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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1906
Page
8
In Rural New Yorker KR Smith describes methods for shipping cattle by express or freight. Crating varies by size, with small calves in light crates and larger animals in full length stalls or stanchions. Attendants may accompany freight shipments, feeding and watering en route, while arrangements include improvised stalls, floor bunks, and barrels for water.
In New York Press prose a man wagers on a mysterious quality in a well dressed woman that makes three ahead of her nudge each other in unison. The tale frames a stereotyping moment as fashion cues trigger an unspoken understanding among women on Broadway.
The Catlin coal mine south of Panville owned by Pittsburg Coal Co. is closed and its machinery will be moved to Springfield district. The mine employed 500 men, with many likely finding work in Springfield mines of the company.
W. O. Robson, aged sixty three and a Maryland native, has been re elected to the post of supreme secretary of the Royal Arcanum. He previously worked as a printer and newspaper reporter before being named official stenographer for the city of Boston.
The Royal Arcanum paid beneficiaries of deceased members last year and has disbursed a large total since its founding. The Greater New York employment bureau aids members out of work, securing 178 positions in six months. The order has 278 councils in Pennsylvania with 28 500 members in good standing.
The Improved Order of Red Men outlines selection standards stressing honesty and integrity for membership. A prize of 50 fathoms of wampum awaits the Connecticut collector with the best books, while rapid growth shows Massachusetts gaining 1,000 in the great sun and 300 tribes instituted across reservations. Vermont’s great council has forty six, Ottawa tribe of Camden reports 17,600 cash fathoms and 10,000 fathoms in property. Massachusetts reports 125 tribes and membership rising from 13,034 to 14,652 with a 1,618 net gain for the year.
Twenty six Eastern Star chapters operate in New York with a membership surpassing 25 000. The total Eastern Star membership now sits around 50 000.
A New York Press correspondent notes American ingenuity is not mainly for novel children’s toys and most ideas come from abroad. Paris exhibitors featured advanced devices for adult amusement with items like a motor car catastrophe clockwork vehicle and a war automobile that fired cannon as it moved.
Inventor describes a useful alarm clock that triggers a pistol and says he will improve the design by introducing a lever bedstead mechanism to coordinate the alarm with the firearm component.
Underengineer Marchand at the fort near the German frontier unveils a metal telescoping staff that rises fifteen feet from the ammunition wagon to direct the battery by an officer elevated above the ground.
The speaker recalls meeting May and wearing a new tiny gown. May acts as though she hasn’t noticed, while Belle remarks that May is a very considerate and tender hearted girl. The private conversation hints at social etiquette in the city scene.
Teconsha Michigan resident G J Welch recommends Bucklen's Arnica Salve for cuts sores and skin injuries noting it quickly eases pain and acts as the best pile cure known Stewart's drug store advertises the 25 cent size as a top healing salve for family use and minor wounds
The Iowa Central Railway offers October 19 special low rate round trip excursion tickets to Indiana Ohio Western Pennsylvania New York and other points. Return limit thirty days from sale date. Inquiries to agents or A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minn. Octly.
Several new towns emerge in Spink Faulk and Faulk counties with platted lots and private sales. Brentford Cresbard and Thomas Way near Florence show rapid growth plans alongside grain marketing ambitions and early occupancy targets.
Low rates to North Pacific Coast points and California. Fares as low as 30.65 on selected routes via Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. Half rates for children under half age. Liberal stopovers and tourist sleepers. For details contact F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago.
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