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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1905
Page
7
A Japanese Waseda University baseball squad touring the United States arrives in San Francisco. The visitors have beaten most Japanese teams, while American clubs find them tougher to defeat. The players wear American uniforms and bring a sharp college yell, making a creditable impression on the diamond.
In a Little Folks tale the aging bears rent a house from Mr. Camel. He demands they move, tears flow as they depart, and the house collapses in a wind. The bears discover the Ager family vacating a fine home and move in to live out their days.
Two miles east of Bearmouth May 27 after he had dynamited the car has been sentenced in district court to fifty years in Deer Lodge penitentiary Fond du Lac Wisconsin. Water continues to rise closing plants and halting transport. The Bowen Manufacturing and O C Steenberg Plants have shut down as water covers engines and ships haul supplies. Senator Doliver of Iowa underwent nasal surgery for an upper nose and eye duct affliction after a severe cold. operation successful.
Louisville June reports an ice river towboat named W. W. Net, after completing an 1800 mile journey without mishap, struck an obstruction at the foot of Eleventh Street near Carrollton. The vessel sank yet the five crew members escaped unharmed. the boat valued at about 1000 dollars.
The forecast lists Illness and Indiana Geneval as fair with fresh northerly winds. Lower Michigan partly cloudy. Wisconsin fair with variable winds. Iowa generally fair with fresh northerly winds.
Chicago Board of Trade quotes show Wheat at July to December near 82% and 81%. Corn ranges around 51% to 60. Pork and Lard prices dip and rise. Hogs receipts about 32,000 and cattle 21,000. cattle and sheep quotations vary with best export lambs at 6.75 to 6.00 and fat cows around 4.00 to 4.25. Dunning Stevens quotes cattle and hogs with firm hog market and mixed cattle values.
A planned marriage at St Marys Roman Catholic church in Rockford collapsed as the bride elect refused to wed. Mrs Catherine Betts had agreed to relinquish her share of Thomas McCormicks estate for 1000 if he died first, then chose a soldier widow pension instead. McCormick amended his offer and friends expect a future ceremony. Also reports from St Paul say Clarence Young attempted to rob a Northern Pacific express car near Philipsburg, Montana.
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