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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1908
Page
5
Local items list visitors and residents returning home from cities like Ainsworth Des Moines Cedar Falls and West Chester. Crone and Lehrer advertise the South Side Meat Market phone 43 as the only market on the square. The J E Green property in Wahlington sold to James Raik Hedrick.
The Board of Supervisors adjourned today at noon to meet the first Monday in April. Regular routine business was transacted and nothing of a special nature was acted upon.
The Des Moines county group appears to be seated as the Fairfield convention meets to choose two delegates for the national Republican convention. Capt. S. A. White of Washington is listed as a candidate amid credentials committee delays.
A deal closes with S. M. McCleery selling his north Washington residence and twenty acre tract to M. T. and Ab Anderson. In exchange, the Andersons transfer property on East Main Street to McCleery. Possession in thirty days. Anderson moves to the McCleery home. the McCleerys move to the Anderson residence to gain better coal business facilities.
A speaker explains they have no daughter and, since it is a leap year, decides to “bring Herbert out.” The remark hints at a staged introduction or public reveal linked to the unusual timing and family expectations.
Terre Haute Indiana March 11 May or Lyons refused to enforce Sunday theater laws replying to the ministerial association. He called theaters baseball and summer parks “bine laws.” The association will send a committee to urge compliance. Ministers vow to persist and say removal proceedings can be brought in circuit court or by impeachment in the city council.
Hastings Nebraska March 11 The Fifth district Republican convention met naming W A Stern of Grand Island and A C Cambol of Curtis as delegates to the national convention. They were instructed to vote for Taft and Roosevelt administration support was endorsed.
A short Monday night show at the Star Pictorium praised manager Mr Lawkins for aiding the opera program. Master Ray Spahr won the rocking chair via the advertised lucky number. Eva Dodd and Alvin Allen received candy prizes during the performance. Large crowds attend each evening.
New York March 11 Stockholders of the United States Steel Corporation have increased to 95000 the largest in its history. The rise in stockholder numbers since last summer is described as the greatest since the company was organized in 1900.
Kokomo Indiana reports a near full return to operation with 54 of 55 manufacturing plants active. Only the strawboard works remains shut, and housing vacancies are scarce, suggesting the recent business disturbance is over.
Brooklyn society buzzes over a debutant event for Herbert Dickinson Lewis II at 20 Remsen Street. The coming out party introduced two generations of social norms as the young man, in a black frock coat and gray trousers, hosted a formal receiving with three debutante sisters and two accompanying young men.
Dr. Robert MacDonald of Washington Avenue Baptist Church in Brooklyn promotes the Emmanuel movement as a scientific Christian system blending psychology medicine mental suggestion and faith care. He emphasizes eclectic methods and universal appeal while aiming to invigorate Christianity with a platform of God with us and quotes Tolstoy. Two more sermons remain in the series and a subsequent cycle will address constructive views.
The narrative recalls Pat Garrett, Lincoln County sheriff, who killed the outlaw Billy the Kid near Carizzo in Lincoln County New Mexico. Garrett, famed for his revolver skill, tracked the Kid after a spree of killings, concluding the era with a night ambush at Maxwell ranch.
Miss Edith Miller of the State Normal school Cedar Falls returned to Titus to spend spring vacation with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller. Chas J Winter departed for Des Moines on business and plans to ship his shire stallion Lake Lancer home on return. Mrs J M Stewart and Mrs J BE Adams of Ainsworth registered at the Rest Room yesterday.
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