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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1910
Page
8
A 65 percent stand crop bulletin signals Iowa corn yields will likely be below the long term average. Officials note uneven germination and later planting reduce potential, with moisture and heat stress contributing to weaker stands across counties.
A man in Connell is found dead under mysterious circumstances. authorities report an apparent poisoning. In Atlantic a Boone man is killed by a train, with investigators examining rail and incident records for motive and timeline.
Cedar Falls honors three hundred graduates in a event noted with other regional news. The Des Moines report describes a cool dry week with below normal temperatures, limited rainfall, and insufficient sun, hindering crops like corn oats rye and hay.
The Chicago Tribune recalls Assistant Corporation Counsel Frank Johnston, a Mississippi native, visiting Springfield with Redfield. In a Leland suit scene, Johnston jokes with Black waiters about being born near Ripley Mississippi, slipping into mint julep favors and sharing nostalgic links to Ripley and nearby areas.
H H Morton a cigar salesman for McCord Brady Co of Omaha died after drinking Hunyadi water laced with formaldehyde at a local drug store in Atlantic. He had recently moved from New York to work for the company. He leaves a wife in Council Bluffs and relatives in Louisville. Coroner's inquest could not fix blame.
William Wrapp, just married two months, was fatally struck by a fast mail train on the Northwestern road while out driving near Boone yesterday morning. He died instantly.
Cedar Falls June 8 commencement exercises for State Teachers College proceed with a class of over three hundred presented to the board for graduation this morning. The summer term begins June 18 and lasts six weeks with several new teacher appointments made by the board including John Barnes Cornell college Mount Vernon to succeed Tompkins, R McKittrek Madison Wis in political science, H E B Wheeler Shenandoah to lead summer society work, and Bruce Francis Cedar Falls as substitute for W H Bender in the training school while Bender lectures in Europe.
The Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern electric interurban serving Des Moines Boone Ames and Fort Dodge Iowa failed to meet obligations or sell bonds and was placed in insolvency last week with liabilities of 3 million dollars.
Work began Monday on a new front for the L. R. Robinson building east side, housing the C. S. Lemmon jewelry store. The facade will remove two side doors, add a central door, echoing the J. A. Workshoe store, and expand display space improving appearance and access. Interior changes also update the optical room at the rear for better convenience.
Mrs. Matilda M. Chesbrough of Newton Massachusetts was fined five thousand dollars by Judge Relstab for smuggling in the United States district court. The judge said mercy during sentencing was not warranted and noted a goal to curb embezzling by wealthy tourists. Counsel appealed the conviction to the United States court of appeals.
An election is ordered for the office of Second Lieutenant of Company DD I N G to be held at the Armory on June 9 from 8 to 10 p.m. All members are advised to attend. Pollock J Wallace Captain.
In Jeffersonville Indiana a baboon being displayed on stage suddenly attacked its trainer. The enraged animal tore the man's arms and severed two arteries before help arrived. Police and theater staff attended to the injured trainer.
Propagandist offer promises ten beautiful colored post cards without advertising to 100 Journal readers. Recipient must mail a two cent stamp to Rochester New York to receive the free assortment. The note touts high grade ecards at manufacturer prices and asks for no payment beyond postage.
An old notice promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the quickest, surest healer for wounds from knives guns nails or fireworks and for burns boils sores eruptions eczema chapped hands and piles. Sold for 25 cents at J. B. Lemmon Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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