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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1905
Page
3
Weather outlook for Iowa calls for generally fair conditions today and tomorrow. Only the extreme west portion may see possible showers, with no significant storms anticipated.
A jumble of local notices from the Vienna area mentions Nut fingers and macaroons at the Vienna bakery, Butter Scotch gnaps, a pastry sale by the Degree of Honor on May 27, and various residents visiting, traveling, or ill. Also news of weddings, weddings forthcoming, and community events with numerous local names.
Berkeley dispatch reports Warren T. Clarke of the University of California developing a trap crop method to curb the corn worm. In Santa Clara valley near Milpitas he tests a four percent trap crop that lures moths to a sacrificial plant, capturing larvae to protect the main crop.
A Belle Plaine Minnesota writer reports a friend severely hurt hand swelling resembling blood poisoning. Bucklen's Arnica Salve drew out the iron, healed the wound, and saved his life. Said to be best for burns and sores, 25 cents at J H Stewart's drug store.
The search for Pocahontas remains at Gravesend on the Thames faces obstacles similar to the Paul Jones recovery. Fire damaged vaults at St George’s church, later rebuilt, and vault positions are uncertain. Access requires church authority consent and approval from English descendants including General Baden Powell.
The late banker J T Crumbaugh of Leroy Illinois leaves an endowment of 200000 for a church promoting spiritualism and 50000 for a village library. Probate reports the estate may total 300000 with most going to spiritualism and a school in its interest. Crumbaugh died at eighty seven with no children and five siblings receive 1000 each. His wife gets a nominal sum.
Miss Lila Gates of Tyrone sold a cane to John W Gates for a record high draft of $5 000 The cane once belonged to her father and was presented by a Bingham House Philadelphia proprietor sixty years ago It carries a fine steel sword with an engraved head and face and was bought as a gift for a friend.
Professor Alexander Agassiz reports a vast desert beneath the Pacific Ocean, barren of life and spanning millions of square miles, found during a six months' government deep sea sounding cruise aboard the Alba Tross.
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