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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1906
Page
8
An agricultural note praises using lambs in fenced fields to weed crops and feed young sheep. It cites Professor Shaw in Sheep Breeder on turning lambs into corn fields at weaning, supplemented grazing, and resulting soil fertility benefits. Tunis sheep are praised for hardy traits and high lambing, wool yields, and year round productivity.
The text notes the high skill needed to breed raise and sell top carriage horses. It emphasizes that even strong sire and dam quality may not guarantee uniform foals without a consistent lineage and grandparent resemblance. Years of careful breeding are required to achieve uniform offspring.
Farmers report sheep suffer from dust itch ticks lice and skin diseases. Regular baths or dips are essential for welfare and growth, deemed as important as house cleaning for a well kept flock.
A New York Telegraph recounts chef anecdotes on deception in high end and common diners. Tricks include substituting cod for salmon with vegetable juice and turning chicken breasts to feed twelve, plus peas dyed yellow and lobster patties made from crushed crustacean shells. The piece frames these as emergency tactics by famed chefs and notes occasional overreach in luxurious dining.
In Toronto today four teen workers were badly burned while cleaning a purifying tank at Consumers Gas company premises when gas ignited and an explosion followed. Two or three may lose their eyesight. Separately, conventions of locomotive unions meet in Milwaukee. a refinery fire in Denver caused over 500000 in losses. Maine votes today on state ticket and congressional representatives.
A. J. Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana reports a three month summer cold with hay fever symptoms improved by Foley’s Honey and Tar in the yellow package after other medicines failed. He says it quickly cured him and his wife has used it with success. sold by all druggists.
TL Hannan of Malden Massachusetts was chosen president of the International Association of Ticket Agents at the convention's closing session in Milwaukee on September 10.
During a sudden severe thunder storm over the western part of the city Md Maginn a 9 year old caddy was struck by lightning and instantly killed on the Glen Echo Golf links.
Valley Falls Kans Sept 10 The Democratic convention of the tenth congressional district named Judge W L Webb of Atchison Kansas for Congress Webb a Republican accepts the nomination on a tariff reform platform.
Colonel W W Blees founder of the Blees Military Academy at Macon Missouri was found dead in a bed at the Southern hotel no poison trace. He had been staying at the hotel for several days. William J Bryan and Joseph W Polk will stump Wisconsin in the fall for John A Aylward Democratic candidate for governor.
Dan Pateh set a world pacing record at the state fair grounds by finishing the mile in 1 55. The event took place in Saint Paul on September 10 with spectators watching as records fell.
Reports claim a revolution is exaggerated in Mogador Morocco while Vice President Fairbanks set to speak at Chicago when a corser statue stone is unveiled. Naval news notes Cambridge wins Thames boat race and a German cleric elected leader of the Society of Jesus.
A Saturday Evening Post passage features a German immigrant recounting how Americans quickly form villages and elect leaders when land opens for settlement. He contrasts this with Germans who would seek a central figure like Bismarck before organizing, implying cultural differences in political action.
Iowa Central offers a round trip excursion from Brighton to Minneapolis and St Paul on September 22 at 4.00. Depart 9:19 p.m. return eligible until September 25. Sleeper attached with double berth option 1.00. Tickets limited. agents provide details.
Iowa special insurance commission completes its study and proposes key reforms. A state insurance department is urged, uniform fire policy rules are favored, and strict governance for mutual and assessment companies is recommended. No periodic surplus distribution law. Readiness for changes given ample transition time.
Marked by wild displays of religious fervor the Seganing camp meeting ends near Standish with dawn services. The power caused braves and squaws to dance and moan while others fell and cried out. the finale includes a love feast with all who professed religion attending.
At Princeton Indiana a white man struck a negro girl with a whip triggering a race riot. Whites and blacks clashed, three whites and two negroes injured, a score arrested, and Hugh Longmeyer a negro shot in the head as whites drove black participants from the grounds. In Richmond the Fairview mass meeting urged Italians and Hungarians to move, threatening trespass prosecutions and voiding their leases if they refused.
In Galesburg Illinois church and college leaders oppose the State Association of Liquor Dealers convention opening September 15. They urge Mayor Sanborn to skip the welcome address, arguing official city recognition would harm Knox and Lombard colleges and the town’s reputation.
Tromsoe report states Walter Wellman head of the Chicago Record-Herald polar expedition has arrived aboard the Frithjof with his balloon. The craft will be sent to Paris to improve the motors used in the planned Arctic ascent.
Among passengers landing from Southampton and Cherbourg are Mayor McClellan of New York and Mrs McClellan along with Mrs C P Huntington. The arrival marks a notable visit to the city.
Baseball results from the league games include Brooklyn beating New York 6 to 0 in game one and 1 to 0 in game two, Philadelphia defeating Boston 6 to 4, Chicago beating Pittsburgh 8 to 0, and St Louis beating Rain in a rain shortened game. Sunday standings show Chicago defeating Pittsburgh 7 to 0 and Cincinnati taking two games from St Louis 8 to 1 and 0 to 4.
American league results show New York and Philadelphia shutouts, Boston power in several matchups, and Cleveland and St. Louis taking wins. Association outcomes span Columbus Louisville, Toledo Indianapolis, St Paul Kansas City, Minneapolis Milwaukee with multiple 9th inning twists and two seven-inning games. Western league matchups include Denver Omaha, Pueblo Lincoln, Des Moines Sioux City with a doubleheader noted, plus late seven innings and a weathered train reference.
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