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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1905
Page
2
Adjutant General sells state rifle range property at Cedar Rapids and closes the range. Des Moines will house rifle practice for the National Guard of Iowa with next shoot set for August 11. Cedar Rapids mourns loss as past range becomes pasture and guardsmen await new facilities.
The second annual meeting of the Iowa State Association of Graduate Nurses convened in Cedar Rapids at the Grand hotel, with about fifty delegates. The agenda includes credential checks, reports, and a push to seek a legislative bill requiring a rigid state board examination for all nurses.
Portland notes indicate early summer conditions favor Mount Rainier climbs with improved routes and reduced difficulty as weather and daylight align for climbers. The report highlights growing interest among local mountaineers and anticipated near term ascents.
An appeal for a rehearing was filed with the clerk of the supreme court in Des Moines Iowa. The argument cites several errors in the supreme bench decision of the case.
Iowa bankers warned about a clever forger named George W. Olson who used the name of Alderman A G Anderson and Augustana College faculty to target Mitchell Lynde Rock Island Savings and Peoples National banks. He cashed a fake check, traded certificates for small notes, and left with cash after a staged story about professors borrowing funds. A $50 reward was offered for his arrest.
Lafe Kline of North Washington broke his left arm above the wrist when a ladder slipped while he was painting his house. A physician set the bone and though the accident is painful he is getting along nicely.
Patrons praise the strawberry pies at the Vien Da bakery for their richness and flaky crust. The shopkeeper notes steady afternoon lines and local fans returning for the sweet favorite.
An advertisement asserts that deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and offers a remedy with a $100 reward for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure fails to cure. Circulars free from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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