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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1905
Page
10
A large Washington crowd watched a lively baseball game where the Washington team beat the preachers eleven to ten after a late rally. Gibson pitched six innings, then Washington slammed six runs in the sixth to overturn a tight game before rain halted play.
An insurance notice urges customers to review tornado and fire coverage with J. W. Morton of Temple building, promoting the agency as the county's largest. A separate Memorial Day appeal asks residents to donate flowers at G. A. R. Hall by 7 a.m. with school contributions encouraged by the W. R. C. committee.
A dance event scheduled for Saturday night at Swift's Hall features live music by a band. The program includes dancing and socializing in a community venue.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for a catarrh cure by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo and endorsements by Walding Kinnan & Marvin. The tone markets internal use and price 75 cents per bottle with testimonials and other products like Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Rates offered via the Central Railway on the first and third Tuesdays to Nebraska Kansas Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma Indian Territory Texas New Mexico Colorado and other states. Stop-overs allowed tickets limited twenty one days for details call or write A B Cutts Minneapolis Minnesota July.
Madison Wis May 29 The omission of the word not in the engrossed copy of the senate bill creating a railroad rates commission renders its rulings operative only after technical omissions would otherwise void them A misprint would have rendered the bill law but stripped the commission of power prompting a repassage to restore not in Section 33
In Boise Idaho on May 29 engineers digging a Snake River channel uncovered twelve feet of lava, a six foot sand layer, and another lava layer. A horned animal skull with six foot horns, a three foot tusk like an elephant, and a horselike lower jaw were found but not identified by scientists. Springfield Illinois May 20 the United Mine Workers executive board urged a fair trial of the shot firer law to gauge its impact on safety and operator hardship, with potential talks to resolve disputes.
In Kalamazoo Geo Blackrick aged 59 brought to the asylum had long crippled spine and missing hand yet farmed large plots, plowed, milked eight cows daily. His affliction and labor recently drove his family from home with death threats. In Bloomington Indiana University won the state intercollegiate track meet with 56 1 3 points Purdue second Notre Dame third. Five state records fell as Indiana led after two events and held it throughout.
Cornell University eight defeated Harvard University eight on the Charles River by six and a half lengths. The Ithaca crew covered 17 1/2 miles in 10 minutes 9 1/5 seconds, while Harvard finished in 10 minutes 8 1/5 seconds.
A fire in Kewanna Indiana destroyed the A. D. Tener elevator and grist mill the Vandalia passenger and freight stations Byers Bros poultry warehouse and damaged multiple business buildings. The loss is put at about 30000 dollars covered by insurance.
The general assembly of the Presbyterian church completed its 117th annual session at Winona Lake Indiana and adjourned. About 300 commissioners remained over Sunday rather than travel on Sunday.
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