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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1910
Page
5
A village faced a clash of church numbers with churches on opposite sides of the street. When one sang a hymn to the crown of stars, the other’s choir replied with a witty line. The anecdote highlights local tensions between many churches and their songs.
A prospective guest asks about a table and is told it is first rate. The returning man describes it as solid oak with heavy legs and a polished top. The exchange features a judge figure and emphasizes quality and craftsmanship.
In Lippincott's a reader asks why one made an enemy of the old friend Jinks. The reply notes the motive is that Jinks is to be married next month.
An Interstate Commerce Commission hearing probes Chicago developments amid tense situations. A related suit is filed echoing a Green Mountain wreck tale. A professor weighs in on a town once famed as grizzly bear country.
The 30 year old doctor Harry Zaiser seeks a divorce from his wife citing cruel and harsh treatment. They married in 1903. The plaintiff is the mother of the defendant’s elder brother’s wife.
Des Moines report states Harry Spencer was fatally injured when a half ton stone he was unloading at the new municipal building fell and trapped him. He suffered a broken right leg and internal injuries and is not expected to survive.
Attorney Thorne for the American National Live Stock association pressed for Rock Island railroad officers to testify on capitalization at a rate hearing. Comptroller Nay acknowledged the stock is largely held by the Rock Island Railway, prompting a heated debate over testimony relevance. Shippers may subpoena railroad officers to probe traffic density along Rock Island line sections.
Muscatine Iowa September term district court will hear a suit against Rock Island company for 15000 damages filed by Arthur Notte administrator of the estate of Margrete Nolte a victim of the Green Mountain wreck Nolte said to have been a passenger and killed in the disaster.
Dr Samuel Calvin head of Iowa University geology department returns from summer research in Harrison Taylor and Floyd counties with a thousand year old lower jaw of a big bear. The jaw bone is a priceless find and first evidence that lawa was the home of this animal type.
Florence Hoss master wed Ralph Taylor of Webster County in a September field wedding near Somers. Rev. Northrup officiated as corn stalks and blue sky framed the ceremony with attendants George Allard and Elizabeth Wilson. A license mix up prompted a county line crossing to wed outdoors.
The body of 2 year old Harry Krumre was found in an ice cream freezer tub behind a drug store near his home in St Louis. He climbed onto a box beside the tub to reach melting ice and fell in while neighbors searched and his mother was away four miles away.
August Minormen was likely fatally injured when a pitchfork was driven through his neck during threshing near Oxford Junction Iowa. The fork became caught in machinery and forcefully struck him, passing completely through his neck.
Burlington Iowa September 2 Sadie Zaiser aged 50 sues her husband in a ongoing domestic case seeking legal relief.
The Hon. Charlies Grill, GOP candidate for Congress in the Second district, reports a Rooseveltspeech date. Roosevelt will arrive in Davenport Friday morning November 4 and speak at 11. He departs at 1 15 p m for Des Moines arriving 6 18 p m to address the Iowa State Teachers association.
Ottumwa Iowa September 3 Directors at the Ottumwa Box Car Loader company met at West Second Street office and decided to rebuild and remodel the old plant. The new structure will feature a metal roof to provide partial fire proofing and reduce risk of a repeat fire.
P Bigum of Waterloo sues W H A Hauftly for 5000 in district court claiming loss of his fiancée after five years engagement. He says he lavished about 1000 in gifts during the five years and alleges that Hauftly circulated stories harming his character, preventing marriage. The fiancée’s name is not disclosed.
One hundred dollar reward offered for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co Toledo advertised cure claims. Endorsers Walding Kinnan Marvin Wholesale Druggists Toledo confirm Cheney's honesty. Cure details: internal remedy acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The article cites fifty year old observations by Thomas Q. Couch about Cornish practices. Children pass through earth holes and ash saplings to cure hernia, often fasting before sunrise. The ash tree is praised for protective properties and a single blow is said to kill adders, while other trees supposedly leave life signs.
A French scientist asserts Halley’s comet was known to Talmud authors centuries before Halley. He cites a dialogue between Gambiel and Joshua in which a bright star appearing every seventy years is said to deceive mariners and prolong a sea voyage prompting flour provision.
The Falkland Islands are among the least known parts of the British empire. Located about 500 miles from the Antarctic edge near Cape Horn, they are described as a southern suburb of Britain. Former governor Sir William Robinson joked he would die by his own hand if a tall enough tree existed there.
Weeklong schedule lists National Conservation Congress in St Paul with Taft speaker and Teddy Roosevelt Labor Day address in Fargo. California and Wisconsin primaries, San Francisco admission festival, state conventions, and Roosevelt speeches in Milwaukee and Chicago frame a broad political calendar.
Notice reports the Court House closure at 10 o'clock on Monday September kin La bor day due to the picnic at the County Farm. The excerpt features a dialogue between a father and a suitor about marital support and a humorous remark by the suitor.
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