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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1906
Page
8
Grain and livestock prices and quotes for July to October deliveries with mixed readings. Hogs cattle and sheep receipts listed with price ranges. Bank statements note ex president Bacon's settlement and a death by suicide in Indiana. Also mentions a Michigan law about candidates and a parliamentary banquet for William J Bryan in Budapest.
Readable fragments describe new arrivals from San Francisco to New York and relocation trends among Californians. Freight and housing reports hint at eastward movement of goods and people, with General McCook noted in Chicago and Delmar Races ending in Jefferson City. A Buffalo and Pittsburg express collision injures an engineer and five mail clerks, with no passengers hurt.
The report covers Indiana and Lower Michigan with light variable winds. Wisconsin expects fair conditions and warmer temperatures with variable winds. Iowa is forecast to be fair and warm.
Chicago June 1 prices for grains and oils show open highs and lows across corn wheat and oats with mixed quotes from traders and listed sale volumes. The fragmentary listing includes clove and other commodities with irregular figures reflecting a busy trading day.
An 18 year old heiress Hertha Krupp, owner of Krupp Prananice works and widely reputed as Behlen und Vrusatin’s wealthiest girl, announces her engagement. She rules her city from a castle, commands hundreds of retainers, and oversees hospitals, schools, charities, and clubs.
O Gara Coal notes dissatisfaction with concessions offered to workers. He argues miners refused to consider changes and cites differing pay and machine use in neighboring states. He predicts a delayed production restart across Illinois facilities by month’s end.
In New York on June 2 Terranova, a concern referring to Concetta Riggio’s niece, faced murder charges. The jury returned a finding in sixteen minutes against the defendant confirming the main charge while a second charge remained unresolved.
Ohio style excerpts describe police court ruling striking down section 1.008 of Kentucky statutes prohibiting intoxicating liquor sales on Sundays while noting section 1.821 remains upheld. Justice McCann criticizes alamanac of saloon cases and orders acquittals for Sunday sale arrests, with press on prosecutions under section 4.
New York youth Cyrus Ward, aged 34, faces arrest on a complaint by Miss Mabel Lum of Redlands California now a Pratt Institute pupil. Lum alleges Ward pursued her across the continent after rejection, declaring love turned to hate. He was held on $200 bail after a preliminary hearing.
Louisville judge McCena refuses to convict alooncekeepers alone for to tag business on Sunday in a June 2 decision. The ruling upholds the pace of enforcement and questions solitary prosecutions in Sunday trading cases.
Bold claims promote Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Discovery as cures for indigestion biliousness and catarrhal ailments with an emphasis on natural glyceric extracts. The ad notes no alcohol or habit forming drugs and lists Buffalo NY as contact. It also touts Pleasant Pellets as a gentle laxative for constipation.
A rush of railroad fare notices lists return limits and routes from Chicago to destinations including St. Paul Minneapolis Denver Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo Salt Lake City Ogden Des Moines Los Angeles Puget Sound points and Boston via Nickel Plate and other lines with dates in May June and July plus stopover privileges and home seekers rates. It mentions measures for Elks and G A R encampment periods and warns of pneumonia risks from colds with Chamberlains Cough Remedy featured as a remedy sold by local pharmacies.
Fragmentary travel notice shows fare of 818.60 to New Haven Conn and return 1.00 from Chicago via Nickel Plate Road on June 2 3 4 and 5 with connections through New York City. Extension requests noted at Room 298 113 Adams St Chicago.
Travel rates announced for June 3rd, 4th and 5th with limited extension to June 30th. Plate Road Office at Room 294, 113 Adams St, Chicago provides details and booking for the service.
The bay horse Prince Cullicudden stands at my farm 1½ miles west of Washington on Sigourney Road for the 1906 season. He weighs 900 pounds, has a light stripe on the face and two white hind feet, and is noted for good conformation and his record as a sire of draft colts. Reported in 1900 by Dalgety Bros of Dundee. Terms 12.00 to insure a living colt.
Billy Hamilton a black jack bred in Kentucky by James I Hamilton Lawlor Kentucky grandson of Old Napoleon one of the greatest jacks imported from Spain stands 1544 hands high with good bone and styling I will offer a colt show and a $50 prize for the best weanling mule from this jack each fall TERMS 810.00 to insure living colt care not responsible for accidents Parties parting with mares service fees due at once.
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