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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1907
Page
6
A correspondent describes extreme famine conditions with cases of cannibalism and disease. The account details scarce food, desperate crowds, and aid workers struggling to prevent mutiny as Captain Kirton and English missionaries witness widespread starvation and epidemic fever.
A report from the Census Bureau details employment by gender age and occupation across the United States and territories. It notes 4,833,630 workers aged 10 and over, with women showing rising independence and involvement in diverse jobs including freight handling, construction, foundry work, and clerical roles.
A collage of witty European and American notes mocks marriages, fashion, and politics. Names, places, and outlets from New York to Philadelphia appear in snippets about wheat futures, tabloids, and social trends, with a hint of scandal and public life.
Mrs. Ida McKinley, widow of the late President William McKinley, died in Canton after a week of paralysis. Her body rests in West Lawn Cemetery vault as the nation plans the monument at Monument Hill. She had endured personal tragedy and supported her husband throughout his political career.
Fragmented text details enormous fire damages across the nation, citing tens of millions in direct losses, higher fire department costs, insurance payouts, and rebuilding expenses. It references San Francisco style chaos, speculative insurance premiums, and mentions a botanical expedition oddly tied to a cultural department.
The extreme two week cold spell grips the country east of the Rockies with widespread crop damage. Reports from Peoria to Omaha show oats, wheat, barley, and corn suffer, while fruit and berry crops face losses. Weather experts cite Siberian air masses and high pressure departing to the south as key factors.
In Maine, Samuel Gordon, a prosperous farmer near Macwahoe, was drawn by a second sight hoax that promised buried Indian gold. A faker persuaded him to mortgage his farm to locate a bowlder and gold, but digging yielded only stones. Gordon’s fortunes and health failed. his children left home, and he died after years of distress.
A summary of a government statistical abstract covering U S growth from 1800 to the present, detailing population density, per capita wealth and money, deposits growth, merchant trade, cotton and sugar output, currency value, and manufacturing investment. It notes population rise from about 1 in 6 per sq mile in 1800 to nearly 28, and shifts in production and wealth across sectors.
A debate on the brain basis of word deafness questions the idea that a specific brain region governs speech. Pierre Marie and others argue against strict localization, citing experiments showing language comprehension failure rather than pure deafness. The court case on Georgia forest protection and related industrial actions are noted, with ongoing decree considerations and references to Standard Oil linked smokestack plans. Detective Samuel A. Garuliten’s shooting case in Alabama is briefly mentioned along with other local items.
Japanese officials led by Uchimuura arrived in New York for a business mission to study American artificial ice making and cold storage plants. Kawarura noted Japan's need for storage space to feed 60 million people and discussed plans to build similar facilities nationwide. They toured the Bellevue Stratford refrigeration plant.
A compilation from a historic issue cites New York City's rising funded debt to 47 685 200, details on farms and poultry production, a bronze statue unveiling for Mackay, and varied mentions of scholars, officials, and aristocrats, including the Birr Castle telescope owner and political figures shaping the era.
A fragmented account outlines Tom Corwin's upbringing as the son of Yor Corvin and a stubbornly poor father. It notes a sibling at a farm, a broken leg delaying schooling, and Corwin’s deliberate leg injury to force his father’s insistence on sending him to study.
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