of Indiana and its Lachana affiliate, suspended in May by the state auditor for organizational defects.
Thomas Hume of Muskegon Michigan has applied to appoint a receiver for the Chicago and Muskegon Transportation Company. The firm has operated steamers Chas N Huckley and Alice Stafford between Chicago and Muskegon for the last two years and is now to be wound up.
A lone highwayman robbed the stage between Warren and Meadows Idaho injuring no one reported. Jon M. Phipps of Fremont county Tennessee denies claims he is John C Rockefeller's father. Lord Lansdowne at the American society dinner in London refers to President Roosevelt as the world's apostle of peace.
Julio Hopengardener was called to Crawfordsville this morning due to his daughter's illness. Mrs. Kelsey remains unnamed in this brief notice.
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