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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1905
Page
8
Ralph F. Fernandez of Tampa Florida describes a fearful encounter with death caused by liver trouble and heart disease. After trying many doctors and medicines he used Electric Bitters and felt better in three days, claiming he is cured of all troubles. Guaranteed at J H Stewart’s drug store for 50 cents.
The Iowa Centralcy will sell daily round trip tickets at one fare plus two dollars to select Northern Minnesota and Dakota points with return limit October 31. Low round trips to St Paul and Minneapolis begin daily sales after June 1. For details contact agents or A. B. Cutts G. P. & T. A. Minneapolis, Minn. 83-julyl
The Iowa Central announces reduced round trip rates for summer 1905 to resorts and the Pacific coast from Brighton. Fares include St Paul and Minneapolis 12.00, Duluth 16.00, Denver 27.75, Salt Lake Ogden 35.75, with sale dates post June 1 and various limits and extensions. Additional moves cover Portland 49.00 and Hot Springs to 1 fare plus two dollars.
The Iowa Central Ry offers home seekers round trip tickets to Iowa Minnesota South and North Dakota and the Canadian Northwest at one fare plus two dollars. Tickets valid twenty one days with stop overs allowed. For rates and details contact agents or A H B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minnesota July 3.
The notice outlines multiple round trips from Denver and surrounding areas to Utah, Oregon, Washington, Yellowstone, Cody, Black Hills, and the Pacific Northwest with dates from May through September 1905. It highlights half fare and 25 cent add-on privileges, long return limits, and numerous side trips. J E Kunath, agent, promotes Sarlington's Special summer service with low rates and free literature.
In a Detroit Journal piece from An Animal Story for Little Folks a bear boasts of drinking to save a circus during a flood. He drinks a tub dry only to discover water leaked out, leaving him embarrassed by the parrot’s trick. The tale ends with the bear’s rueful realization of the leak and his overconfidence.
A Michigan farmer warns careless feeding ruins lamb growth. Starting lambs right matters. initial two to three weeks require careful limiting rations. Begin with bright oat straw twice daily and clover hay at noon to prevent overeating, then adjust to two hay feeds and one oat straw feed.
Local market reports milk, mutton and beef supplies rising at Mal Ost as vendors note steady demand. Shoppers from nearby towns flock to the stalls seeking fresh dairy and meat products amid the harvest season.
A mixed veterinary column covers treatments for mouth canker in pigs using permanganate of potash with cauterization for severe cases, feeding adjustments, purging practices, and isolation of affected animals. It also notes remedies for intestinal worms in sheep, horse lameness causes, kerosene spray for lice on hogs, and general livestock care tips.
May 31 Chicago reports baseball scores from Boston to Denver with numerous results including Philadelphia beating Boston 15 3 and Milwaukee 8 Kansas City 0. A separate incident in Montgomery involves Henry Walker firing a rifle at a woman holding a baby, the baby dying from the wound.
Culver Construction Co of Springfield won the contract to erect the Tanner memorial at Oakridge cemetery for 16807 dollars. Directors at the meeting included James A. Rose State Auditor McCullough and others. Colonel J Mack Tanner joined the board and a five member building committee was named. Dr Wines was orator at memorial exercises in Springfield praising Abraham Lincoln.
Auburn Indiana May 31 The city council voted to aid the treasurer who suffered a bank failure loss of 5250.78 He deposited the funds in two banks that failed Both banks will pay about a tenth of a dollar on the dollar to depositors The council also set the treasurer salary at 7 04 a year the mayor at 100 and the city attorney at 50 a year The measure was commended by the people.
In Muskegon on May 31 a man named R. E. J. Bouchard claimed he found $55 in cash wrapped in rag in an old stove in his shed. He planned to buy a cow but discovered the money was fake or nonexistent when he unrolled the cloth at his improvised bank. The farmer still owns the cow.
Madison Wis May 31 lawmakers face fines for absence due to extended legislative session. Absent members will be fined for missing attendance as the assembly enforces participation rules.
John Crimmins is fined $50 by a Chicago court for stealing $200 worth of clothing from a dying woman in Pmhrnning.
Notes and Queries cites Byron’s midnight 1816 Swiss thunderstorm described as the live thunder leaping among rattling crags and mountains. Sir Walter Scott praises the passage as a sublime, brilliant depiction of fierce delight and terror in verse.
In memory of the Harwick mine disaster of over a year ago 189 men were killed about 2400 miners and several thousand of their friends gathered at Springdale cemetery for the dedication of a monument donated by the miners of western Pennsylvania.
A Pennsylvania farmer writes that he has no silo yet but plans to build this fall after inspecting neighbors with silos. He finds the method good and affordable for feeding cattle and sheep, noting alfalfa and a well filled silo as key benefits even where brewers’ malt may be costly to haul.
Frank Neighbors, a 25 year old white man, shot and killed his sister Tela Taylor and her husband George Taylor and fatally wounded another sister Mrs. John Whaley in Chattanooga Tennessee on May 31. He surrendered to police and is jailed with no eyewitnesses.
Contemporary accounts praised Mme de Remusat for goddess like features and alabaster skin while noting she remained vibrant and healthy. Her striking beauty drew universal attention wherever she appeared, and she retained much of her looks into old age.
The May report shows a clear gain over April. The Centennial school’s banner moves to the first room of the Heights and will be found there next September. R. B. Crone, Supt. Le
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