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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1907
Page
8
Owosso Michigan June 20 The high school sophomores who severely harassed freshman Frank Keller were remanded by the board of education and sent home after each student apologized and pledged proper conduct for the future.
The dealer touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a blood cleansing tonic that cures scrofula and skin diseases. It promotes the All-Healing Salve for open sores and claims the remedy has a known composition with an exact list of ingredients. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are also advertised to regulate stomach liver and bowels.
A humorous verse about visiting a relation in the woods and meeting the ever persistent mosquito. The speaker notes the warm reception from the insect world as its bite-hungry family surrounds and pursues blood morsels, indifferent to attempts at slapping or fending them off. The piece ends with a grimly funny warning to endure the bites.
A conversation reveals a night of supposed innocent games at a table with friends. The exchange hints at mischief as one party suspects poker, while another defends their time spent playing a game described as Button Button. The dialogue captures a light domestic moment with underlying suspicion.
A pair of quoted exchanges reveals a character asserting women are in love with him, and a counterstatement notes his mistaken belief about the women he encounters. The lines suggest themes of narcissism and social dynamics in a bygone setting.
A quoted exchange shows a committee asking a man to run for president. He replies he must decline, citing he has just paid the iceman and cannot loan them a dollar at that moment. The aside captures a humorous, working-class financial constraint.
A nostalgic verse recalls twilight moments with a girl in a hammock. Dew on grass and clover bloom frame a quiet scene as stars appear and the moon rises. Summer breezes hover while a kiss is hinted and the night becomes a joyous, blissful memory.
In a satirical exchange, a husband jokes he never suspected the cost of his wife’s clothing while recalling they first met in a bathing suit, highlighting comic gendered wardrobe notions.
A playful riddle asserts that the lobster is neither fish nor typical animal but a bird, surprising with an unexpected classification. It frames lobster as a misfit creature in a humorous, quizlike tone.
A wry collection on honesty, popularity, marriage and money. The piece lampoons social vanity and gender dynamics with quips about lovers, divorce, and get rich quick schemes, noting how wealth and fame distort behavior.
In Portland Indiana on June 20 Lee Rhoton of Montpelier and Emma McPherson near Pennsville sought a marriage license. After favorable answers the pair left in a happy mood but an hour later Rhoton returned and said its all off asking the clerk to recall the license. Rhoton, 45, is a widower and the bride to be is 42.
Oliver M. Dennett the broker arrested in the Trust Company of America bond theft case pleaded guilty to criminally receiving stolen goods. He faces a maximum ten year sentence when sentenced tomorrow. Hundreds of thousands in bonds were recovered though many remain unfound.
John Beck, a farmer six miles south of Petersburg Indiana, was mauled by a sow while feeding hogs. The animal tore off his right arm and injured him repeatedly. Family members freed him. he was rescued with difficulty. In Port Huron Michigan, Benjamin Belyea declares he has had enough of marriage in a separate incident.
Chicago June 20 scores report results from league games in Pittsburg Philadelphia 2 Pittsburg 1 Cincinnati New York 2 Cincinnati 3 Brooklyn 4 St Louis 12 Boston 5 Chicago 4 and American and association matches including Detroit 1 Philadelphia 4 Boston 8 Chicago 2 Washington 6 Cleveland 1 New York 9 St Paul 1 Indianapolis 1 and other Western league showings with Denver 6 Lincoln 1 Pueblo 7 Omaha 3 eleven innings and Sioux City 8 Des Moines 2.
The Kentucky Republicans nominated Hon. A. E. Wilson for governor and adopted an unqualified Roosevelt platform while avoiding a definite declaration for any presidential candidate next year.
The Tyler-Keystone urges lodge insurance to protect temple property from fires, noting many lodges operate without coverage. It cites gains in New York membership, leaders in Shreveport and Auburn, a $60,000 temple project, and tales of vigilance against evil members. Also: typewriters barred for lodge minute recording in Pennsylvania.
A roundup of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs activity across regions. Details include lodges using post cards for meeting notices, a new building planned for the Liberty Missouri home, South Dakota relief expenditures exceeding ten thousand dollars, 30 residents at Green Bay Wisconsin home valued at fifty thousand, 238 lodges in Indian Territory with over 10 000 members, 133 Rebekah lodges totaling 3798 members, Kent Ohio resident George N Botham claimed as the oldest Odd Fellow born in England after joining Park Gate lodge in 1835, and Pennsylvania hosting the largest statewide membership with over 185 000 in Keystone jurisdiction.
The Red Men's Journal urges continued expansion of the Improved Order of Red Men with a push to add hundreds of thousands to rolls. It notes large new classes in Illinois, Joliet’s seventy five, and Erie tribe’s Buffalo wigwam chamber measuring 44 by 77 feet lit by 600 electric lights. William D. Prigg of Itah tribe in Philadelphia is cited as the youngest sachem at nineteen.
The Independent Order of Foresters reports 1906 bene fits and management expenses totaling 2411 27 along with adding to the surplus by more than 1 164 000. This boosts the year start surplus to over 10 000 000. The note urges new methods to boost lodge meeting popularity and attendance, especially in warm weather.
Reports show strong activity among the rulings along the line as Portsmouth and Newport News members plan visits to the Jamestown exposition. The fraternal circle builds momentum for attendance and participation at the event.
John Garrett of North Mills North Carolina says he had a sore for 40 years that resisted treatment until Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured it. The guarantee covers piles burns and similar conditions as sold by Stewart's Pharmacy.
In Branchton Pennsylvania Mr L C G Rodgers says he was unable to work and couldn’t stoop to tie his shoes before taking Foley's Kidney Cure. After six bottles he is a new man and wishes success to Foley's Kidney Cure. Sold by all druggists.
A Cedar Grove Me resident, George H Parris, writes that after liver and kidney trouble and disappointment in past remedies, Electric Bitters cured him after one bottle relieved symptoms and three completed the cure. Stewart's Pharmacy guarantees the remedy for stomach liver and kidney issues at 60 cents.
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