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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1910
Page
4
Busy day listings at The Fair feature Earl Frey studio supplies and Kodak items. Many Keota and Crawfordsville residents visit the city and shop for dishes, glassware, laundry soap, fans, and Krystal glassware while crediting decorations for Memorial Day.
A father tells Jack and Evelyn a bedtime tale of a poor German couple who receive three wishes from a fairy king. They waste one on a pudding that ends up stuck on the wife's nose, forcing them to spend all wishes and eat the pudding before the fairy returns with money to teach them not to make foolish wishes.
A victim in the Green Mountain wreck has left the hospital after nine weeks of recovery. Medical officials report the individual is on the road to full recovery and will continue follow up care.
The May 25 vote in Davenport, Iowa, extended the Tri City Railway franchise by a wide margin. The interurban to Muscatine is now an assured project with the company under one management led by J. F. Porter. The system has $12 million in current property interests and has spent $1.5 million on improvements in four years. Construction projects this year total about $1 million with a Muscatine link costing around $1.5 million.
Paul J. Swift, circulation manager for the Waterloo Reporter, returns home to Water loo nine weeks after a severe Rock Island wreck near Green Mountain. His leg is in a plaster cast to heal. his mother has stayed with him. Jay Sweitzer of Waterloo and Mrs. William Tietz of Reinbeck remain in hospital but are improving.
The C B Q Railroad company has bought land in south Centerville Ia for a new depot. It is tied to the annual budget of 32 million dollars passed by the board. Burlington is expected to spend 35 000 to 40 000 on construction. The depot will be large and modern, serving local passenger and freight business and housing Centerville division offices and operating departments.
John Fletcher of Attorney General Byers office met May 24 with Law and Order league members in Ottumwa to gather material for the ouster case against Mayor T J Phillips. Phillips doubts the state can secure enough evidence in a week to warrant removal from office.
Anti saloon Attorney Akers admitted in open court that the Marshalltown remonstrance petition is in effective. Attempts are now being made to show that the mulet law is not effective.
A Chicago News joke where a roundsman explains how he kept girls from rushing as lights went out. He claims the ruse was to declare old ladies first, and the crowd held back, a cautionary moment.
Ten year old son of Daniel Diblin of Denison Iowa was killed instantly when a blind horse he rode stumbled and fell Sunday three miles west of town. The horse toppled during a fast pace, crushing the boy.
Specimens of jack described as gold laden ore were taken from a mine led by Robert Carr of Mason City who, with friends, has promoted mining prospects in Maniteau county California. Carr, an old resident, holds a number of claims and is advancing the venture locally.
Local resident Mr. Carr, longtime owner of Bob Patch, a brother of famed pacer Dan Patch, reports a large mineral strike at a forty foot depth. The find extends 250 feet deep and has the town buzzing about potential outcomes.
Ottumwa report details John Seeley, a John Morrell & Co. employee, killed instantly by an elevator accident at the packing house. His head and right arm were severed, the body found hanging between floors. Married last fall he had worked at the plant since May 18.
The Presbyterian general assembly formally protested the Johnson Jeffries heavyweight title bout. The protest will be sent to California Governor Gillett. Dr A B MacCauley of Trenton introduced the resolution and the college board urged funds.
Dr. John Willis Baer of Occidental College drew praise and applause when he quoted Theodore Roosevelt during the college board’s discussion of a $15,000,000 fund for higher education among 57 colleges. He called Roosevelt “an American citizen temporarily absent from the White House.”
Ernest Cross 22 a bricklayer of 1338 DeWolf street threatened to murder his rival and his sweetheart on a Walker street car after learning of their engagement. He fired at his head but only rang the rim of his hat. Officer Sam Ross intervened and disarmed him.
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