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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
6
In Washington the affluent few are besieged by relic hawkers filling the capital with junk. Senators and congressmen face constant solicitations for consignments of old tables, paintings, and heirlooms as expected mortgage pressures and social envy drive the trade. Wealthy residents fear intrusive solicitations and the steady flow of antiques into the district.
The 1907 year book from the Department of Agriculture details progress in food and drug regulation. It notes methods of manufacture improved by government help, sterilization preserving items without chemicals, new preservation methods for pre filling and canned goods, and sulphur use for drying fruit. It covers cold storage impact, bleached flour research, whisky investigations, nonfermented beverages with cocaine concerns, and enforcement of the federal act. In 1907 forty of fortyfour legislatures passed purity laws. Ten new branch labs were opened. 7,041 samples were tested, 323 hearings held, and 12 criminal cases sent to justice. A major challenge was recruiting qualified inspectors and chemists.
Second secretary of the Japanese embassy, Hanihara, was severely injured while rescuing a woman from a runaway horse on Rhode Island Avenue. He leaped for the bridle, was dragged, then mounted the horse to bring it to heel, but the animal crushed his foot. Doctors fear surgery may be needed as bones were badly bruised and an abscess formed, with months of recovery ahead.
A Norwegian minister to the United States sparked talk in Washington by refusing to walk behind a private citizen at a German function led by William Howard Taft. Diplomats deem it tactless that he informed hotel staff, risking a public spat, though Taft’s presidency and limited Norway-US dealings lessen potential fallout.
A historical discussion on trade unions elevating fair pay and living standards, tempering competition, and uniting workers with employers. It praises union influence, calls labor Day a consolidation of progress, and highlights reforms like reduced hours, end of child labor, and pursuit of initiative and referendum while noting the enduring, evolving nature of the labor movement led by figures such as Teter V. Culling and J. Quike.
County officials hold Miss Porter’s home and personal property valued between 10 000 and 20 000 as authorities delay extradition actions. Sheriff Conrad’s illness and a governor’s holiday pause stall filings while Atty General Go Wrey travels to Columbus to press the case. a special grand jury may be convened. The Porter estate remains unsettled with an administrator appointed and exhumation planned to check for revolvers used in the tragedy.
Fifty indictments return in Sangamon county with five charging Thomas Marshall and twelve others in a murderous assault on William Bowe, chief clerk of the county treasurer, as Bowe hangs between life and death. White defendants face charges for burglary, larceny, and destruction at Lopez’s restaurant in Springfield.
Lawyers for Capt. Peter Hains Jr and Thornton Hains held multiple conferences to map a defense. John McH. Melmyre said he would prove the wives and brothers had not planned murder and would call witnesses to show the Hainses sought an estate at Bayside and did not intend to shoot Annis. They considered insanity as an extenuating circumstance.
Specials from Minnesota North Dakota and Northern Wisconsin report a heavy frost Saturday. Dickinson New York records 27 degrees of frost. A large portion of the flax crop is injured while wheat is in shock. much of it is ripened and out of danger.
A heavy frost struck Winnepes, Maz, Aus on Saturday, severely damaging uncut grain. The bitter cold may injure Ley wheat and other crops still awaiting harvest, with concerns for forthcoming yields.
A blaze in Chicago last night left 30 families homeless in the West Van Buren Street vicinity near Campbell age. The three story building at 1024 84 West Van Buren was damaged, with losses estimated at $50,000. Residents fled in night garments as flames forced occupants to evacuate from upper floors. Mary Kubns was rescued from the second floor by ladder.
An unappreciated poet in Paris, bent on a dramatic finish, hanged himself near a statue of Venus after luring a rape accusation. He died amid a rapturous kiss to the marble form, a bizarre end to his artistic career.
A new magnetic track brake by British Thomson-Houston Co may be hand operated and used for service and emergency braking. The system uses alternating magnetic poles in steel shoes drawn to the rail between wheels, powered by motor-generated current, making it independent of the trolley circuit. It features a channel iron between shoes, hand-operated levers, and weatherproof coil housings for durable use on down grades.
A forthcoming month will see a caterpillar devour food totaling six thousand times its own body weight. The remark pairs with a quip about baldness describing how some men are born bald others become so by effort or after marriage.
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