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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1907
Page
8
John Pierson Titcomb, sole surviving officer of the Texas navy, died at his son in law's home in Denver. Titcomb, born in Salem New Hampshire in 1817, had served in the Texas naval forces.
Scores on the diamonds report Chicago games with Pittsburg defeating Philadelphia 5 to 0, Cincinnati beating New York 3 to 2, St. Louis shutting out Brooklyn 1 0, and Chicago beating Boston 3 to 1.
W R Ward of Dyersburg Tennessee testifies that Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic constipation and proves to be a thorough practical remedy. He offers his reference and notes that the product is sold by all druggists.
Port Jervis dispatch reports a bold Sunday kidnapping attempt on Tommy Manwaring Matamoras chief of police. He stopped a car with Under Sheriff Hock and Orange county party. he was tricked into New York state before escaping and vowing pursuit.
August Koehler of Cincinnati plans a seven year round the world wagon journey with his wife and three children. He will tour the United States first to improve health and earn by sign painting. The family built their wagon drawn by a large horse and trained a guard dog named Cash.
A Siasconset correspondent notes 500 acres will be covered with 300 under cultivation by July 1. Work began over two years ago with more than 100 men employed. The bog sits on a swamp by a pond with a pumping station distributing water over the area.
A Washington market reported an exceptionally large head of lettuce nine teen inches in diameter and over three pounds, with thirteen others nearly as large. The shipper managed to pack only fourteen for a barrel, far below the usual forty.
A delegate from every section of the continent attends the opening of the Train Dispatchers Association of America twentieth annual convention in Boston. Sessions to discuss traveler safety and train movement continue today and tomorrow. President Lucius Tuttle of the Boston and Maine Railway welcomes the delegates. James F. Holloren and John S. Mackie respond as association president and secretary.
Two blasts in the Johnson No 1 mine at Priceburg, Virginia, left seven men dead outright and two others seriously injured. The first explosion followed a door tender leaving a door open, igniting gas. The second ignition of accumulated fire damp killed seven and injured another. The dead include William Weisher Frank Burdeck Walter Kilenvige John Rilavage John Dimion and Mike Shiniski. One body was too mangled to identify. Cincinnati reports Roger Bresnahan was hit by a pitched ball for the New York Giants, suffering possible serious injuries.
Explosion of gas severely injured Tivors and burned others as the New York fire hit the Camden Delaware riverfront. The Davis Taird & Co. sawmill and lumber yards suffered total loss estimated at 100000 dollars. Association scores listed for baseball games and a Maine judge, Charles Fuller Woodward, is dead in Bangor at age 59.
Train side was disturbed by a pick left on the track as an express from Pennsylvania crashed through Wayne Pennsylvania. The impact caused ballast stones to rain down onto the platform windows were broken and several bystanders were bruised but none seriously hurt.
The world’s largest cranberry bog is being established just outside Slasconset Mass. The project aims to create a vast cultivo area and expand regional fruit production. When completed it will attract visitors and boost local agriculture.
Local government news notes Mayor Schmitz removed from office in San Francisco and Supervisor Gallagher named as acting mayor pro tem. Other items report on Hague conference talk prospects, a Denver public lands convention in session, a quiet Russia with mutiny at Black Sea points, and an attempted killing of Admiral. Ambassador Aoki recalled reports dismissed by Tokyo officials.
Captain Mae Cafferty of the New York Detective Bureau confirms the arrest in Liverpool of a man believed to be John Merridean, an Armenian suspect in the murder of Father Kasper Vartanian. Extradition proceedings will begin. The priest’s body was found in a trunk in a West Side tenement. Wide distribution of descriptions was sent worldwide, including to England and Canada.
The Railway Police association of New York and New Jersey railroad police forces organizes to curb tramp trespass and theft. The New York Central Railroad alone recovered 20000 pounds in stolen merchandise last year.
The Wisconsin senate approved by 15 to 10 a bill backing the uniteria divorce law from the Philadelphia convention. A referendum on women's suffrage was ordered to engrossment. The assembly passed a bill to establish a binding twine plant at the state prison.
Official forecast notes increasing cloudiness and possible showers across the region. Illinois and Wisconsin expect cooler conditions with unsettled trends. Indiana and Michigan show more clouds and possible showers with northerly winds. Iowa remains generally fair but cooler in the east.
Quotations for Wheat Oats Pork and Lard with July September and cash prices across wheat oats corn and live stock sectors. Receipts and bid ranges for hogs cattle and sheep noted with regional prices from East Buffalo reflecting market strength in hogs and mixed trends in cattle and lambs.
John Garrett of North Mills North Carolina reports a sore healed after using Titr Buckien Arnica Salve. He says the remedy, guaranteed for piles burns and similar ailments, cured his long stubborn sore and made him a happy man.
The letter from Geo H Parris of Cedar Grove Maine claims Electri Bitters cured his liver and kidney troubles after prior failures. He says the first bottle helped and three bottles completed the cure. Stewart's Pharmacy guarantees the remedy as best for stomach liver and kidney issues at 50 cents.
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