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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1908
Page
8
The carnival company announces that its big shows will open this evening with a concert by the carnival band. Local crowds are invited to attend as performances commence at dusk in the main arena and feature the troupe’s renowned musicians.
The Big Parker circus and vaudeville troupe arrive from Centerville for a week of entertainment in town. The Sunflower Belles feature new acts from the Keith circuit, with Tetswari Japanese performers and Superba. Free tickets from The Evening Journal incentive to attend. Mrs. Ella Hatfield also arrived from Havre to stay at the Edworthy home.
Star Pictorium on the southwest corner of the square transfers from Hawkins management to James Wooley who takes possession Saturday July 4. Don Hawkins and family sell due to ill health and plan a western summer. Miss Eva Crone will continue at the piano. The Hawkins thank the public for eighteen weeks of patronage and wish success to Wooley, a Washington youth. Mrs Joyce of Claremont, NH praises Foley's Kidney Remedy via Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Isaac N. Brown of Oklahoma an old soldier who enlisted from this county in Company C 19th Iowa and served through the war is visiting with old comrades in the city after a long absence. Brown drove the ambulance from Fayetteville Arkansas to Springfield Missouri hauling General Black of Chicago who was severely wounded and then commander of the 37th Illinois infantry. Many local veterans recall the incident.
The Rev U S Smith preached yesterday afternoon at the Walnut school house near Verdi on Faith. A large crowd attended an excellent discourse. Services will be held there next Sunday at 3 30 o clock with preaching by the Rev Mr Ballard of near Coppock.
Colonel William F Tucker assistant paymaster in the United States army department of the lakes underwent a serious operation at Mount Clemens Michigan The surgeons relieved him of about eighty pounds to equalize the portal circulation through the liver His condition is reported favorable He is a son in law of the late General John A Logan.
A touring car carrying four men and four women collided with a Terre Haute and Eastern traction car at South Belmont avenue. Two men in the auto were killed, four others injured, and the chauffeur Earl Gardner died en route to a hospital. Maggie Shaw was badly hurt and may die.
In Springfield June 29 it is believed the body found in the Mississippi near Alton weeks ago is Mrs Susan Hagaman, formerly of Springfield, who had separated from her husband Albert Hagaman a well to do farmer living ten miles north of Carlinville.
In Poughkeepsie on June 29 the Syracuse varsity eight led by powerful strokes won the four mile race. They beat Columbia by under a third of a length and Cornell by about a length. Wisconsin faded after the third mile when boatman J W Wilse collapsed at No 2.
Mrs. Henry Winn of Malden Massachusetts died after being injured when a tally ho coach overturned during a pleasure excursion in Newport. She was among delegates to a General Federation of Women's Clubs convention in Boston. The death followed another fatality the day before, Mrs. Sarah Shute of Coon Rapids Ta.
Washington on June 20 reports the forthcoming treasury statement for the year ending June 30, 1908, indicating receipts will fall short of 1907 levels while expenditures rise significantly. The excess over receipts is expected to reach about 60 million dollars, including 8 million for the Panama Canal, a figure surpassed only twice since the Civil War.
In Augsburg Bavaria on June 20 Prince George of Bavaria ascended in the balloon Augusta II. He stayed aloft for fifteen hours and landed near Immenstadt about sixty five miles from Augsburg. The prince is said to be the first royal aeronaut to undertake an ascent.
J D Archibald, Cornell University student, is missing in the Sierras. He disappeared several days ago as four companions camped forty miles above Millwood appealed to Sheriff Chittenden for help. A bloodhound search party has started to locate him.
Bloomington IL June 29 Cassius M Coyles Republican member of the Illinois legislature from this district died from a nervous breakdown at age forty eight. He was engaged in banking business.
Walter Wilkins and Albert Baker were lynched by a mob of about a thousand in Wavycross on the city’s eastern edge. The suspects were brought from Wayne County. one was accused of raping Wiley Wainwright’s fourteen year old daughter.
Revolutionists raid two Mexican towns Viesca and Los Vacas. At Los Vacas casualties range forty to fifty killed. Mexican government on alert and the conflict expected to be short lived. Canadian customs ban on duty for scenery for traveling theatrical companies. St Louis priests urged to make wills by diocesan ruling. Governor Johnson notified of Augustana College degree. Atlantic battleship fleet to reconvene in San Francisco before July departure to Honolulu.
Immediate delivery offered on one more Tower surface cultivator to farmers seeking clean moist corn stands. Advert explains blades pass over roots, avoiding root damage and reducing need for rainfall. Price 27 dollars. Charles J. Winter.
John Steck arrived back after attending the state jewelers convention in Des Moines where industry discussions and networking highlighted upcoming trends and new suppliers.
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