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Newspaper

Algona Courier

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1908

Page

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Iowa News Sparks Tragic Accidents And Local Affairs

Town reports a string of accidents and deaths including a 12 year old boy’s loss of his eyes, a man dying of heart failure, a switchman killed by a train, and a woman hurt in a buggy crash. Fires destroy a home, a man stops a suicide attempt, and a county votes on a bond restitution. Statewide notes cover education meetings, legal actions, and a corn auction record at Marshalltown with high prices and notable bidders.

Dohn Evans Mason City Wis Bliek Javiry Theawa Academy Selene eMeges Wenden Se Son Strevon Clood Arthur Morris Fred Lakin Oscar Gyman Ellsworth Psia Lakin Elsworth Strahan George Slater Peterson Brackey Town Retail Hardware Dealers’ Association Cedar Rapids J. ©. Vevin Council Bluffs J. F. Doty West Iberty Des Moines Sioux City Hans Nelson Liberty Township Woodbury County Marshalltown Fred McCulloch Hartwick Cannon Canemittea Springfield Yeseliun Indorsenenk Proshlant Roosevelt Vrivale Benjamint C. Stoonerson Leenvine Corps Nsert Bay John M. Melilash Howarding Howrd Casa Ponnsyypmeler Pennsylvania Coteyal Snyder Vrowsirer Mathues Fratlen Ewuitat Tung Wah Stange Woriships W.G. Whitaker Nob Federal Grand Jury Republic of Brandil Rio Angeiro Frank Orloskie Avis Court of Appeals of New York Chester Gillette Grace Brown South Otselic Chenango County Big Moose Latte Adrondacks West Point Riley Smith Colusa Standard Oil Coittary John D. Rocketeer F. &. Smith Missouri, Kansas & Texas el Dorado George Chester West Livingston N. d New England Tiflis Armenia Van Mush Vilayets Asia Minor Cosby Harvard Madden Illnois Congress Lincoln Farm Association Lincoln Birthplace Kentucky Middle West Indiana Fred Anderson Cobalt Ont Jennings Township Milwaukee County Michigan A. Wengler Chicago Cincinnati Friend Paper West Carrollton W. K. W. Koo Columbia University Cornell Bonaparte Southern Pacific Frank Murdock Oneida Andrew Salmon Murphy South Bend Notre Dame College David Rogers Cartersville Lilly May Kline

Telegraphed violence and crime spread through Iowa towns

A chaotic police report details gunfire and explosions near Clinton, injuries to a worker, and arrests to follow. Another incident describes a shooting at a Cedar Rapids home, a Grand Western engine theft case, a Minneapolis arrest, and a church divorce scandal in Cedar Rapids. Rail service cuts threaten dozens of stations, while a Muscatine jury awards Miss Vers Smith $11,000 in a rape case. A Boone child ingests carbolic acid in a kitchen accident, leaving his condition critical.

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End of a Week Tells in Brief Itemized Form

A compact digest of late world notes lists police actions, labor disputes, and notable events. Highlights include severed incursions in Philadelphia, Morocco fighting details, bank closures, a large bequest to Flavvard University, accidents, fires, and political shifts. Names, places, dates, and organizations appear throughout this period summary.

Plot to kill Grand Duke targets Nicholas in St Petersburg

Police in St Petersburg disclose a reconstituted socialist revolutionary cell planned assassination of Grand Duke Nicholas and Minister Chicheslovitoff. The group, termed the northern district fighting detachment, arranged bombs and espionage funds, with arrests on Basil Island and other actions linked to earlier political killings and prison regime targets.

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London Navy League Dinner Speaks on War and Fleet Transfer

Washington Birthday celebrated by London Navy League section with a dinner at the Hyde Park hotel. Speakers included Marshall C. Fox Frederick Wisk Col Ashley Cole and R Newton Caine. Caine warned the Pacific voyage could inflame passions and risk war, denouncing labor union demagogues and the Yellow Peril as dangerous bogeys.

London Washington Navy League Hye Park Hotel Marshall C. Fox Frederick Wisk Col Ashley Cole R. Newton Caine Mr. Caine United States San Francisco

Watch Harry Thaw Closely

Albany reporters say Perris, head of the state lunacy commission, reported that Harry K Thaw is under close observation by Superintendent Lamh at Matteawan State Hospital. The sixty day confinement monitoring will determine if he is sane enough for a court report. if deemed insane, a court report is unlikely unless Thaws counsel requests it.

Harry Thaw Albany N YW Perris State Commission On Lunacy Harry K. Thaw Lamh State Hospital For the Matteawan Ferris Thaw

Yates Announces Candidacy for Governor

Former Governor Richard Yates declares for the Republican nomination saying there is an opening for an effective appeal to the people under the primary election law. He emphasizes avoiding conventions and committees and notes the law's recent approval.

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