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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1911

Page

3

President Taft Summer Home Ready for occupancy

Beverly readers report Oyster Bay remains the publicity darling while Paramatta, Mrs Henry W Peabody's Corning street residence, is set as Taft's summer White House. The home is renovated with new decorations and a porte cochere, with a nearby cottage for executives. The grounds offer tennis golf and a trout brook. Taft prefers field sports to sea pursuits.

Beverly Masa Oyster Bay Taft Paramatta Kenry W. Peabody Corning Street White House

Troops Leave London After Coronation Occupation

London reports nearly all of the 60 000 troops in the coronation occupation have evacuated by today. Infantry have departed and only some cavalry remain. For the King and Queen visit tomorrow, several troops will be drafted from nearby garrisons for a one day duty.

London

Death sentence sought for Princess in India murder case

A Punjab chief court on appeal hears the case of Bhagwan Kaur known as the Ranee Sahiba who was convicted in Amritsar lower court for killing her lover Brahim Kahan Chand and faces hanging. The case has drawn nationwide protest due to the princess’s rank and beauty. The alleged affair with a British officer and events on February 20 are noted in court summaries.

Bombay India Punjab Amritsar Suderani Bhagwan Kaur Kahan Chand All India Ranee Sirdar Dyal Singh

MI ONA stomach tablets promise beauty through digestion

Beauty tips link complexion to stomach health and blood quality. An advertisement claims MI ONA tablets relieve belching heartburn indigestion and biliousness in minutes, build red blood, and improve appearance. It quotes Mrs Pa Newton praising the product from Bellevue Michigan.

Lemmon Pa Newton Bellevue Mich

Mystery of Arsenic Laced Milk Involving Titled Lady

A court heard that a man was given milk poisoned with arsenic and later died. The body was secretly removed two days after the incident by a trusted servant of the Rance family. The lower court judge condemned the lady involved as cold-blooded murder was hard to imagine.

Hin Rance

Disbursements of interest and dividends total expected

New York reports that interest and dividend payments for the quarter ending Friday began today from railroad and industrial companies. The total is estimated near 230 million dollars. Brokers foresee a market boom as much of the funds may be reinvested.

New York

Neptune, Largest Navy Collier, Ready for Sea

Washington June 29 The great collier Neptune built for the United States Navy under Maryland Steel is ready to sail. Costing a million dollars she is 542 feet long with two high speed turbines powering propeller shafts. Neptune flies 14 knots, carries 12 500 tons of cargo and 375 000 gallons of oil for destroyers. Captain A Horton oversees construction at Sparrows Point and 151 crew with 14 officers will man the vessel after twenty one months of work.

Washington Uncle Sam Neptune United States Navy Maryland Steel Company High Seas Navy Department A. Horton Sparrows Point

Aneious 10 Returns to Iowa in Charge

The snippet reports Aneious 10 returning to Iowa and taking charge, with unclear attribution about who previously led. The fragment hints at leadership change but provides no dates or full names for verification.

Prisoner Treats Deputy Sheriff With Compassion In Custody

An Iowa deputy sheriff, M. W. Roberts of Polk County, was cared for by prisoner E F Dugan at Harrison Street station after a drink incapacitated the officer during transfer to Des Moines. Dugan, jailed on wife abandonment charges, refused escape and stayed to aid his sick captor. The physician said the deputy would recover.

Chicago Harrison Street M. W. Roberts Polk County Iowa E F. Dugan Des Moines Dugan Roberts Indianapolis

Iowa’s crops claim vast share of nation’s harvests

The article cites world statistics attributed to Secretary Ralph Bolton of the Des Moines committee, noting Iowa produces one twelfth of all corn and one twentieth of oats, leads in oats, and ranks highly in barley and buckwheat while holding shares of farm machinery and dairy. The piece frames a campaign to boost Iowa.

Iowa Ralph Bolton Des Moines United States Lowa

Fourth violent death reported in Myeny Fay Ly area

The fragment notes a fourth violent death in the Myeny Fay Ly region over two years. It recalls 18 months ago two Biehyoe Brothers were killed during a shooting. It mentions a two year old death of someone named Fate killed by a train near Gerinner Iowa.

Myeny Fayly Biehyoe Sary Froken Lichtaing Gerinner

Theis Warns Against Evolution in Public Schools

In a St Paul afternoon session, Theis of the Norwegian Lutheran Synod condemned evolution as dangerous, arguing it erodes fundamental teachings and corrupts the business world by undermining public school security. The remarks tied moral collapse to school curricula and public education.

St. Paul Minn Norwegian Lutheran Synod Opcar Olson Patther Oicge Tos

Piano Collapse Kills Man Near Ratherville Station

In Ratherville Iowa a piano toppled from a station truck, fatally injuring Mano Munson as he and two coworkers unloaded the instrument. The accident occurred at 9 o'clock Monday morning at the town station. One coworker suffered neck injuries.

Ratherville Towa Jing Moway Mr. Munaon Mo Munson Diamine Lin

Priest Timothy Sullivan Found Dead in New York Hotel

Rev. Timothy Sullivan of Footiodes Catholic parish, once stationed in Sioux City Iowa, was found dead in a hotel bathtub on Waverly Place New York City. Police believe heart failure or apoplexy caused the death. he had served in Sioux City for four years.

Sioux City Iowa Timothy Sullivan Footiodes New York City Waverly Place New York

Ventilation Study Shows Boost in Profits and Wages

A Berlin Ontario shirt and collar plant case shows doubled business and 50 percent wage gains after improved ventilation. Absenteeism fell about one third as more workers remained healthy. Dr. Winslow's Cambridge study found female operators missed fewer days after ventilation upgrades.

Sve Sau E A. Winslow Massachusetts Institute of Technology Telephone Central Cambridge Miss St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Borrowed Smiles and The Burglar Arrested

A whimsical poem about home duties performed in a wife and babies absence and a burglar arrest for probing a house. The narrator jokes about chores and a doctor’s visit while a crime item appears toward the end with a mis-spelled notice of a burglary arrest from a prior time.

State rifle shoot orders issued for Camp Dodge

Adjutant General Guy Ek Logan of the Iowa National Guard has issued orders for the state rifle shoot at Camp Dodge north of Des Moines from July 17 to 20. Lt Col Borkhart of Washington is chief ordnance officer and acting general inspector, with Captain Morton C. Mammin US Cavalry as assistant. Major Frank R. Fisher is chief range officer. Each guard company may field a team of six men.

Des Moines Iowa Guy Ek. Logan Iowa National Guard Camp Dodge W. Brookhart Washington Morton C. Mamina United States Cavalry Frank R. Fisher

Figures from a scrambled scandalous note page

A garbled OCR fragment shows a magistrate encounter over a prisoner, a vow to kiss an inmate, a $10 debt, and stolen love letters. Additional jumbled lines depict tobacco refusals, a nervous marriage scene, a hotel clerk surcharge for a bath, and scattered city paper snippets.

Boy Wins Skates For Bean Count, Dies En Route Home

In Charlotte Michigan a grocer offered a prize of roller skates for guessing an exact bean can count. Willis Hines nailed the guess but died while returning home, prompting doctors to label the death result of excessive joy rather than the prize outcome.

Charlotte Mich Willis Hines

Hobson Sues Kelcher Slander Case Settled Out of Court

Lieutenant Richmond P. Hobson retired U S N settled a $15,000 slander suit against former Boston congressman John A. Kelcher in U S circuit court. The case grew from statements during a heated campaign that also involved Joseph A. Coury as a congressional candidate.

Boston Mase Richmond P. Hobson John A. Kelcher United States Kelcher Joseph A. Coury Congress Hobson

Common Philanthropy and Wealth

This excerpt comments on the desire to amass wealth and the drive of some individuals to control money, contrasting such selfish accumulation with genuine philanthropy and societal benefit.

Deafness cured only by constitutional remedies

An advertisement asserts deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and mucous surfaces. It claims local applications cannot reach the diseased part and offers one hundred dollars for catarrh caused deafness cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Produced by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, with Taketall's Family Pills for constipation also marketed.

Lars Tree F. J. Cheney & CO Toledo Drugpiets Taketall Conatie Pation

Fall from tree claims life of Oskaloosa farmer

Seagel Busby a well known northern county farmer died from injuries after a cherry tree fall Monday night in Oskaloosa Iowa. Authorities reported the accident shortly after. The deceased leaves family and several farm associates.

Oskaloosa Iowa

Lumbermen Plan Defense Against Indictments

Pittsburg June 29. Arrangements are under way for a joint defense by thirteen of the fourteen secretaries of the lumbermen's bureau, indicted last week by a federal grand jury in Chicago. Secretary A C Richter of the Pennsylvania Retail Lumber Dealers' association declined to join and will hire counsel in Chicago to represent him.

Pittsburg Lumbermen’s Bureau Chicago A. C. Richter Pennsylvania Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association Richter

Why Women Fade In Society's Eye

An advertisement extols female health linking general well being to feminine organs. It claims women at forty or forty five should look their best and promotes the Favorite Prescription from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association led by Dr. R V Pierce. Letters are confidential and answered free of charge.

Dr. Pierce Addressa World’s Dispensary Medical Association Dr. R.V. Pierce Ures Buffalo, N.Y

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