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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1905
Page
2
Des Moines reports a warm week ending June 14 aiding corn and crops. Heavy rains caused damage in the Mississippi valley while overall corn, small grains, clover and hay crops show strong growth. apples look promising in the north, partial yield in the south.
Elmer Coombs drove swam and walked fifty five miles from Exline to Ottumwa to wed Myra Moon. Rail lines were washed out and a handcar was used for the final leg reaching the ceremony at 12:30 a.m. Sabbath. Coombs had tried to charter a train but was refused.
Fort Dodge Mayor Benett enforces a no work no eats rule to keep tramps out. Citizens report arrivals. patrol wagon captures offenders, fines them, or orders street work. A guarded, shackled route for offenders deters travel and earns the city a nationwide reputation.
Ames Iowa June 14 at a meeting of the board of trustees the degree of bachelor of agricultural engineering was voted for students completing a prescribed course. Graduates from engineering or agricultural fields are eligible after one year of advanced work. Forty nine agricultural students earned four year certificates in animal husbandry agronomy dairying and horticulture with five earning advanced degrees. Muscatine flood situation not alarming the Mississippi receded slowly with bottom lands inundated. local rise two feet in thirty six hours.
An advertisement claims deafness arises from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure nine of ten cases caused by catarrh. It offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure and promotes hall's Family Pills for constipation.
In Cedar Rapids on June 14, Rl ex Alexander and Arthur Bingham were killed on Milwaukee tracks near Marion while trying to walk from Chicago to California. Exhausted and sleeping on the wet grass, they refused to move as a train struck them, killing Alexander and fatally injuring Bingham, who later died at the hospital.
Des Moines reports the state Sunday Schools count 387637 in attendance from a house to house canvass. The tally includes 45867 officers and teachers and a cradle roll of 12212, limited to Protestant Evangelical churches. The data will feed national Sunday School and interior department religious work reports.
Postmaster General Cortelyou issues a general order urging strict enforcement of the anti lottery law by postmasters and other postal employees. The order prohibits endless chain enterprises and gift concerns offering prizes by chance including guessing or estimating contests, drawings, and raffles for private gain or charitable purposes.
A prominent lawyer urges fellow smokers to switch to Wadsworth Bros. Chicos cigars after a positive experience at J. E. Lemmon's. He notes he now purchases only these Havana tobacco cigars, claiming better quality than pricier options.
160 acres four miles from county seat and 246 miles from town of 300 population. No waste land with black soil suitable for corn oats or wheat. Good improvements include a seven room house barn tool sheds hog houses chicken houses all newly painted two wells and two cisterns. Price 40 dollars per acre. See Edw A Swift office with L D Higgins Co Swift Bldg upstairs 2 3
A called meeting of the O. E. 8 is scheduled for Thursday evening June 15 for work. By order of Worthy Matron.
Advertisement notes loans offered by H. Butterfield to borrow 850000 at 5 percent and 25000 at a percent. agency details imply secured farm land lending with unspecified second rate.
C F Collier of Cherokee Iowa credits Electric Bitters with curing a severe kidney ailment. He suffered chronic backache headache and low mood and could not sit without a cushion. He reports full restoration of health by the tonic and recommends it for weak kidneys liver or stomach. Guaranteed by J Stewart Drugist. Price 80e.
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