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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
1
Roads Strike Special Rates For Merchants Meetings
The Western Passenger association executive committee refused to grant fare and a half rates for spring and fall merchants meetings in Chicago and St. Louis this year. Illinois Missouri and other states 2-cent fare laws reduced earnings making discounts infeasible. Past events drew thousands. this year attendance will be limited or absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St. Louis
Western Passenger Association
Chicago Commercial
Southwestern Passenger Association
Night riders terrorize Russellville tobacco district
About 100 masked riders attacked Russellville in Logan County Kentucky early Friday. They overpowered three policemen, dynamited and burned two tobacco concerns and several other businesses, injuring three, with losses around 50000 dollars. Police, telephone workers, and two merchants were held briefly. Dr. C. M. Roberts of Evansville Indiana was seriously wounded. The mob, organized with a leader and lieutenants, rode on white caps and masks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russellville
Logan County
kKy
Bruce
J. R. McLean
J Henry Moseley
C. M. Roberts
Evansville
Ind
Forest House
Plan to crush Black Hand targets Italian, American groups
Lieut Joseph Petrosini of the New York Italian branch of the detective bureau coordinates a nationwide effort against the Black Hand and similar crime rings He links Rome Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Denver San Francisco New Orleans and other cities to track leaders and prevent immigrant fraud He also pushes a national Italian American organization seeking stricter immigration scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Petrosini
New York
Dureau
Petrosini
Rome
Othher
America
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Denver
San Francisco
New Orleans
Aren O
Sicily
Italy
Officers Confiscate? Ambiguous Fatal Shooting Report
Officers Parnes and Jones killed Sarah Burton and her son Arch near Black Valley in Arkansas Friday evening after saying they resisted arrest. The county deputy sheriff and local marshal claim Burton attacked them with a weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Burton
Arch
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotations
Quotations from Sioux City live stock market show Burch Goster at 4.00 per unit and top bids at F450. Market data reflects fluctuating bids and prices for cattle and hogs in a regional livestock ranking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Chiday
Lioux Ciy
Burch Goster
Oldest Washington resident Dies at 103
Mesdiuth Gaston, age 103, long believed to be the oldest in Washington, dies at Deaconess Old People’s Home off Spokane. She leaves six children, the youngest 71.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdiuth Gaston
Washington
Deaconess Old People
Spokane Wash
Taft to Speak at Young Men's Republican Club
Secretary Taft will address the Young Men's Republican Club of Missouri in Kansas City on February 10. The engagement follows his ongoing campaign to rally support among party members in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Taft K
Ciao
Mimouri
Fight at Paris church ends with mud and police intervention
At St. Pierre de Chalot in Paris a courtyard clash erupted during a memorial service for Lady Stanley Errington. Count Boni de Castellane and his brother confronted Prince Helle de Sagan after an insult to Boni and the church. Boni spat at the prince, fists and canes followed, the gutter ended the scuffle until police escorted all three to the station. Thousands watched as explanations were given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castellane
Count Bon de Castellane
Anne Gould
New York
Prince Helle de Sagan
Madame Gould
St. Pierre de Chalot
Paris
Stanley Errington
England
Count Boni
Count Jean de Castellane
Jean
Seaboard Air Line Placed Under Receivership
The United States circuit court appointed R Lancaster Williams of Richmond and S Davies Warfield of Baltimore as receivers for Seaboard Air Line. The move targets a system wide consolidation with $33.785 million in bonds and stocks, about $25 million of which is held in Baltimore, while insiders expect security holders to benefit and the Old Bay Line assets to remain unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard Air Line
R. Lancaster Williams
Richmond, Va
S. Davies Warfield
Baltimore, Md
United States Circuit
Aurt
Seaboard ‘Air
Seaboard Air Inc
Baltimore
New York
Seaboard
Baltimore Steam Packet Company
Bay Line
Japanese Saltpeter Trade Report From Iquique
Passengers arriving in San Francisco aboard the Kosmos liner Neko report intense Japanese activity at the Port of Iquique Chile. The government is said to be buying large saltpeter stocks and yucca from the Sahara district for use in explosive powder, shipped on fast 6000 ton steamers to Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Beinz
Chili
San Francisco
Kosmos
Neko
Iquique
Chil
Sahara
Japan
Russia
Newark building inspector shot during burglary
Geo. A. Fisher of Newark New Jersey woke to a burglar entering a neighboring store and shouted a warning. The burglar fired through the window hitting Fisher in the eye and head. Fisher died hours later without regaining consciousness. Mrs. Fisher found him unconscious and hanging partly from the window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Geo. A. Fisher
N. J
Fisher
Wisconsin Editor Chalmers Ingersoll Dies at 69
Beloit editor Chalmers Ingersoll, long a leader in Wisconsin political affairs, died at age sixty nine after twenty years as Beloit Tribune editor. He guided coverage and shaped state political dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Chalmers Ingersoll
Beloit
Wis
Aeader
Glass Work Resumes at Pittsburg Plate Glass Works
After a shutdown for repair, the Pittsburg Plate Glass company at Ford City Pennsylvania has restarted operations. The department employs about 1,200 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Ford City
Cuban Customs Receipts Reach Record 1967 Total
Cuban customs receipts for 1967 totaled 20 005 045 dollars, up from 15 511 296 in the prior year, marking a record high for the island.
Poison Reveals Cause of Reverend Gish’s Death
Examination of Rev. Gilbert Gish’s stomach from the Chambersburg church case indicates the pastor died of poison, tying the sudden death to toxin exposure. The report names the Christian church at Chambersburg in the UK and notes the investigation of the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Divine
Gilbert Gish
The
Christian Church
Chambersburg
Vancouver firemen attacked in Japanese quarter riot
Fireman Anderson and two colleagues, all in uniform, were badly wounded in a violent assault by a crowd of Japanese in Vancouver's Japanese quarter. Anderson sustained deep slashes and stab wounds, while Frost and McDonald also suffered serious injuries. All were hospitalized after police and doctors treated their wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
N. C
Allen
Anderson
B. C
J. Frost
T. McDonald
Frost
Hite
Mystery of the Woman in Red Stumps Gotham Detectives
Police crews fail to identify the woman found dead in a pond near Harrison New Jersey on Christmas Day. The Orange detective and Mrs Pittie Hull could not verify the victim or slayer. Acting Mayor Daly offers a $1000 reward and the pond may be drained to aid clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pond
Harrison
N. J
Pittie Hull
Drabell
Orange
Daly
Mrs Cooke Doubtful On Prosecution Of Husband
Mrs. Cooke of Hartford Connecticut wife of Rev J Knode Cooke says she is undecided about whether to file charges against her husband who abandoned the family and fled with a girl to Santa Francisco where he has been found. She suggests Nassau county officials should decide and notes the crime concerns the girl church and God and that District Attorney Coles may contact her before she acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooke
Hartford
Coles
Coke Company to Cut Wages at Masontown Plants
The H. C. Frick Company of Masontown Pennsylvania announced a wage reduction of about seven percent across its regional coke plants. The cut leaves wages just above the levels before the March 1906 raise.
Mail Carrier Frozen to Death in Idaho Mountain Crossing
George McKenna, a mail carrier en route to Rocky Bar mining camp in Elmore county Idaho, died from freezing while crossing the mountains. He departed Atlanta on Christmas Day, broke a snowshoe, and halted progress on the mountain trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Bar
Elmore County
Idaho
George McKenna
Atlanta
Fire destroys St. Anne's Orphans Home in Terre Haute
A Thursday blaze gutted St. Anne's Orphans Home in Terre Haute Indiana a Roman Catholic facility. Hundreds of orphans were inside when the fire began but all escaped unharmed leaving the Tess total at 30007 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oa Panie
St. Anne's
Terre Haute
Ind
Trolley Collision Injures Seventeen in Denver
A late midnight collision between two trolley cars on a Denver street injures seventeen passengers and leaves one person fatally hurt. The crash occurred as the streetcars, traveling along a main line, failed to divert to a siding as required by the semaphore signal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rene
Denver
Cylo
Sramiway
Teamsters Strike Amid Wage Dispute at Tsremhktun Farm
Workers at Tsremhktun farm press wage demand from 2.07 to 54 dollars per day. About 225 registered workers join a walkout. The union says arbitration is refused and they will not concede on pay. Local leadership pledges ongoing action until demands are met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsremhktun
Summer Hotel Burns at Gloucester Coast
The Colonial Arms at Gloucester Mase the largest summer hotel on the north shore burned Wednesday night. Losses totaled 199009 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Arms
Gloucester
Mase
North Shore
Sloan Doctor patent for mail crane delivery device
Dr. Fisher of Sloan has a full sized steel model for a mail catcher and delverer to receive and deliver mail from fast moving trains. The system uses a base ball catch and triple compound resistance to grab sacks from the crane and swing them clear of wheels, reducing destruction and mud losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Fisher
Estate of Fort Dodge financier Isaac Garmoe left to church and college
Isaac Garmoe a prominent Fort Dodge capitalist died Monday at 80 after a blood poisoning attack. His estate valued between 100000 and 1500000 includes a 50000 bequest to First Methodist Episcopal church Fort Dodge and Morningside College Sioux City. The will names Mrs Garmoe as survivor and reflects mutual plans as the couple had no children. Garmoe a founder and former vice president of Commercial National Bank helped build two major local blocks and was of German origin. The exact shares are undetermined though Fort Dodge church is favored. The will is sealed awaiting after Mrs Garmoe’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Garmoe
Nomi Dodge
Garmoe
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Fort Dodge
Morningside College
Sioux City
Hill
Garm
Novel Suit Seeks 5000 Damages In County Records Loss
John A. Berry of Logan sues B O Bruington A W Blackburn and American Bonding Co alleging 6000 damages for disappearance of Harrison county records. Berry previously won a trial against Bruington. appeal failed due to missing shorthand notes, causing loss of land and rental value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
John A. Berry
Logan
Harrison County
B. O. Bruington
A. W. Blackburn
American Bonding Company
Baltimore
Berry
Supreme Court
Bruington
Blackburn
New Trial Granted for Hedgepeth in Council Bluffs Case
Judge Green orders a new trial for Marion Hedgepeth of Council Bluffs convicted of breaking and entering a warehouse and ransacking a safe. Conviction rested on circumstantial evidence and a new trial was granted for an imperfect record amid Hedgepeth’s noted criminal history and recent Missouri prison release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Green
Farmer Placed Hospitalized After Cow Kick
William Neth a farmer near Atlantic was kicked by a frightened cow while milking. The blow to his side fractured two ribs and left him seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Neth
Atlantic
Des Moines Boy Dies After Grocery Wagon Collision
Eight year old Seth Northrup died thirty minutes after colliding with a grocery wagon on a hill in Des Moines while coasting. He was the son of Frank Northrup, a department store owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Northrup
Des Moines
Frank Northrup
Young couple elopes to Cedar Rapids in telegram marriage
Leon Will, 94, a Marshalltown farmer, and Edna Blake, 18, also of Marshalltown, eloped Tuesday to Cedar Rapids. A telegram announced their marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Flowers Weir
Leon Will
Edna Blake
Marshalltown
Treeeday
Cedar Rapids
Six Husbands Seek Her in Striking Alibi Romance
Carolyn Edna Hoyt-Stanley Beckwith Perry Thornton Carlson uses multiple identities to elude six husbands who claim to have married her within five years. John Carlson of Alberta reports her disappearance from his home as he travels to Des Moines. John Edward Perry of Newton, Iowa, joins the search, alleging she is his wife as well. The saga spans several men and potential marriages, highlighting an extraordinary and elusive romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Edna
Carolyn Edna Hoyt-Stanley- Beckwith-Perry-Thornton-Carlson
John Carlson
Alberta
Canada
Des Moines
Carlson
Des Mouines
John Edward Perry
Newton
Hoyt
Carolyn
Thousands Die from Freezing Game Fish in Iowa Ponds
Thousands of game fish perish in shallow ponds and sloughs along the Mississippi in eastern Iowa as warming conditions delay severe freezing. Men scoop up the survivors for sale while supporters urge congressional or state action to aid relocation and preservation of the game fish before harsher weather arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Mississippi River
Iowa
Congress
Mysterious shootingictim Fetters wounded near college
O W Fetters a Washington Iowa student at Highland Park College Des Moines was mysteriously shot through the body just above the heart Tuesday. He says he cannot explain the shooting stating he was walking near the gun club en route to school when a bullet felled him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. W. Fetters
Washington, Ia
Highland Park College
Des Moines
Fetters
Fifth annual Short Course opens at Ames with 250 enrolled
About 250 students have enrolled in corn and stock judging as prominent men lecture each evening. The Ames event marks the fifth annual short course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Panic at Crystal Picture Show in Albia
A film caught fire at the Crystal moving picture shows in Albia causing a panic as flames swept over the audience. Proprietor T. C. Hammond who operated the machine sustained bad facial burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal Moving Picture Shows
Albia
T. C. Hammond
Ketchum Seeks Re Election To Railroad Post
Marshalltown candidate Ketchum announces bid for re election to the railroad commission. Other notes include Bancroft postmaster Laidly arrested on a postal shortage charge of 154 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ketchum
Marshalltown
Ketahlun
Wilbur F. Laidly
Bancroft
Bancroft Register
J. D. Farrell
Prohibition Debate Mirrors Nationwide Temperance Push
National legislative discussions on temperance surge as petitions press capital city to become a temperance center. Analysts weigh whether radical reform will sweep Congress this winter and affect revenue and federal funding tied to internal taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ibitory Legislati National Lawway
Unite
Congress
Argu
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