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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1905
Page
8
A boy with bandaged hands endured a severe electric shock while attempting a Latin exam at school. He climbed a pole then collapsed, but doctors expect recovery despite vomiting blood and lingering burns. The incident prompted medical and school officials to review safety.
Cincinnati hosts a twenty-fifth anniversary celebration by the Commercial club. A key event tonight features Lucius Taft and Lucius Taft? Secretary Taft and Lucius Tuttle slated to speak on government railroads and the future of the rail system in a banquet setting.
The senate committee on interstate commerce heard 150 witnesses during the railway rate regulation hearing. The Washington public schools superintendent bans distribution of a critical Roosevelt hunting trip article to pupils.
Ex sheriff William Appleby has been sworn in as a United States marshal and sent to Park Falls to lead thirty deputies aiming to arrest John Dietz. Dietz refuses to yield possession of logging property at Cameron Dam.
In Muskegon Michigan on May 25 Mattie Jesperson aged 7 saved Frances Charlend aged 6 from drowning. Frances sank for the third time before Mattie caught her by the hair and pulled her to shore.
In Adrian Michigan on May 25 the def en tants from the Mae Post tarard feather episode in Hudson stood mute in circuit court and entered a plea of not guilty Their attorney requested continuance and the case was adjourned for further proceedings
Alfred Holtzman of Holtzman & Co bankers and brokers in the Union Trust building reports the firm and members of the New York Stock Exchange have signed over to Lepman & Levi. He says assets and liabilities approximate 100 000 dollars.
A promotional feature extols vigorous health as the source of power for women and cites Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a tonic. A testimonial from Mira Bessie Ainsley in Tacoma praises the product for relieving inflammation, weakness, and backache after childbirth, urging readers to write for free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Massachusetts.
Every Tuesday until December the Iowa Central Rywn offers home seekers round trip flexets to points in Iowa Minnesota South and North Dakota and the Canadian Northwest at one fare plus two dollars. Tickets are limited twenty one days with stopovers allowed. For full rates and details contact agents or address A K H Ocits 4 P and T A Minneapolis Minn.
Beginning April 1 the Rock Island runs excursions to Los Angeles San Francisco and California points at 85 65 round trip. Travel via one route and return by any other or the same route. Board at Washington and arrive in sunny California. Contact agent A W Russe for details.
A 76 year old woman named Mrs Carter endured fifteen years of extreme eczema and malignant erysipelas with relentless itching and burning. The illness covered her entire body and left the left side almost paralyzed, while attempts by seven physicians offered no hope.
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