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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
8
George Byerly, a miner from Clifford Illinois, died of wounds after a pistol duel with L M Wilks in a poolroom in Clifford. A telegram to relatives announced the death of another Byerly brother, John, who was killed by a train near Covington Kentucky.
In Stockbridge Michigan on October 29 a leaky rowboat carrying Ernest Pickell 20 and Frank Barnum 31 from Lyndon township Washtenaw county overturned on Joslyn Lake five miles east of Stockbridge. Pickell drowned immediately when he stood to shoot ducks and Barnum disappeared after aid from shore was nearly within reach. Bodies were recovered.
Alva Solomon a Socialist who attempted to arrest Governor Warner for alleged speed statute violations has been declared insane and ordered sent to Kalamazoo.
Diplomatic developments signal peace in the Balkans with Bulgaria accepting compensation to Turkey in exchange for independence. Other items note a Severn race challenge by Naval Academy rowers, Roosevelt's four mile walk in rain, Hamilton College president Stryker in critical condition after a runaway accident, and a Methodist Episcopal bishops meeting in Indianapolis.
Suffragettes sparked loud protests in the British House of Commons prompting the temporary closure of the strangers and ladies galleries. Two militants chained to the grille resisted removal as guards split the grille and escorted them out. A man in the strangers gallery shouted for votes and relief for the unemployed before being ejected. Fifteen suffragettes were arrested outside.
The aged Russian patriot Nicholaas Tschaikovsky, detained in St Petersburg for nearly a year, has been released. English funds covering his bail were deposited in the Imperial bank and the prisoner was freed after formalities at the gendarmerie headquarters.
Milton reports the will of Manuel Silva Buissa, who assassinated King Carlos, was found dated January 28. It outlines how his children should be notified of his death and calls for them to be raised in liberty equality and fraternity, noting he has no property to leave beyond his name and compassion.
Five well known Oakland women have secured articles of incorporation as the board of directors of the California Women's Undertaking company. The only man in the organization is an attorney. The business will be directed by a woman.
A humorous Exchange item argues that comparisons of masculine and feminine fortitude are idle. It notes women enduring pain with apparent cheerfulness under trials like new shoes and headaches, while men rarely smile through toothache.
Patient agrees to pay 60 marks for medicines and will settle the remaining 100 marks for visits, promising to return for all future visits. Filegende Blatter notes the arrangement as a payment settlement in this matter.
Official forecast up to 8 PM shows fair conditions in Illinois and Indiana with little temperature change. Partly cloudy skies in Lower Michigan and generally fair weather in Wisconsin and Iowa.
Quotes show wheat corn oats and other futures with mixed closes. Live stock markets in Chicago and East Buffalo display varied receipts and price ranges for hogs cattle sheep and calves across Oct 28.
A hog breeding box described in National Stockman and Farmer features instant adjustability for width height and length after a sow enters. The design includes adjustable steps shelves a gas pipe hold rod strong boards and hardware to suit sows from 200 to 500 pounds with precise dimensions noted.
Community or cooperative breeding can transform dairy farming by forming an association to select breeds, buy full blood sires, and share stock. A live secretary coordinates exchanges, advertising, and registry books to trace animals, enabling cow testing and improved profitability through shared knowledge and efforts.
Practical farmers are urged to avoid breeding very young sows. The author, George P. Williams, argues it stunts the sow and leads to undersized, less thrifty pigs. He recommends breeding at ten to twelve months old when sows weigh 200 pounds or more.
Wreckage recovered in the North sea confirms the steamer Yarmouth foundered with the loss of twenty three lives while en route from the Hook of Holland to Horwick.
Clinton McGee formerly with the F. L. Wilson shoe store has joined Roy Stephens shoe store in Ottumwa and began work at the start of the week.
Rh M Wilson and his daughter Miss Georgina were passengers this morning bound for Muscatine to spend the day.
Letters from readers praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for feminine ills. The advertisement highlights that Mrs Mattie Copenhaver of Parsons Kansas credits it with restoring health after two years of suffering and encourages women to write for free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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