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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1912
Page
8
Convicted horse thief J. Jd. Kinney of Council Bluffs, serving five years, escaped from custody at the state farm north of the city while with Guard Gaston. He is 35, had good prison conduct, and remained at large through Thursday night with two inmates missing in total.
Seven Burlington Boy Scouts led by Scoutmaster O L Chaney plan a ten week bicycle expedition from Burlington to Buffalo Niagara Falls and Washington. They will attend the Republican convention in Chicago as guests of the national committee and visit the White House, with travel by wheel through Canada and the Great Lakes region.
The fly is an agile prolific insect with four feet and a notorious sting. It is a pest pursued by night and by day, living on crumbs and human attention, multiplying with reckless energy and reviving each spring despite centuries of efforts to suppress it. The piece playful
The Missouri River in western Mills county shows a three foot rise in June, likely the annual freshet, cutting banks and endangering the Burlington right of way as the river erodes below a large hole dug weeks earlier.
The Rochester Manufacturing Co of Rochester Minnesota makers of the Bell automatic drive and field gate will move their plant to Marshalltown Iowa. Mr. Bell secured rental free for two years from the Marshalltown club as an incentive. Associated with Mr Bell are BE Williams J S Finkle Fred Hopkins and F G Stewart of this city.
In Clear Lake on June 10, sugar beets planted nearby are flourishing with ample rainfall and moderate temperatures. Growers report clean fields and a notably strong, even growth for this season.
Davenport Iowa June 10 1913 Elks state convention closes with a parade featuring 2500 members and ladies fourteen bands in the procession Burlington chosen as next meeting site.
A sunken rock ripped the bottom of Attorney H. F. Bailey's motor boat in the Iowa river near Iowa City, endangering both Bailey and his brother in law Clayton Eddy of Des Moines. Eddy was badly bruised by a collision with the boat side as they reached shore. Eddy was recovering from prior auto wreck injuries in Des Moines.
Eight women injured and several panic stricken when an electric elevator at Harned & Von Maur department store slipped from the fifth to the first floor at closing time. The operator activated the rope device to avert a crash. Three were hospitalized, others sent home. A defective plate at the top caused the drop.
Sigourney reports the death of Spencer Frey who lived in Texas. A Civil War soldier he entered service at 17 and belonged to Company C, Eighteenth U.S. He was brother to Miss Nancy Frey Mrs. M. Davis and Mrs. P. N. Hardman and is remembered by Sigourney citizens.
Des Moines reports Drake University aims to raise 400000 more by July 1 to secure an 100000 gift from the Rockefeller fund toward an 500000 endowment. Trustees faculty and supporters race to complete the drive with three weeks left and about 260000 already raised.
Orchard owners face unclear causes of a weak fruit yield. S A Beach a horticulture professor from Ames will visit Sioux City June 21 to study conditions. Local growers report only about 55 percent of a crop this year versus 80 percent last year.
The main building of the Oskaloosa college built in 1878 was badly damaged by a Tuesday night fire of unknown origin. The school once led Christian church education west of Chicago and split in 1881 with part of the faculty moving to Des Moines to aid Drake University.
Cedar Rapids Iowa June 10 Dean Charles F Curtiss of Iowa State College told bankers that the United States cannot hold its place among world powers without a complete system of agricultural and industrial education. He cited rural population loss falling school attendance and the need to boost food production as reasons for a nationwide vocational education program in public or special schools.
Farmington public schools have been designated to establish a normal training department under the new state law. The community supports a tax levy for classroom space instructors and equipment. The plan aims to attract students from outside the district and provide practical training for country teachers.
Dubuque witnesses a large army drill with 2000 men from Forts Snelling Sherman Crook and Brady. Soldiers parade through town and conduct maneuvers at Nutwood Park near Sumner Hill overlooking the Mississippi River near the Julien Dubuque tomb. Officers call the experiment a success.
Earl Fair of Waukesha Wisconsin says his stubborn cough did not respond to standard treatment but after using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound less than two bottles produced a complete cure. The ad copy credits Lemmon's Pharmacy for the remedy.
Residents warned that a simple cold can develop into contagious diphtheria bronchitis or pneumonia if neglected. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is promoted as a safe pro seed for coughs and colds with no opiates, available at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Yokohama's fire department is owned by the insurance companies’ association which funds the firemen. Coolies assisting at blazes earn about four cents per hour while the regular firemen and watchmen average seven dollars forty seven cents per month.
A 19th century claim highlights Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts as discovering a roots and herbs remedy for female illnesses. It is marketed as the standard trusted treatment to restore normal female health worldwide.
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