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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1910
Page
5
On pay day a gang of forty robbed the Lake Shore feeder line at North Olmsted twenty miles from here. As revolvers were leveled robbers entered the employer camp and demanded pay envelopes while some workers handed over their wages. Gunfire erupted from both sides leaving one robber dying and two others wounded. all bandits were hurt in the exchange.
Mayor Nidefonso Zambrano of Monterey issues citywide paint requirement for all residences and businesses to be completed before Mexico's centennial celebration in September.
Practical guidance on asking questions by letter. Suggests simplest possible query with blank space for answers. Recommends including a self addressed stamped envelope to encourage prompt responses. Emphasizes reducing friction to overcome reluctance and improve response rates.
J W Morton reports the Fortyseventh annual Grand Commandery of Iowa closed with 11 30 am session. New officers elected include John W Edwards Mt Pleasant as Grand Commander and Arthur R Molyneux Cherokee as Deputy with P L Severs Stewart as Captain General. Morton notes growing interest as 30 more Sir Knights registered than ever before. He reflects on reading, education, and the value of non fiction works for public knowledge.
A physician orders long walks in the open air for dyspepsia. The patient replies that he cannot because he was told to take walks on an empty stomach, which he never has. The Chicago Tribune report captures the exchange.
Sam Walter Foss, librarian at Somerville Massachusetts, is highlighted for his witty newspaper poems and critical weekly library notes. The piece discusses public reception of Foss inspired views on reading and fiction versus sensational progress in Fourth of July style storytelling.
Emma Stipe, later identified as Mrs. Emma Dewees, wife of John Dewees, attempted suicide by shooting yesterday. She once lived in the city at 415 West Third Street with her husband, left two years ago with J. M. Peebles, and later returned to Mason City. Her injuries are described as serious and her survival is uncertain.
Mrs A VanSickle hosted about a dozen relatives for dinner honoring Mrs Nial VanSickle visiting at the home. Cards announced the marriage of Prof William J Bell Red Oak Indiana to Miss Mary Feltus formerly Centennial school principal and deaconess worker in Chicago. The ceremony occurred Thursday in Allison Indiana and the couple will reside in Red Oak Iowa.
Markerton Michigan July 1 Louis P Haight of this city rode in his automobile on Western avenue and halted at GR LR tracks for a train. He forgot to release the clutch and leaped aside to escape injury as the car rammed the curb and was badly damaged.
The article notes old fashioned sage tea remedies prove effective for dark glossy hair. It highlights Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur as a modern bottle option sold by druggists or sent by Wyeth Chemical Co at 50 cents to $1, with Mc Elhinney Drug Co. listed as a retailer.
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