City Bus Line Orders Call Up Frank Rogers
Call up the city bus line by dialing Phone No. 1 and leave orders promptly attended to by Frank Rogers. Include street and number for delivery or service.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
5
Call up the city bus line by dialing Phone No. 1 and leave orders promptly attended to by Frank Rogers. Include street and number for delivery or service.
Frederick W. Whitridge the federal receiver prints placards urging conductors and passengers not to steal from the company and to keep cars clean. He issues a general order to conductors threatening instant dismissal for incivility and insolence. The large heavy cardboard placards will confront all riders and crews.
Public conduct notice urges clean premises and asks citizens to report faults. It instructs not to spit or dispose rubbish and to address complaints to the receiver at Sixty fifth street and Third avenue, City.
In a letter to conductors Whit ridge states it is as easy to be civil as to be insolent and that it is the duty of every railway official and employee to be more polite to the public than the public is to him.
Florida melons rush into crachet and aged prida favorites become rich in alcohol. One carload of Florida melons is tered for the Georgia market, the getable says according to the Florida mes Union, usually been documented.
Paul Minnesota gains a highly equipped fire chief’s car featuring a disappearing rear seat and compartments for boots belts and other essential paraphernalia.
A bill to ban intoxicating liquors on passenger trains in Louisiana cleared the House by a 61 to 11 vote after prior Senate approval. The measure targets rail travel and enforces sober car policies across the state.
Official forecast shows fair conditions across Illinois Indiana Wisconsin and Lower Michigan with little temperature change. Iowa expected fair and warmer in the northern part.
Chicago Board of Trade quotes cover wheat oats pork lard and short ribs with varying highs lows and closes. Hogs, cattle, and sheep prices shown alongside cash winter and spring grain samples and live stock at East Buffalo, York, and Wisconsin feed hay markets for June 25.
A Bombay Baroda railway collision near Baroda kills about 100 people and injures 150. Four coaches burn as fire worsens the scene. Physicians rush to the wreck as officials assess the disaster’s scale in this tragic incident.
A called meeting of Zeredatha council No 21 Royal and Select Masters will be held Friday evening June 26 1908 for work on a class. The aim is full attendance of the crafts men. Leigh H Wallace T I M signs off.
An old newspaper ad promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as uplifting and restorative. It touts 35 cent tea or tablets and lists Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co. as sellers, with a note about a Law of Honor event at the Star tonight.
The Minneapolis Journal notes a harsh winter impacting the rich and powerful, yet mocks the season’s misfortune as severe for those in influence, while likening the hardship to plumbers facing the cold. The column reflects social satire on weather and status.
The Shanghai board of education imposes severe penalties on teachers who report that certain students are ordered to abandon study. It argues that in foreign countries even the blind and dumb are educated, and questions why Chinese students should be deprived of education.
Denver prepares for the July 7 Democratic National Convention in a purpose built auditorium. Delegates and officials will bring families to Colorado resorts before and after the event, with elaborate decorations planned and suffragists aiming for stronger support than in Chicago.
Edith overhears the cook plan a cake and offers aid while a playmate invites her out. Edith declines, saying she is helping Martha bake a cake. The child notes the eggs are still being wound up, revealing a humorous domestic scene.
A new social club named the Remnant club will be organized at Atchison Kansas. The group welcomes people too old for young folks clubs and too young to stay home, as well as those not inclined to Browning or Shakespeare societies.
Local note urges readers to visit The Star for a large assortment of bakery items at Vienna tomorrow. Ainsworth resident Frank Porter returns home after a short city visit. Mrs. Hulse and her granddaughter Genevieve depart Keota for Sterling, Jr. to visit relatives.
Washington en campment No 1711 Notice calls a regular meeting in QO O BF. Friday evening June 26. A full attendance is desired. J B McConahey, Cc P.
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