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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1908
Page
8
A clipped, humorous slice of city life contrasts a heat soaked New York with a mountain summer resort. A businessman clings to the city while friends seek escape, and a mock tournament romance unfolds between Mary Sewell, Gaines and Compton amid quaint resort theatrics.
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls a past proposal 15 years ago on Chimney Rock and a wreath moment. The speaker reflects on long friendship, affection, and the idea of a true knight as a longtime partner. A brief aside mentions a man in New York enjoying a summer cafe moment and a beer under an electric fan.
A digest of social figures and public figures across eras notes Mrs. Hetty Green calling wedlock to a title a crime, Mrs. Clarence Mackay's civic interests, Mrs. Annette Wilber joining a Marysville riding club, the Countess of Warwick announcing a March lecture tour with secret topics, Mrs. LD. A. Gould’s collection including Jackson’s battleflag, Mme. Kirkby Lunn’s eating rules during opera engagements, Mme. Gore guiding visibility for Senator Gore, and the senator praising his wife as key to parliamentary insight and election success.
The Supreme Court of Canada sustains the railway commission ordering Grand Trunk to run at least one train daily in each direction between Montreal and Toronto. The South Manchuria railway once subsidized by Russia now earns 30 percent over operating costs under Japanese control. A Southern Pacific electrical project will span 136 miles over a mountain district, carrying all Union Pacific traffic between central California and the east, climbing 7,000 feet in eighty-three miles with many sharp curves.
Sporting notes list Kalamazoo and Windsor as curtain raisers for the grand circuit this season. Unusual demand for left handed twirlers in both leagues shows AL clubs needing southpaws more than the Nationals. St Simon the stallion, 28, cost Duke of Portland 8000 and has earned 1.25 million. New Haven boasts bowling wonder Al Johnson Jr, 13, who recently bowled 243 with remarkable scores.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals in Frankfort reversed Hertle v Rid die, ruling Louisville cemetery for human burials only and prohibiting pet dog interment in a family lot. In Vassar v Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company, the court holds a freight train conductor lacks implied authority to hire helpers to handle freight, who would receive train passage and potential employer liability for injuries.
London county council employs nearly 40 000 people Sydney Australia tops cities by population at 538 800 Paris is the most crowded city with 2 731 000 residents across 19 275 acres equating to 142 people per acre When New Yorks Catskill water project is finished daily supply will exceed Croton by 200 million gallons
Professor Mosso reveals Crete’s four thousand year old fashion of the wasp waist with compressed waists and stiffly spreading skirts. Women depicted with turned up noses and audacious expressions illustrate early elegance and bold style.
National League standings and daily scores from major league games across cities including Chicago Philadelphia Cincinnati St Louis Washington and Brooklyn Detroit Boston New York and other leagues. Key results show Philadelphia defeats Chicago 11 to 2, St Louis beats Washington 13 to 4, Detroit tops Boston 8 to 6, and Brooklyn defeats Cincinnati 12 to 0 with rain causing several games to be called or postponed.
Attorney General H. W. Byers prepared the first petition under the 1907 law enabling the state railroad commission to charge interstate rate discrimination before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The case targets Illinois Central, Dubuque and Dunleith Bridge Co, Burlington, and A. K B. Stickney as receiver of the Great Western. Discrimination against Iowa in passenger rates from Dubuque to East Dubuque is charged.
Frank Phillips, nine, died at a hospital after bleeding from the mouth began June 22 when struck by a baseball. Doctors failed to stop the hemorrhage, marking the third baseball accident fatality in two months.
Rosario Serge, eighteen, was hanged in New Castle Pennsylvania for the June 8, 1907 murder of Antonio Bonti at Hillsville. He maintained to the end that he killed in self-defense, breaking down in tears several times during the night and just before the execution.
In Kewanee on July 15, Mrs Matilda Boute of Atkinson township near here killed herself on the eve of her wedding to Pierre Leckal. Aged 32, she faced money worries and a planned marriage tomorrow.
Mrs. Michael Sullivan, 48, died at her Van Buren home during a county wide severe storm. She had a history of heart trouble and the shock from the weather is cited as the cause.
Verse from the Cleveland Plain Dealer laments personal inertia as winter and rising coal bills loom. The speaker prefers quiet comfort, noting he has not learned to dance or skate and will wait for early spring. The piece casts a wry, self-deprecating tone on leisure and aspiration.
The Shoe Manufacturers' Monthly notes a curious demand among Kaffirs for "boots that talk" as a luxury. It claims wearers enjoy the sound of their own footsteps and are willing to pay extra for the feature.
Thomas D. Jordan ex controller of Equitable Life Assurance Society fell dead in a downtown New York subway station. The brief item notes this sudden death among other scattered late 19th century facts.
The official forecast through 8 pm shows Illinois and Indiana partly cloudy with probable showers. Lower Michigan and Wisconsin generally fair. Iowa partly cloudy with likely showers.
Hogs receipts 15 000 with varied prices across heavy light and packing categories. Cattle receipts 4 590 with prime fat steers and cows listed, plus heifers and calves ranges. Sheep receipts 14 000 with wethers yearlings and lambs priced. turkeys chickens and other poultry noted. East Buffalo figures show cattle heavy exporting ranges and hogs steady, with yearling lambs and calves priced.
Mrs. George H Lee and son traveled to spend the day. John Sullivan arrived from Burlington and proceeded to Ainsworth on business. Miss Carolyn Elder left for Albia from the J. F. H. Taylor home. Miss Emelia Grecian headed to West Chester to join her class for a music recital in a couple of weeks. Foley's Orino Laxative is promoted with a money back guarantee from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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