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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1907
Page
8
In San Francisco on October 4, Chamot testified at a bankruptcy hearing that A B Chamot valued a Pekin loot at thousands of dollars. He said he sold part of the collection in New York for 35000 dollars. The lot included a jewel studded cup once owned by the empress dowager and valued at 85000 dollars, plus three panels and a screen being offered at 25000 dollars.
Elwood Indiana October 4 The Madison County Horsethief Detective association has captured three juvenile thieves who stole rigs from the city hitch rack over two months. Russell Barris 15 and John Dean 17 confessed to multiple thefts including grocery store robberies and chicken theft. They implicated Boyd Pownham 17.
Mrs May Metzger, of Rinard, was struck and killed by a Baltimore and Ohio train near Flora while walking to Clay City after boarding a Rinard to Clay City ticket. The engineer blew the whistle and attempted to stop, but the collision occurred before the train halted. Her husband worked at Chillicothe. The motive appears tied to a mistaken intention to reach a surprise visit.
New York October 4 one million dollars is divided into ten parts and bequeathed to colleges churches and charitable organizations under the will of Th Willis James just filed for probate. Legacies of 100000 each were named.
A list of notable beneficiaries including Tuion Theological Seminary Columbia University Yale University Amherst College Cooper Union The Children's Aid Society of New York American Board of Foreign Missions Hampton Institute St. John's Cathedral of New York and Presbyterian Hospital in this city. The compilation indicates diverse beneficiaries across education religion and health.
Philadelphia October report notes acting on secretary Metcalf orders the four battleships at League Island will be prepared to join the North Atlantic squadron for the long voyage around Cape Horn to Puget Sound. Ships must be ready for sea duty by March fifteenth.
Caen France Oct 4 Minister of War Piequart ordered court martial for Lieutenant Diville of a territorial regiment. He is noted for extreme socialist proclivities and refused at a recent corps review to obey orders to carry the flag.
Taft and his party depart from Taft Harbor aboard the Minnesota at midnight for Manila with Secretary of War Taft aboard. The voyage includes planned calls at Kobe Japan and Manila as part of the official tour.
At a meeting of voters led by prominent Democrats a committee was appointed to present to Mayor Pempsey a resolution urging him to withdraw from the Democratic ticket in favor of an independent choice.
John Mitchell Agar reports the president of the United Mine Workers of America is confined to his rooms in Indianapolis due to a wound from an operation performed weeks ago that has not healed properly. The note underscores ongoing health issues affecting his duties.
In the American League Detroit crushed Washington 9 to 3 while Philadelphia defeated Cleveland 4 to 0 keeping Philadelphia in playoff contention. Washington hosts New York and Boston hosts St Louis in other league results. A prison guard was stabbed during an escape attempt at Sioux Falls penitentiary with attacker Robert Ames. steward Isaac L. Gill survived but is seriously hurt.
Mrs. Van derbilt announces the engagement of her daughter Gladys to Count Ladislaus Szechenyi of Budapest. The social announcement places Newport on October 4 with the Vanderbilt family confirming the union.
A revolution erupts in Corrientes with the Independence League of Massachusetts nominating Thomas J. Hissen for governor Teise Tide. Acquittal celebrated for Senator TLerah on land fraud charges. Delero, Carlus, Rodelli and Celiene hanged in Lancaster for Pilato Albomatse murder. Washington state apple crop valued at 0,000,000. Madame Anna Gould divorce from Count Loni de Castellane finalized.
Charles Germman Burton, a former long serving Missouri lawyer and judge, is named commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. He enlisted at fifteen, fought at Shiloh, and pursued law in Warren Ohio, Missouri and Nevada before entering politics and revenue service in Kansas City.
The narrative portrays My Ingalls a former Big Four and Chesapeake and Ohio railroad head now Big Our board chair as a potential Democratic candidate for Ohio's U.S. Senate. It notes his rise from a Maine farm boy to wealth and influence, and recounts a Bridgeton school visit where a student said he could become president but cited being a Democrat as the obstacle.
General Fred Craton Ainsworth, aged fifty five, chief of military works and adjutant general, leads a government card index system saving $500,000 yearly by instantly accessing each pensioner and soldier. He is described as ambitious and well connected in Washington, where he is widely known and liked.
The tale recounts a thunderstorm and a wind raging across the plains. Glooskap captures the Wind Bird after a clash, later releasing one wing so storms never reach their former fury. A New York Commercial Advertiser item attributes the story to Native folklore.
A boy taunts his brother as a fraidy cat then faces a bear in the woods. Georgie and Susie react with fear while Stan and others reveal bravery and doubt. The bear nears, the children cling to each other, and Georgie ends up comforting Susie as they head home.
Sue invites Miss Pussie to a tea time seating by her side while Pussie purred and confessing the plan would suit her to a tea.
The secretary bird is a South African species reaching Abyssinia, builds large stick nests in brush, and the female is fed by the mate. Young mature slowly, often six months to leave the nest. It hunts insects, small animals, and venomous snakes, swallowing prey headfirst after stunning it with wings.
A whimsical verse about a doll named Abby with a flabby sawdust body and shabby clothes and another wax doll named Louisa who fears children's taunts. The piece reads as light verse noting doll woes and attempts to appease Louisa.
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