This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 26 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1907
Page
8
If you will make inquiry it will be a revelation to you how many succumb to kidney or bladder troubles in one form or another. If the patient is not beyond medical aid Foley's Kidney Cure will cure. It never disappoints. Sold by all drug gists.
President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard says Roosevelt did not intend to be an official Harvard appointee after his term ends. Eliot notes Roosevelt meant rejoining alumni work rather than joining the corporation or board of overseers.
A double funeral was held for Dr. Chester J. Thacher a Chicago physician and Babi faith leader in New York. The service mixed Oriental Babi rites with a Protestant Episcopal funeral at the request of relatives in Chicago and this city. Dr Fielding J. Thacher and Mrs J A Cozzins attended, as did W J Toomeey, who traveled from Chicago via a world tour and arrived May 15.
In Denver on June 5 a temporary injunction was issued by District Judge George Allen at the request of Mrs Jessie Falkenburg Fallis, daughter of F A Falkenburg founder of the Woodmen of the World. She alleges I I Boak, head camp consul, took charge of a $1000 subscription and contracted for land and monument costing that sum.
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld the Cuyahoga County Circuit Court decision in favor of the Cleveland Consolidated Railway Company and against the city of Cleveland. The ruling validates the streetcar franchises on Erie and Central avenues, knocking out low fare rights in the Consolidated Railway case.
Paris dispatches report that local seamen organizations largely back the delegates' call to end the strike, though strong minorities in many ports favor continuation of the stoppage.
Following a mass meeting of trade unionists in Birmingham President J E Jacobs of the Trade Council issued an order declaring off the general strike in sympathy with the locked out street car employees.
In Anderson Indiana Harry Irvin, 26, is in serious condition after being stabbed about the chest and cut about the face and back by Charles Huden who is jailed Irvin cannot be removed from his home as of June 5.
The entire West Point corps of cadets shipped to the Jamestown Exposition. Nelson A. McClary of Chicago elected president general of the Denver based Sons of the American Revolution. New York Assembly passes public utilities bill over veto by Mayor MacClellan. Chicago and Alton Railroad declares 2 1 2 percent semiannual dividend on preferred stock. Terrorists in Lodz Poland bomb police officials, killing two detectives and wounding about six others.
New York June 5 Leslie M Shaw former treasury secretary may lead a 50 million dollar banking merger. The Carnegie Trust company fronts the plan with Shaw as head. resources of the three firms would reach the stated total. Officers would not comment while negotiations reach a serious stage.
Insurgent Chinese forces chief issues a broadcast urging popular backing and urging restraint while continuing guerrilla tactics. The uprising date remains set for June 24 following an attack on officials at Juan. In Shanghai the Canton vice regal reports suppression of disorders at Lien Chow and Pakhol with all missionaries safe.
A lighted candle left burning on a bureau caused a fatal house fire that suffocated 70 year old John H. Martin. Another fire leveled the Northeastern Phonograph building at 42 North Eighth Street, badly damaging the H. B. Warne and Daniels Millinery stores, with about 75000 dollars in damage.
Official forecast up to 8 pm calls for generally fair conditions across Illinois Indiana and Iowa with cooler temperatures. Michigan and Wisconsin see fair to cool conditions with brisk northwest winds and cooler air.
Quotations from the Chicago Board of Trade show mixed grain prices with July wheat at 96 3 4 to 97 cents, corn near 53 to 54 cents, oats around 38 to 44 cents, and livestock values for hogs cattle and sheep listed. East Buffalo market notes steady to firm hogs at 6.65 to 6.75, lambs up to 9.10, and cattle receipts light with prices outlined.
A New Jersey grower advises using young plants from new beds rather than old fruiting bushes. He outlines two planting methods five feet apart or one foot apart in narrow rows, plus tips on spacing, cultivation, and keeping rows straight and weed free for healthy yields.
The King Edward strawberry introduced in 1905 is described as large bluntly conical and uniform with a bright crimson color when mature. It is fresh light in color firm and fine grained with a mild sweet flavor. Flowers are perfect.
The report outlines bloom dates from May 7 to May 21 with fruiting from June 9 to June 28. Peak picking occurs June 15 to 28, including a largest single yield of three and a half quarts on June 18. Total season yield is eleven and a half quarts. Plants are large and vigorous, forming a long fruiting row. Originating in Holmes county Ohio, the variety shows strong performance again this season.
The article discusses raspberry bush supports using stakes and twine or posts with wires, noting wind damage, cost, and inefficiency of some methods. It endorses a simple cheap method: encircling each clump with strong twine to train canes, tying above limbs to stabilize growth and enable canes to brace each other against wind.
A Country Gentleman writer explains trimming a geranium stem and burying the lower half in pot soil to root slips. Keep soil from drying, and in warm weather each slip will grow quickly, often flowering soon after rooting.
Cut back the monthly rose bushes when the first blossoms wither to encourage a second growth. The blooms always appear on the new growth as noted by R. R. in American Agriculturist.
A. A. Herren of Finch Ark endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as the best cough cold and lung remedy. He claims it cured consumption in early stages and reports universal satisfaction among users. Sold by all druggists.
Home made cloth balls absorb grease using fuller's earth lemon juice and pearlash mixed into a thick paste. Form into small balls dry in the sun then use by moistening stained fabric with warm water and rubbing with the balls before drying or washing out the powder.
An authority recommends using turpentine mixed with strong alcohol in a final rinse. Mix one part turpentine to three parts alcohol and add a tablespoon of the mixture to the final rinse water. Immerse the garments, wring them, and dry in the open air.
An advertisement offers a free trial package of Dr Shoop's Headache Tablets claiming they relieve pain by reducing blood pressure. It instructs readers to mail to Racine Wisconsin and notes J H Stewart in Peoria sells them. Eddie Tate, the burglar, is slated for Peoria county grand jury and may be linked to a January theft of forged scrip and valuable items from a school vault, with Chicago officers expected to testify.
Customs reports reveal reduced imports of luxury goods in May. Colonel Fowler notes precious pearls valued at 2,986 dollars versus 4,021,405 a year prior, and 126 automobiles worth 409,924 dollars imported in May compared with 14 cars totaling 466,230 dollars the same month last year.
A Cedar Grove Maine resident praises Electric Bitters in a letter saying after suffering liver and kidney trouble he found relief from the first bottle and complete cure after three bottles. Stewart's Pharmacy advertises the stomach liver and kidney remedy for 50 cents.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.