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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1907
Page
6
Captain Tsunoda the Japanese military attache defends General Stoessel on the eve of his court martial for Port Arthur surrender. He portrays dire fortress conditions with 20 000 Russians without food and unarmed, and notes the fortress would have faced mass slaughter if held longer.
A thirty ton fly wheel exploded at the Youngstown Iron and Roofing Company injuring several workers. Archibald Stankin, the chief engineer, was killed when his body was cut in two.
Port Huron Mich. resident J. H. Howard from a wealthy family dies at the American hospital in Mexico City due to nephritis. He leaves a wife who is staying in Newport and has been notified of his death.
In Antwerp on August 7, M. Jacques Simon a silk merchant leaped from the second entry of the cathedral tower in front of a crowd gathered in Cathedral square. The fall from over 200 feet ended his life in a sensational suicide witnessed by many.
Solomon Frank longtime St Joseph newspaper business manager dies at home in St Joseph Missouri at age 69 He was a native of Germany and served as business manager for the St Joseph Daily Volksblatt and the St Joseph Gazette confirming his roles in local press history.
William Hamberger of Burahoo Wisconsin was struck by a train at Devil's Lake and killed. His body was hurled into the lake.
A trunk from Monte Carlo held a dismembered woman in Marseilles France. Mr and Mrs Gold a middle aged couple denied the crime and said they knew the victim only slightly. They allegedly faced a lover who killed the woman at Villa Menesimy and the couple hid the remains in a valise and trunk intending to ship to London.
Ezra Thompson quits Salt Lake City mayoralty amid party strife. Navy official probes H Lissberger scrap frauds in Washington. Zion City lace works sale seen as Vo liv a defeat. Coroner probes Rev J L Williams killing in Mount Vernon. Mrs Stuyvesant Fish to entertain Prince William at Newport. Odell recovers in Newburgh from dental operation. Judge Ryner fines Holbrook Lenbaugh McPhilamey in coal land case. Haywood returns to Western Federation HQ in Denver. Alabama senators elected to finish Pettus term. Night Riders dynamite damages a Montgomery County thresher. Ramsey and Wilson linked to tobacco group.
Stamford August 7 Sam Fessenden longtime Republican operative and former secretary of the national committee during the Blaine Cleveland campaign announces retirement from active politics. Now state’s attorney for Fairfield county he recently collected a 141000 pension fee from the federal government. He is 60. Cleveland mob assaults Walter McCracken over insults to two girls as police halt riot on Carnegie avenue.
Jacob Stehman, condemned to death in Dauphin county, learns $800 back pension money owed his deceased father has been awarded by the U S government. He plans to seek pardon review after a court appointed attorney aided his defense at trial for wife murder.
Superior, Wis. August 7. Canadian Huronic officers say the Isle Royale invasion report by Captain Young of Port Arthur is a canard. Purser James Rowan notes the tale began as a lark by Canadian enthusiasts who visited the island in a new launch bearing the union jack.
Louisville reports former County Clerk W. J. Semontn settled his accounts after State Inspector Hines found he owed $45,455. He tendered certified checks to the county judge to discharge the balance.
Walter A. Murphy superintendent of the street car barns here was instantly killed when he grasped a live wire. The incident occurred in August in Toone Indiana.
The forecast covers Illinois, Indiana, Lower Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa and predicts fair conditions with fresh southerly winds through the evening.
Chicago Board of Trade quotes show wheat and corn futures with varied gains and losses, while oats and rye-edge prices move within narrow ranges. Live stock markets in Chicago and East Buffalo report receipts and steady to slow demand, with hogs, cattle, and sheep priced across a wide band.
Smith and Bricker advertise real estate loans and land sales with notices to non residents about tax obligations and related financial services.
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