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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1908

Page

7

Two Down and Out Men Seek Survival in New York

In a grimy Bowery night, Murray and a fallen captain drift through the city’s edges. Facing hunger and a graft plot, they weigh loyalty, poverty, and a bold choice as they join a waiting line near Grace Church with dawn approaching.

Finnegan Murray Pickering Sonny New York Forty-second Street Broadway Pompeii Ninth Street Jerry Vanderhurst Tenth Street Grace Church

Mother's dreadful deed shocks Buffalo family

Mrs Isabel la Sahlen fed her three young children poison and strangled them with a handkerchief then killed herself by taking poison. She blamed her sister in law in a statement to police and the medical examiner. Husband, a Buffalo teamster, learned of the tragedy only at night.

Buffalo N. Y Isabella Sahlen

Babe Killed by Baseball in Pittsburg Game

A seven month old infant, in its mother's arms, was struck on the head by a baseball at a city game near Bundla Pa. The child, son of Andrew Luksin, died, marking the sixth fatality from the national game this season as play continued with Laksia among the players.

Murray Kansas Essex Catrina Pittsburg Andrew Luksin Bundla Pa Laksia

Unknown assailant beats widow in Minneapolis attack

In Minneapolis on July 20 a man beat and kicked nineteen year old widow Mrs Florence Hutchins in her room at 2689 Thirteenth Avenue South. He then threw carbolic acid into her eyes and over her face. she was left unconscious with serious injuries though doctors hope her eyesight may be saved. The attacker’s identity and motive remain a mystery.

McClure Co Murray Congress Essex Street Gotham Hal Littl Third Avenue Bull of Bashan Reginald Vanderbilt Malone Maroney Minneapolis Minn Florence Hutchins Thirteenth Avenue South

Truth and Quality Laxative Endorsement for Syrup of Figs

A vintage advertisement extols Truth and Quality in laxatives, claiming Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a best value. It emphasizes natural action, cleansing effects, no after effects, physician approval, and urges purchasing the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.

California Fig Syrup Co

Army maneuvers begin at Camp Taft Chickaman park

At Chickamauga Park near Chattanooga Tennessee maneuvers opened with forces split into brown and line armies. General Clifford L Anderson commands the brown army with Twelfth cavalry Georgia guards and Tennessee infantry while Colonel Corman leads the line army including Twelfth and Tennessee cavalry along with field artillery and infantry units. Blues supposedly base at Dalton prepare to move on the browns as Secretary of War Wright and Major General Franklin Bell witness a troop review.

Chattanooga Tenn Army Camp Taft Chickman Chickamanza Park Lafayette Road Brown Army Clifford L. Anderson Georgia Line Army Corman U. A Twelfth Cavalry Tennessee Cavalry Field Artillery Tennessee Infantry North Carolina Infantry Brown Seventeenth Regular Infantry Georgia National Guard Dalton Missionary Ridge Wright Franklin Bell

End to Winter Racing in New Orleans After Law Act

New Orleans on July 21 reports the anti racing law, passed after a heated session, goes into effect yesterday banning bookmaking and betting on horse races. Louisiana Driving Club races ended Saturday, with uncertainty over the long winter season. owners may stage brief winter meetings at both tracks to test the law.

New Orleans Louisiana Driving Club

Petersburg Soldier Reenlists After Thirteen Years Service

Petersburg Indiana July 20 George Grable son of R C Grable a city resident who has served thirteen years in the regular army renewed his enlistment for the first time and has been assigned to a cavalry regiment at Jefferson Barracks Missouri this week after his fourth enlistment expired recently.

Petersburg Ind Qgeorge Grable R. C. Grable Jefferson Barracks

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