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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1906
Page
4
The body of Henry Rubiman of Chicago, missing from his summer home, was found in a ship canal at Benton Harbor. Bruising on the head and chest suggests death prior to immersion. A coroner's jury will hold an inquest.
Washington the 9 Miss Ethel and Master Quentin Roosevelt leave for Oyster Kay for the summer. They travel with two maids. Master Archie Roosevelt is at Sagamore HAN and will be joined soon by brothers Theodore Jr at Plarvard and Kermit at Groton School.
The National League of Women’s Organizations urged Reed Smoot of Utah be denied his United States Senate seat. The special meeting in this city was presided over by Mrs Frederick Rieboff of Philadelphia who heads the Mothers’ Congress.
One week after her husband died Mrs. Fred Erie consumed carbolic acid and attempted further self harm after a series of failed suicides. Grief is believed to have unhinged her reason in this Waukegan Illinois case dated June 9.
The case of Ferdinand Borges, charged with larceny and conspiracy, has been given to the jury in Boston. The jury will consider each of the 126 counts of larceny separately.
In Bloomington TL a government search seeks Henry E F Chestnut reported abducted six years ago after leaving a train. Chestnut, brother of Eleanor Chestnut, sister of a missionary killed in China last year, vanished while en route to a hospital. The case drives a settlement of claims.
In Walpack Center New Jersey a house fire killed three occupants while they slept. Mrs Samuel Garrison 50 Mrs Jacob Emery 80 and Mrs Garrison's 12 year old daughter perished in the blaze and the cause remains unknown.
Paris Indiana tonight baseball night games draw strong public interest. The Cherokee Indian club inspired local management to buy a lighting plant and plan a series of summer night games.
The Haecural palace in Toledo Spain is famed as the eighth wonder. It features 1800 rooms 6200 windows and doors 80 staircases 73 fountains 48 wine cellars organs and 1 bell. Its circumference spans about 2800 feet and it was dedicated to Saint Lorenzo with foundations laid to resemble a griddle.
In Pella Iowa on June 9 President L A Garrison of Central University said Andrew Carnegie would donate 20000 toward a permanent endowment if 40000 more is raised. Friends had already pledged about 20000, ensuring the Carnegie gift. The year saw an athletic field opening a new building Jordan Hall of natural science and 3500 raised for a president house.
Crazed by health and nervous prostration, Will Lowe, a respected Letts citizen, committed death by own action yesterday by hanging in his haymow three miles west of Letts. He had been ill for some time, with despondency of recent origin.
George Demery of Morse, Iowa, faced a warrant for attempted murder after hotel proprietor Mrs. Catherine Walsh alleged he fired a revolver twice and threatened to blast the Morse hotel with dynamite. He was brought to Iowa City for a hearing on prior drunkenness when the new charge emerged.
Most Worshipful Grand Master W. P. Cleveland appoints officers including J. L. Bills deputy grand master Davenport No. 37 and S. R. J. Hoyt grand chaplain Har lan No. 31. Also listed are C. B. Wheipley Cedar Rapids No. 25 and others with lodge associations. Brown Candy Kitchen offers Yankee peanut candy at 10c a pound.
The defeated side will entertain the camp next Tuesday at s o'clock at the M R Meek home on the Heights. All members and spouses invited. Pupils from Spread Eagle School with Miss Beulah Stewart and Glendale School with Miss Mary Rohrer held a picnic at Glendale School yesterday visited by Living Lake pupils. After dinner an excellent program was rendered about eighty attended and called it enjoyable.
The Rock Island ticket office relocated from the ladies waiting room to a new enlarged space. Agent Russell and operators Ed Anangst and Jk Wright oversee a single window, new floor, ceiling, and fresh paint making the station neat and respectable.
Sunday school at 9:50, morning worship at 11 with Living Love. Junior and Senior B Y P U gather, 6 30 p m. Evening worship at 7 50 with The Light of the World.
Morning service at 11 with subject A Report of the General Assembly. Evening service at 7 with preaching by Rev. W. G. Robertson. Other church services at regular hours.
Sabbath School at 9 40. Morning service at 10 30. Children day program by the Sabbath school. Junior Endeavor at 4. Senior Endeavor at 6 50. Evening service at 7 30.
The notice lists Sunday schedule: Sunday school 9:30, classes 10:50, morning service 1 with children's day program by primary and intermediate departments, Junior League 4:30, Epworth League 6:15, evening service 7:30 by the pastor. Third quarterly conference Monday evening. All congregation invited to attend.
Sunday school at 9:45 with morning service at 11 on Is the Universe Including Man Evolved by Atomic Force. Golden text Isaiah 6:25. Wednesday evening meeting at 7:50.
The notice states preaching services as usual at 11 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. Regular services occur at the usual hours.
Regular services will be held both morning and evening with preaching by Rev. D. L. McNary of Rock Island at 11.
Rob Stewart arrived from Davenport on business. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gardner near We map yesterday. Baptist church day exercises postponed for one week. Misses Omi Funston Ella McCreedy from Ainsworth shopped here. Miss Mary Grassel returned from Bethany Missouri. Miss Etta Maxwell arrived from Wheatland Iowa to visit her mother. Mrs Richard Hughes arrived from Columbus Junction to visit her parents.
The Lutine bell, from the Latine wreck near the Zuyder Zee, was kept at Lloyds London to announce overdue vessel arrivals. The bell rang to signal silence as the crier proclaimed a safe arrival, after Lloyds recovered over £20,000 from a Dutch salvaging agreement following wartime bullion shipments.
A Guide to selecting tan bark cow leather greased weekly with tallow fat for long lasting shoes. Oil shoes at least twice monthly and change pairs frequently if affordable for foot comfort. Proper fit and careful footwear keep feet from tiring during long walks. Milwaukee Wisconsin.
A Holborn pawnbroker lent 100 on a fine horse later ridden by a daughter until redemption. Another broker held a medical chest of poisons potent enough to kill 10 000 men, noted as a valuable deposit. A Kensington pawnbroker lent on autographs of dead celebrities.
Brown's Candy Kitchen advertises peanut bars at 5c a pound. Local residents Anna Rehmer Grace Hill and Mrs Will Fitzwilliam are reported visiting in Washington and Keota respectively. Joe Campie from Ottumwa arrived for friends visit while Abe Swift travels to Iowa City due to George Swift’s illness. Agnes Stewart heads to Chicago for missionary work and Keokuk residents A E Martin and Mildred Strimback visit K A L Courtright for a few days.
A persuasive advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier and tonic that strengthens the stomach liver and kidneys. It claims to cure liver and kidney troubles and to produce rich red blood, while noting it contains no alcohol or habit forming drugs and features endorsements from medical authorities. It promotes free excerpts and lists accompanying works and a medical adviser.
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