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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
2
Court of Honor members urged to attend Friday evening September 4 for the annual election. Members are reminded it is their privilege and duty to be present. Refreshments will be served.
Mrs. S. K. Statler and Mr. and Mrs. FE Travis of Rochelle returned to West Chester Tuesday evening following a short visit with relatives at Haskins.
Local notes show Frey’s Studio advertising new photos and directions. Mrs Art Long rode a Columbus Junction passenger run last night. Mrs Geo Eckerman and two boys returned from West Chester. Miss Cora Smiley, visiting Mrs J B Crail, returned to Winfield. Walter Churchill of Geneva Nebr visited Frey and left for Keota.
United States Consul at Bordeaux, Dominic I Murphy, reports that the pure food law has not hindered foreign trade and has raised respect for foreign labels. In the first year of enforcement, French food exports to the United States rose in key items including pasta jams olive oil and wines. Some categories fell, notably brandy and preserved fish, but overall gains outweigh losses amid fisheries and substitute material challenges.
Dr David Jayne Hill the new American ambassador to Germany contributes to a monthly review outlining a shift from sovereign state doctrine to bringing nations together through law and justice. He argues modern diplomacy must weigh global family interests against strict national gains and urges history as essential training for diplomats.
The Sage estate, 1906 death of Pussell Sage, is appraised at 66 755 801 gross and 64 155 800 net. Transfer tax set at 607 538. Wife Mrs Sage inherits 63 778 800, with 29 lesser legatees totaling 650 000. Executors Mrs Lace Charles W Osborne and Dr John P Munn. Estate valued at 3 000 000 real property and 60 000 000 in securities and 30 000 000 in time and call loans.
John D. Rockefeller sent a humorous letter to the American Press Humorists convention in Denver. He jokes about passing their jokes as his own and praises charity born from laughter, while expressing regret at missing the sessions and inviting a future visit. The convention re-elected leaders J Edmund Vance Cooke and Frank J Seabright.
The West India Committee Circular reports a patent application for a process to extract wax from sugar cane rind. The recovered wax from filter refuse resembles beeswax or Carnauba wax and could be used for similar applications. It is very hard and polishes well, with Java factories expected to adopt the method this year.
The Democrats popular subscription plan swells William J. Bryan's mail at Lincoln Nebraska. Much of the correspondence goes to his newspaper office for sorting and most letters are answered there. Mail needing the candidate's attention goes to Fairview where Rose and Bryan's stenographers acknowledge receipts and collect campaign money.
A disheveled man pulled a touring car from beneath it and asked the crowd who would take the vehicle in Springfield Massachusetts. John Giard, a mechanic, said I’ll take it and the owner quickly handed over the car and left with the license plate removed to conceal identity. Giard managed to drive the large red auto to a garage. A tag marked Holt remains the only clue to the former owner.
Dr G M Raudabaugh of St Marys submits a postcard entry for a New Madison contest. He repeats an eleven word sentence 2333 times on a single card using a hard lead pencil and two microscopes to verify the count.
The London Times reports Denmark weighing a railway tunnel under the Great Belt totaling about seventeen miles with twelve miles submerged. Estimated cost is just over seven million dollars.
A young widow of twenty two in a quiet town endures a string of compulsive shopping sprees triggered by Daily Journal ads. After her husband, driven to distraction, dies by his own hand, the piece warns readers that you can have too much of a good bargain. Buy only what you need.
The famous serial story The Hidden Hand comes to the opera house in four acts on September 8. Eugene Moore dramatizes Mrs Southworths novel with comedy pathos romance and mystery set in old Virginia with Capitola Wool Black Donald and a wholesome depiction of life and scenery under Fred G. Conrad.
Warning against catarrh ointments with mercury and praising Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Emphasizes internal use, no mercury, and authenticity. Also notes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and asks purchases from druggists at 75 cents per bottle.
For sale. The Everson property adjoining the City Library, being lot number seven in block nine, also lot number one, block twenty-six in Highland Park, are for sale to close up the estate of Mrs. E. E. Everson. For price, terms, etc., see A. Anderson, Executor.
Dyed cleaned and pressed ladies suits skirts jackets silk dresses piano and couch covers feathers furs etc All work guaranteed Phone 342.
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