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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
8
London editorial notes President Roosevelt's arch policy push draws international sympathy. Washington reports House approval of the rail carriers liability measure, sent to the Senate with no amendments. debate features Dolliver, Nelson, and party funding references. A separate dispatch warns of a national sewage disposal issue, urging government action to curb water pollution and safeguard public health.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Clinton and Chicago with unclear names and events. Readable items include a meeting note or travel reference lacking full context. The piece emphasizes a gathering or inspection around Japanese topics in a midwestern locale.
Chicago April 13 The question of Edward H Harriman taking over the Erie system and uniting with the Union Central Union Pacific and Southern Pacific to create a vast transcontinental system dominates railroad and financial circles. Plans include eastern outlet via the Mile and connections from New York Chicago Omaha to San Francisco and New Orleans with a 21788 mile network and huge authorized capital around 1.018 billion.
George Baker a Hawaiian crewman describes the burning of the coal ship Arthur Sewall after rounding Cape Horn. Captain Gaffrey and 43 others were lost. Baker Dixon and Weinberg survived aboard a lifeboat for three days before being picked up by a Norwegian bark and reaching Newcastle after a 45 day voyage.
New York on April 13 reports Prince De Sagan being hosted by Mme Gould and the Tyler Morses with luncheon and dinner. He metMiss Dorothy Taylor Freeman Smith and P B Vanderbilt and was named as a potential club guest at Union League. He planned a swift departure, visiting National City Bank for a letter of credit and expressing a wish to never see America again.
Berlin reports a Rembrandt painting discovered beneath a portrait owned by Mr Ward. Professor Krauser of the Kaiser Friedrich museum identified the work during restoration by Humphrey Ward, the novelist. The piece is described as an ugly young woman in a ghoulish setting.
Fragmented lines reference a Nebraska connection to Leech and a successor. Names and details are unclear due to damaged OCR but indicate Philippine funds and a shared timeline. No coherent event or outcome can be determined from the readable fragments.
A confusing OCR fragment reports a murder mystery in a Michigan town. It mentions persons Moran and Tod aged 3 and a boy age 3, with garbled fragments about a shooting during an early gathering. Additional readable facts are not clear.
In Deirott Michigan April 1 in the recorder's court Representative Charles I Ward was found not guilty of manslaughter in the death of John Presley, a proof reader in the estate senate, the prosecution failing to connect him with the crime. Dr George R B Fritch of the city is expected to have the manslaughter charge dropped.
A Newport social leadership contest unfolds as July events approach with conflicts among Mrs. William Astor’s circle, Mrs. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Ogden Goelet, and others. Beechwood and Ochre Court host gatherings, Beaulieu leased by the Vanderbilts, Elm Court opens for Work family daughters, and Drexel plans Europe sojourns return to Newport society this season.
Port au Prince April 1 There is reason to believe measures are being taken to force United States intervention. Although tranquility prevails, hostility against the Hayden government grows. Rumors say opponents including the better classes plan an armed demonstration at the harbor to precipitate a landing of marines and American restoration. A Maytien official says conditions are intolerable and prompt intervention by the United States or another power may be needed to avoid anarchy. The Hayden regime is a military dictatorship propping up its power through terror. the educated oppose it and would accept provisional American control to protect life and property.
Jack London and Mia Landen have resumed their world cruise aboard the yacht Snark. The steamer Maripasa, which arrived yesterday, left Papeete on March 2. Berk chased out of harbor toward the island of Moreai in the Pemotu group.
President Roosevelt sends to Congress a Justice Department letter arguing to bar the postmaster general from using mails to advocate murder and treason while noting the need for further federal legislation. He urges excluding any anarchist publications from circulation and cites Attorney General Bonaparte’s opinion on sedition and mail exclusion. Other items cover a bill to abolish federal speak easies, a stalled mail subsidy bill, grazing regulation talks, and public building appropriations in Iowa City Plattsmouth.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Attorney General F Cannon and a request for information. The readable text is too fragmentary to identify a clear event, date, or involved parties beyond the official figure referenced. No coherent action or outcome is extractable.
Albany N J April 1 A tie vote of 25 to 25 on the anti gambling bills blocks their passage for now as Lt Governor breaks the tie. Governor Hughes vows the issue is not settled and will continue until the will of the people is obeyed. Missing senator Fancher stirred conspiracy theories as supporters blamed opposition for the absence.
An impoverished French baron, Henry Louis de Glizberg, once valued at three million dollars, seeks charity in Omaha’s county hospital. He had bet heavily on the Boer War, lost his fortune, and lived humbly while denying his true identity.
Paris reports claim actress Sarah Bernhardt will retire from the stage due to a crippled right knee from rheumatism. At 63 she has long been celebrated for her health and artistry, though fainting spells have appeared. the Paris dispatch suggests she will not appear in public again.
In Montgomery on April 11 the Alabama supreme court ruled that both the general prohibition and the 1 o'clock closing laws are constitutional and enforceable. The liquor forces had challenged these provisions, but the court rejected the attack in both actions.
A garbled statewide notice from Pittsburg Pennsylvania in April outlines a public sale action. The fragmented OCR text mentions a seat, a board, and pipes. Despite unreadable parts, the item presents a legal or public notice context with authorities and dates implied.
New York April Dustin Farnum denounces claims by Mrs Gould as false and ridiculed. He asserts he never met Gould, never accompanied her in a car or at the St Regis, and plans to sue for damages if pressed. Farnum recalls only a casual acquaintance from years ago and disputes Philadelphia meetings or hotel scandal allegations.
Mrs. Sutton accuses her husband John Sutton of threats to blow her up and seeks legal protection. Sutton denies the charges as a misread joke, claiming the remark on gas and explosion was humorous prophecy, not a threat, and cites conjugal humor. He lives at Stewartstown and says the arrest stems from feminine sense of humor.
Edward Goodwin, 19, son of wealthy Hyde Park parents, eloped and wed Violet Kennedy, 29, once a waitress and then housekeeper, a month ago in Princeton Illinois after his parents returned from Europe. Father, a prominent manufacturers' representative for New York firms, allegedly barred the couple from his home.
Langdon Smith, famed New York journalist, war correspondent, and poet known for Be Safe McCall and Evolution, died last night at his Brooklyn home aged 80 after a career with the New York World, the Herald, and the American. He covered Cuba and nearby battles in the Cuban Insurrection and Spanish-American War. Born in Kentucky.
Washington April 11 A4 firm seeipi ent attorneys here pacetyed by e8 rene. a cat co nve ne tun ta'k hen. opened, the box was 1d for contaha. a neht mode of an invention. clerks who opened the box were puzzled as no connection between the mode and the eggs. then a letter from Mrs Rossman of Mongaup New York stated the package marked eggs was for a delivery and careful handing.
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