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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1909
Page
8
Crown Point Indiana reports three burglars blow open a post office safe and escape with 700 dollars after a pistol battle with a citizen posse. A blood stained hat with bullet holes is found along the road where the firefight occurred. one fugitive is thought fatally wounded.
Ten people died and many were injured when a Canadian Pacific suburb train attached locomotive plunged into the women’s waiting room at Windsor station in Montreal.
New York observers note two novelty outfits at the Dressmakers' Protective association session. The "style clerical" summer gown features 500 buttons, and the "Moven Age" gown showcases a very high waist with a long corset, plus a penni pocket and a large red gold breast buckle. Tea green predicted for streetwear. raw silks and diagonal crepe favored.
Funeral services for James Henry Henderson, who died in Jackson township Sunday afternoon, were held yesterday at 10 a.m. from the Henderson residence with Rev. Geo. Bollinger of Haskins officiating. Interment followed in Elm Grove cemetery with pallbearers Sam Anderson Ed Harvey Wm. Davis E. Applegate Grant and Nate Pearson.
Funeral services for Mrs. Rebecca Smith were conducted Monday afternoon at 1 o clock from her North Iowa avenue home by Rev. A S Smith. Interment followed at Plains cemetery six miles north. Pallbearers were Peter Berdo A Van Sickle Amos Durst H T Reynolds James Rathmer and James Marsh.
The remains taken to Elm Grove cemetery last Friday will be removed to New Haven cemetery tomorrow forenoon at about 10 o'clock where they will be interred. Geo P Leuck of Denver Colorado who was not located last Friday arrived Sunday night.
A marriage license was issued to Amos Stout and Edna F. ck, authorizing their union. The details appear in the public records of the county clerk.
Reported travelers from the mountains describe a novel cactus species named catcuss. They claim it sprouts from a stalk, resembles a small spiny ball, and latches onto passersby with barbed spines when warmed by a body.
Fashions in hat adornments shift quickly and carnations rise to prominence as torrid crown changes. At dinners dances and receptions great bowls of white pink or deep red carnations replace the previously favored American Beauty roses in headwear decor.
The psychology department at George Washington University reports twenty monkeys learning new tasks. A Washington dispatch states experiments were conducted and findings to be published publicly.
In district court Judge Clements disposed of probate and civil matters, ordered non jury assignments, and set juries for March. The grand jury was impaneled this afternoon as the petit jury prepares to report March 28. Ward and Goodwin sent to reform school with suspended sentences. Cummings boy released on school promise. Guardian James C. Miller appointed for Margaret Miller. Numerous other estate and guardianship matters, sales, amendments, and judgments listed.
The remains of Mrs. Melissa Hays were interred yesterday afternoon in Elm Grove Cemetery. The service was led by Rev. Geo D Rogers from the home of her daughter Mrs John Davidson on South Iowa Avenue at 2 30 o'clock. Pallbearers were John Donaldson John McDowell Bert Shaw G W Alexander Andrew and Perry Beenblossom.
A called meeting of Washington lodge No. 26 A F and A M is set for Thursday evening March 18 at 7 30 for first degree work. A Bethlehem commandery short meeting Friday night will precede third degree work. The full membership is expected. Emmet T Wickham W M
A meeting of the Temple Building Company will be held in J. W. Morton's office Friday morning March 19 at 9 o'clock. The notice lists important business. A. N. Alberson serves as chairman.
Washington reports a Payne introduced tariff bill to increase revenue by about 40 to 50 million dollars and take effect the day after enactment. It includes Taft suggested inheritance tax and limited free tobacco and sugar from the Philippines, with some features revised downward and others at 20 percent above present tariffs.
The broad appeal extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles. Letters from Baltimore and Rockland praise restored health after years of distress and doctor visits, with Mrs. Pinkham inviting women to write for free guidance.
Local notes detail a string of passengers and brief visits. I J Bowman West Chester trip and Mrs Will Wells with daughter Helen were seen on the branch for the day. Others include Beenblossom Pleasant Plain Bereiter Brighton Stafford Haskins Page West Chester and Jackson Mt Pleasant on business or visits. Brown Iowa City and Hoffman Corpus Christi traveled via Brighton and Kansas City en route.
Stiff neck results from rheumatic muscle strain in the neck. Quick relief comes from applying Chamberlain's Liniment, with no need for internal treatment in muscular and chronic rheumatism cases. For sale by F. L. Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Foley's Kidney Remedy claims to cure backache and kidney and bladder trouble. It purports to regulate kidneys and cleanse the blood while toning the system. The ad promotes 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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