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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1912
Page
5
Local notes list Fox and Dewey in town on business, Dr Luella Shaw at Congress hotel, Carl Hedges in Davenport, Ruth Simmerman visiting from St Paul, and many others visiting relatives, attending sales, or buying goods. Mentions sewing machines, plastering, medical grads, a lodge ice cream social and a motor cycle accident visit by Rev K I Coon.
Evelyn and Jack hear a story about King Arthur and Merlin. A goblin tests Arthur with repeated visits until the king finally wrestles it and learns the motto Never put off a task till tomorrow that can be done as well today.
Notice announces incorporation of Washington Loan and Trust Company in Washington Iowa. It names initial directors F R Sage Chas H Keck and R S Dix, sets capital at 50000 with 20000 subscribed, outlines purposes including loans and trusts, and specifies annual meeting date and officer roles.
Prof Birkeland of Christiania argues Saturn’s rings form from electric radiation emitted by the planet and are renewed every instant, offering a fresh theory for the origin and persistence of the rings.
A quoted excerpt from the Exchange notes a modern child, aware of current events, would often regard its parent as an intolerable nuisance. The remark reflects evolving attitudes toward authority.
Census data explain rising costs by comparing 1800 to 1909 outputs. Population grew 21 percent while per capita cereal production fell. Total crop value reached about 4.5 billion dollars with corn, hay, cotton, wheat, and oats leading by acre and value.
Mayor Gaynor appoints a 32 member committee to plan a Titanic memorial in New York City. Members include General Tasker Bliss Joseph Choate J. P. Morgan Jr. Walter Damrosch J. P. Morgan Jr. George Gould Walter Damrosch and other prominent leaders.
Yale’s corporation referred the plan to erect a Nathan Hale statue on the New Haven campus to the memorials committee. The eight year dispute involves models by Saint Gaudens Partridge and now Bela Pratt of Boston with funds pledged by graduates.
The U S gunboat Yorktown from Dewey's Manila raid has been placed out of commission at Mare Island Navy Yard. It may be sold to Central or South American states with Mexico also reportedly bidding. Yorktown, commanded by the late Admiral Robley D Evans at Valparaiso in 1891, helped secure a swift settlement of that Chile dispute through its diplomacy and guns.
The Cornell trustees vote to establish the Jacob H. Schiff fellowship in German worth 500 dollars and a Schiff nonresident lectureship to promote German culture. The lectureship will likely be filled in 1912 12 and extend over one term. The endowment was donated by New York financier Jacob H Schiff as a New Year’s gift with no restrictions beyond its purpose.
An inquest at Stockport England found death due to blood poisoning arising from a slight scratch on the nose caused by a woman's hatpin.
The piece lampoons beefsteak culture and meat trade by exaggerating the age and condition of cattle, the price and handling of beef, and the imagined effects on national character. It skewers packers and consumption with absurd assertions about preparation, fermentation, and bizarre serving methods.
W F Brinton learns of the death of his cousin Homer By of Elsworth Iowa from Bright's disease after a period of illness. The funeral occurs in Elsworth with interment planned in Pittsburgh. The deceased was president of the American Life Insurance Co Des Moines owned 2000 acres in Elsworth 100 acres in Pittsburgh and served two terms in the Iowa legislature. He was a millionaire and stockholders include Major Latta Ralph Dougherty in the company. He leaves a wife and four daughters.
Bishop Davis of Davenport will dedicate the new St James Catholic church at nine o clock with Father Shanahan delivering the sermon. About 125 children will be confirmed after mass and a procession will move from the school to the church. Special music and a large attendance are anticipated before the bishop departs to dedicate a parochial school in Richmond. The building seats five hundred and cost about 14000 dollars with remaining debt around 1500 dollars.
Three year old black Shetland pony gentle for children to ride or drive. One fresh cow three years old giving five gallons of milk daily. One rubber tired survey and one rubber tired single seated buggy. CHAS BROWN.
The What I Can Society of the Baptist church will host an ice cream and strawberry social on the Frank Creath lawn formerly the C C Long residence two blocks north of the square on North Marion avenue next Tuesday evening June 11 1912. Music and a good time promised. everyone invited.
The A MOM Sunday school will hold Children’s Day exercises at 2 30 P M All classes will participate and perform a fine program Everyone is invited to attend.
The A. O. U. W. will hold a decoration meeting at its hall on Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock.
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