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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1907
Page
3
The Rock Island issues general orders to begin the block system on September 1 over the entire line. It marks that a train must not pass a Stop signal without receiving orders and must not have another train between signals. Trains will be held at block stations until the next block is clear to prevent collisions.
Brown returns to Iowa after helping publish the Register in Canton during the editor's absence and Chautauqua reports. He departs tonight. he is praised as an able, genial newspaper man leaving with good will from all at the Canton Daily Register. Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement pledges 100 rewards and extols efficacy with testimonials from Toledo wholesalers Walding Kinnan Marvin and others. Hall's Family Pills advertised for constipation.
Miss Jennie Cook arrives from West Chester while W W Watson heads for Keota on business. A banquet of society items fills the page with travel, visits, and errands among Grace Hill, Ainsworth, West Chester, and Crawfordsville. Maud Ballington Booth captivates at the pig tabernacle with a heart stories program and praise for prison reform.
The annual Farmers Institute gathering moves from Sept 7 to Sept 11 in the Commercial club rooms in the afternoon. Charley Winter brings a professor from Urbana and Prof P G Holden to preside, prompting the date change. A brief note highlights other local happenings and upcoming school term plans.
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