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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1912
Page
7
Lansing, Sept. 5 Mrs Frank Lankford and her three children John 21 Mabel 12 and Francis 4 drowned when their gasoline launch collided with a younger son's craft three miles below the city. John the only swimmer kept them afloat for nearly half an hour but perished as others failed to be saved.
Witnesses initially refused to reveal their names delaying the issuance of further details. Authorities continue to press for identifying information while the investigation proceeds.
Chicago reports Martin J. Wade Iowa Democratic committeeman pushes for a Kenyon Cummins debate to influence Iowa votes for Hamilton. Wade says a single candidate for senator backing Taft and the other Roosevelt could help Democrats. Davies counters Roosevelt's reply to Penrose charges.
In Boone Louisiana on Saturday Geneva Johnson, five, fell into a cistern at 1003 Sixth Street and drowned. The body was found about three hours later by her grandmother who located her in eight feet of water. Life was extinct when a doctor arrived.
Peter Dukie of the Hlindgs Central railroad sues for 11000 for a mangled hand from an April 11 accident at the cinder pit. He says steam blew out his lantern, causing a slip toward a water tank where he grabbed a rail, resulting in finger amputation. The pit is argued to be a dangerous place to work.
Two Chicago visitors, Miss C. M. and Miss R. C. Pape, attempted to cross the Milwaukee bridge over the Big Sioux to beat a oncoming train. The younger escaped, the elder leapt from the trestle landing on the mud banks fourteen feet below, both were unharmed after the train halted.
London Sept 5 The government report shows Great Britain railways carried 1 326 317 000 non commuting passengers in the last year an increase of 19 588 000 over 1910. Freight and passenger receipts totaled 570 354 000 with 307 976 000 from freight. Gross receipts rose 15 933 000. London tube carried 175 000 000 passengers up 2 000 000. Paid up capital grew by 26 800 000 and dividends average 3 62 per cent on ordinary and 3 56 per cent on preferential shares.
Campers at Lytle Creek San Bernardino recount a dramatic encounter as a gray eagle grapples a fawn from a mother deer. The epic struggle ends with the eagle carrying the fawn away, circling to a crag high above the scene.
Few medicines meet uniform success as Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It has effected cures in nearly every neighborhood and gained wide reputation. For sale by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
The article argues factories waste heat from coal without converting it to mechanical work and calls for better use of energy. It notes public confidence in Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is built on experience with cures and mentions its sale at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Ohio Falls Indiana dealer H W Hendrickson calls Chamberlains Cough Remedy the best for coughs colds and croup and a best seller. Lemmons Pharmacy sells the product.
The Moraian Mission at Quinhagak Alaska reports a year of progress in English reading writing and hygiene under Mrs Schwalbe. Thirty seven names on the roll. Sewing cooking and handwork flourished as native families joined in, while village outreach emphasized cleanliness health and self-reliance among Eskimo children and their homes.
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