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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1910
Page
7
In a tense encounter at a studio inques t begins with Miss Elliott and a mysterious visitor Oil Perey, a man named Oliver Saffren acts as a hostile observer warning of danger. The narrator hints at hidden affairs and a planned meeting with Mr Perey before pursuing further clues about Oliver Saffren.
Frank Scobey 45 a noted Irving township farmer was electrocuted when his team hit a pole causing 25 000 volt wires to fall on his shoulder and throat The Hastings auto party including Bert Withey Mrs Henry Withey and Mrs William Moore witnessed the incident and tried to save him He leaves an invalid wife and two children.
A large anchor on the barge Linset toppled into a rowboat beneath the stern, crushing Joseph Leivy a dock hand. Leivy drowned and was dead upon surfacing minutes later despite warnings to stay away from under the anchor.
George Eigenbrodt aged 50 hanged himself in a rear room of the Jacob Fuchs saloon on High street. Fear of blindness and homesickness for Germany were cited as reasons. He was unmarried.
Kokomo Indiana May 7 The wife and children of John Gordon who vanished from home over four weeks ago have been quarantined due to scarlet fever. Police have pursued leads vigorously but have not found Gordon, leaving the family in distress and under medical watch.
A May column discusses A. Lawrence Lowell and the American Political Science association urging a “short ballot” to simplify elections. It argues current complex ballots reduce voter knowledge, invite bossism, and suppress citizen participation, proposing nonpartisan, limited-office ballots and larger, more focused roles to revive genuine democracy.
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