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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1911
Page
8
The fragmentary text hints at financial shortfalls affecting a group named Dos Cosson and the shoe men organizing in Owa Shores to advocate for a state or gas regulation. Names and places are unclear due to OCR errors.
The article notes that funds provided under a Cunningham-era road drag law are unusable this year. Special counsel Robbing advises that many township road districts made dragging contracts four to five days before the law took effect April 5. They now face lacking funds to fulfill existing agreements.
Iowa City May 15 entries closed for the invitation high school field meet under State University auspices. Twenty five schools entered with sixty athletes. Davenport leads with eighteen men. Fairfield sixteen. Iowa City and North Des Moines fifteen each. Cedar Rapids eleven. others range ten to one. Named participants include Anamosa Cherokee Dubuque Fayette Fonda Hawarden Independence Keokuk La Porte City Marion Marshalltown Mechanicsville Muscatine Oskaloosa Postville Seymour Sigourney Storm Lake Webster City.
Grand Army of the Republic in Iowa announces that about one thousand Civil War veterans have died in the state since last Memorial Day. General orders urge observances May 28, closing of shops, and readings of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
We offer unsurpassed facilities for cleaning carpets and rugs of all kinds removing moths and germs. All work guaranteed with sanitary results. Prices right. Agent for Fairfield Rug works. We brighten old carpets and rugs. Prompt attention and freight charges paid. Call or write Roy Minick.
Miss Margaret Walsh a forewoman at the American Lead Pencil factory in Hoboken N J is fatally injured after her long hair is caught in a fly wheel at St Marys hospital She had let down her hair for inspection and the ends were caught by the wheel as she shook them free witnesses describe her hair reaching nearly to her ankles and the machine tearing it from her head as it spun her around the shaft until stop.
Jamen Griffing and DeWitt Griswold, indicted as members of the J. C. Maybray awin ching gang, pleaded guilty in federal court to using the malls to defraud. Griswold was sentenced to five months in Warren county jail. Griffing’s sentence was held until his attorney from Council Bluffs arrives.
Stampton Iowa May 143 The electric light plant here one of the finest small plants in the state was burned to the ground Thursday Loss 10000 and no insurance The plant caught fire from sparks from a witch engine near the building The fire was extinguished with great difficulty and for a while the whole business section was threatened The plant will be rebuilt.
Grinnell plans a major festival on May 1 and 16 featuring the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Emil Oberhotte with notable soloists. The event marks a premier collegiate year centerpiece in Grinnell.
Col Brookhart returns from Des Moines where he organized the state rifle shoot set to begin July 17 and run about a week. The state team stays in Des Moines to practice for Camp Perry in August. Despite losses from last year, Brookhart expects a winning Team D at the state shoot with L R Schilling, John Jackson, and T L Brookhart back in action.
Des Moines shoe dealers announce a meeting in Des Moines on June 20 to organize a state association. They seek semi annual buying weeks with Des Moines as the buying center and consider a mutual insurance company as part of the plans.
Foley Kidney Pills take hold of your system and help you rid yourself of backache dull headache nervousness impaired eyesight and ills from impaired kidney and bladder action. Sold by all druggists.
H W Russell reports new details for the updated time card. The eastbound No 30 local now leaves at 6 35 PM instead of 6 30 PM and arrives at 6 05 PM. The westbound No 468 service details are adjusted with altered train numbers 429 and 480 and minor timing shifts across branches.
Quote reflects a view that culture thrives when individuals shed self consciousness and focus on others. It frames humanity as a collective, urging caring, admiration, and love for others as a path to a Christian Nirvana.
Four Des Moines railway mail clerks and seven others were fined by the department over charges tied to signing a call for a clerks union. The group says twenty more in the state face discharge or re sign, with many employees nationwide potentially affected.
An advertisement from Lem Moon's Pharmacy urges readers to try Chamber lain's Linkcent claiming strong effectiveness. The brief promo promises a single application will prove its merits to potential buyers.
Calumet Michigan May 13 The arrest of Mrs Laure Stannard of Greenland for murder by administering strychnine to her husband Charles on March 26 has not been formally made but she is under surveillance in her room critically ill An adjournment of arraignment was asked until Monday when she will seek an examination in justice court
A Times writer estimates annual timber loss in Uganda’s great forest near the Nile source at not less than one billion cubic feet due to rot and neglect. Chambertalis Liniment is praised for sore muscles and rheumatism relief and sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Nellie Lee alias Maude Brewer, once jailed in Oklahoma for defrauding Des Moines man Joly Huser of 4200 dollars through clairvoyant schemes, appeared in court today and returned 4259 in cash. She pleaded guilty to obtaining money by false pretenses and paid a 500 dollar fine plus costs including travel expenses.
Competent stenographer seeks typing work, will operate own typewriter. Trave my own machine. Phone 595 Green, Theodts.
A man chases widespread renown but discovers the gathering around him is driven by self interest rather than admiration. The episode reveals how popularity often attracts opportunists rather than true supporters.
J. M. Howell of Greensburg Kentucky praises Cham berlain's Cough Remedy as excellent for home use and mentions Lemmon's Pharmacy as the seller.
M. N. George of Irondale Alabama suffered chronic kidney trouble for years. After taking Foley Kidney Remedy for three days he felt relief with back pain easing and improved kidney function. He recommends the remedy and notes it is sold by all druggists.
First physician asks what can be diagnosed from the patient's ailment. Second speaker proposes a plan to profit about 600 apiece if managed properly.
Foley Kidney Pills are advertised as a trusted medicine that heals strengthens and acts as an antiseptic and tonic. They are promoted for quick action and sold by all druggists.
The line expresses a preference for staying true to conscience over seeking popularity by falsehood from an author text.
Francis Fay aged 20 reappears at his uncle and aunt's Iowa City home after vanishing four years earlier. He ran away at 16 saying he wanted to see the world, spending years traveling between Iowa and California while his parents had died.
Fragmentary remark notes how newspapers praise one man cutting food to the bone while another’s horse dies suddenly underlining a harsher reality. The text contrasts hype and misfortune without specific names or places.
Burlington Iowa May 13 a local barber Porrest McCoy was stunned when William Brissey of Ottumwa appeared to claim the woman he had married as Miss Alice Hall on April.
Fear of fancied evil gives way to real perils in swamps and marshes as malaria germs threaten ague fever typhoid. Electric Bitters is praised for destroying germs in blood with proven claims from Wm. Fretwell of Lucama North Carolina who reports three bottles cured malaria and improved health. Available at Lemmon's Pharmacy for 50 cents.
The excerpt warns readers to beware of a man who suspects others while likely harboring motives of his own.
Historical note on centuries old Chinese vermilion industry. Claims trade secrets remain unfathomable to foreigners.
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