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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1905

Page

4

Worldly Amusements Sermon At M E Church

The M E B church service attracted about 175 for a Bible reading and a 730 pm sermon on Worldly Amusements. Barrett urged entire consecration, warned worldly pleasures encroach on devotion, and contrasted joyful Christian life with worldly amusements. A reader notes regional settlement plans for the Flathead valley and investment potential ahead of open settlement.

Methodist Ible Barrett M. EB Christ Evangelist

Letter from J A Miller recounts travels and illness

J A Miller writes from Kalispell describing a cross country visit from Andover Missouri to St Joseph Cameron Salina Colorado Springs Spokane and back by way of Kalispell He notes a pleasant trip yet reveals prolonged rheumatism after returning home and mentions attending court for ten days

Kalispell Andover St. Joe J. L. Moore Cameron W. Miller Salina Kansas C. D Will Moore Colorado Springs H. M. Gray Kalispe Spokane Washington

Livery Barn Fight Leaves Man Bedfast in Denver Call

A quarrel at the Payne livery barn left Al Barton seriously injured after Jap Sipes kicked him two or three times. Barton collapsed and is bedfast, but doctor says recovery is expected. Sipes was arrested and is out on bail as Barton's family is notified in Denver.

Payne Jap Sipes al Barton Sipes Barton Stewart Mr. Barton Denver

Indoor baseball game slated for Commercial club gym

A grand indoor baseball game is scheduled at the Commercial club gym tomorrow Friday night. Two teams feature players Sue Gaston Frank Wilson Pollok Wallace Fred Smith Lloyd Neal Earl Corbin John Bowman versus M T Anderson L H Wallace W A White Ed Eteher Frea Steck Ralph Livingston W M Terry. Admission is 15 cents to cover medical supplies and care. No abuse of the empire will be permitted.

Commercial Club Gymnasium

Wanted telegraph service recruits at Western Telegraph College

Twenty five young men and women sought for telegraph work with good pay and promotion prospects. Training in six months or money back. College located in Knoxville Iowa. Local notes mention Philip Gehlbach returning from Lincoln and family visits. Bert Henderson visits from western Iowa. Mrs Henderson ill. Ed McFarland of Columbus Junction visits. his furniture store stake sold to Richard Malin. Wm Marshall travels to Omaha to visit son, then home to Smith Center Kansas. brother Rob ert Marshall ill but improving.

Western Telegraph College Knoxville Iowa Philip Gehlbach Lincoln Gehrbach Bert Henderson Martha J. Henderson Ed McFarland Columbus Junction McFarland Richard Malin Wm. Marshall Robert Marshall Omaha Smith Center Kansas Mr. Marshall

Many Local Notables and Events Prominent In Johnson County

A flurry of social and civic items from Johnson County notes A. J. Rowan and wife visiting Ainsworth Leo Critz of Riverside on a business call Teeter and Lathrop headline the Smith sale at Brighton Miss Bessie Jones assists at the kindergarten Elmer Crimm recovering from typhoid Evangelist Barrett seeks his Chicago singer Rev J B Schreckengast visits Keota family and Rev Edmunson to preach at Knoxville. The Barton v Sipes case set for morning, driving wagons bought in Muscatine Mr Green and T E McMillan visit Verdi with possession exchanged.

A. J. Rowan Ainsworth Leo Critz Riverside Teeter & Lathrop Brighton Stafford McKay Muscatine Bessie Jones Ashty Elmer Crimm Evangelist F. Barrett Chicago J. Schreckengast Keota Rev J. B Mrs. Bailey al Barton Jap Sipes A. S. Folger J. A. Cunningham George Barrett Rev. Edmunson Knoxville The Baptist Church H. O. Green T. E. McMillan Verdi Mr. Green McMillan

Deal Seems to Be Off In Elgin Traction Fight

Elgin aldermen met amid tension over a city ordinance granting the Elgin Aurora and Southern Railway power to lease the lighting plant. City Clerk Sylia claimed the mayor signed the ordinance but not the contract, calling the proposed contract illegal if affirmed. He added the contract remains unsigned by the mayor and not properly drafted or dated.

Elgin Elgin, Aurora and Southern Railway Company Corncr Sylia Despot Ilegal Syila Hubberd Florida Traction Company Hubbard

Death by own action theory in Mrs Stanford case

In Honolulu the inquest into Mrs. Stanford's death ends as chemists sign transcripts. Attorney General Andrews questions aim to prove death by own action, noting Mrs. Stanford tasted strychnine in San Francisco and made no remark the night of her death.

Honolulu March

Belgian couple finds license did not make them married

Valparaiso Indiana March 9 After seventeen years of domestic happiness Arthur Franco and Mary Zeomdof discovered that a license to wed did not make them man and wife They were married by Rev H L Davis pastor of the local Methodist church The couple from Belgium had lived in Knox Indiana for seventeen years and now reside in Valparaiso where Franco obtained a new license for the ceremony After four children were born the family moved to Valparaiso

Valaparaiso Ind Arthur Franco Mary Zeomdof H. L. Davis Belgium Knox Franco Mary Valparaiso

Mattoon Faces Big Four ultimatum over water supply

March 9. Superintendent Hadley Baldwin of the St. Louis division of the Big Four warns Mattoon that keeping the Big Four shops depends on proving a visible water supply adequate for present and future needs. Removal would ruin the town, and securing water would require large expenditure.

Mattoon Paris Hadley Baldwin St. Louis Big Four

Senator protest over extra pay rejected in Nebraska

State Auditor Searle refuses to honor Senator Jennings’s warrant for 3 dollars a day extra pay as senate president, calling the law increasing compensation unconstitutional. Attorney General Brown upholds the auditor. Brown has received a 219 dollar check from W H Harrison, former senate president, and asks it returned to the state.

Lincoln Neb Searle Jennings Senate Brown W. H. Harrison

Haley Gipe Appeals Sentence in Starbuck Murder Case

Haley Gipe and his attorneys have filed an appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court from an indeterminate sentence in the reformatory for complicity in the Starbuck murder. A decision is unlikely for about a year, leaving about six months remaining before a potential new trial.

Haley Gipe Newcastle Ind Reformatory Starbuck Supreme Court of Indiana High Court Gipe

Fatal Shot Kills Junk Dealer in Walton

Logansport Indiana March 9 Jack Taylor 45 was instantly killed by a shotgun discharge in the junk shop owned by Velitie Taylor 44 in Walton both dealers in junk Velitie Taylor arrested and jailed claiming he fired to frighten marauders in the business premises nearby.

Logansport Ind Jack Taylor Velius Taylor Walton Velitie Taylor

Niedringhaus Declares Not to Run for St Louis Mayor

In St Louis on March 9 Thomas K Niedringhaus the Republican caucus nominee for United States senator says he will not seek the mayoralty despite reports he might run. The legislature has been deadlocked over his senate election since January 17.

St. Louis Thomas K. Niedringhaus Republican Caucus United States

President Nomination Names Boutell for Hague Delegation

Washington March 9 Roger Sherman Gates Boutell son of Representative Boutell of Chicago has been nominated by the president as secretary of the delegation at The Hague Boutell is presently secretary at Bern Switzerland.

Washington Roger Sherman Gates Boutell Boutell Chicago The Hague Berne Switzerland

Tarpon’s Brilliant Whitewater Displays At Daybreak

Observers describe the tarpon leaping in daylight with a distended jaw and gills opening as mullet ejects across the water. The fish darts into the stream with a head first dive, then back somersaults and long leaps scoring feet of distance. After relentless play it tires and settles into a rolling stroke, the two foot dorsal filament trailing like a separate creature. Country Life in America.

Tony America

The Value of Special Knowledge in a Broad World

James Swinburne argues that many rise by mastering one narrow skill, yet broad general knowledge can be easier to acquire than deep specialization. He contends knowledge should be pursued only if useful to humanity and warns against overly narrow fields.

James Swinburne Electrical Review

The rash act and the pat phrases in reporting

London Chronicle criticizes overused phrases in news writing noting the habit of labeling suicides as rash acts. It argues that writers rely on warmed over lines like all went well until and badly shaken passenger accounts. The piece urges clearer, specific reporting over cliché descriptors.

Rhone London Chronicle

Life’s Great End Sparks Reflection in Brief Word

A brief reflective line notes that long life leads to answering life’s ultimate end, attributed to a Young. The saying hints at philosophical considerations of purpose and mortality without additional context or events.

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