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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1910
Page
8
A Seattle minister disputes public judgment of the Interior Secretary as authorities identify Willis W. Street as one of the men killed in the Tuesday Stockton Illinois wreck while other victims remain unnamed.
Willis W Street, killed in the Stockton interurban wreck, formerly assistant superintendent here, later division head of Illinois Traction. Burial set in Hedrick. Street active in Masonic Blue Lodge and Knights Templar commandery.
Richards Bradford shot Mrs. Cora van Hyning at 511 Southeast Second Street during supper time claiming she "broke up my home." He fled after firing the 32 calibre pistol and surrendered at police twenty minutes later at headquarters.
Des Moines reports the Knights of Pythias tribunal will study records and adjourn for advisement after hearings. William M. Narvis of Muscatine is cleared due to absence when letters were sent. G. B. Wade’s case likely today, while Wettstein’s expulsion by Ames lodge was sustained on appeal.
Rev. F J Van Horn of Seattle says Richard A Ballinger secretary of the interior is not dishonest. He notes Ballinger’s Seattle roots and early reform work as mayor, while faulting national press for mischaracterizing him and causing personal and financial strain.
Fairfield hosts the second annual convention of Iowa eighth district on November 4 with about 300 Degree of Honor members. Evergreen lodge will entertain. visiting officers include Mrs Frances Buell Olson of St Paul and Mrs Elizabeth E Alburn of Sioux City, along with all grand lodge officers. District lodges span Ottumwa Eddyville Nidon Mt Pleasant Keosauqua Stockport Bonaparte and two in Fairfield.
A Bakerville Tenn. report recalls the death of A Brapp a Kansas arrival who perished in an accident at Battle Mountain Sanitarium while aiding dough mixing. The narrative then shifts to local Civil War memories including Captain Nance and a 1863 night raid, closing with a farewell to Brother McCarron and Brother Lasater.
The body of George Godfrey, who killed Miss Rika Amelsberg with five shots after she resisted his attentions, was found in a corn field near the crime scene. He had earlier shot the girl in a pasture before he shot himself after retrieving more ammunition.
In Knoxville on October 7 the state board of control toured the hospital grounds delaying the new superintendent. Inspectors found a strawberry bed yielding nearly thirty quarts that will be picked if cold weather does not arrive.
Frederick Meyer of Kewanee Illinois recounts a World War I era memory as a scout in Company G Sixth Cavalry. He joined at Maquoketa and now visits East Washington. The tale is from a Tennessee newspaper the Athenian Citizen now merged with Bakersville Review under Senator L. H. Lasater.
Minneapolis reader Mrs Joan Moldan says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her female troubles and restored health within months. The notice urges women to write for confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts and notes 20 years of free public guidance.
A testimonial from W. M. Sherman of Cushing Maine credits three bottles of Electric Bitters with curing months of kidney trouble. The product is promoted as the greatest health builder, improving stomach liver kidneys and blood, and helping daily work. Available at Lemmon's Pharmacy for 50 cents.
A public sale by D H Miller and Frank Macon on October 12 begins at 10 AM, 30 miles south of Washington on Eureka and Coppock road, listing sixteen horses and mules, seven head of cattle, fifteen hogs, forty-one sheep, and extensive farm machinery plus loads of barn flooring and harnesses. Auctioneer ARTHUR THERION, clerk.
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