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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1905
Page
8
An old advertisement notes that health is cleared for action by Dr King’s New Life Pills and mentions Stewart’s drug store with a price in cents. The copy emphasizes bloom of health, bright eyes and firm flesh as signs of vitality.
Rates published for travel via the Iowa Central Railway on the first and third Tuesdays of each month to Nebraska Kansas Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma Texas Indian Territory and other states. Stop-overs allowed tickets valid twenty one days contact A B Cutts U S & T A Minneapolis Minnesota for rates and schedule information.
The Iowa Central Railway offers weekly round trip tickets on Tuesdays until December for travel to Iowa Minnesota South and North Dakota and the Canadian Northwest. Tickets cost one fare plus two dollars with limited twenty one tickets and stop overs allowed. For rates and details contact Pat or A B Cutts AG and TA Minneapolis Minn.
Beginning April 10 the Rock Island offers excursions to Los Angeles San Francisco and California points at a low 855.65 round trip. Travel via angular route and return by the same route. Board at Washington and stay in the car until arriving in sunny California. Contact options: phone write wire or ask.
Goldfield Bank and Trust Company of Goldfield Nevada has failed with liabilities of 878,227. Assets discovered total 4,821 with 4,800 in notes and 16 in vault, plus a single 85 gold piece. President J B Young also leads Goldfield Lida Investment.
Omaha May 24 Edward W Nash president of the American Smelting and Refining company was stricken with a brain hemorrhage while at a dinner hosted by banker Herman Kountze Physicians were summoned and Nash was unconscious later reports said he showed slight improvement and there were hopes of recovery In Texas about 150 veterans of the Mexican War gathered in Ilias for a reunion while the Texas Association of Mexican War Veterans met in Dallas both groups sharing reminiscences as the average attendee exceeded 80 years.
John Stewart Crossy known as J. C. Stewart a famed theatrical figure and playwright dies at his son Der Butler Croany residence in St. Louis He was 71 born in Dublin Ireland and once ran a theatre in Philadelphia
From London The Herald reports Dorchester House in Park Lane is being prepared rapidly for Ambassador Ried. Rental terms are said to be settled and a large staff of servants engaged. The residence is described as unmatched in site and suitability for entertaining.
St Servan Waranee May 24 reports hope abandoned for the safety of the three masted sailing vessel Cou sins Reunist missing eighty days after departing for St Pierre Milion with 128 fishermen aboard. Families of the crew suffer great grief as search efforts wane.
In Evansville Indiana on May 24 a large house cat leaped onto a sleeping infant in its crib. The animal badly lacerated the child’s face with large cheek holes. The child died shortly after. Authorities fear hydrophobia.
Andover Academy in Andover Massachusetts has closed due to scarlet fever among students. The Brotherhood of Trainsmen meeting in Buffalo New York votes to keep existing insurance rites unchanged.
Fort Worth Texas May 24 report from the Southern Presbyterian church committee recommends postponing any decision on closer relations with other Calvinist bodies until the next assembly. Negotiations should continue in the interim.
A volcanic spring fifteen miles northwest of Brawley in the Colorado desert yields carbonated water emerging nearly twenty feet below a rim and two feet across. The rust around the site indicates iron in the water. lemon juice or acid makes a drink similar to soda pop. Samples sent to a chemist for analysis. plans consider making the site a desert resort.
A description notes straw charcoal disinfectant, produced by burning rice or straw in a closed space, helped keep fatalities low in the Japanese army from wounds.
A fragment quotes a fatherly naming joke from the Chicago News and juxtaposes it with Leopardi on laughter, presenting a playful literary aside about memory and wit.
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