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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1911
Page
1
President attends the wedding anniversary of a nephew as reports indicate partisan factions are being rooted out. Details reveal political tensions influencing family events and official roles.
Cincinnati jury declares Edgar S Cooke not guilty of embezzling 24000 from the Big Four railroad after a rapid verdict. Judge Hunt urged the jury to weigh whether Cooke acted as agent or employee, possessed the funds, or benefited personally from the alleged theft. The trial lasted a single day with Cooke largely testifying.
Washington June 19 Postmaster General Hitchcock says railroads differ in profit from mail service with trunk lines earning excess compensation while smaller roads lose money. Government readjustment aims to a six percent profit for roads and new rate scales to save about $9 million annually and hasten penny postage.
LA Times column by Harrison Gray Otis portrays a prominent critic of Roosevelt, outlining sharp rebukes and the political tensions of the era. The piece highlights the critic’s arguments and the newspaper’s stance in the public debate.
Washington woke to Taft’s Silver Wedding at the White House with 1000 guests planned. Electric illuminations would outline the historic mansion while the Marine Band played on the lawn and the east room. vast silver gifts from Senate, House, and diplomats lined the red room as the celebration prepared.
Fifty thousand suffragettes marched through London while King and Queen preside over coronation festivities. Britons show little political interest as royal events dominate. Rumors of U S Senate corruption probes and a high bond sale add global chatter. Mrs Marié KE Schuler, 86, heir to the late William Marsh Rice, dies at Oak Park home.
Raymond Juday seventeen son of Mr and Mrs Martin Juday of Elkhart was fatally injured while helping lift a sheep from an abandoned well at his grandparents home near Syracuse. The derrick crank slipped striking him on the head causing concussion of the brain.
Indianapolis reports detective W. J. Burns and James Hossick of Los Angeles were indicted for kidnapping John J. McNamara, secretary of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. McNamara faces conspiracy to dynamite charges tied to the Los Angeles Times building blast.
A passing engine sparks Cinderg fire that ignites an eighty foot trestle on the Evansville and Indianapolis line, burning the structure completely between Washington and Worthington, Indiana.
Bloomington reports Joseph Perry a notable Piper City resident died by cutting his throat. No motive or cause given for the act.
The text argues that nature can cure sickness if we stop overloading the stomach with indigestible mixtures. It likens dietary excess to clutter that restricts nature’s repair work and suggests simple foods like apples lettuce and strawberries aid anemia while proper eating reduces the need for drastic spring remedies.
Yale 78 president and Skull and Bones members were invited along with cabinet officials and families. Congress and press leaders, prominent clergy from across parties, Republican committee members, federal judges, and hundreds of friends nationwide were invited to attend.
June 19 marks a noted event as Colonel Smith and the Thirteenth New York volunteers tore up Confederate envelopes and pictures of President Davis, eliciting excitement in the city over this wartime gesture and act of defiance.
Milan Italy marked the death of Hobart Pasha once a British navy officer and later an admiral in the Turkish navy a noted hero of the Russo Turkish war Henry Ward Beecher commented on Europe in the wake of his passing
J Proctor Knott longtime Kentucky statesman died Sunday at 6 pm surrounded by lifelong friends. He served in Congress and was a former governor, passing in his eighty second year.
Terre Haute Indiana June 1 a two year old boy son of Richard Jover was scalded to death when he pulled a pot of boiling coffee from a stove. The incident highlights dangers in the home kitchen.
Crown Prince Alexander of Servia is set to attend and participate in the upcoming coronation, signaling the continuation of royal succession. The ceremony will mark a pivotal moment for the monarchy as the heir apparent steps into a ceremonial leadership role amid evolving national affairs.
Chicago police chase ends when fugitive Bon Moncuse is shot in the leg after smashing a plate glass window at the Jackson Jewelry Company on North State Street. He fled with thirty wedding rings, claiming to hail from Denver and age twenty one.
Weather forecast notes Indiana fair today with showers in the extreme south, slightly warmer. Tomorrow expected to be fair and warmer with light to moderate variable winds. Mind forecast also calls for fair today slightly warmer in western and southern portions, fair and warmer tomorrow with light to moderate variable winds.
Christian Miller eighty one the owner of hundreds of acres and an independent fortune was killed on the Leinois Central tracks while picking up coal. His impaired hearing masked the whistle of the Illinois Central Flyer as the train bore down. He died instantly.
The Mexican government under President Madero plans a rapid purge of Cientifico leadership from the Mexican National Railways board. A rigid audit of contractor and treasury accounts is ordered to curb British backed interests. Rumors tie Pearson interests to a shifting plan involving Gates and Gulf refineries.
Indianapolis reports a clash between civic organizations planning a safe and sane Fourth celebration and railroad Brotherhood men staging a train demonstration at the fair grounds. Both seek the president’s attendance, charge admission, and fund expenses or private gain, with telegrams and letters flying to Washington as the president weighs which fete to attend.
In Tampa on June 1 preparations for a regulation Spanish style bull fight were halted as authorities would not permit the exhibition. Governor Gilchrist has appealed and will take steps to ensure the law is followed. The event was to be suppressed under cruelty to animals statutes.
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