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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1906
Page
4
Increasing cloudiness with rain or snow in west and central portions. Winds light to breezy tonight and warmer tonight. Charles Gorham left for Des Moines to spend a day or two on business.
A home medicine claim for Chamberlains Croup Remedy as an immediate preventive and treatment for croup in children. It asserts safety with no opium and promotes purchase at Cook Sher man Stewart s Pharmacy.
Five residents returning home after recent trips are noted. Fred Stewart came back from West Chester after a day on business. Mrs. Pearl Ullrich returned to Crawfordsville after a city visit. S. H. Ross served on a jury and returned home. Harry Ward, George Paul, W. L. Dusenbery, Sallie Wolfe, and the DeLong family were also mentioned with brief travels and visits.
Mr and Mrs KE T Shawns returned to their home in Cuba Indiana after visiting relatives near the city for several days.
The Iowa Central Railway plans monthly sales on the first and third Tuesdays from November through March offering one way tickets at very low rates to settlers headed to Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Indiana Territory, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana. Through rate is two dollars higher than half fare. Contact Iowa Central agents or write A. Kh. Cutts, G P & T A, Minneapolis for full details.
The piece discusses lodge leadership guiding principles to maintain harmony, notes England limits officers per grand lodge, reports Illinois grand secretary Dill resigning after thirteen years, announces California elects Edwin Hart as grand master, cites Missouri’s 43 000 master Masons with 6 497 in St Louis, praises Masonry’s work ethic, mentions a Maine lodge with few candidates, recalls Fredericksburg wreath tradition for Washington, and warns of active clandestines forming spurious Chicago lodges.
The piece discusses the importance of earnest ritual instruction in the Odd Fellows order, urging leaders to teach spiritual meaning, not just words. It notes Iowa Odd Fellows instituting ten lodges, total membership 80,000, grand master salary, and lists leading encampments and regional growth including San Juan Puerto Rico and Hampden lodge’s new $50,000 temple in Springfield Massachusetts.
Deming celebrates return of Leon Godchaux great sachem with a silver inlaid war club. feast follows and talks. note reports of tribal counts and adoptions across New Jersey Ohio and Indiana, Pocahontas councils in Philadelphia totals.
The case involves the soldiers preference law after the city denied John A. Robertson a street commissioner post. Witnesses include Street Commissioner J. F. Curran and Robertson testifying on abilities and habits. Other matters note Rankin Mauck v Rippie verdict delays and guardianship settlements for Porter Maxwell McCall and Savage probate actions with appointees, trials, and bonds.
A terrible storm swept over South Bend injuring Albert Noehler and Fred Cook as telegraph, telephone, and electric wires were downed and windows shattered. One man is likely fatally injured from a falling beam.
The Chicago Journal reports Indian chiefs now affix thumb prints to government documents instead of cross marks to ensure validity. A recent treaty with the Umatilla Indians of Washington allows cattle to cross the reservation unharmed.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes a Cairo progressive digging wells and installing irrigation near the Cheops pyramid and the Sphinx. After centuries of desert, green fields may appear, illustrating a shift from old to new Egypt.
Denver Republic reports a wild tale of Pocket Mike a whiskered miner chasing an auto and a red devil bicycle across desert trails He boasted of grabbing diamonds and driving fast while others fear his stampede leaving a trail of harm as a posse closes in
Smuggling of small Dutch cedar trees becomes a quirky hobby for women returning from Europe. A Philadelphia matron bought a dozen in Holland and brought them ashore with stories of loving green things. Customs officials did not object, and others follow Mrs Penn's lead with their miniature forests.
George Weil of New Columbus Pennsylvania pulled a cabbage in his truck patch and found a gold ring he lost earlier in spring. The ring lay covered by the cabbage shoot and the mature head grew through it, nearly hiding the ring.
A philosophical remark notes that all beings capable of life possess the potential to act, suggesting intrinsic agency across living things without specifying a concrete event or person. The statement emphasizes inherent capability rather than external tasks or outcomes.
A Cicero quote notes a person who is well educated and capable to act rightly and has the power to avoid wrongdoing. The statement emphasizes virtue, wisdom, and self control as key traits of a good leader or citizen.
The ad touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as famous strike breakers that settle liver and bowel trouble. Claiming to purify and relieve constipation and headaches, the pills are priced at 25 cents at Stewart's.
A regular meeting is set for this evening. Officers and members are requested to be present.
Local note items report Joe Sherman returning from Sigourney on business, Mrs. P. E. Lovelett heading to Chicago for a few days with relatives, David Donaldson coming in from Pawnee City, Miss Grace Butler returning to Columbus Junction, and Ray and Elmer Warrington returning from Keota after attending McCutcheon’s lecture.
In Alliance Kentucky F N Tacket recounts a near fatal year marked by severe lung bleeding and a frightful cough. He credits Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption with a complete recovery after four bottles and a permanent cure. Stewart s drug store guarantees the remedy with 50c or 1 00 and a free trial bottle.
The Journal reports a brief delay last evening as a flyer drops and a worker sustains a thumb injury caught in the press mechanism. Repairs are underway with expected continuation of normal operations later tonight.
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