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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1910
Page
2
Administrator with will annexed W B Ingham announces sale of estate real estate in Township 75 N Range 8 W containing 124 acres. Properties include specified parcels near church store rail station and school with orchard and improvements. Auction to begin October 6 1910 at 11:00 a m with sale terms announced at sale.
Sympathetic handling frees 18 year old Cora Hanes of Creston after her mother paid back funds she is said to have obtained from local business men. County Attorney Kuhlemeier and Police Chief Hiltz confirmed the sister story from Paducah, and the victims declined prosecution.
Guy E. Baker of Lone Tree was indicted by the Johnson county grand jury for murder after striking Oliver Driver, his employee, on the head with a beard blow. Driver died several hours later. A judge's ruling on bail awaits today in district court.
Police believe the wife and children’s relatives are implicated in the case, with investigators focusing on connections between family members and the incidents under review.
The League of Iowa Municipalities convened for its 13th annual meeting in Waterloo with 350 member cities. Taxation questions will dominate discussions as officials map an entire legislative program for the upcoming Iowa General Assembly.
Waterloo report says C L MeeNanee aged about eighty plans to move to Albany Oregon to join a daughter and relive pioneer days. He came to Delaware county in 1842 and has spent GS years in the state. Despite long tobacco use and occasional liquor, he remains healthy and eager for the move.
In Des Moines on September 22, several Mitchellville girls, inmates of the state reform school, may be called to testify against Governor B. F. Carroll in a criminal libel case against John Downie. They would be asked whether Mr. Cownie conducted himself unbecomingly at the institution, affidavits having been filed while he chaired the board.
Keokuk Iowa September 22 Lem Andrews a veteran government employee living opposite Sandusky drank what he believed was whiskey from a flask labeled poison. The liquid proved to be carbolic acid of high strength and he hovered near death last evening.
Des Moines reports Rev. Charles A. Tenney Baptist minister accused of assaulting eight year old Lillian Harmon, daughter of J. T. Harmon. He fled two blocks with bricks and clubs before giving his name and being stopped. He was arrested Saturday and posted $1,000 bond for a September 21 preliminary hearing. Police kept the arrest secret until today.
Charles Barrett aged 68 was mysteriously murdered at his divorced wife’s home in Oskaloosa after midnight. He was seen running from the house after shots were heard and later found dead in the road with a back wound. The family says they know nothing of his presence there.
Amusements note announces the Graham theatre will present The House of a Thousand Candles on Sept 26 with tickets priced 25 85 50 Th1 1.00 and 1.50. Chicago critic Amy Leslie praises the play saying audiences will go wild and the show is a dramatization of Meredith Nicholson’s novel formerly staged in New York at Daly's and Hackett theatres.
A lively operatic style musical comedy features elaborate accessories and a playful plot as it tours the theatrical highway. Performers bring bright performances and comic flair to the stage in a show described as merry and full of whimsy.
The Graham theatre announces a road show with the prettiest chorus girls and a clever animal actor performing with a huge lion claimed to be the best on any stage. The act comes to town for September 27.
The Wizard of Wiseland delivers merriment with clever comedians and charms with bewitched smiles. A standout is the lion, billed as the best stage animal imported. Audiences will hear bright catchy music during this September Graham attraction.
A quoted exchange from the Philadelphia Inquirer reveals Dawdly asking for a skilled writer who can set his stories, noting he would pay well for the service. The brief tease hints at literary work and compensation.
Notice warns all on our premises trespassing hunting or fishing is forbidden on the farms violators will face prosecution. Names listed include Arthur Therion Ross Vee Nostrand Charles Caldwell D H Miller Tom Randall Howard Sigapoole Willis Wagner. Vintage ad urges customers to pay more for suits at Jean Hoaysmans Ladies Tailor.
A sale notice states a public sale at the seller residence 44 percent miles north of Brighton and 1 percent mile west of Verdi on Friday September 28 1910 starting at 10 o clock. The property includes seven heads of horses matched a team of black geldings four years old.
Forty head of cattle including two good milch cows and 38 two year old steers all dehorned weighing about 1000 pounds each. Thirty one hogs including six Jersey brood sows and 25 shoats. Five or six dozen chickens. Twenty acres corn field 90 acres bluegrass pasture and 20 acres meadow pasture. Farm implements include hay loader, hay tedder, spreader, plows, harrow, wagons, harness, buggy harness, stoves. Terms credit 12 months on sums over 10 with bankable note. under 10 cash. Luncheon by Christian church. Auctioneers Tucker and Austin Sutherlin, Clerk Endicott.
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