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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
4
Local political address notes show Mr. Prong speaking at multiple venues about policy positions. The records list dates, locations, and the topics covered, highlighting his stance on key issues and public engagements.
Lincoln July 23. Mr Bryan spent Tuesday delivering speeches on campaign issues by phonograph and publicizing similar talks from a rival concern. He disclosed receiving 8500 from each firm for his work, saying the payments were a commercial arrangement. He turned the money over to state and county Democratic committees.
Des Moines reports, per Auditor Carrol, that Iowa county assessors compiled totals showing real estate valued at 1.921 billion and personal property at 494.416 million, including livestock. Taxable property amounts to 2.416 billion, up from 2.297 billion two years earlier.
Agnes L. Skelly, inventor and corporation head, surrendered to Municipal Judge Crowe seeking an immediate trial after claiming police sought her. Charles Joy accused her of selling $5,000 of worthless stock on April 24, while Skelly denied the charges and asserted Amerian Steel Car Co has no existence. She stated she invented a device for Pullman cars to lighten and increase capacity.
A number of the city's young people will enjoy a dancing party this evening at the Commercial club. Music will be furnished by Pulver's orchestra.
Yesterday afternoon twenty three friends gathered at West Madison Street to celebrate Victor Hallquist’s twelfth birthday. The party ran from 3 to 6 with games, refreshments, ice cream, and cake. Victor received many gifts from his friends. Rev I W Williams of Huntington West Virginia testifies to Foley's Kidney Remedy helping nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble. Lemon's Pharmacy endorses the remedy.
Mr Zaring reports that Mrs John Zaring underwent a severe operation yesterday morning at Augustana hospital Chicago. He says she is passing through the procedure in good form and indications are she will recover fully.
News reaches friends of John and Mrs. Riley of Burlington as their three months old son Eugene Riley died last evening. The family formerly resided near Ainsworth and local friends express sorrow and sympathy.
The Standard Bearers announce a called meeting tomorrow evening at 3 o clock at the home of Mrs. A. A. Sandy. Important business will be discussed and full attendance is desired.
Mr A A Felton of Harrisville New York says Dr Kings New Life Pills are just exactly right after years of use. The pills relieve constipation biliousness and malaria without discomfort at Lemmon's Pharmacy price 25 cents.
Morley Johnson is on the sick list. W. P. Wells left for Kansas City to buy stock while J. A. Young went to Winfield for the day. Many residents including Mrs. Dr. J. M. Chittum and Mrs. James Ferguson visited the city. Wanda Willis left for Ottumwa for a brief visit and others departed for Kinross West Point Havre Creston and West Chester. Max Marbourg arrived from Aurora to visit his mother as his health slowly improves.
The article notes Spain maintains the death penalty but carries it rarely. It states the usual punishment for premeditated homicide is life penal servitude in chains, while parricide is punished by perpetual imprisonment in chains until death.
A jolly bachelor dies at eighty eight and leaves his estate to women who answered ay when asked to wed. He says he owed them the happy life he had led, reversing traditional lines by bequeathing his wealth to those who inspired his single life.
The ancient parish church of Norton Cuckney in Nottinghamshire is restored through Duke of Portland generosity. Episcopal communicants gave 20.82 dollars to mission work, the highest among churches, followed by Presbyterians at 15.70. Rev John Shaeffer, aged 102, marks long ministry in North Benton Ohio. A copper-domed Christian Science church rises in Providence Rhode Island as a near fireproof landmark.
A farmer offers practical guidance on harvesting wheat from cutting to binding and shocking. Emphasizes careful binder adjustment for tight bundles and erect shocks with caps to shed water, detailing a three-pair, three-on-sides method. Advises thrashing promptly to avoid storage losses and market price declines.
The article explains how bees collect nectar from flowers and transfer it to their honey stomachs. It describes nectar production in flowers, dew formation aiding nectar, evaporation from solar heat, and bees storing nectar in hive cells. It notes the bee’s anatomy supports nectar intake and honey production as a natural process.
Apple trees thrive in fertile clayey loam or white oak soil and on a southeastern slope. Choose hardy varieties suited to the locality. Information can be obtained from the state expert.
The text outlines spacing trees at twenty four feet apart, deep packing of soil, several years of cultivation, and intercropping with potatoes or small fruits. It stresses clean culture to prevent pests, regular borers inspection, pruning to keep trees headed low, shading trunks to prevent sunscald, and spraying after blossoms with paris green or Bordeaux mix to control codling moths and fungi.
A newspaper correspondent suggests using a flock of sheep to eradicate sumac. First mow the area, then release sheep to feed. Continuous cutting after flowering and before berry set may kill the plant, but sheep offer a cheaper, lower effort method.
Fresh manure creates a forcing effect that favors stem and leaf growth at the expense of fruit and grain. It is thus more suitable for early garden truck, grasses, and forage plants than for cereals or fruit crops.
A brown haired young woman asks if the studio girls have bank money during a tea. Vera questions the idea of money and artist life. A speaker recalls saving through hardship, boarding cheaply, and skipping luxuries until a bank failure ruined her small savings.
In a spirited exchange, Rhoda urges spending on toilet cream, skin and hair care, and regular beauty treatments as the best investment, arguing that staying young and pretty yields practical returns. A peer counters with clothing and appearance as vital assets in life’s battles and comforts.
Van Maclaren urged New York writers to begin stories strongly as half the battle. He recalled a tale of a suitor who won his sweetheart’s father by opening with the line that promised a way to save money.
The passage extols the pure blooded Arabian horse not for size speed or strength but for perfection of form symmetry of limb clearness of muscle beauty of appearance endurance of fatigue and intelligence, asserting its superiority in these refined qualities.
Lena V. Henry of Norristown Ga reports she avoided surgery after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says the remedy cured her female troubles and urges other women to try it. The ad promotes the product as a standard cure for displacements irritation and related symptoms and invites letters for advice from Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Mass.
Ross Coulter of Farmers and Merchants State Bank received notice of the death of his uncle A. W. Coulter at the home of his sister Mrs. Hugh Nelson in Birmingham Iowa. Coulter, a former local resident, came to this country in 1844 and died at seventy seven. Ross plans to leave for Birmingham for the funeral.
A Vienna bakery advertises its complete range of baked goods with contact at the shop, noting a phone number 78 for orders and inquiries.
Miss Florence Patterson assists this week at the Snouffer Hughes & Co dry goods store, helping customers and organizing merchandise during the busy period.
Mrs. W. B. Rittenhouse and her daughter Ruth from Brighton called yesterday at the L. H. O'Loughlin residence, sharing a social visit in the neighborhood.
$100 reward offered for any case Catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. Internal medicine targeting blood and mucous surfaces, claimed to build constitution and aid nature. Proponents urge testimonials and Toledo based F. J. Cheney & Co. 75 cents, with Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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