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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1911
Page
3
A fragmented item mentions Cedar Rapids saloonists wanting to quit and a note about sending laws to Germany. The garbled text references “Clams 10 Germany Iowa River” and a figure “TWENEY” with “SEVEN TOO MANY” indicating a dispute over numbers or sentences. specifics are unclear.
A Nashau Iowa dispatch notes a Water man preparing Atlantic to Germany Cedar river clam shells for pistons. The shells, among the best found, are usually shipped to Muscatine where the largest factory in the United States is located, but this man plans a shipment to Germany. Ten or twelve carloads of shells have been shipped from this and other nearby points in the past year.
Cedar Rapids notes show fifty nine saloons intend to file notices asking to renew licenses after a city council vote. The council faces a Moon Law mandate to reduce saloons to thirty two and must decide on license renewals and fees.
Mrs Kelly Grubb fired at a would be intruder at her Blanchard farm house after a man with an ugly revolver entered the room. The assailant returned fire narrowly missing her head and fled when the woman showed resolve. Tramps in southwestern Iowa have grown bolder recently.
In Iowa City on June 20 the Black Hand group of Solon sent a new threatening note to farmer John Adams. They had earlier demanded 1,000 dollars and shot at him from ambush. now they raise the demand to 1,200 dollars. Sheriff Pauly and detectives pursue the rogues after four letters total.
An unidentified man was decapitated by a freight train at Principal street crossing in Boone on Friday. He wore good clothing and is believed to have traveled from Tama Iowa. The circumstances of how he ended up on the crossing remain unknown.
Griswold June 20. C. Scott wood worker for Seharf Bros drives pacing horse whose tail now drags over five feet. Tail grows about an inch weekly and is kept tied in a sack. If no mishap, the horse will be shown at fairs.
Fifty Johnson county threshermen gathered in Iowa City to form a county organization and set uniform threshing charges and highway rights. They planned to elect officers for the year and enforce agreed rates across the county.
Parkersburg Iowa June 20 Monty Deileoa a farmer north of town was found unconscious in the road a mile and a half north of Parkersburg last Wednesday afternoon. He had been in town to market a load of oats and lay beside a wagon wheel that appeared to have run over his head. He died an hour and a half after being brought home leaving a wife and twelve children.
A Pound Wisconsin woman, Mrs Herman Stern, reports long illness with dyspepsia and female troubles. She credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier with a cure after fourteen years of doctor visits. The ad touts the remedy as a standard for female ills for thirty years and invites readers to write for advice.
Des Moines Iowa June 30 teachers of Iowa seek to hear Woodrow Wilson Governor of New Jersey in an address before the state teachers association annual meeting planned for November in the Coliseum. The executive committee led by Supt Frank L Smart Davenport aims to secure Wilson this fall believing he will accept this month. As former president of Princeton University Wilson is a national figure in education beyond politics and could draw many educators to the meeting.
Lennant Pharmacy hustles a claimed stomach cure MI-O-NA J with a money back guarantee. It targets upset stomach pain belching heartburn sour stomach biliousness nervousness after overeating seasickness pregnancy vomiting and general stomach distress for 50 cents a large box.
A traveler confronts a dirty whisk broom on a train car causing dust and chaos. Old Willian Hee reacts loudly as cushions and velvet umbrellas are disturbed, while a cleaner vacuums away debris. Chicago Starbuck, famed for a book on theology, will discuss Our Modern Faith in God.
The Grove meeting at River Junction on the 25th features Rev Miss Klean:runt speaking on Our Faith in the Bible and Rev R S Loring on one M Jesus. Mr Phillips of Lone Tree and others will discuss faith, scripture, and natural orderliness of nature.
June 20 John Pion was crushed between two cars in the Pennsylvanian round house and died three hours later.
A garbled OCR passage describes a party or gathering disrupted by a storm on a Saturday. It references friends, a place called Hergen Point, and a New York trace or missive, but the text is unclear and partial.
Fragmentary report from June 14 mentions requests and measures in Madrid linked to royalist tensions and conspiracies. The piece references Captain Chagas and unrelated names, with garbled local notes about Saginaw and Oregon figures.
The city council met in regular session with Mayor Glasgow presiding. The meeting covered condemned sidewalks amounting to about 30 lots due to long standing disrepair in areas of the city.
Last evening action leads to plans for permanent form work on walkways. Officials say the project will stabilize the area and improve access for residents and visitors.
A returned soldier and Trantsi koft Vassilokokoviteh exchange sorrowful lines about a lover's death in battle. The incomplete quotation centers on questions of last words and memory.
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