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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1907
Page
8
Premier Carruthers announced next session plans featuring pensions for invalids subsidies to friendly societies and a new system allowing the poorest to purchase annuities. Applicants will open accounts in government savings banks and deposits will be used to fund the program.
Premier Car ruthers defends subsidies as elevating the community and promoting thrift by swelling friendly society ranks and aiding the fight against improvidence.
Herman Unger of Pittsburg committed suicide leaving a note that his body wished to die while his intellect did not. His cremated ashes were mixed with cement to form a brick bearing the inscription Let me rest in peace. His Odd Fellows group cannot locate a cemetery or affordable undertaker willing to accept the brick. the item sits in a cement factory awaiting guidance from the Itishbure lodge.
Princeton dispatch June 21 Ex President Cleveland suffers from acute indigestion no operation performed nor contemplated, contrary reports say he is not in danger and will recover in a few days Mrs Cleveland confirms the statement
Dr. George W. Crile of Cleveland demonstrated a new blood transfusion technique at Seney hospital Brooklyn. The method avoids introducing foreign material to blood. the vein is drawn through a tube and the vein end turned back over the tube end, lining outside, tied with silk. The artery delivers blood over this vein cuff causing contact of the delicate linings.
Eddie Tate, brought from Joliet penitentiary to testify before the Peoria grand jury on the library raid and document theft, gave insufficient information for further action. Newton Dougherty was not brought before the jury, and Tate was returned to Joliet.
An unidentified man hurled a dynamite cartridge from the gallery into the chamber of deputies during an all night session in Athens. The fuse detached in flight, a disaster was averted as the benches held deputies. The assailant was arrested and declared insane. the sitting resumed.
Corydon Ind June 21 William Kirkham doubts he can hire help to harvest hay due to copperhead snakes infesting his Buck creek bottomland. Despite no bites ever recorded, laborers remain afraid as copperheads are killed each harvest season.
In Madison on June 21 the Wisconsin senate adopted a joint resolution supporting a constitutional convention to amend the federal constitution to provide for the direct election of United States senators. The meeting notes historic figures like Judge William T. Mitchell and Beloit College changes as Beloit appoints Rev. J. P. Deane as principal.
The dialogue notes a messenger and a World reporter discussing pasted pictures on walls. It comments on decorating with colored images, creating groups and friezes, and using grass cloth as a natural background for pictures.
A Bohemian quip on nursery cut-out pictures printed on strong paper asks for ambuscade in weight. A clerk and customer debate weighty ambushes while another bulletin notes a man’s pride in always being straight, reflecting the era’s wordplay and social humor.
Quotations from Chicago Board of Trade show mixed grain and livestock values for June 20 with Wheat, Corn and Oats ranges, cash sales by grade, and live stock figures. Buffalo reports hog, sheep, veal and other livestock prices from Dunninge Stevens Merchants with steady to higher quotes.
The Rev. N. Wright recalls his third living in Rochdale where a crowded congregation noted his appearance. He, a young man, was very bald and chose a Psalm reading rather than singing, remarking that his sins were more numerous than the hairs on his head.
On the Col. D. J. Palmer farm one mile northeast of the city, Truant's Premier, a fine black Percheron stallion in his sixth season, is praised as one of the county's best and most reliable breeders. D. J. and D. M. Palmer announce the offering.
The Percheron Stallions Silver Branch 41385 and Prince of Lakewood 21528 will stand for service at my residence in Cedar township. Also, a mammoth bred Jack. For terms see bills. Signed D. Rittenhouse.
John Garrett of North Mills North Carolina says Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured a stubborn sore resisted by eye care after forty years of treatment. The product is sold by Stewart Pharmacy with guarantees for piles burns and similar conditions.
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