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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1908
Page
8
A portrait of James A. Edgerton and his eccentric lifelong study culminating in a book titled The Universe Its Origin and Destiny. The tale traces his odd theories, rainmaking schemes, and repeated attempts to secure funding from legislators, ending with his persistent belief in his spiral vibrational vortex system despite political defeats.
The author hails President Roosevelt's appointment of a famed farm commission as a high-minded, practical move beyond party politics. The educators on the panel will study how to improve farm life, landscapes, village beauty, social life, good roads, and forestry, aiming for enduring benefits beyond the current era.
The speaker praises a push for tree planting and preservation led by forestry head Gifford Pinchot. He foresees future growth in country living, farm life improvement, and rural social and educational development, with roads, forestry, and landscape projects guiding a national shift away from city slums. He calls for broad citizen support beyond a single commission.
From a rough platform four paths appear dirt road two railroads and a river with hoboes and travelers moving through. The piece contrasts social extremes and lampoons fashion driven etiquette from coachmen to masters, predicting future displays of wealth without real funds.
The text asserts absolutes of right and wrong and argues the Golden Rule binds all, urging sowing kindness now for a future harvest. It claims the golden age lies ahead, reachable by the sole royal road of living by the Golden Rule, with personal and national consequences for conduct.
A city man and his young son vacation in the country. The boy pleads not to go home Saturday. He urges waiting until the last week in the world when school commences.
The speaker argues most people dwell on the dark side and illness rather than health and light. He suggests believing in good is as easy as believing in evil and truth as in error, finding truth more satisfying.
G. T. Powell of Columbia County tests dwarf apple varieties for easier spraying and harvesting. Paradise stock is very dwarf and short lived, Douein stock reaches 16 to 18 feet. Powell lines roots below the union, uses Paradise as fillers, rows 20 feet apart with 10 trees each row. Dwarfs fruit early and steadily. half dwarfs last about twenty years. Spitzenberg Jonathan and McIntosh perform well in dwarfs. Northern Spy Roxbury Russet Twenty Ounce Astra Khan Baldwin Greening suit half dwarfs. Requires good culture, soil preparation, cover crop, and insect control. Powell also prunes larger trees to dwarf form to ease spraying.
A midseason pear variety notable for productivity and general quality. The Louise Bonne pear thrives in rich loam, on natural pear stock or quince, with a large yellowish green fruit and fine white flesh. It ripens from September to October, pairs well with Sheldon and Bartlett, and is recommended for New England and middle states.
Plan next year by noting bloom times and exact spots for new plants. Use a notebook or stakes to record specifications such as height, flowering season, and placement. Ensure shrubs fit neighboring architecture and avoid crowding as they grow.
A Chicago authority argues housework is the most dangerous occupation citing dangers from scalding gas explosions falls and exhausting labor. He warns rising use of labor saving devices may raise death rates and calls for safety improvements education better household labor division and societal support.
New York, Sept. 26. Sneaking at the open ice exercises of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University, neuro logist Dr M Starr warned the lay public about tuberculosis. He stressed its enormous mortality, affecting a quarter of the race and killing 15 600 in this city yearly, and predicted public methods will not erase the scourge within a quarter century. He urged plain language in medical directions and foresaw the death of the dead language in writing.
In Springfield, W S Wilson of Hanberg a Prohibition candidate for county treasurer admitted sending a defamatory mail letter and paid a $10 fine plus costs. The action followed his anger at liquor interests after an attack, and a postal card to former saloon keeper J Roede read You are like a bedbug living off other people.
A mob of about fifty men attacked Canadian Pacific workers at St Boniface Winnipeg. Richard Brown suffered a broken leg and internal injuries and may die. Police arrived with a strong force to disperse rioters and several arrests were made.
Justice Gerard signs final decree of absolute divorce in New York supreme court in Elsie Vanderbilt v Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt on Referee David McClure recommendation.
On account of the cholera in Russia medical authorities at frontier points of the French and Belgian railroad lines inspect all travelers from Germany. Even the crown prince and crown princess of Greece were subjected to this inspection.
Manila reports a southern typhoon causing extensive property damage across Samar Enbagan Romblon Tacloban and northern Luzon Vigan. Towns wrecked vessels driven ashore crews rescued with no loss of life, though Lieutenant Rowell drowned off Vigan.
St. Petersburg report from the official organ the Lossia states Serge A Mouromtseff and other Moscow University professors ordered to renounce participation in legal political parties or resign have submitted declarations satisfactory to the ministry of education. There is no obstacle to their continuing university work.
Birmingham Sept 24 Representative John N Burnett of the Seventh district is injured in an odd accident while reaching for a fallen paper. The chair's arm struck his side, with fears of broken ribs though the exact damage remains undisclosed.
Springfield September 26 Judge Creighton resets the case of Ernest Humphrey on motion for Monday October 5. Humphrey, a white, is charged with murdering William Donnegan and the lynching of a black man on the night of August 15.
Cleveland news reports the sudden death of Frank De Haas Robinson, owner of the St Louis National League baseball club, prominent street car promoter and capitalist, at his home in Cleveland on September 26.
Weather forecast through tonight calls for Illness Indiana and Lower Michigan fair and warm. Wisconsin partly cloudy with showers and cooler in the west. Iowa generally fair and warm in the east with showers and cooler in the west.
Chicago Board of Trade quotations cover Wheat Corn Oats Pork Lard Short Ribs and Live Stock Hogs cattle sheep and lambs with receipts and price ranges. East Buffalo Livestock Commission Merchants list steady cattle slow hogs and lambs with price deltas and feeder notes.
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female illnesses. Mrs Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri shares a testimonial detailing twelve years of ailment and eleven doctors with no relief, crediting Pinkham's remedy and advice with restoring health and strength.
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