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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1912
Page
4
The weather in the first five days of the week was favorable for field work and vegetation growth. Above normal temperatures and deficient rainfall until Friday night and Saturday brought heavy rains in southern and central areas, boosting corn planting and hay prospects while late cool spells may slow planting for a day or two.
Trees show promise for good yields overall with other fruits, while peaches remain uncertain. George M. Chappell, Section Director, notes the outlook.
Denison reports regular medical practitioners have moved to halt a magnetic healer who operated in the county through the winter. Patients claim cures including removing a cancer with magnetic touch, while doctors oppose his practice and he vows to challenge the campaign against him.
Britt May 14. Will Love was injured while operating a meat grinder. The machine jammed as he forced meat through it and his hand was drawn in, resulting in the loss of all fingers at the knuckle joint.
The Clarion reports the Catholic church in this city has taken initial steps to build a $15,000 parochial school. A lot north of the church was purchased for $2,000 and ground for the building is about to be broken. The five classroom structure will house sisters to teach and the third story will serve as a dormitory. The basement will be fitted for social uses.
Public utility telephone plant and similar facilities in the state are transferred to a Minneapolis land concern for 42 000 acres around Sustis Florida. The purchaser is described as a trading company likely to dispose of the land soon after closing.
Fire destroyed Rooney Flick's home in Dubuque at 2 AM. Mrs Wilbur Norton dropped three children Dorothy age 3 Lorraine age 6 and Gladys age 7 from a second floor window to the ground sixteen feet below. Lorraine suffered a broken arm and the others were badly hurt. The mother and Flick were burned but will recover. The home was a total loss and the fire's origin is unknown.
Veteran Rev. McNeely recalls a midwinter North Carolina expedition with Indiana's 118th Regiment during a river crossing at Clinch River. Artillery duels and skirmishes tested the brigade before a night in the open and later at Russell's Ford. A Gordon and Toombs quip closes the piece.
Wonderly, a prominent farmer residing two and a half miles north of Crawfordsville, died suddenly at 8:30 pm from a brain blood vessel rupture. He was born November 14, 1851 in Cumberland County Pennsylvania and moved to Illinois with his family as a child. He married Anna J. Weakley in 1877 near Monmouth. Survived by three children, two brothers and two sisters. Funeral tomorrow at 2 pm at his residence conducted by Rev. J C Currie. burial in Crawfordsville cemetery. He was a United Presbyterian member and highly respected in the community.
Louis Vallentine was found dead in his Webster City home after drinking with two companions who later fell ill. A restaurant man who allegedly sold them alcohol is being held as evidence is gathered.
The clipping lists standings across multiple baseball leagues including American League National League American Association Western League Three Eye League and others with team records wins losses and winning percentages for clubs such as Chicago Philadelphia Boston Detroit Washington New York Cleveland St Louis New York Cincinnati Brooklyn Pittsburg Louisville Denver Des Moines St Joseph Sioux City Omaha Wichita Topeka Lincoln Oshkosh Rockford Madison Racine Wausau Appleton and more. It shows win loss records and percentages for each club in a compact historical table format.
An assortment of scores from leagues across the country including Chicago New York Cincinnati St Louis Boston Philadelphia Cleveland and more with many games shortened by rain darkness or called at various innings. Notable results show New York beating Detroit 15 to 4 and St Louis defeating Boston 9 to 9 in a split slate with numerous other city matchups and weather-affected games.
A claim attributes to New South Wales a richness of flowering plant species exceeding that of all Europe, highlighting the region's botanical variety and climate.
One hundred dollars reward offered for an incurable catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney and Co of Toledo declared honorable by National Bank of Commerce Toledo. Cure is internal and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. 75 cents per bottle. available from all druggists. also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Davenport report notes Group 8 Iowa State Bankers association unanimously endorsed Vice President D. H. McKee of the German Savings Bank for a seat on the American Bankers association executive council. Election to be held next month. A. F. Dawson and William Heuer spoke on public sentiment for a permanent law replacing the Vreeland Emergency Currency act. Heuer also discussed fingerprint identity systems for signatures and preventing forgery.
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