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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
6
Miss Eva Shaw arrived from Des Moines last evening and began assisting on No. 2 in the interest of the Des Moines Orphans' home.
Miss Agnes Brown arrived last evening from Keota and departed on No. 2 to her Jesup Iowa home for the summer vacation. She recently resigned her Keota city school position and plans to take up other work in the future.
Washington June 4 special analysis of congressional endgame. Labor organizations win a senate resolution directing the commerce and labor department to study interstate telegraph and telephone companies, while Taft’s resignation rumor swirls as critics weigh potential successors including General Luke Wright. Tracks to the new Union Station are laid to ease transit for inaugurations. Four senators with short terms from Wisconsin Vermont South Carolina and Florida plan brief service while state legislatures choose next winter.
The author argues that long pedigrees fix desired traits and increase prepotency, citing a tale from eastern Ohio where ignoring pedigree initially seemed to work but ultimately failed. He warns against using unpedigreed stock and notes a pure bred ram’s economic benefit by boosting fleece weight, often repaying its cost in the first year.
The milking stool rejects pasteurization preferring milk kept clean and cold, arguing germs from dirt can’t multiply in cold milk and that pasteurizing kills helpful organisms. It warns of a “quick and dead” milk if cooked, and notes fresh milk as a cure for incipient tuberculosis while criticizing sensational milk-disease theories.
Cost of feeding dairy cows should be studied as savings or improvement are often possible. Individuals are frequently fed too heavy or too light a ration for the milk produced or that could be produced at a given time.
Special forecast notes Iowa weather for today and tomorrow. Partly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms tonight. Likely east and central portions will be affected Friday with warmer conditions in the east and central areas tonight.
Mrs Ida Bidwell of Wellman and Miss Verne Ashby visit the city and relatives in Keota. Charles R Stearns of Ainsworth and Rose Sampson visit Burlington and Keota. Craig Patterson returns to Ainsworth after a city visit. Morton Malcolm arrives from Albia to visit John Crawford's home. Mrs R H Walker returns from Peoria. Mrs James Caufman travels from Keota then to Brighton aboard No 61. Washington celebrates as Parker Carnival Co. plans a street fair with trains and excursion rates June 29 to July 4.
Mrs. S Joyce of Claremont New Hampshire reports buying Foley's Kidney Remedy a year ago. She says it cured a long standing kidney trouble and calls it grand medicine. Lemmon's Pharmacy endorses the testimonial.
A Japanese merchant describes customs in Japan where high rank ladies serve three years as household domes tics to learn household management after which they may marry only with consent. He notes annual dinners for these women and explains that vacancies drive demand. He also details Japanese chess rules where captured pieces switch sides and can be redeployed for maximum advantage.
A Japanese explorer in New York reveals jiu jitsu as a high craft with ranks kept secret. He recalls two students who tried a prank on a passerby in Tokyo and were defeated by a first class practitioner, later learning they had attacked their own teacher.
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