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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1911
Page
3
The thirteenth annual Sunshine Society meeting begins with an internal council session at Hotel Martinique and runs over three days with delegates from multiple states. Disorders and other local items note trials, addresses, and events across the country.
The court house offices are quiet with county officers and deputies at work. Taxes, delinquent lists, partition records, assessors books, and deed records occupy staff as the next court session nears and tall taxes begin. Officers continue to earn their salaries during the lull.
Quotation attributes a timeless adage about choosing when to act versus when to refrain. It emphasizes discernment in pursuit of advantage and suggests prudence governs true opportunity.
The Boards of Registration will convene at the designated election locations on Thursday and Friday May 18 and 19, then Saturday May 27, and again on Monday May 29.
The bribe probing grand jury, already indicting five legislators and a senate employee, returned eight indictments against eleven persons. All are secret until service is achieved. Three indictments are said to be against legislators. The panel recessed until May 21 to focus on upcoming trials.
In Brookville Indiana on May 17 a barn four horses and three cattle owned by James Warner a tobacco grower who moved from Kentucky burned. Frank McCurdy is jailed on suspicion of arson after bloodhounds traced a trail from the barn at Duck Creek to his arrest.
Emilie Chapin and Victor Clodie married today at the home of Mrs Albert Ko Chaping Clogenty in Lakeville Connecticut. The couple joins a family with ties to the Paris Opera.
The committee convened in Indianapolis to discuss plans for participation in the presidential campaign of the current year. Delegates weighed strategies and emphasized mobilizing participation ahead of the electoral period.
Under the Norwich American National League banner a folktest was held today in Ulmer Park Brooklyn to commemorate Norway's declaration of independence. The event drew local residents and featured readings, songs, and传统 cultural displays reflecting Norwegian- American heritage.
A Russian electrician claims to have invented an insulating material from mith and related compounds. The report notes the claim is preliminary and awaits independent testing and validation by scientific authorities.
Ottumwa resident Mrs Habntr KE offers testimonial praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments. She claims relief after consulting doctors and urges women to try the remedy before surgical options. The note cites nationwide usage and Mrs Pinkham's free confidential advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
In Turin on May 17 the national military tournament of the Itajan army begins. Several hundred regular army soldiers compete and officers from foreign armies have been invited to witness the tests.
Atlantic City delegates gathered ahead of the Presbyterian General Assembly set to begin the next day. A preassembly on mission work and an executive commissioners meeting were scheduled for today.
In Berkeley on May 17 the University of California held its forty eighth annual commencement with the usual ceremonies and formal valedictions.
A joint convention of the Chicago Historical Society the Hindis Society and the Mississippi Valley Historical Society opened in Chicago and Evanston today and will run for four days with sessions in both cities.
The Junior Christian Endeavor of Press Presbyterian Church presents a May 19 musical by Lena Maxwell and pupils. The program features solos on violin and clarinet with other attractions. Starts at 8 oclock. admission 15 and 25 cents. If you enjoy good music, plan to attend.
An advertisement extols S. S. S. as the ultimate blood purifier and tonic to strengthen the entire system. It warns that weak impure blood causes fatigue and illness and claims S. S. S. safely nourishes with no minerals or nerve stimulants. The copy urges spring use to resist disease and mentions The Swift Specific Co. Atlanta GA.
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