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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
3
A meditation on time and modern life calls for wider margins between day and night. The author laments relentless schedules and alarm clocks, seeking space for contemplation, nature, and slower perception beyond measured hours and dials. The piece urges a longer twilight and room to experience what daylight hides.
Emer gon warns that pursuing grand ends leads to carrion and folly. The true measure is the present moment and daily deeds. Destiny comes from what we do and think now, not from future dreams or lofty ideals. We live among woodfowl, facing common life, and must act today.
An elderly widow in a small town stares from her front window as news of a neighboring house fire reaches her. A friend reports Mrs. Crowley escaped unharmed, while the watcher jokes about a neighbor moving in opposite with a beer pail. Also noted are a dinner mishap in insurance circles and a science piece on hot outer planets.
The Grand Canyon may be a crack from an earthquake or the result of river erosion. Geologists disagree on the exact age, but agree the gorge took tens of thousands of years to form.
Copenhagen dispatch reports affidavits from two New York men claiming they aided Frederick A. Cook in compiling polar data and allege Cook paid only $260 for their help. They say a $4,000 package would validate observ_ations. supporters insist Copenhagen will exonerate Cook and brand the charges a frame-up.
Seattle Ward December 10 Charged with insubordination agitation disorganization and disrespect to superiors HH Wells editor of Bundy Recorder has been dismissed from the Seattle post office by order from Washington The charges stem from articles criticizing postal rules and Roosevelt's express ban on clerks from political or religious expression The case highlights post office discipline and press criticism in a union led publication West Orange New Jersey December 10 Teachers at St Mark s public school secure a new piano after the board refused funding by selling roasted peanuts and raw peanuts at a profit to students and friends
New York firemen petition the board of estimates for a $200 annual raise citing higher living costs since wages were fixed ten years ago. They argue expenses have nearly doubled, prompting the appeal.
A burning steamer Clarion near Point Pelee leaves two missing in addition to 123 others in doubt as storms lash the lake. Six crewmen reach Buffalo, then rush to join Anchor Line headquarters while others cling to lifeboats and await rescue. One mate dies from exposure, while two more are lost with the vessel Richardson sinks five miles from Buffalo harbor, with five crew members drowned and rescuers saving the rest.
Washington announces that former Senator J C S Blackburn has resigned from the Isthmian canal commission and that President Taft has accepted the resignation effective December 4. In New York the steamship Panama departs with 16 thoroughbred race horses bound for Peru for the Peruvian Jockey Club funded by the Peruvian government. delivery expected in about two weeks.
Paris December 10 Lamar Middleton a longtime Chicago Daily News correspondent died of diabetes He arrived in Paris in 1597 leaving a mark as a veteran reporter and observer of events in France and Europe.
Chicago officials deny claims relief funds for Cherry mine disaster were mishandled or blocked by red tape. Sherman Kingsley of United Charities says no extra suffering and funds target fatherless children, widows, and dependents over four to five years. Aldermen Scully and Cermak plan to report findings from Cherry to Orson Smith.
Denver witnesses testified that the May Bray gang swindled 162000 through fake footraces. The case against L Powers charges him with deceiving J C Bowman of Denver out of 13700 in a Council Bluffs race. Bowman, a Denver University graduate, said Powers prompted him to back the race in June 1908 and feigned collapse with a rubber bulb filled with red fluid.
State troops prepared for more clashes after 74 non union workers were brought in to replace strikers at the American Sheet and Tinplate Company plant. A striker and a soldier were injured during patrols and the men are housed in the guardhouse. Roy Lee, deemed insane, shot Sheriff Jacob Bell after terrorizing his family in Shreve, Holmer County.
United States demands Zelaya resigns as president of Nicaragua with a December end date. A Panama cable reports orders to shoot Americans, Vicksburg and four other U S ships in Corinto, while Mexico's Creel visits to press for peaceful settlement and treaty-based solutions with Central American nations.
Washington delegates from across the country voiced strong support for a national waterway policy. Speakers urged immediate action to finalize a development project for navigable improvements. Attendees included Sec retary Nagie, Rep Humphrey, Sen Burton, President Gam éron, Rep Rodenberg, Lafayette Young, ex-Gov Benton McMillin, and Frank Gates Allen.
Lincoln Nebraska reports twelve degrees below zero with no coal or goods available due to severe weather. Roads are impassable and deliveries halted. Similar conditions affect Nebraska Kansas Iowa Minnesota as coal dealers and merchants struggle to supply.
In Spooner Minnesota on December 10 revivalist Rev Ole O Fugleskyie a Scandinavian Lutheran missionary to lumbermen was found dead after wandering during a storm while en route from Silver Creek to Clementon to hold services. A searching party had hunted for him since Sunday and he froze to death.
Alvin J Hoskins of Upper Alton Illinois, a farmer and hardware merchant, sells patent rights to a range finder for 700000 dollars in St Louis. The deal transfers United States patent rights to the purchaser.
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