27 Sep 1906
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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1906
Page
1
A collage of vignettes surveys medical etiquette in Turkey, grain milling in Canada, and social commentary on Rostov and Tolstoy. It notes a physician’s restricted access in the harem, a rapid wheat-to-flour sequence, and reflections on aging, with assorted brief items on nobility, Bath, stock exchanges, and global curiosities.
A digest of brief items reports Chisago Henry C Corbin urging caution on Cuban independence and global policy. Ohio, New York clash over railroad mergers with J P Morgan tied to financing. Rockefeller gathers daily press clippings. Grant cites liquor as court martial cause. Pike's Peak snowstorm disrupts centennial events. Cork resignation of Rosna to Cork county council. Schmidlapp injured in France wreck. daughter killed. Alfred Bills challenges Zion church election illegality. Farewell dinner for Ide and welcome to General Smith in Manila. Damages suit over Euclid Beach incident. Black Hand intimidation in Scranton. Baltimore memorial drive for 1804 fire set at $100,000. Harvard welcomes Hindus Amar Singh and Jupal Singh. Marconi to attend wireless conf. talks in Berlin. New treaty with San Domingo likely. Alaska land sale hints Copper River terminal. Acquittal for Smith brothers in Cape Girardeau peonage case. US envoy Muguon to Panama signals plans for Philippines posting. Milwaukee rail president’s son involved in fatal crash.
Lightning struck a large barn owned by Br. Cimifotti near Mason City on September 24, burning the structure to the ground. Two silver mane and trilatallions banke ing for a circus were destroyed, along with fifty tons of hay, totaling about $4,000 in losses.
Not drowned as supposed Horace G Clark son of Senator Hoxie Clark and former U fraternity man believed missing after a boat excursion between Chicago and Milwaukee three summers ago evidence shows he was seen recently at Neenah Wisconsin friends in Iowa City report direct evidence and expect further developments in the case
Fourteen year old Anna Toëpfer sues in district court to annul her marriage to Henry Toepfer claiming she was traded for a team of horses by her parents. She says marriage occurred September 6 while she was 13 and she endured coercion and abuse before leaving for Humane Society protection. Her petition alleges the mother agreed to receive harness and wagon in exchange for consent to the nuptials.
Estherville Iowa man Peter Truss an eccentric old shoemaker hanged himself with a small piece of clothesline attached to the rafters of the woodshed on the first anniversary of his wife’s death. Despondent since her passing he had often spoken of joining her.
Webster City pricing offers dairymen high wholesale rates to bottle and ship milk to Des Moines and nearby cities. Dairymen report some offers are twice retail prices, and they consider stopping local wagon deliveries to ship all milk to larger markets instead.
Iowa this September 24 report from Sheldon Illinois states J T Bussamus a retired farmer of Granville Sioux County is under arrest on an assault with intent to commit murder charge. The hearing originally set for yesterday was postponed ten days due to the absence of the presiding justice. Bussamus formerly ran a saloon in Granville.
A Peru man named Dillon, Sr., aged 65, was struck dead by a freight train at Afton Junction near Afton yesterday noon after stepping onto the wrong track. Coroners verdict: accidental death. In another note, James C Wood dies slowly turning to stone and writes poetry as physicians puzzle over his illness. Osceola reports body of S. J. Evans moved from Murray after a year and reinterred following a court contest between relatives.
The biennial reunion of the twenty second laws regiment in Towa City Iowa today elected officers for the year: President J Q Switzer Iowa City. First vice president E J C Bearer Cedar Rapids. Second vice president C M Forrest Louisville. Third vice president W M Needham Sigourney. Secretary William J Bowen Iowa City. Assistant secretary and treasurer Sam Co Jones Iowa City. The next meeting will be in Iowa City.
Des Moines dispatch reports H B Dickinson released on $10,000 bond after bonds were raised from $6,000 amid new evidence in the Irene Blydenburgh case. Dickinson, a 26 year old wife awaits district court appearance as grand jury may indict. Also noted are medical examinations on Blydenburgh’s death and related Madison County juvenile confinement concerns.
A staged militia versus old soldiers drill at Grundy Center turns violent as recruits fire on veterans. Fourteen militiamen are wounded, including Captain Whipple and Lieutenant Sanders among others. witnesses say the shootout looked real while officials contemplate a grand jury investigation and possible indictments for attempt at murder.
Alarm over agent desertions at Mutual Life prompts telegram warnings that any agent actively backing the policyholders movement will be discharged. George R. Scrugham cites reduced business from disclosures of mismanagement, while the International Policyholders committee says public confidence can only be restored by board and executive changes. Some agents resist pressure, with top leaders broadly sympathetic to the policyholders' aims.
New York on September 22 at the special Commission on Mies and regulations for enforcing the pure food drug act, Gerry read tentative rules on labeling. Labels must have principal English text, with optional foreign addition, and clearly state the substance, manufacturer, and place of production. The label must be non misleading and expert statements cannot excuse false claims.
Jefferson City Mo Sept 21 Governor Folk received a letter from W H Ritter a former St Louis delegate now in Denver claiming to have received 250005 boodle money which he distributed among members of the combine Ritter says his conscience dictates he disclose what he knows about the boodling After a conference between Circuit Attorney Sager and Governor Folk a telegram summoned Ritter to St Louis immediately Ritter disappeared when investigations began four years ago and his letter to Folk raises fresh questions about the case
The Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington announced a rehearing beginning October 8 to construct rules for simplifying rate tariffs and to issue a circular outlining required practices. The order, originally issued September 15, aims to standardize tariff procedures across the sector.
Des Moines reports attorney John J. Houser filed with Governor Cummins for military protection for himself and Civic League officers in Burlington amid assaults on anti saloon prosecution leaders. The Civic League president J N Patterson and secretary B E Jones were attacked, with authorities slow to act, as threats to drop prosecutions mount and saloons are accused of flouting liquor laws.
Prairie City la Sept 20 a lightning strike hit the Lite and Gill hardware store. An ensuing blaze damaged three stores and caused about 15000 in losses. Firefighters and rain helped check the flames threatening the business district. Major losses included Little and Gill hardware stock and other shops. Several insurers are listed and no injuries reported.
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