06 Mar 1908
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Newspaper
Alden Times
Location
Alden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
1
Attendants at Interstate Commerce hearing review petitions from railways nationwide seeking extensions or relief from the new four percent operating law. Officials report most requests denied or pending, arguing lack of telegraph operators and potential hardship if enforced.
Fragmentary notes suggest a political sequence involving decorated figures, Congress recognition, firings, and campaigns around a wartime or public works topic. Names, dates, and places are obscured by OCR errors, but reference to a mainte af ready Tre a and Perk hints at a municipal or national event with controversy.
The readable fragments mention various names and places such as Tobago Nantes and Totten with scattered references to people and events. The text appears as damaged OCR without a clear coherent story or main action to summarize.
A terse report notes a defendant named Wade Comber and a related plea or verdict involving a lengthy prison term. Details are garbled but indicate a kidnapping related charge or proceeding with a sentence of thirty years and a concurrent or additional term of twenty years.
The Dtabian Chamber of Deputies faced a Thursday vote on abolishing religious destruction in the abopts of Taly. The measure was defeated by a large majority, surviving with support only from socialists radtenaln Republicans and a few conservative defectors.
Captain Wilkm H. Van Shaick of New York, master of the General Slocum, was taken to Sing Sing Prison to serve ten years of hard labor for his role in the disaster that killed thousands.
Sioux City market report shows top hogs at $5.05 per unit and sows or hog categories around $4.90, reflecting Thursday’s quotations. The fragment notes live stock prices for buyers and sellers in the Sioux City market segment.
New York an actress Glada Calla described how her husband killed her brother in a dramatic late night confession. She said she would push him toward the electric chair, detailed Paris success and Boston marriage, and noted she had filed for legal action in New Hampshire after her brother Georg e Cur king’s death on January 2.
A Whitin Congregational church in Boston faces upheaval as gossip swirls about a planned change involving Pastor Obed Carte. A stenographer, Cyeeker, and journalist Ly Florence Metres are drawn into the rumor mill amid tense scenes at the church site and nearby home.
Walter W. Cox a 36 year old wood chopper from Franklin Junction Mo confessed to Missouri Pacific officials that he removed a rail at Otterville twelve miles east of Sedalia causing a freight train derailment on Friday night He intended to wreck the Kansas City St Louis passenger train No 4 due shortly after The confession states he acted alone and has a wife and child Cox was arrested at home Tuesday and taken to the wreck scene for questioning He said he was inspired by a Kansas City paper story about a man who flagged a broken rail to save passengers and that the plan aimed to strike the fast passenger train but the freight wreck occurred first
Roosevelt pressed the button in Washington to inaugurate the new tunnel and rail link from New York to Hoboken, uniting Hoboken, New Jersey, and New York City with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western line. Governors of New York and New Jersey attended along with officials of three cities. A letter from Roosevelt praising the milestone was read to ceremony attendees.
Citizens pay tribute to martyrs as priests lead somber services. The body of Teether Lees Helifelds was laid out at a church service before being transported to Paterson. Officials and mourners gathered at the station and along the route, with many offering prayers and condolences as the community reflects on the tragedy.
A Pennsylvania prosecutor opens a mysterious explosive package in Ada h, triggering a deadly incident. The case involves former interim official Niktrbet Gatrommey and a string of Dimilan suspects. Authorities trace the delivery back to a group linked to a crime spree, with charges and homeward confessions.
Wednesday live stock quotes report top beeves at 4.36 dollars and top hogs at 4.30. A Washington dispatch notes President Roosevelt sent a waterways bill message to Congress with an inland waterways commission preliminary report. Naughton Pound Guilty is found guilty as an accessory after the fact to the alleged abduction of delegates Priesmeyer and Warner.
Miss Augustina Duncombe daughter of the president of Fort Dodge First National bank married G Fr Wilington a Chicago traveling man after overcoming parental objections. The ceremony by Justice H B Nicholson followed a long romance begun in Chicago three years earlier. The couple separated to return home and then reunite after renewed meetings.
Cashier Julius Burmeister of Davenport National Bank captured a man believed wanted for safe burglaries after a struggle while the stranger attempted to cash a stolen Rock Island Fuel Company check issued from a cracked safe. The man fled but was seized and turned over to police. he gave the name Arthur Johnson of Memphis, Tennessee.
A tumult erupted at a wedding in which attendees from rival factions clashed, injuring several people as bottles were hurled and alcohol sparked conflict. Police intervened as the celebration devolved into a brawl between sects tied to Palbeh and Teo Chasski, with lingering tensions from an old dispute fueling the violence.
The Town Supreme Court ruling on liquor sales during school election days could end many saloons. The decision holds that any saloonkeeper violating the act may be enjoined at any time, signaling widespread enforcement likely to shutter saloons statewide.
A fragmented report notes a murder warrant or chase involving Paul Moy with references to charges in New York and a potential extradition case to France. The text cites French authorities and American legal figures, noting the legal process and trial prospects for the accused.
Former Senator William O Lehmidt counsel for Davenport Matting Company said Attorney General Byers ruling barring corporations from owning saloons or selling liquor would not affect Davenport brewers. He noted local brewers had already transferred saloons to other corporations which now lease to current operators.
A der rick car of the Milwaukee Bridge Company was blown up by dynamite Monday near Clinton, destroying property but injuring no one. Twelve sticks failed to explode, three bridges remained intact, and work on the Chicago and North Western bridge superstructure will be halted for now. The Milwaukee company employs non union men.
A military car carrying four troops under General Grant traveled from New York to Leavenworth Kansas then reached Michiquntty Indiana early Tuesday, amid activity described as the so-called army movement toward the Midwest.
One of Central Illinois best known Presbyterian ministers, Stebert, died in Bloomington on Tuesday at age 86. His wife died Monday. The couple founded in 1658 the state’s first seminary for girls.
Three children of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Davis aged four and younger perished Monday afternoon when a fire destroyed their home on an acre in Santa Rosa New Mexico.
Orders have been issued suspending work on the Panhandle line reconstruction from Mulvane Kansas to the west line of the Panhandle Texas. The project pause affects crews and schedules as authorities reassess progress and safety considerations.
Iowa Supreme Court sustains Des Moines plan of municipal government by a commission, ruling it within legislative authority to provide for commission city plans. Also reports death of W. J. Knight, a leading Du Buque attorney and former state senator. One engineer killed in Fort Dodge rail wreck. Four boys narrowly escape drowning on Marshalltown river after ice fault.
Fire believed incendiary burned the Black and Baldwin Avery barn in Bedford. M D Baldwin was found dead in the office area after the blaze, while Will Saville may have been fatally injured. Floyd Nevin discovered the fire at 4 am while seeking horses and found Saville near the flames. The building was so thoroughly damaged that entry was impossible and all horses perished.
In Sioux City at Morningside College auditorium the Prohibition Oratorical Association winner Jim Durvfounded confessed the winning speech was plagiarized and refused the $25 prize. He cited conscience and his connection with the prohibition movement, leaving the school in doubt over who will represent it at the March 4 state contest in Oska Joosa.
Attorney General Byers issues an opinion to the executive council stating saloons cannot be owned or controlled by corporations including breweries. About half of Iowa saloons are brewery controlled, forcing business to be run by individuals who bear liabilities. Prosecutions may target brewery operated saloons if transfers are not completed promptly. The ruling causes a major uproar akin to the mule tax order.
President H W Seerley of the State Normal School joins a twelve member advisory committee for the national civic federation to help select five hundred teachers for a study tour of Great Britain and Ireland between September and March 1920. The program, run with International Marine Company and Alfred Moseley of London, will publish investigation reports and share findings with the U.S. teaching body. Civil War veteran Sam Carson, 70, was found murdered at his cottage near Newell after living alone for years. investigators say robbery was the motive. In Memphis, thieves stole jewels worth 20,000 dollars from the home of Frank Jones, Garrett E Lamb, and family in Clinton, Lownd.
A garbled 1911 column talks of civic groups pressing to drive out gamblers, a major fire destroying half a business district and Jewish property losses. It mentions a forged mortgage loss at a Corning bank, mayoral candidate questions in Council Bluffs, a kidnapped daughter found near Spencer, diphtheria fears in Fort Dodge, and prohibition politics in Iowa. The piece ends noting a Fort Dearborn businessman’s planned move and a wartime state election battle.
G Dun and Company reports indicate trade in Chicago and surrounding territory is holding up despite severe weather and transportation issues. Demand is rising in some sectors, with improved activity in machinery and labor in iron and steel districts, though many outside buyers remain delayed. Bank lending funds remain available at 6 percent, with quicker recoveries in wholesale and retail goods, and a noted uptick in forward orders for dry goods, millinery, boots and shoes, and furniture.
Widespread stormy weather dampens distributive trade and halts railway movement, limiting grain to market to the smallest volume in twenty two months. Ohio river floods curb industrial operations, while jobbing trade shows a mixed, cautious tone with demand for millinery, dry goods and staples. Wages fears spread across railroads and other sectors as industrial activity shifts with some iron and steel finishing up, woolen looms idle, and cotton goods prices irregular amid active exports to China.
Regional price summaries list Chicago cattle and hog values with prime and fair to choice meat cuts, plus sheep, lambs, and butter and egg quotes. New York cattle and hogs show wide ranges, while Toledo notes Wheat No. 3 and corn No. 2 bids. miscellaneous grains and prices for rye and timothy appear in several markets.
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