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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1912
Page
5
Local notices recount shoppers at The Fair Vienna with new toasted rice flakes and wear ever aluminum items. Multiple visits from Crawfordsville and Ainsworth residents include Dr. A J Laird and Mrs. J Bachle while Schmidt’s Music House promotes a 50th Anniversary Piano sale.
A farm pig named Pigiwig is whisked away by a farmer then escapes into the woods. After a bath he longs to return home and follows the woods to a farmhouse where a kind woman welcomes him. He settles in a warm sty and enjoys good feed and companionship.
Three cars of a meat train derailed near Fruitland early this morning delaying Rock Island traffic for hours. No. 4 and No. 22 were redirected. No. 22 joined with the Firefly to Davenport. No. 2509 engine was re railed and resumes service. a crowd watched the recovery work.
J. S. Palmer of Rock Island claims department visited Washington for an inspection of the new county hospital. He calls it the most complete for a town of its size and praises the building and equipment. Palmer reviews hospitals for railroad employee coverage and reporting to the chief surgeon.
A Vermont pastor reportedly joined the navy due to a small salary and the belief that naval service would better use his time for travel and broader opportunities.
A large armed miner group runs riot in the Paint Creek District during a strike. A detective is killed and another fatally wounded. Attempts to summon militia fail as telegraph wires are cut. Couriers on horseback seek help before more killings. The sheriff was killed by ambush while riding a railroad hand car.
Garibaldi issued a Palermo proclamation denouncing foreign oppression. Lincoln ordered cessation of Confederate aid under the confiscation act sixty days’ notice. Britain urged Canada toward self defense against the United States. Lincoln favored a ship canal linking the Atlantic to the Mississippi via the Trent lakes. Pope Leo XIII did not act on the Knights of Labor secret order.
The notice lists Frank Rogers handling street and number inquiries with a phone line 589 for bus line orders and prompt attention.
By a sharp exchange a bystander records Mrs Smith telling a visitor she kept a boy’s glasses because they belonged to his father and it would be a pity to waste them.
Henry Koehler president of the St. Louis and Rocky Mountain railway and vice president of the Kansas City Telephone Company died at Long Beach New York from heart trouble. He was born July 9 1863 in Davenport and leaves a wife Margaret Craven and daughter Dorothy. His body will be brought to St. Louis and Davenport for burial.
An increasing number report satisfactory results from Foley's Kidney Pills and commend their healing qualities. The medicine is carefully prepared and guaranteed to contain no harmful or habit forming drugs. It benefits kidney and bladder troubles, back ache, rheumatism, and weak back. Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Dr G W Hay received word of the death of his nephew Wil Hay in Emporia Kansas last Saturday evening at age twenty one. Wil Hay was the eldest son of Mr and Mrs Alex Hay formerly of north of Washington. He had just graduated from Kansas State Normal at Emporia last June and held a high school teaching job for next year. He fell ill during the night after teaching Friday and died Saturday at five from uraemic poisoning due to acute kidney trouble. Funeral services were held Monday at Eskridge Kansas. He leaves his father and mother two brothers and one sister.
A brief dialogue from the Boston Transcript features Mrs Flipp asking if her husband will still love her with gray hair and a friend assuring him enduring affection beyond changing hair shades.
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