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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1906
Page
4
Proceedings in the House discuss a Be Annapolis hazing case. A Senate substitute repeals a portion of the law requiring dismissal for hazing and replaces it with punishment aligned to the offense. Cruel conduct could lead to dismissal. Before consideration, 265 pension bills were passed. The Senate faced pension measures.
John D efeher Jr denies a report that his father, president of Standard Oil, visited New York from Lakewood to see Rockefeller Jr’s infant son. The report claimed Rockefeller evaded subpoenas in Missouri and paid a fiveing visit in an automobile to his son’s home.
St Petersburg report outlines a proposed income tax. Exemption up to 450, foreigners resident over a year must pay, rates from under 1 percent to 5 percent apply. Estimated revenue about 26.5 million dollars.
Judge Andrew Hamilton was unanimously chosen as president of the Albany club, a leading social group in Albany New York. The vote was about double last year with only one ticket and many ballots scratched to bolster Hamiltons endorsement for a sixth consecutive term.
In a defense opening attorney B Taylor asserted that if Claude Wheeler killed Frank Ogden last April it would be shown the shot came from Wheeler's husband to save his wife's honor. The state contends Whisler attacked unprovoked.
Edgerton Wisconsin public schools shut down by state health board due to Scarlet fever epidemic. Executive council of the American Federation of Labor protests proposed abolition of compulsory pilotage. Fire at Bucyrus destroys Conkling livery stables killing fifty horses. Ferruccio A Vivanti, major Japanese silk importer, dies after alighting from elevated train in New York. Sioux City’s fierce municipal campaign ends with Gambling as central issue.
Charley Work, a well known local figure, is jailed in Los Angeles on forgery allegations. Princeton omseer plans to return him to Missouri with requisition papers. Authorities say the note forged for 2000 dollars yielded 1500 dollars in payment.
Burglars entered a Clay store Saturday night and took a substantial amount of underwear and shirts. The exact value is undetermined, but owner Mr. Miller reports a considerable loss with no suspects or traces found to date.
Horse clippers ground at W. EK Groendycke's opposite the opera house. Trade ad notes service location and item.
A series of short notices list Keck Flora Co selling seeds, business visitors from Ainsworth and Davenport, trips to Sigourney Crawfordsville and Mt. Vernon, and social gatherings at the Biggs home with local teachers. Also noted is Miss Laura B. Noyes’s program entry on the kindergarten’s value.
The Masonic Fraternity announces a called meeting in Washington lodge No 26 A F M on Tuesday night March 27 2030 for work on the second degree. Jno H Steck W M.
A community notice urges citizens to back the Washington Industrial Association proposing a new org to boost local industry and employment. The group asks farmers, merchants, and residents to attend a Thursday 7:30 PM meeting at the Commercial club to sign on as supporters and help select a capable board.
The overnight rain totaled 1.78 inches by 7 am and caused nearby streams to flood. The creek overflowed its banks and the Skunk River ran at near bank full, with potential further rises expected in the hours ahead.
Miss Sue Fisher received word today of the death of her uncle John D Fisher who died in Weaverville California on March 22. He was the oldest in the family, last of the line, five years old, and never married. He went to California in 1849 and had lived there in the same county ever since. He visited about 30 years ago. He was a brother of the late Robert Fisher.
I Rothschild Co advertises handsome wide flouncings and wide band insertions with prices from 25 cents to 81 dollars per yard.
Professor Shaw notes the Woodhill herd established by W H Dunwoody in 1901 shows uniform excellence with no culls in the show herd. Lavender Clipper, a Woodhill product, and sire Choice Goods lead a rise in modernized Shorthorns seen as rivaled by few in breeding history.
The author notes bacon hogs gain less economically than lard hogs due to feed limitations. Dairy byproducts and barley meal with skim milk are cited as top rations for white bacon free of oil or flabbiness. Some mix barley with corn meal or barley with shorts and skim milk for heavier gains but lower quality.
G M Rommel notes piglets are most influenced by sow milk in the first month. Death losses rise during farrowing due to accidents, scours, or chills. He advises liberal skim milk, 6-12 pounds per pound of grain, minimal corn early, and increasing feed later for better growth.
Trade authorities admit a shift in beef production with scarce aged steers. Kansas buyers report Texas expeditions reveal this shortage. The calf and yearling cattle will replace aged steers, while Panhandle herds favor younger stock, forecasting a spring two year old shortage.
Wing notes evidence suggests stomach parasites in sheep do not survive winter in soil. Observers consider the probability of parasites dying off when the ground freezes, reducing future outbreaks and guiding management strategies.
Market handlers rebuke feeders for sending cattle with poor finish as buyers demand better conditioning, according to a Chicago livestock authority.
The notes advise cleaning pigpens and caution about sheep management and stock upgrades. It warns against risky swaps of scrub stock for blooded animals and urges maintaining quality feed and housing to keep pigs profitable.
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