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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1908

Page

8

Chicago Markets Report Shows Broad Wheat and Livestock Quotes

Chicago Board of Trade quotations for Wheat Corn and Oats list open high and low figures with December May and Sept options. Pork lard short ribs and hogs futures cited with receipts for live stock at Chicago and East Buffalo reflecting mixed to steady prices across cattle hogs and sheep with detailed ranges and per head totals.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Wwe Illinois Indiana Wisconsin East Buffalo N. Y Dunning & Stevens Live Stock Commission

Weather forecast for Midwest and Great Lakes region

The forecast calls for fair weather and warm temperatures across Wisconsin Illinois and Indiana. Showers are possible only in the extreme south portion. Iowa Lower Michigan and Wisconsin mostly fair and warm.

Wiinois Indiana Iowa Lower Michigan Wisconsin

Notable Deaths and Disputes Across Country During Turbulent Year

Ex president J M Marroquin of Colombia dies in Bogota. John V Farwell's will provides 50000 for Moody Bible Institute, estate valued at 2,000,000. Fire in Chelsea, Mass ruins 500000 in property after last year’s 10,000,000 blaze. National guards arrive at Camp Morrison, Inlanapolis. Alexander Starbuck, 83, dies by suicide in Cincinnati. Seven shot at a Danville Ky camp meeting in a “little difficulty.” Wilbur Wright beats brother’s record at Le Mans with a 91 minute flight. Simon Cooper leading grain growers in German East Africa amid danger to whites in the east. Castro movement aims to name Castro Venezuelan president for life. Roosevelt leaves Oyster Bay for Washington with family. US Odd Fellows total 1,865,136, up 104,384 last year. Italian offenders from Chicago jailed after Fernie trip. Six months to seven years sentences.

J. M. Marroquin Colombia Bogota John V. Farwell Chicago Moody Bible Institute Alexander Starbuck Cincinnati Danville Wilbur Wright le Mans France George Simon Cooper Grain German East Africa Protectorte Castro Venezuela Roosevelt Oyster Bay Washington Odd Fellows United States Fernie Man

Scores on the ball fields across major leagues

A fragmented atlas of results from Brooklyn St Louis Boston New York Pittsburgh Philadelphia Chicago Cleveland Washington and Detroit reports wins losses and batters across multiple matchups. The listings name teams venues and key players including pitchers and batters in a chaotic score ledger style.

Chicago Philadelphia Schlitzer Towers Walsh Sullivan Cleveland New York Lake War Blair Berger Bemisotea Washington St. Louis Keeley Street Menton Boston Detroit Briery Powell Spencer Burchell Riger Killian Thomas National Pr. I. P.C Cess Wittsburg Cincinnati Toston Brooklyn P. Ww L. PC

Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers

Foley's Honey and Tar offers immediate relief to asthma sufferers in severe stages and, if taken early, may effect a cure. Lemmon's Pharmacy endorses the remedy as a prompt aid for breathing difficulties.

Foley Lemmon’'s

Goelet Buys French Chateau for Wife in Paris

Robert Goelet of New York buys the chateau at Sandle Court in Paris for 300000 dollars from the Marquis de Beauvoir. The estate includes 2500 acres of grounds and rents an additional 2500 acres of nearby woodland.

Paris Robert Goelet New York Sandle Court Marquis de Beauvoir

Gompers Policy Indorsed by Ninth District Delegates

Pottsville September convention delegates of the ninth district United Mine Workers endorse the American Federation policy led by Samuel Gompers. The gathering in Pottsville approves AFL direction and its approach to labor relations and organizing efforts within the district. The meeting signals continued support for federation leadership and organized labor strategy.

Gompers Pottsville American Federation United Mine Workers

Monument Tablet Inscription Omit Phrasing at Gettysburg

Washington September 21 The word Falorons will be omitted from the inscription on the final tablet for the regular troops at Gettysburg field. The current year’s appropriation requires each tablet to bear a brief legend with historical facts compiled without censure and without praise.

Wasington Gettsburg

Steam pipe burst at Cambria Steel mill kills man

In Johnstown Pennsylvania on September 21 a burst eighteen inch steam pipe in Cambria Steel company's ten inch mill killed one man and wounded three others, one fatally, as workers were near the scene.

Johnstown M A Cambria Steel Company

Great Fire at Paris destroys key city buildings

Paris is struck by a major blaze that razed the central telephon e and post office buildings. The losses are estimated at about 5 million dollars, with extensive damage to infrastructure and communications services in the city.

Paris

Pay Raise for Government Linotype Operators

Washington section reports a wage increase from 50 to 60 cents per hour for linotype and monotype operators at the government printing office. The change takes effect on October 1, and a notice has been posted.

Washington Linotype and Monotoye

Sarasate, Renowned Violinist, Dies at 78

Pablo de Sarasate, famed Spanish violinist born in 1844, has died in Birritz, France. He performed across every continent except Australia and was regarded as one of the era's greatest artists.

Birritz France Pablo de Sarasate Sarasate Australia

Kidney Remedy Claims Cure For Backache And Kidney Trouble

James Donahue of New Britain Connecticut recounts failing kidney and diabetes treatments until Foley's Kidney Remedy. After two bottles he improved, five bottles cured him and he passed a life insurance exam. The ad promotes Foley's Kidney Remedy as a cure for backache and all kidney and bladder troubles. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises the product.

James Donahue New Britain Conn Foley

The Love of Nature and Two Japanese Visitors

A Japanese friend living in Paris spends a winter morning in the Bois de Boulogne admiring snow. The park appears deserted until two more Japanese arrive, offering comfort with the thought that they are not alone in the indifferent city. The London Saturday Review notes the moment as shared solace.

Paris Bois de Boulogne Bois London Saturday Review

City of Roses Ispahan Described by Traveler

A traveler laments Ispahan Persia known as the city of roses, noting alleys between high mud walls with few openings, dusty streets, and a ruined landscape. He claims the once 1,000,000 population has dwindled to about 100,000, with many walls fallen and mosques deserted.

City of Roses Ispahan Persia

Foley's Orino Laxative Promises Gentle Relief

Foley's Orino Laxative is presented as a new remedy that improves on former laxatives by not causing griping or nausea and being pleasant to take, with a guarantee from Lemmon's Pharmacy.

Foley

Percy and Algy In An Odd Love Plot

Percy asks about Algy while Claude reveals Algy plans a dramatic ruse. He sprinkles gasoline on his love letters to imply the girl that he owns an automobile, a stunt aimed at impressing her.

Percy Algy Claude

Choosing a Husband and What to Eat

A New York after dinner speaker quips that choosing a husband is like picking mushrooms. If it is a mushroom you live, if it is a toadstool you die. The remark appears in a brief aside about food and marriage themes.

New York

Juror Questions Verdict After Bench Incident Itself

A juror asked the judge after the verdict if diverging from the other eleven justified being struck by a chair. The remark highlights tensions within the jury room and the potential for physical confrontation following deliberations.

Does your husband snore in his sleep

A Baltimore American quip notes a doctor asking a question about snoring with the reply that the husband never snores except perhaps in sleep, framing a domestic humor moment.

Baltimore

The Old Gravestone in a Quiet Town Courtyard

A family recalls a large old gravestone set in a courtyard once part of a convent graveyard. They note how wealth faded, and the stone, etched with hourglass and angel, passed through hands as the house and churchyard fell to ruin.

Preben Schwane Preben Prebem Martha

The gravestone of Preben and Martha remembered

An elderly narrator recalls Preben and Martha, a poor but generous couple in a convent town. Their simple life and love are vivid, as is the belief that their memory will endure, guiding a boy to preserve the seed of goodness for future generations in story or song.

Martha Vreben Schwane Preben

A Quiet Day Poem Reflects a Mother's Mixed Feelings

A mother longs for quiet days yet fears Johnny may be ill. She notes silence deepens worry as she peers into the dark room where Johnny lies asleep. She admits she loves the noisy days, when Johnny's constant play rouses no one, hoping for another quiet day only when he sleeps.

Johnny Johnny Les

School Girls and Endurance in Education Presses Risks

The article warns that ambitious American girls push too hard in school risking physical collapse during a danger period before womanhood. It argues teachers lack judgment and claims many have recovered vitality with help during this critical stage.

Yan

Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Featured in Patient Letter

Miss Elsie L Hook of Chelsea writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and advice cured her at sixteen of sideache periodic pains sleeplessness nervous irritability after other remedies failed. For thirty years the remedy has aided thousands with displacements inflammation fibroid tumors irregularities backache bearing down etc and Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice from Lynn Massachusetts.

Lydia FE. Pinkham Lydia E. Pinkham

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