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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1906
Page
8
Auctioneers will sell Mrs Casale J Chad’s exempt personal effects at public sale on June 18. Nearly 300 to 400 dresses plus elaborate satins and fur garments will be offered, along with Verni Martin cabinets and bedsteads. Proceeds aim to pay debts from her trial and imprisonment.
June 18 Mount Sterling Kentucky report says a baseball game at Grassy Lock county scene ended in a deadly brawl. John Karrich age 19 struck BB Puckett with a bat, crushing his skull and fatally injuring him. Puckett’s elder brother then attacked Karrich with a bat, leaving him gravely injured.
Washington June 18 the senate spent the day debating a bill to incorporate a ship canal linking Lake Erie to the Ohio River and adjourned without action. Knox Nelson and Lafollette spoke amid charges of speculation and over capitalization. The house then passed 120 to 82 a resolution for purchasing material and equipment for Panama canal construction unless bids are extortionate, as part of the sundry civil appropriation bill totaling 94 587 070 dollars with 26 million for the canal.
In Rapids Mich on June 1 Ren Volger attempted to pocket a stick of phosphorus which ignited his clothing. Tolger, realizing water alone could extinguish the flame, plunged into the canal though unable to swim and was retrieved already dead.
The Salt Lake Tribune building upper floors gutted by fire destroying editorial and mechanical departments, library, and printing equipment. The Evening Telegram will print using Tribune machinery, affecting both papers.
Scores from the weekend show the National League matchups with New York edging St Louis 11 to 2 in New York and Cincinnati defeating Boston 8 to 4 in Boston. American League results include New York over Detroit 6 to 2 and Chicago over Boston 6 to 0, with extra innings in St Louis Washington 5 ten innings. Association play features Indianapolis Milwaukee a 1 1 draw and Milwaukee 8 Indianapolis in the second game, plus Toledo Minnesota 4 5. Western Saturday reports Sioux City Dex Moines 7 3 and Pueblo 8 7.
A nostalgic column traces word origins from haberdasher to silhouette and exchequer, noting Captain Andrew Robinson’s schooner naming tale, Paris wits mocking silhouette, and a Lilith based lullaby passed into common speech. The piece blends etymology with maritime and cultural anecdotes.
An interior New York decorator cites extreme wealth displays to counter claims that Zola overdid luxury. Examples include antique marble columns bought and partly destroyed, costly Aubusson carpets, ivory inlay chairs, a pricey piano, and lavish yacht and automobile expenses. The piece notes luxury varies by city and era.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt ponders daily frictions and ironies. Why do cleaning of windows trigger rain, lateness when hosts are out, unhelpful dress readiness for visitors, taste versus wealth, Saturday leaks before a plumber, and postpurchase regrets.
In the conduct of the police department in an English city we find a striking comparison with our Amer. The piece contrasts policing styles and civic accountability, highlighting differences in authority, procedure, and public response across two national contexts.
Paris Figaro recalls chauffeurs before cars, noting 1795 masked intruders entered farms at night, garroted victims, tortured them by burning soles of their feet near a fire, and demanded money and jewels, giving rise to the term chauffeurs feared by grandmothers.
A prominent Wall Street broker recalls a near disaster when a client lit a cigar and a match ignited a wastebasket under the broker’s desk. He heard the blaze after answering a telephoned alarm and says a quick‑thinking boy who saw it should be found.
A round nine inch diameter hole in a granite monument nine miles from City of Mexico is described as a safety valve named locally Pin to. The opening shows human workmanship and has emitted hot air and smoke for about 800 years, though the man who made it did not drill or polish it.
A fragmentary Emerson quotation reflects on strength and ambition shaping opportunity. It contrasts feeble vision with a strong person who perceives potential wealth and property, claiming the eye of the strong creates estates as quickly as the sun creates clouds.
A Sunday school teacher recalls asking a boy how many apostles there were and receiving a comical answer, “a dozen or sol.” The moment illustrates how language slips can cause humor in class.
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