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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1908
Page
3
A miscellany from Atlantic Iowa mocks teachers poets and songs while commenting on crime, wartime ships, fashion, and suffrage. The piece notes Count Boni, juvenile reforms, German and British naval dominance, and proposed women only streetcars in London amid Easter fashion chatter.
A Washington Post quip notes the value of friends in need revealing true worth, while the Baltimore American adds that necessity also tests ideals and dissolves illusions.
A Connecticut young man seeking to elope with a young woman was discouraged when a can of hot water spilled on him. Ironically the hot water splashed proved to scuttle his scheme rather than aid it.
The remark notes the rarity of marriages where an American heir wed a daughter of foreign nobility and questions why such matches are uncommon. It frames the phenomenon as an explanation oriented issue in international unions.
A young man told a girl his plan to dry wet shoes by stuffing them with oats. She showed interest but lacked oats. He then made a serious mistake by sending her a bushel of oats the next day.
French military experts say Japan would have little trouble beating the United States if war began. They note historical confidence, recalling that in 1870 France believed it could defeat Germany without long campaigns or delays.
Public school teachers in New York press for reinstating corporal punishment for blatant offenders after attempting moral suasion. They reference Solomon’s old fashioned philosophy as validated.
The Philadelphia mayor asserts George Washington authored the spoils doctrine and predicts a bold critic will challenge the era’s traditions, portraying Washington as a candidate for the Ananias club of his time.
The Youth's Companion recalls that John Ryder Randall who died recently wrote the stirring Civil War song Maryland My Maryland. Inspired by the clash between Massachusetts troops and Baltimore residents the anthem hurriedly set to the Horatius tune became a national hymn despite its local origin.
The proposition to furnish municipal free breakfasts to tenement district pupils in New York gains initial support but Boston charity officials oppose it citing legal concerns and fears of pauperization.
Washington announces Admiral Evans will leave the battle fleet upon arrival at San Francisco on July 6. Rear Admiral Thomas will succeed him, with Sperry leading the homeward voyage via the Suez canal. Evans retires in August after the San Francisco naval review, with Thomas to retire in October and Sperry slated to take command for the voyage home.
Wisconsin Senator La Follette assails Standard Oil and J P Morgan in a fiery speech near the Aldrich currency bill’s end. He alleges a planned panic served special interests, urging disclosure of supporting facts and plain public duty. White House denies a presidential message on civic federation reforms. Senate finance panel votes to strip railroad bonds from national note security and keeps the $9 million monthly retirement cap.
New York police disclosed a plot to steal 240000 from C B Richards and Co bankers at 81 and 33 Broadway after arrest news in Paris. Gustavo Bozzo 28 a former stenographer for the bankers confessed and named two confederates. The thieves had realized 36025 before forgeries of letters of credit were found.
Rev. Father John B. Egere, of Grand Rapids Michigan, died in Redlands after months here for health. He was born in Germany and long served as pastor in Rochester New York, and later in Grand Rapids. The body will be shipped to Grand Rapids for burial.
Tacoma residents along the White, Black, Stuck and Puyallup rivers heaved relief as floodwaters began to fall after 43 hours of rising levels that threatened a repeat of the 1906 disaster. Delays in rainfall had eased, and authorities monitored remaining high-water poses in valley areas.
In Lions City, Ja on March 18 RR Herzhoff a Russian Jew who runs a grocery at 400 West Seventh street was sent a crudely fashioned dynamite bomb with a fuse. The note read Look out and was signed Blackhand.
In St Louis on March 18 about 3500 unionized brewery workers walked out after a factional quarrel in Beer Drivers Local 43 and a failed conference with breweries. The International United Brewery Workers of America demanded reinstatement of 450 discharged drivers. after their demands failed, the strike began.
In White Plains New York a supreme court jury took ten minutes to reach a verdict for eighteen thousand five hundred dollars in favor of Miss Maud N Case the plaintiff in the first of the lawsuits arising from the Brewster Express wreck near Bronx Park in 1907.
Frankfort Ky March 18 Gov Willson will call the legislature into a special session probably in July to enact measures aimed at relieving tense conditions in the tobacco districts. The announcement stresses legislative action to stabilize the tobacco region.
Tecumseh Oklahoma March 18 the state has withdrawn from the suit to dissolve the alleged merger between the Frisco and Rock Island railroads. The action sought appointment of a receiver for the road.
Rt Rev Gustav A Rouxel auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of New Orleans died in New Orleans on Tuesday after a several week illness.
The United States cruiser Chicago arrived at Bahia, Brazil after leaving Rio Janeiro and proceeds toward the Atlantic. The movement reflects U.S. naval operations in the region during March.
Three workers died and six injured in a sudden explosion at the United States Powder Company press mill in Coalmont Indiana. Names listed are Lon Smith George Gorby Jr and Crede Simmons. Cause unknown, windows shattered for miles, several buildings damaged, physicians aided victims from nearby towns.
Various members of the Reichstag appropriations committee urged the government to allow use of the war board of 30 million dollars stored in Julius Tower Potsdam for current imperial necessities instead of keeping the sum sequestered as the country borrows and pays interest to cover deficits.
King Alfonso narrowly escaped a collision in Toledo on Tuesday as his royal party's car skidded past another vehicle. The second car carrying four royal aides was wrecked and its occupants injured as the two autos barely avoided impact.
Chelsea Michigan March 18 Former State Treasurer Frank P Glazier indicted by Ingham county grand jury on misfeasance malfeasance and embezzlement of state funds was admitted to 17000 bail Monday by Supreme Court Justice Grant
Honolulu reports the crown prince of Japan will undertake a tour of America and Europe this summer. German Professor Beltzolong from Tokyo has been recalled from Germany to accompany the crown prince.
May hit the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company and certain shippers with criminal proceedings. The Interstate Commerce Commission finds C&O favored certain shippers over Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line, steering grain and packing-house product shipments to lower rates. Hearing held Feb 19–21. findings approved. Attorney General Bonaparte urged to act.
Denver reports active political work for president and vice president candidates ahead of the Democratic national convention in July. Headquarters are at leading hotels and workers are stationed to support their men, with the campaign starting about two months earlier than usual in this city.
In Fairbanks Alaska on March 18 members of the Western Federation of Miners rioted disrupting train crews and blocking unloading of baggage at the creek work site. A deputy marshal was summoned and used a club to disperse the rioters to restore order.
Emma Goldman, noted anarchist leader, was dragged from a Twelfth street hall by police just as she began a speech titled Anarchy as It Really Is. The incident occurred Monday night in Chicago during a public lecture.
A thousand female workers fled a ten story factory on Twenty fourth Street near Madison Avenue after a steam pipe burst on the sixth floor. Fire officials reported no serious injuries as alarms sounded and workers exited into the street.
Williamson West Virginia March 18 Chief of Police Otis Riley shot and fatally wounded Alex Trent aged six after claiming the man resisted arrest and drew a knife Riley reported the elderly suspect threatened him with a weapon during the encounter and was pronounced dead at the scene or en route to a hospital authorities opened an investigation into the shooting by local officials and state police to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Otte Iowa Trust and Savings Bank appears in a legal notice style listing, noting professional cards and opinions on titles, estate matters, and probate law related services. The brief item references a banking institution providing or citing specialized legal opinions and title work.
Fragmentary note mentions a university affiliation and a contact phone line for an office at Black building with 263 Black. No clear event or actions described.
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