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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1911
Page
6
State food and dairy commissioner issues a warning under Iowa pure food law defining adulterated eggs and poultry products as unlawful to sell. Merchants, farmers, and dealers are urged to enforce sanitary compliance. penalties may follow as the department cites numerous complaints.
A state wide annual guardsmen rifle and pistol competition prep is underway. A national Ku an company sends a team to range north of the city for training from July 1 to July 20. Col W Brookhart of Washington will head the event with Maj Frank O Fisher as chief range officer and a long list of captains and lieutenants assigned to various brigades and roles.
Women suffering from any form of illness are invited to communicate with Mrs. Lydia E Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts All letters are received read and answered personally A wealth of testimonials has never been published without consent and thousands of files attest to confidential exchanges This free advice service is funded by Mrs Pinkham and Lydia E Pinkham Co Address Lynn MA now for a free care of text book not for general distribution and only available by mail
In Wapello Iowa a six month old daughter, Cora, of Mio and Mes Sehmeiser, was fatally trampled by a horse on her father's farm Sunday evening. The child followed her father into the pasture and was struck when the horse knocked her down. she died shortly after.
Harold Aysh, injured while lighting a Fourth of July toy cannon, died Sunday at Burlington Hospital. He had loaded the device, but after thinking the fuse out he picked it up and threw it back toward a nearby girl, a nail in the vent causing the explosion.
A Cedar Rapids report about eggs baked by heat in sand along the Cedar River during a Fourth of July picnic is disputed by Vinton residents who say the story is circulating locally. The tale claims the eggs were cooked in the sand and served warm to onlookers.
In Des Moines Iowa July heat and bright sun dominated the first half of the week with temperatures reaching into the hundreds in some areas. Showers on the sixth brought brief relief but the drought remains largely unbroken across the state. Corn stands well though southern plantings suffer and timely rain is needed. Early threshing indicates fair to good winter wheat and oats yield varies from fifteen to thirty five bushels. pastures offer scant feed and stock hay is fed in many locales. Potatoes and garden crops show damage as water becomes scarce. George M Chappel, Section Director.
The narrative describes a severely low river level affecting boats such as the steamer Keokuk of the Streekfus line and the Helen of the Carnival City line. Distress from sandbars and shifting water makes travel hazardous, with boats beached or stuck for hours and engines damaged by boiler plate failures.
Des Moines remains the state’s largest city with 86 368 residents. Sioux City rises to second in line with 47 525 and Davenport moves to third as Dubuque falls to fourth in a list of Iowa cities by population.
In Iowa a swimmer Moore ages twenty and another boy drowned in the Mississippi. Tompkins of Wheeling attempted a rescue from a raft but both youths disappeared and were not recovered. The drowning occurred while they swam near the river bars in July.
The article notes a Garfield cousin and relative to the late S Jones A Garfield involved in a Keokuk event on July 11. It references Mrs Cares four years after her husband’s death and mentions Samuel KE Carey and Mr Carey’s birth in Bucks County Pennsylvania. The piece records her death on July 6.
Three shabby children walk a curving lake path in Central Park toward a rus tle bridge. The oldest girl warns in a solemn whisper as they approach the so called bridge of signs, urging silence while crossing.
Fragmentary OCR hints at debate over Shakespeare authorship with reference to Bacon and Homer. No clear events, dates, or proper names sufficient to fix any incident or claim.
An advertisement promotes Mothers Friend as essential prenatal aiding product. It claims to strengthen ligaments and muscles, reduce birth pains, prevent limb numbness, and ensure a safe, full recovery for the mother. It urges expectant mothers to use the remedy and request a free informational book from Bradfield Regulator Co.
Marengo Iowa July 11 The body of Frank Suerway a bachelor about 40 has been found eighteen inches deep in dirt in a barn near town He had three bullet holes in his head and a fractured skull evidently from a blunt instrument The circumstances point to murder
Fred Vosen fishing at the Lee reservoir spotted a large carp near shore that appeared to grab floating berries. He watched the fish repeatedly lift its head from the water to snatch berries and then hooked the carp. It weighed thirty two pounds and required a shot to land.
An old time remedy is advertised to darken hair using sage and a sulfur preparation. Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy is sold for fifty cents a bottle with a money back guarantee. Special Agent McKinney Drug Co. endorses and distributes the product through local druggists.
A coal black patient L D Thomas received a skin graft from Oscar Bragg after a railroad wreck. The operation occurred in Holdrege Nebraska and the donor was paid by the Burlington railway. The graft left the patient’s face about half white.
The piece notes a slow amalgamation of tribes as numbers dwindle. It cites a historical population of one million at European contact, a 1885 government census of 340,000, and an estimate that current numbers are about 50,000 lower.
A sequence of Iowa city names with fluctuating population figures appears, including Denison Belle Plaine Pella Spencer Anamosa Sheldon Algona Winterset Iowa Falls Manchester Mystic Cresco Hampton Valley Junction Harlan Colfax Jefferson Osage Storm Lake Osceola Emmetsburg Tama Seymour New Hampton Sac City Nevada Hawarden Clarion Tipton Lake City Monticello Villisca Sipc ourney Bloomfield Oneawa Wankon Bidon Clear Lake Rock Rapids Eldora Leon Bedford Ida Grove Stuart Marengo What Cheer Corning Toledo.
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