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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1905
Page
6
The Iowa Central Railway announces round trip excursion tickets at one fare plus 50 cents for all points on its line. Tickets go on sale July 2, 3 and 4 with return by July 6, 1905. Agents to provide details. July 5.
An advertising pitch urges men to buy Price & Teeple Pianos to gain a positive outlook. It claims piano owners will feel a superior mood and achieve lifelong success, noting salesmen smile because they are victorious and promising tuning services.
Garden advice argues June planting is preferable to spring rushes. Delays to July 1 can yield strong growth, avoid heat stress, and prevent failures from early planting. Leslie Hudson notes July 1 to 4 as best in some seasons, while cool wet years favor earlier pushes. Old stored roots require outdoor acclimation before planting with spaced intervals of three feet.
Georgia cantaloupes move to northern markets in iced railroad cars. Cars are iced at nearby points, loaded at switches or sidings, re iced before departure, and iced again along the route. S H Fulton.
The Ohio experiment station horticulturists describe Kittie Rice as a vigorous prolific strawberry with large dark red firm berries. It stages well for home gardens and commercial crates, rivaling Marshall William Bell and Nick Ohmer, with good flavor and market appeal.
Cultivate trees and bushes and apply wood ashes. Cut out old and dead wood of bushes, train the rest and pinch out Ups of young shoots when two and a half feet high. Thinning weeding cultivating and watering are big tasks. Plant gladiolus, azaleas and rhododendrons. Take chrysanthemum cuttings for November bloom indoors. Store April tulip bulbs to ripen. Repair greenhouse shelves and benches and tighten joints. Pick young pods daily for more flowers.
Portland June 27 Mew Katherine Reed daughter of the late Thorne B Reed has been secretly married to Lieutenant Arthur Ballentine U S A of Fortress Monroe Kitty Reed was noted in Washington for her wit and social charm. Her marriage alters rumors linking her to various suitors including diplomats and wealthy men. Ballentine is popular socially and thought to be headed for early promotion.
President Roosevelt departed Washington for Cambridge Massachusetts to attend the Harvard University commencement. He will not return to Washington and plans to spend the heated season at his Sagamore Hill summer home in Oyster Bay.
In Grand Merc, Quebec on June 27, militia arrested fifteen American circus workers accused of kidnapping a young French Canadian girl at Roberval and shooting another girl at Chambord.
The freight steamer George W Perkins built for Pittsburg Steamship Co. was launched at Superior Shipbuilding yards. The ceremony included a christening by Miss Jennie Jewell Powell of Duluth in attendance.
Edward F. Strauss former Milwaukee county supervisor pleaded guilty to bribery over a hospital contract dating years back. Judge Turrant fined him 300.
The forecast covers Illinois Indiana Lower Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa. Illinois fair and warmer in the north with north to east winds. Indiana fair cooler with fresh northerly winds. Lower Michigan fair with fresh northerly winds. Wisconsin fair with rising temperatures and fresh winds from north to east. Iowa partly cloudy with warmer conditions in the east and variable winds.
Quotations from the Chicago Board of Trade cover Wheat Corn Pork Lard Short Ribs and Live Stock. Prices show varied moves with notable ranges for cattle hogs sheep and calves plus dealer quotes from Dunning Stevens East Buffalo New York.
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