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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1905
Page
3
Special to The Evening Journal. The forecast calls for fair tonight and Thursday. Warm temperatures expected in the northern portion tonight.
Local notes list Johnson's for ten cent cakes and frosted creams with Rambler fare and snack specials. Several residents travel for business and events, including Dr. Laird, J. Eckerman, and Jas. Wilson, while others visit Crawfordsville, Cedar Rapids, and Rock Island.
Tickets price 21.35 each way to Asbury Park New Jersey and return via Nickel Plate Road. Sale dates June 29 30 July 1 2 with return limit August 31 by depositing ticket. Chicago City ticket office 111 Adams Street Auditor ium Annex Depot at La Salle and Van Buren Streets on Elevated Loop.
In New York on May 81 the statue unveiling for General Henry W. Slocum drew President Roosevelt and a large crowd. The President praised the northern troops and acknowledged southern forces, delivering a stirring address that elicited enthusiasm across the crowd.
The president congratulates a once divided nation now united and urges leaders with ability to use power for justice and decency. He lauds General Slocum and warns against insult or injury to other peoples, urging restraint in foreign rhetoric and a spirit of generosity.
The commissioner appointed by the U.S. Supreme Court to take testimony in Missouri versus Illinois on preventing the Chicago drainage canal discharge into the Mississippi above St. Louis has filed his final report. The record spans 7,975 printed pages and 4,480,000 words.
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