11 Dec 1908
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Newspaper
Alden Times
Location
Alden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
1
Fragmented OCR reads as investigators probe alleged ballot irregularities at a Chicago primary. Officials spent weeks reviewing potential fraud claims, while denials and confusing phrasing hint at a broader inquiry into votes and procedures.
Amid rising waters the city plans to preserve the business district. Officials say the flood risks are being managed and recovery efforts focus on keeping commerce functional. Local leaders emphasize resilience and coordinated response across agencies.
Sioux City stock market follows the latest quotes with hogs trading around 575 dollars. Priday’s quantathons call the show as buyers and sellers gauge demand and prices for top hogs in today’s session.
Riot and pillage followed the night of unrest in Port au Prince as crowds burned the ship taking the deposed president to a French warship. Authorities regained control. twelve people were killed amid looting and street clashes.
Fragmented readable phrases reference traveling men and painters with unclear details. The text mentions dates and places in garbled form, offering few concrete facts or names.
Rebels in Haïti capture Port au Prince as Gen Antoine Simon’s 5,000 strong force advances on the peninsula. Gen Legitime proclaimed new president while Nord Alexis seeks refuge aboard the French warship Du Tuay Trouin. Amid chaos crowds gather and vow to resist the dethroned leader’s followers as gunboats and ships intercept.
The document fragment mentions a large seizure of oleo weighing over 22 000 pounds and references officers and a tax or fee. The text is garbled with many unreadable words, making precise entities and actions hard to identify. No clear date, location, or agency is decipherable from the fragment.
A garbled excerpt describes midwar military activity with references to losses, locations, and dates. It mentions several entities and vague outcomes, including mentions of a foray, foray-related casualties, and rumors about ongoing operations, though specific facts remain unclear due to the corrupted text.
An OCR snippet discusses a marriage case involving Afake and Paechuhan with unclear details. The text mentions names and places in garbled form, referencing a court or legal action and potential misinterpretation in the process. Strong entities are not clearly identifiable due to the distorted transcription.
Fragmentary OCR notes show references to vote totals and potential extensions in a local race. Names and precise places are unclear, but the item points to an election contest and a possible extension decision affecting results.
Fragmentary OCR text indicates a maritime disaster with deaths and missing crew members. Details are unclear but reference is a storm and three crewmen aboard a vessel. No clear names, dates, places, or organizations are readable to specify.
Fragmented report details a citywide upheaval as authorities impose martial law. Riots erupt across streets, with police and military units deployed, injuries reported, and widespread arson and damage to property in several districts.
Mdwin, once with the Citizens State Bank of Melleville Wik Thitechg, pleaded guilty to falsifying a bank statement. He was sentenced to five years in prison.
J. H. Shearer, longtime commander of the Ohio G A R Ht, died at his Alliance Ohio residence on a Wednesday. A separate note reports Ed Hoover of White Branch Indiana, despondent after being refused a pass and hanging himself.
Fred Kiel former director was found guilty by a jury of taking a bribe. The $1000 payoff from Henry Laing superintendent of Cleveland Trinidad Paving Co. led to Kiel’s four year penitentiary sentence after pleading guilty along with two others.
The Arkansas river reached 28 feet early Wednesday at Pine Bluff with banks near the Jefferson Hotel and county courthouse giving way. The courthouse annex was vacated as officials deem the building unsafe and parts of the rear collapsed into the river.
Twenty four more indictments were returned by the grand jury investigating raids by night riders of Reelfeat lake. The total indictments now rise, with reports of fishermen drowned amid the disturbances.
Bank burglars blew open the First National bank vaults at Pepperell Massachusetts on Wednesday taking about 14000 dollars in cash. They fled in an automobile.
Immedshort of Medford Indiana aged 31 single committed death by self harm using carbolic acid. A letter left stated he had lived thirty one years and thought that long enough.
Council Bluffs police surprised by the discovery in Tom Dunn’s possession a leather wallet containing 1040 dollars in cash. Dunn and Ernest Eiberg of Creynor had driven to town in Eiberg’s wagon with dairy goods. Dunn allegedly drove away with the dairy and wagon after Dunn left to cash a check, later fleeing to a west end wagon therm.
A Muscatine report claimed a son set fire to his mother’s home, but investigators found no evidence linking Dalton’s mother or any local Dalton to the blaze. The narrative of a posse pursuit and lynching threats is dismissed as false, with authorities noting no flight or concealment by the subject.
Burlington announces opening of cab shops at West Burlington to repair 200 locomotives for the Pharlington system. The plan calls for continuous night and day work to restore engines to first class condition before year’s end, after months of partial shop closures and unemployment for workers.
Osceola mayor and city officials joined fifty choir members for an evangelistic revival led by Evangelist Smith in the Methodist Church. The event drew a large audience as a wave of spiritual renewal touched attendees.
Fires destroy a home near Walker and Flewes Lease near Rowley with limited insurance coverage. In Keokuk, Folin C Hubinger’s estate reveals dwindling riches while his wife may not receive a $70 000 ante nuptial settlement. Mrs Monroe Newton dies in a Mt Ayr blaze after entering to recover keepsakes. Burlington furniture plant suffers a $50 000 loss and remains partly saved after a four hour effort. Anna Wanek dies in Iowa City at 65. Harry Robertson seeks annulment claiming a gold brick wife with two other husbands. Creston note reads of a man missing and a newspaper man’s threat. Old glucose plant in Marshalltown is repurposed for storage by Western Grocer Co and its affiliates.
A tornado hit parts of Delaware County Iowa on Wednesday afternoon injuring several and killing livestock. Hines and Phimmham farms suffered outbuilding damage while Hines schoolhouse near Manchester was blown down injuring Miss Barringer and two PLC Dickett children. Timbers fell on a family driving on a highway, seriously injuring them. Widespread damage to telephone lines and farm buildings reported near Dimdes Thorpe and Will Jones farm.
Cleveland, a well to do young farmer from Grafton, died after slipping on new shoes and toppling down stairs in his home while returning from Chicago stock dealings. His head slammed on the landing. In Algona, a seven year old killed by a rifle shot fired by his six year old brother during play. the 22 rifle discharged accidentally.
A mixed batch of Iowa items includes J Griffith of Eldon shipping SOO live Curkeys to Ottumwa, Huckins of Newton planning a new theater the Lyric, Grundy county winning a local championship, and large grain shipments totaling at least 60 000 bushels this year. Also reported are a fatal shooting by Victor Nelson in Cedar Rapids, four men injured by a scaffold collapse at Roland, Prof Jesse Macy's lecture tour to Stanford, and bootlegging pledges in Des Moines court. Mary Irish, long-time principal in Dubuque, dies. fire damages William Cruthoff’s Iowa City residence. Harry F Pierce files for bankruptcy in Council Bluffs. Theodore Bohn pleads guilty again to conducting a liquor nuisance in Mason City. Muscatine church members buy lots to build a 28 by 80 foot barn for horse shelter. East Dubuque infant dies after a crying spell bursts a blood vessel. Logan postmaster finds an undelivered envelope with a large roll of greenbacks. Dubuque firm Harger & Bish expands to Des Moines, boosting capital to 125 000. William Carr of Fort Dodge pleads guilty to the murder of Tom Nicholson of Gowrie. Ellsworth Rominger touts a 120 acre corn yield of ~50 bushels per acre. Fred Valentine, Fort Madison prisoner, recaptured after an escape, faces an extended sentence for the escape attempt.
Citizens of Port au Prince led a well organized coup that ousted President Nord Alexis, establishing a provisional government with Gen. Legitime as president. No shots were fired as rebels seized key points. foreign ships helped restrain violence amid looting and unrest.
A dense ledger of livestock and grain quotations across multiple cities. Chicago lists cattle at 4.00 to 8.00, hogs 4.00 to 0.15, sheep 3.00 to 4.85, with grains including wheat No 2 around 1.05 to 1.07 and corn No 2 near 0.60 to 0.78. Other markets like Indianapolis Louisville Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo show varied ranges for cattle hogs sheep and staples.
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