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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1905
Page
2
Cedar Rapids hosts the annual United Commercial Travelers meeting with 600 delegates. A committee visits the Sinclair home as a potential site for the new orphans home, with Des Moines favored for affordability. decision expected today.
Davenport officials J A Hanley Dr Fred Lambach and County Clerk William Gruenwald return from Mount Pleasant hospital inspection and mail a report to the state board of control urging more varied and larger meals for patients. They urge clear distinction between charity patients and those with criminal backgrounds.
Des Moines June 10 officers chosen by the Iowa State Bankers association at its Des Moines convention. President D H McKee Mediapolis. Vice President John J Large Rockville. Treasurer J T Brooks Hedrick. Secretary J M Dinwiddie Cedar Rapids. Retiring President Ackley Hubbard of Shineer named as delegate to the national convention. Cedar Rapids to host next year.
A local advertisement claims deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh. It asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure can restore hearing in most cases, offering a $100 reward for an uncured instance and directing readers to send for free circulars.
June 10 report from Chicago says the international strike negotiations proceed while crowds diminish. Strike leader Shea is summoned to Wheaton for testimony in a case linked to the 1848 A I A dispute. Employers show rigidity as Rend nears breaking with truck drivers. unions push for a general settlement under the motto Each for All and All for Each.
In Des Moines a late filed appeal halted the planned execution of Charles Rocker of Rock Rapids for murder. He had been scheduled to die at Anamosa, but a last minute appeal stopped the hanging just before the time. Rocker killed his former wife’s husband.
In ten minutes heavy rain flooded Livingston Montana, destroying about $50,000 in property. A four foot high wall of water swept the valley, washed out tracks, and widened to 1,000 feet across at the station, submerging perishables in Casements.
LaCrosse Wisconsin on June 10 reports the Mississippi River rising rapidly toward the danger point. A large LaCrosse factory district area faces imminent flooding and evacuation risk as water levels approach critical height.
Scores from the Chicago and American leagues list Chicago 8 over Boston in ten innings and Philadelphia 3 over Chicago 2 in fourteen. other intercity games include St Louis 7 Philadelphia 2 and Cincinnati 14 over Brooklyn 2. The report also notes denials of cabinet rearrangement rumors, Roosevelt visiting a Virginia farm, a window glass manufacturers meeting in Columbus, and the International Cotton Congress moving to Germany in 1906.
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