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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1908
Page
8
New York July 27 Cracking experts burglarized the Thomas J Dunn Company jewelers in the business district escaping with over 10000 in loot. Police noted the daring roof entry used rope ladder powder marked safes and muffled explosions. A watchman found the offices afterward.
Thomas Leste, a long time safe breaker at the Marquette prison, demonstrated his skill by opening the Duluth South Shore and Atlantic railroad station safe in Negaunee. The station door resisted, but Leste unlocked it within minutes, drawing praise from staff while serving time as hospital department steward.
A massive turnout at Hyde Park, estimated between 300000 and 500000, demonstrated support for the government licensing bill. The crowd, largely temperance society members from London and suburbs, featured 120 speakers including Winston Churchill, Dr. Clifford, Lord Kennard, and several House of Commons members.
A crowd of one hundred bands enlivened the proceedings and at a signal they all struck up the hymn Onward Christian Soldiers, with demonstrators joining in the performance adding a remarkable scene.
Mind cult leader Professor J. A. Sadoni arrives at Whitelake shore resort forming a new school. He attracts resorters to a block cabin where he preaches a future of his beliefs drawing wide attention and turning the site into a local fad.
Porto Rico marked the tenth anniversary of the United States troops landing at Guanticoa with observances led by Governor Post and island authorities. Ponce held a parade banquet and public ball as part of the commemorations.
James H Ferriss chairman of the national committee of the People's party calls a Chicago meeting tomorrow to discuss campaign strategy. Other notes include GE orders nearing one million dollars at Troy New York and Mrs. Edwin G Weed, wife of a Florida bishop, dying in Jacksonville.
In a playful Chicago News excerpt a brown hen sits in an old coal bin while roosters and ducks crowd around. The hen declares the bin a nest because it is filled with eggs coal, a witty rural scene captured in lighthearted prose.
In Caracas on July 27 President Castro awarded Dr. Gomez Peraza and Dr. Rangel, bacteriologist at Vargas hospital, the Order of Bolivar in recognition of their efforts in halting the bubonic plague spread in Caracas and La Guaira.
Berne July 27 officials say there is practically no hope of recovering the bodies of twenty three of the twenty five Italians who perished in the Loetschberg tunnel disaster. The tunnel ran about 200 feet beneath the Kander river and two depots of dynamite exploded when the walls gave way allowing river water and mud to flood the tunnel.
A large blaze at Telshi in Kovno yesterday gutted 300 houses including public buildings, army barracks, and synagogues. Twenty people perished in the flames.
Corry Pennsylvania and Falconer New York battled through twenty three innings with Corry finally prevailing 3 to 1. Falconer pitcher Bedient struck out forty two batters setting a world record while Corry’s Bickford fanned sixteen.
Evansville Indiana July 27 Harry J Akin vice president of the Akin Eskrine Flour Milling company and former packer dies after a brief illness He was forty seven native of Carlisle Indiana and brother of William M Akin ex mayor and K K L Akin secretary of the Tri state Fair association both of whom recently died
In La Paz on July 27, the Bolivian government will stay in power for another year due to the death of Senor Guadal la who would have taken office August 6. Candidates for the presidency are Dr Eliodero Villazon the first vice president and Marcario Pinilla the senate president.
A band of Chunchus armed with Russian army rifles attacked the Chinese village of Shkotovo on Ussuri bay and killed thirty inhabitants. The incident occurred near Vladivostok on July 27.
Two young brothers Lyal and Earl quarrel over fishing then fight. Their uncle assigns a task: pick up loose stones and pile them in the pasture. The boys improvise a stone-throwing game, drawing other neighborhood children to help, mischief redirected into play and work.
A curious sea creature, the limpet, lives on rocks by gluing its single foot to a hollow in the rock to form a shelter. It carries its roof on its back, and to release, it secretes water from its foot to dissolve the glue. It stays at home all day, then unglues at night to forage, having but one foot.
An elderly lady in Our Dumb Animals recounts guiding a boy and niece as they stop a beating horse. She persuades the driver to let her ride, calm the animals, and reach the hill, earning the driver’s thanks as he admits he learned a lesson about kindness.
A brief explanation states water consists of hydrogen and oxygen with two parts hydrogen to one part oxygen. It notes oxygen is much heavier, so nine pounds of water contain eight pounds of oxygen and one of hydrogen. The proof uses a voltaic electric battery and specialized apparatus.
In a spirited domestic exchange Gladys scolds Willie for laziness urging him to wash his face and comb his hair before guests arrive. Willie doubts they will come, prompting a witty, tense moment between the pair.
A thirteen inch gun described as forty feet long and weighing sixty tons is highlighted in a historical exhibit, illustrating the scale of artillery from the period and its impact on military technology and logistics.
Dr King’s New Life Pills praised by A A Felton of Harrisville New York for relief from constipation biliousness and malaria. Affordable at Lemmon’s Pharmacy at 25 cents.
In District Court of Washington County Iowa Territory Anna K Anderson and Gertrude Kendall sue Simon P Teeple Richard Moore and many others over real estate in Kendall subdivision Outlet Five Washington County They claim fee simple ownership for more than twenty years and seek to quiet title and bar all adverse claims The notice warns defendants to appear by Sept 1 1908 or face default and judgment Brewer Livingston attorneys for plaintiffs
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