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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1907
Page
8
San Francisco on June 22 reports another strike as Western Union and Postal Telegraph operators walk out over a 1 percent wage raise demand. The local action repudiates a New York settlement that averted a larger telegraphers’ walkout. Strikers say Frisco living costs justify the raise.
Alexander McKenzie a Kent county murder convict serving life and John Sheets from Lenawee county serving fifteen years for horse stealing escaped from the Michigan state prison in Jackson by sawing through west wing windows where they worked as hall messengers. They are considered dangerous and are believed to have been aided by former members of Sheets gang.
In Kiel Germany Emperor William steers the Meteor to win a 33 mile race in a nine knot breeze finishing 8 minutes 50 seconds ahead of Hamburg, the sole competitor.
Betty Maxwell discovers ten thousand dollars cashed on a check she signed for James Gordon. Tom Cornish, in debt and desperate, confesses he cashed the check by mistake while Betty grapples with trust, love, and a looming financial scandal before Gordon offers quiet reconciliation.
A brief quip from the New York World contrasts a person who avoids water with a reply about lighthouse duties. The exchange highlights humor about dangerous coastal labor and fear of the sea.
A fragment from a 19th century dialogue shows a character urging vigorous action with humorous urgency. The line, attributed to Tatler era prose, captures a playful or ironic exchange reflecting social mores and domestic advice of the period.
Berlin reports Andrew Carnegie will be presented to the Kaiser at the Kiel regatta today. Ambassador Tower has gone to Kiel to conduct the presentation on behalf of the United States.
Pittsburg report that wages will not be raised this year in the sheet and tin mills nationwide. The Amalgamated Association failed to secure a 6 to 12 percent increase after talks with the American Sheet and Tin Plate company. President Bray said market conditions justify keeping the 12 month scale, with plants possibly closing or running non-union if pressed. About 15,000 workers are affected as other makers accepted the settled terms.
Albert N. Williams, 23, newly graduated from Hartford Theological School, plans to live among the desperate to learn life-or-death struggles of the unemployed. He will wear old clothes and seek work like the poorest, aiming to understand what a young man finds in New York while seeking employment. His Congregational minister father in Blossburg, Pa., supports him despite possible opposition.
Atlantic City convention of the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers association calls for anti saloon sentiment integration into party platforms for the next national campaign. They urge federation of liquor interests to counter prohibition agitation and influence the 1908 presidential conventions with a platform doctrine and a large campaign fund.
In Pottsville on June 22 Charles Wawson of Shenandoah cowered in his cell after a lightning strike in the county prison yard. He confessed to shooting his sweetheart when she refused to marry him, saying fear drove his actions. His insanity case had been postponed to September.
Reformers push Tolano NL school board to require teachers to refrain from dancing during contracts. So far no recruits, as only substitute entertainments offered are church socials and weekly band concerts.
Poseyville Indiana June 22 a young farmer Sidney Wilsey was knocked from his horse by lightning while rushing to the barn with a load of hay to escape a storm. The horse was killed and a laborer riding on the hay was thrown and badly bruised. Both men are expected to recover.
Chicago June 22 baseball scores across leagues with results from Pittsburg New York and Chicago St Louis games American League matchups Philadelphia Detroit and Boston Chicago ties, Western and Association games from Toledo Indianapolis to Minneapolis Milwaukee and other city pairings.
John Garrett of North Mills North Carolina writes that after forty years with a sore resisting treatment he used Bucklen's Arnica Salve and it healed the wound. The note appears as a testimonial from Stewarts Pharmacy.
A Branchton Pennsylvania man who could not even tie his shoes regained function after taking six bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure. He credits the remedy with his return to work and wishes success to Foley's Kidney Cure as distributed by all druggists.
A Cedar Grove Maine resident, Geo H Parris, praises Electric Bitters after suffering liver and kidney trouble. A letter claims one bottle helped and three bottles completed the cure. Stewart's Pharmacy guarantees the remedy as best on earth for stomach liver and kidney issues priced at 50 cents.
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