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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1906
Page
8
In Champion, a South Shore foreman is badly burned on a wet Angus day. Doctors plan a skin graft using donated skin from teachers and pupils at Champion schools. The patient asks for more skin to be taken after the first cuts, showing remarkable courage.
In Macon Missouri a sheriff entered the jail after supper and was attacked by Tate and O'Brien as his son Milford Graves, 19, grabbed a Winchester and shot O'Brien through the heart. O'Brien, accused of highway robbery, was killed. Tate escaped with a lead pipe weapon. Tate, an East Indies native, is wanted for burglary and parole violation in Kansas.
In Newport News Virginia the new armored cruiser North Carolina was fully launched from the yards of Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock company before about 10 000 spectators. Miss Rebekah Williams Glenn sponsored the ship. she is the daughter of North Carolina Governor Glenn who attended with his staff and a group of notable North Carolinians.
Mrs Bertha Ely the cook on the schooner Her schel was acquitted of murdering Mrs Maa A Kanna the captain s wife during a July night at a Detroit dock. The defense argued self defense with testimony that the victim had attacked the cook out of jealousy.
Myrtle Warle aged 7 is dead and her mother Mrs. Robert Earle and her year old brother are dying after eating toadstools believed to be mushrooms. The girl died beside her brother while he writhed in agony, and the mother lays convulsed in the same room when a neighbor found them.
News notes the secret marriage of Colonel Price McKinney the Cleveland millionaire to Miss Lucy [lawyer] of Richmond Virginia. The ceremony was reported by Col James T Neal brother in law of McKinney.
The third Vanderbilt Cup on Long Island was won by a French entrant with no American-made car placing. The event cost two deaths and several injuries.
Harry Lee, a club bachelor, mishandles three trunks at the Central depot causing a cascade of misrouted baggage. Miss Remington and three women chase misplaced trunks through Syracuse Rochester and Buffalo, ending with Lee and Remington rekindling interest as the trunk mix resolves.
A reporter recalls Sir John Macdonald at a public dinner where the premier’s speech was weak. He later corrects the notes, then delivers an impressive address. The closing remark warns the journalist never to report a public speaker while drunk.
The article explores whether being a Mason pays off through virtue and conduct. It lists membership counts for several Royal Arch chapters in Connecticut and Mississippi and notes organizational changes in North Carolina. It also mentions Scottish Rite activity in Douglas Alaska and a forthcoming general grand chapter convocation in Savannah Pu.
The Supreme Master Workman Narvis urged a permanent central meeting site for the supreme lodge at the latest session with Milwaukee expected to pick a location next. Economical travel for delegates and business focus were key arguments. A note on beneficiary designation under the order’s laws is included, with Pennsylvania reporting 10,126 members in good standing.
The passage emphasizes that real responsibility for the order’s growth lies with its members in subordinate lodges. An earnest member can inspire and awaken an entire lodge.
The passage urges courtesy to candidates through all degrees. It lists California Rebekah membership at 26,861 with a 1,624 rise in a year. Missouri reestablished 30 subordinate and 36 Rebekah lodges, with gains of 2,387 in subordinate and 1,652 in Rebekah branches. It notes Victoria Australia as a low fee record, with fees for ages 21 to 30 set at 81.20 for all subordinate lodge degrees and encampment.
The Legion of the Red Cross gains a New York license and assigns a field man to establish new councils. From January to July the Modern Woodmen issued 78 077 certificates. An unsigned application lies on the secretary’s desk, and wearing nonmember emblems remains a Kansas penal offense.
A New York Press quote notes age is signaled by passing bonbon shops without temptation. The speaker claims true middle aged status comes when chocolates no longer tempt the mouth, with nostalgia for school days and matinee hero worship fading as caramel or marshmallow thoughts wane.
A reflection on character and virtue contrasting those who respond with kindness to malice. The speaker notes some people age not in years but in wisdom, while others burn bright yet fade early, loved by the gods even as life ends young.
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