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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1910
Page
7
A Harvard man hinted at purging checks and girded his loins as he struck for tall grass, signaling a risky effort or protest. The odd phrasing suggests a cryptic report of an individual taking bold action amid unclear circumstances.
Claude R. Porter spoke in Carroll as his first Iowa tour stop since starting his campaign. He urged an income tax targeting dividends from public utilities to share taxation with farmers and workers, accusing Republicans of corruption and business ties.
At the plant a worker named Shaver was cleaning the sand in a mixer when his hand and arm were drawn into the machine. The device was stopped immediately after the call for help, but the arm was broken above the elbow and the flesh severely torn.
Miss Eva Swan, a stenographer from San Francisco, was found dead under cement flooring in an empty San Francisco basement. She was sister to Reuben Swan near Rome Iowa, with cousin Mrs. Ro Po Hobbs in Low a. Her father Frank Swan lives in Paso Robles California. mother Clara Beaker of Rome Iowa died three years ago.
Police seek a tramp posing as a stone polisher who entered the home of Joe Blazek in Cedar Rapids during a parent’s absence. He attempted to assault the 12 year old daughter but fled after she freed herself.
Waterloo dispatch says John McGrue of Maron Illinois foreman of a construction gang was struck by a switch engine near the Illinois Central shops and killed instantly. He leaves a wife and three children in Illinois.
Burlington Sept 29 William Cain laborer learns his six year old daughter Viola, now an Orphans Home inmate in Davenport, inherited 52000 from the late Mrs Ogden's brother F A Ogden of Madison Wis. Three Cain stepchildren receive similar shares as part of the 4 million estate.
The first airship to fly in Iowa will be seen in Iowa City on October 12 and 13 with Captain Baldwin giving flights each day. Negotiations for the two exhibitions are closed and preparations aim to entertain the largest crowds ever in the city during the fall festival.
Five year old son of Mr and Mrs Marius Hoifelt died after choking on a meat piece during supper in Missouri Valley Iowa Sept 29. Parents rushed child to physicians but he could not be saved.
A young man calling himself William Fagan, claiming Harvard graduate status and millionaire father, vanished after learning a grand jury would investigate a forged $30 note. He had worked on an ice wagon for Green Fuel and Ice Co. all summer and left without telling his whereabouts or address.
Creston on September 29 reported the purchase of the 400 acre Josiah Miller farm located two miles south of town. J. T. Thompson bought the property for a total price of 125 dollars per acre, amounting to 50 000 dollars.
Mason City resident Mrs. Gleason suffered severe facial and hand burns when a tar can placed on a stove to warm exploded. The blast sent the lid through the ceiling, showered tar across the room, and started a fire that damaged the building.
Sept 29 at Maquoketa Iowa Congressman A F Dawson told pioneers that Iowa growth lags while others rise. He urged stopping freight on raw goods sent out and on finished goods shipped in, improving soil and crops, and slaughtering hogs for domestic use.
In a drunken frenzy at his Morningside home in Sioux City yesterday, Tris Peterson barricaded a room as Police Sergeant George Pierce forced the door. The sergeant fired but was unharmed and Peterson then turned his gun on himself, ending in his death.
Cedar Rapids dispatch notes Des Moines papers claim thirty new typhoid cases this week, but that figure is false. It confirms seventeen cases limited to a single neighborhood, with all patients confined there.
Columbus Junction Iowa September 29 Karl Shaver son of B P Shaver owner of the cement block and tile plant here was severely injured yesterday morning while at the plant vicinity. Further details awaited as authorities assess the incident and Shaver’s injuries.
The Iowa State Teachers association program for the November 3 4 5 meeting in Des Moines lists many eminent educators and features Colonel Theodore Roosevelt as principal speaker. Attendees include E R Jackson from the forestry division of the Department of Agriculture and other notable figures.
A roster of prominent figures includes Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Willet M. Nays of Washington D C Miss Benny BE Snow of New York City C J Kern of Rockford Ill Superintendent of public instruction BE C Bishop of Nebraska Prof G W Meyers of the Chicago University School of Education Prof William A Scott of the University of Wisconsin College of Commerce.
GEO. W. STEWART urges readers to buy a Cole's Hot Blast heater now before cold weather. He recalls last winter's cold snap and warns that the old heater may fail. The message promotes starting the season with a new stove for comfort.
Mrs. J. B. Van de Lande of Kirkland Illinois endorses Electric Bitters noting it prevented breakdown under three months of severe strain. Advertises as a tonic medicine with guaranteed satisfaction. 50 cents at Leavermon’s Pharmacy.
In Washington County Iowa a large list of plaintiffs and defendants are named in a petition filed in the district court. The action concerns ownership shares in a described tract of real estate in Washington County with life estate owners and remainder beneficiaries. The plaintiffs claim equal life estate and undivided remainder shares and allege that numerous unknown claimants may have interests.
The petition seeks to quiet and establish title to real estate in Washington County Iowa for plaintiffs Francis M Snider Ulysses G Snider Ella D Sleichter and Sherman C Snider and others while barring unknown claimants Velma Sleichter and Virginia Snider and designates unknown claimants as parties. The notice directs appearance by October 18 1910 in the Washington County District Court with default leading to judgment. The filing is signed by attorney T M Simonton and Wilson & Wilson and approved by Judge Byron W Preston.
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