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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1909
Page
1
Iowa news items cover city franchise votes, college building plans at Ione State College, drainage work near Mason City, a personal tragedy in Davenport, a bank dividend, and crime notes. The long list includes jail terms for Clinton inmates, resignations, a new town fair site in Devon, and a flood of local developments across multiple counties with dates and figures.
Reports from southern Italy and Sicily indicate about 200000 deaths with 110000 in Messina and Reggio alone. The king and queen aided victims as the United States, Red Cross, and individuals donated large sums. Relief work progressed, Lipari islands rumor proven false, and Americans in Taormina remained unharmed.
Chicago seeks a man charged with embezzling funds entrusted for bank deposit three months ago. Herman Paley, a theatrical agent, was arrested in Seattle and confessed. W. M. Williams, bishop of the A M E church, jailed in Omaha for fraud. Wilbur Wright set a Michelin cup record with a 73 mile flight lasting two hours nine minutes. B. A. Blake of San Francisco, convicted for attempting to bribe a prospective juror in the Ruef case, got four years at San Quentin. Paris court rules against Count Boni de Castellane in custody dispute over his three children with Princess da Sagan. Abraham Ruef, former San Francisco political boss, sentenced to 14 years at San Quentin.
Deaths: Ralph E. White 18, Lena Illinois, by self shooting. Charles Weatherhead Ill drowned while skating. Rudolph Witte 39 Chicago stabbed at home by Daniel Rogers 46 boarder. Copper output: Arizona 274 million lb, Michigan 220 million, Montana 244 million. Truce formed in Breathitt County amid Kentucky faction tensions. Gold moved: San Francisco mint 225.5 million to Denver mint. A Chinese traveler on Southern Pacific died of starvation with $15,000 on him. Yaqui war ends in Sonora treaty. Gen Torres and others sign peace.
Mary Evelyn Moore Davis, wife of Maj. Edward Davis, editor of the New Orleans Picayune, dies. Roosevelt's New Year reception draws over six thousand attendees. The court of claims awards Oregon $200,000 for Civil War era expenses protecting Washington and Idaho. Taft withdraws in Ohio, clearing Theodore Burton. South troops depart Cuba for Philadelphia while Count von Bernstorff is presented to Roosevelt. Beekman Winthrop named first assistant secretary of state. No. of union workers in Wilkes-Barre petitions for Gibbs, Mitchell, and Morrison.
The report covers a steamship misadventure from Christiana to Havana with cargo loss fears, a burning mountain in Greenbank West Virginia, a Park Opera House fire at Drie Pennsylvania, and a Chicago restaurant wrecked by gas. It notes an airborne warship project at Nixon yards, a New York professor's suicide with family, Atlantic travel declines, a West Virginia mine disaster, Alabama prohibition, Tucson hospital fire, Oklahoma killings, bank robbery, a New York murder, Philadelphia warehouse fire, and various legal cases and sports results. It compiles a broad late-1900s panorama of incidents, crimes, fires, and trials across cities and states.
The fleet reaches Messina after a 3,440 knot voyage from Colombo with two days shaved off schedule. One seaman drowned from the Illinois during the voyage. Culgoa and Yankton carry medical staff and relief supplies for earthquake victims in southern Italy. Ships expected to arrive Jan 8–9.
Jefferson City Jan 4 Waters-Pierce Oil company plans to pay the Missouri supreme court 50,000 fine rather than face ouster. The firm did not file a rehearing motion and must show by Jan 15 that it has severed ties with Standard Oil Indiana and by March 1 to complete payment. Attorneys for Standard Oil Indiana and Republic Oil filed rehearing motions.
News from Victoria reports 750 dead from the Ginsi Maru and Nagato Maru disasters near Chefoo. Survivors washed ashore to find bodies stripped of clothes and valuables, and even teeth and fingers removed for gold and rings. Separate item from Los Angeles details William Mitchell's murder of Cecil Thayer after accusing him of his sister's downfall. Another note from Le Mans praises Wilbur Wright's 40 hour 9 minute flight, officially 73 miles but over 90 miles with curves.
Columbus Ohio January 4 The Democratic house caucus decided to back former Governor Campbell for United States Senator If no joint caucus is held no other name will be presented Campbell remains the sole candidate in the caucus plan and the party’s backing is clear
Elijah Raffty, a Black man, is arrested after a days long search. He is accused of striking his wife over the head, then burning her body in the furnace of an apartment building in Chicago.
Yellow fever has broken out in eleven Santiago provinces with three cases reported. Victims are Spaniards. Officials doubt a full epidemic will follow, despite the spread near Havana.
A box of home made candy sent through the mail nearly killed three people in Denver on January 4. Police seek the sender, suspecting a deliberate poisoning attempt. Merig al Smith, divorced woman, forty, linked to the case.
The rising use of Torls for lame back and rheumatism draws strong discussion among physicians. An alleged effective mix is one-half pint whiskey with one ounce Fort Compound and one ounce Syrup Saranparilla Compound, taken in tablespoonfuls before meals and at night. Toris Compound is advertised from Globe Pharmaceutical Co Chicago, with other ingredients available from druggists.
A humorous quip on why brides wear long veils, with a playful exchange between Papa and son. The Smart Set tone suggests concealment of happiness as the gag, reflecting social logic in a light wit piece.
A testimonial letter from Mrs. A L Wetzel recounts regaining smell and hearing after Peruna treatment. She praises the medicine and plans to visit her mother, noting a doctor had declared she had little time left. The Peruna Drug Mfg Co of Columbus, Ohio promotes free Almanac for 1909 and authorizes publication of the photo testimonial.
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