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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1907
Page
3
Grandma Gilbert tells a children's tale about a family drying apples for sale and attempting a flying experiment with homemade feather wings. Cyrus, Doris, Ezra, Tom, and the narrator react with curiosity as they prepare in the orchard shed above the drying apples.
Grandmother recalls a childhood plan to dry apples on the shed roof aided by homemade turkey wing wings. The four children rise at once on cue, push off with force, topple the shed, and spill the apples. They are scolded and must wash, string, and dry every apple as punishment, then leave flying to birds.
A $5000 reward is posted for the arrest and conviction of two men over the murder of Julius T. Rosenheimer, president of the London Needle Company, at his Pelham home. Pelham and Mount Vernon police have detained two suspects who cannot explain their movements but are not believed linked to the crime. Rosenheimer was attacked on a secluded path on his grounds, with a small sledge hammer suspected as the weapon.
The Hague session lasted an hour with unanimous approval of publicity for future plenary meetings. Baron Marschall von Bieberstein proposed a high international prize court to settle disputes from local prize rulings, a idea backed by Great Britain and the United States. Four general committees were formed. In Wisconsin, Forest fires in Douglas County threaten timber and homes but are believed checked as rivers halt spread.
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions in Iowa tonight and Friday with warmer temperatures tonight and in the eastern portion Friday.
The Misses Preston and Selzer, delegates at the Y. P. C. U. convention, headed back to Morning Sun last evening. A dental tonic promotion accompanies the text, offering a free trial package of Dr. Shoop's Headache Tablets by mail from Racine Wisconsin, with local sale through J. H. Stewart.
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