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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1912
Page
2
Fr. O. Ke Alpine Aerle No. 194%8 meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday evening each month. Visiting members in good standing welcome. E. G. FOX. W. P. R. C. DuBOIS, Secy.
Valley Forge Camp No. S868 holds Thursday evening gatherings in Kalop North Side Square. All neighbors are welcome. J G Moriarty Clerk.
Regular notices announce Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M meets first Friday monthly with C A Dewey as Worshipful Master and J W Morton as secretary Cyrus Chapter No 18 R A M meets second Friday monthly with H C Hull as High Priest and J W Morton as secretary Bethlehem Commandery No 45 KT meets second Friday monthly with Wyatt B Marbourg as threatened head and J W Morton as secretary Washington Chapter No 98 CE meets second Thursday monthly with Mrs J BE Kunath as Worthy Matron and Mrs Myrtle Bragg as secretary Visiting brothers welcome.
Delegates chosen at the county convention in city hall include J. H. Pearson G. G. Rodman Joe Utterbach Wilber Miller Ed Harmeyer Edgar Wilson John Little Eugene Breitenbach Edwin Knupp Will Walker Ed Klopfentein Mike Truxan W. W. McFarland Charles A Knupp Charles Foster L. J. Bidwell Frank Sallaby George Blattner A N Alberson A R Miller Each delegate has a half vote. Resolutions back Clark first choice Wilson second and Bryan dark horse. Promote presidential primary direct senator election initiative referendum recall. Special car arranged from Washington to Burlington May 15–16 with band.
A humorous item notes a teacher asking what must be done before death and replies that a boy named Tommy gets sick and sends for Dr. Pillsbury. The fragment preserves local color and a light moral tone.
A U S Bureau of Education report shows twenty five states active against high school fraternities. Laws impose suspension or expulsion for involvement. several states ban solicitation and bar students from sports or activities. Courts generally uphold school boards’ disciplinary reach within classroom access limits.
Sir John Charles Bigham Lord Mersey will head the Titanic disaster tribunal. Born August 3, 1840 in Liverpool, he studied in Berlin and Paris, joined the bar in 1870, and served in Parliament as a Unionist. He later led the king's bench division and the probate divorce and admiralty division, and was knighted.
John Hays Hammond and military leaders Rear Admiral Sidney Staunton and Brigadier General Clarence R. Edwards head a Taft chosen commission to visit London Paris Berlin St Petersburg Madrid Constantinople and Rome for the Panama Pacific exposition. Staunton will seek naval ships for the celebration and Edwards will urge foreign participation in military contests and representation.
A Uruguayan diplomatic mission in Brussels has welcomed Dr Clotilde Luisi as the first woman attaché. She holds a summa cum laude doctorate from the University of Montevideo and will oversee educational matters. Luisi is described as tall and slender with refined manners and a diplomatic smile.
The 1914 passenger total reached about 1 010 500 027, up from 971 685 100 in 1910. Earnings from passengers rose to 8 772 785 in 1911 and 28 902 473 by 1914, reflecting significant growth in the railway system.
The article recounts Titanic’s death toll among 1 035 missing and total losses of icebound ships off Newfoundland. It traces century style ice hazards from early Arctic explorations to advances in hydrography and wireless telegraphy, citing historic disasters like the Albera and the Dunbar, and noting Atlantic liners such as the Pacific and the Canadian lost to ice near Grand Banks.
The article catalogs iceberg disasters from 1864 to 1906 including the Indian’s near sinking in 1864, the 1875 Vicksburg wreck near St. John’s with 71 fatalities, and later ships like the City of London and Titania. It notes 1882 peak iceberg activity, multiple ship losses, and dramatic rescues such as the Arizona and Normannia episodes.
Yale University Museum receives a large stone chair carved as a crouching human figure with its seat supported by the figure. The relic, unique to certain Ecuador hills, came from donor Charles C. Brown, Yale 1908, who has lived in Ecuador and assisted the Yale Corporation secretary.
Ground has been broken for a new Princeton University dormitory costing 150000 dollars. The six entry building will house seventy students and features collegiate Gothic design with an arch and short tower at the junction of wings. It is a gift of the alumni and will be ready for the fall opening.
In Chicago 6000 freight handlers vote five to one to reject a compromise offered by twenty four railroads. All lines except Pennsylvan ia and Alton are included. They seek higher wages and shorter hours, with executive approval the strike proceeds imminent.
Stockholders of the St Louis Cardinals meet tomorrow. Aviation, motorcycle and auto shows open today in Peoria. Canadian cycling trials select Olympic team in Toronto. Fifteen mile professional race in New York features Billy Queal and Longboat. The New York Evening Mail runs a Bronx to City Hall marathon. Santa Monica road race on tomorrow’s calendar. Western Canada hosts highway planting at Alberni B C. Hudson hydroaeroplane meet opens in New York by the Aero Club of America. A beach show in New York displays breeds from wolves to bulldogs. Dartmouth Inn Alumni Oval hosts Twenty-first interscholastic games. Missouri Athletic Club marathon on a new St Louis course serves as Olympic try-out. Pacific Coast Conference track meet at Berkeley. England v Scotland soccer in Chicago for charity. Olympic tennis begins in Stockholm with top players amid the games.
The Epworth League of the M E church invites members to a social at the church on Monday night May 6. An election of officers will be held during the gathering.
The snippet shows Jiggs asking about a location while Joaz mentions ordering a winter coat. A city bus link line lists Cafllap Phone No. 589, with orders to be attended by Frank Rogers. The fragment ends with an address hint.
From Chicago markets May 4 1912 receipts show hogs 6000 today and 17558 yesterday with 15818 left over. Market steady to higher with light prices around 7.15 to 7.62 percent and heavy/rough hogs 7.25 to 7.75. Cattle and sheep seen slow but steady with total supplies noted.
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