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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1911
Page
3
Springfield, Sept 4. William Gonka, a German meat cutter in the city for two years, was fatally burned when a caseline in a bottle he was using to fill a patent pocket cigar lighter ignited from a spark from the lighter as it opened.
A Santa Fe policy will set refrigeration charges for apples at the same rate used for vegetables, cutting costs for shippers and saving about 150000 dollars annually.
An aged advertisement asserts that September sees higher diarrhoea prevalence and promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as prompt effective and pleasant. It notes Lemmon's Pharmacy as the retailer.
Sept 4 in Troyee France Lieutenant De Grailly of the English Eighth cuirassiers was burned to death when an airplane exploded its fuel tank midair. The blazing craft fell near Rigny La Nomfbcuse twenty five miles from the city incinerating the pilot at Nangis. Captain Ne Camine a veteran aviator of the French army died in Toussut Le Noble during a long flight attempt.
A historical ad promises a five year free replacement if the Green Colonial Furnace fire pot burns out or cracks. It emphasizes a durable guarantee covering any defect in casting and part replacement while noting fuel efficiency cannot be guaranteed.
New York reports today's Labor Day parade as the most general observance since the holiday's creation. From a small start with under a hundred marchers, thousands joined the march, and the parade stands as the largest yet in New York with wider state and territorial adoption.
Athletes from the mines mills and factories of the world's greatest industrial district compete today in the annual track and field meet of the United Labor League of Western Pennsylvania. Twenty two events are on the card including nine relay races.
Substitutes cover routes as regular postmen convene in Rochester for the National Association of Letter Carriers gathering. Business sessions and entertainments fill the week with the biennial meeting highlighting Los Angeles as the likely site for the 1913 convention.
Delegates from nearly all first and second class post offices gather in Jacksonville Florida representing about 30 000 members for the opening of the United National Association of Postoffice Clerks convention. The event will run through the week.
Cincinnati hosts a Labor Day style program marking the completion of the Fernbank Dam and the centennial of steam navigation on the Ohio. Thousands from Pittsburgh to Cairo attend with formal dam dedication planned for tomorrow and continued festivities through Saturday.
In Mexico Mo on August 31 The Gingerbread Man extended his unbeaten season with a blue ribbon in a field of nine elite high class horses. Judge Joe Limerman announced the final placements after a 1:30 PM start, naming Hook & Woods The Gingerbread Man first and Buckman Bros Highball second with Bob McDonald and others placing in the lineup.
A Freeville New York man hailed Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a cure for a long fever sore and other ailments. He reports complete healing with almost no scar after using the salve, advertised as effective for burns boils eczema cuts bruises swellings corns and piles, priced 25 cents at Lemmon’s Pharmacy.
H C Brown of Michigan died at Lakewood Park Charlotte after a balloon ascent and a fireworks display from a car. He plummeted into a shallow artificial lake and drowned before help could reach him. Brown had been performing balloon ascensions near Charlotte for several weeks.
An advertisement promises risk free testing of Rexall Orderlies with full payment by the seller if no relief from constipation is achieved. The copy touts safety and suitability for children and elderly, emphasizing no side effects and easy consumption, with prices of 1 5c 25c and 50c. Cook & Sherman Rexall Store at 8 W. Cor. Square.
Five of the world’s fastest horses Dan Patch Minor Heir Lady Maud C Hedgewood Boy and George Gano compete this afternoon on the Minnesota State Fair track. The Hamline exposition opened this morning with a stronger program than before and a liberal speed schedule for the Northwest.
Lincoln Nebraska Sept 4 The Nebraska State Fair opened with prospect of a record crowd. Four $1,000 harness events to be decided including the Capital City 2 30 trot Industrial Purse 2 26 trot Cornhuskers 2 25 pace and Gate City 2 15 pace each valued at 1900 dollars.
Indianapolis Ind September 4 The Indiana State Fair opened today with a special Labor Day program and will run through Friday night An innovation this year is the abolition of passes and every person entering the gates must pay admission.
On September 4 the Connecticut exhibition at Hartford highlights the Grand Circuit harness meet at Charter Oak Park. Rhode Island opens at Hillsgrove race track near Providence, and the Maine State Fair begins in Lewiston.
A health ad urges readers to ignore stop work orders, claiming weakness stems from poor health and that Electric Bitters restore tone and vigor from the first dose. It promises guaranteed satisfaction and cites Lemmon's Pharmacy as the seller.
All persons knowing themselves indebted to me should call and settle soon. I will be found at the old stand. C C Starr
An advertisement urges use of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with castor oil for children's bowel complaints. It promises a certain cure and notes the mixture is pleasant when diluted with water and sweetened. Sold by Remmon's Pharmacy.
Fifty years ago on September 4 Major General BOF Hatter arrived in New York after release from triumph. The visit drew a public reception awaited him despite an unrespected departure.
Colonel John J McCook III the youngest of the Fiotting McCooks is critically ill with heart disease at his summer home in New Jersey. He is a New York lawyer and was mentioned for attorney general in President McKinney s first cabinet. He serves as a trustee of Kenyon College and Princeton Theological Seminary.
Secret Service agents with Syracuse police arrested four men in a den of counterfeiters on September 4. Victor Serranti a Baptist missionary his brothers Umberto and Francisco and Filitto Giorano were seized with grips full of spurious bills allegedly circulated across central New York.
In Little Rock on Sept 4 Barl Gilchrist a 15 year old sentenced to be hanged for murder will not be executed. Local officials halted the execution to reconsider the case and possible appeals are noted.
Bloomington, NL, Sept 4 Benjamin C Passwaters a McLean County farmer and his twelve year old daughter Irma were killed when their buggy was struck by a locomotive car Holder in the collision description.
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