See me at Hotel Colenso for daily excursions
An advertiser announces meeting at Hotel Colenso from 8:00 am to 7:30 pm and notes excursions to Dakota every two weeks.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1905
Page
8
An advertiser announces meeting at Hotel Colenso from 8:00 am to 7:30 pm and notes excursions to Dakota every two weeks.
Plate Road advertises through vestibuled sleeping cars in both directions between Chicago Cleveland Buffalo New York Boston and intermediate points with Nickel Plate dining on the American Club Plan. Fares range from 35 cents to 1 dollar. Train No 2 departs Chicago 90 35 a m daily to Boston via multiple routes. Train No 4 and 6 provide service to New York Buffalo and other points. Contacts include John Y Calahan Nickel Plate Road Chicago depot 113 Adams St room 228.
Iowa Central announces very low round trip rates on Tuesdays in March and April for settlers traveling to Minnesota North and South Dakota. Through trains run daily to St Paul with direct Union Depot connections and no car changes en route. Check with Iowa Central before purchasing tickets as advised by A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis.
Mrs Robert H Lister formerly married to Edward Hugo Colell at the St Regis declines all wedding presents following her divorce from Robert Lister. She defends the unusual invitations noting gifts are unnecessary and she speaks with conviction about the custom.
In Ottawa LIL March 24 a circuit court injunction stops LaSalle county from buying county supplies from any source except the state prison board of industries. Judge Verrind granted the restraining order on State's Attorney Cullen's motion, noting the board cannot cover all printing stationery and record books, which remain excluded.
Topeka on March 24 reports Governor Hoch proposes breaking Kansas crude over the prow to christen the battleship, replacing the traditional champagne bottle. The plan underscores the state’s branding during the ceremony.
In Galesburg on March 24 the Knox College declamatory prize went to Oliver Glisson of Knoxville and the oratorical prize to Ted Helman of Mercersburg Pennsylvania.
Hyomei purportedly kills catarrhal germs and soothes mucous membranes as it enters the blood with oxygen. It purports to relieve symptoms from nose to lungs and pledges a money back guarantee if it does not cure.
An American Agriculturist illustration shows Fred F. Meeker of Fairfield County Connecticut. He devised a two wheel device to weed onions, made from an old hand cultivator. It straddles a row and clears weeds between teeth and wings while leaving onions intact.
A Rural New Yorker report on John P. Nelson of Monmouth county advancing alfalfa success through liming sowing in July and August 1902, yields of over thirteen tons per acre by 1905, inoculated soils, and potential hundred ton harvests from ten acres. It also covers a copper sulphate lime spray recommendation for crop protection and notes Oklahoma Station on urban-to-rural farming migration.
A tale unfolds of Clarence the rat who grows huge after eating a magical fertilizer. Mrs. Rat uses alum from a paper bag to shrink him back to normal size, then reflects on lessons in a Pittsburgh Dispatch moral about testing new foods on neighbors.
Golden officers report a brutal class fight between freshmen and sophomores at the School of Mines. Harry B. Clapp and J Welnig, both Denver freshmen, were badly hurt with brain concussion and severe internal injuries. Surgeons withhold prognosis while the faculty vows expulsion for any future similar events.
New York March 24 Dr Henry H Kane and Dr William H Hale pleaded guilty to grand larceny and were remanded for sentence Comptaint by John Jd McCallum that the two doctors took 10000 for a radium process but provided no benefit Since indictments Kane and Hale have returned the money Des Moines March 24 James Rice killed Isaiae Sailer a half brother during a land dispute in Swan La after Sailer reached for a gun Rice seized his Winchester and fired twice
Lincoln Nebraska March 24 a Burlington railroad wreck at West Lincoln leaves thirty one injured with Charles Gaskill of Alma ribs broken Addison Wall of Syracuse also with broken ribs conductor T C Bell of Lincoln badly cut and W Emmons of Omaha with back injuries. Also report of William Ryan from LaCrosse Wisconsin stealing 100000 in Standard Oil bonds from a Winona banker before his arrest.
The Allan line turbine steamer Victorian began her maiden voyage to Montreal from Liverpool on March 24. Thousands cheered as she departed carrying about 1,500 passengers including several engineering experts.
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