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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1910
Page
6
The article extols a healthful lifestyle aided by Syrup of Figa and Elixir of Senna as a gentle effective laxative. It claims physicians approve the combination and that millions of families have benefited from its use for many years. Buy only genuine California Big Syrup Co. product.
Two residents on a downtown corner yesterday mockingly debated proper grammar as one man insists Milas Williams has come home and the other corrects him. The Denver Post quotes the exchange, highlighting language errors.
A testimonial from James Greenman of Ionia Michigan claims Dono's Kidney Pills cured his severe kidney and bladder trouble after three months confined to bed and passing blood and gravel stones. The notice urges the product for sale at dealers for 50 cents per bottle by Foster Milling Co. Buffalo.
Reade's work is praised for genius and diligence. A brass scuttle beside the fireplace held illustrated papers sent weekly. He selected items of interest and stored them in a companion scuttle later used to assemble scrapbooks aiding novels and plays.
When rubbers became necessity and shoes pinched use Allen's Moot-Case antiseptic foot powder. Cures foot odor and relieves corns and bunions. Recommended for new shoes and dancing parties. Free sample offer with address in New York area.
The piece notes border counties in England preserving hundreds of years old wedding rites where the groom rides away with his bride on a foaming steed, avoiding parental attendance, contrasting with modern altar ceremonies. It also features a humorous aside about fountain pens and marital foibles.
Indiana Republican State Convention applauds Senator Beveridge as he denounces the Payne Alden tariff law. He cites flaws in the act and cites Taft administration policy while advocating a tariff revision under a new commission plan. Nominations are made by acclamation for state and judicial offices with several contested posts noted.
Thomas P Walsh a Colorado millionaire nine owner died at his Washington home after six months illness from heart disease following pneumonia. His daughter Mrs Edward McLean and Edward McLean were at his bedside. He wished to see his infant grandchild before death. His wealth was estimated from ten to forty million dollars. His 1907 tragedy included the death of his son Vincent in an auto crash and severe injuries to his daughter Evelyn.
Dertram Gagespencer confessed to the murder of Miss Martha B Blackstone at the home of Mrs. Sarah J Dawson in Springfield Massachusetts and admitted a long spree of burglaries. He said he did not intend to kill and acted on impulse when frightened by the women present. He cited fascination with notoriety after his first burglary.
Dr. W R Miller testified that Sayler attacked him with a hand-ax in a dark parlor and was shot in self defense after four bullets ended the struggle. Grunden and Mrs Lucy Sayler offered corroborating versions while discussing Sayler’s actions and motives.
Four robbers raided the Vietor bank in McKees Rocks Pennsylvania as staff prepared to close at 5 pm. They seized about 4000 from the counter and four other prisoners. Manager Samuel Friedman and cashier Ignatz Schwartz were killed. Robert King was shot on the street during the getaway. Andrew Milko and Mary Enco were wounded.
Baltimore and Ohio railroad officials state that women will not be hired for topography clerical or stenographic work. Auditors estimate women do 30 percent less work than men in the same roles, with less accuracy. Existing female workers will be kept until replacements arrive, after which no woman will be hired for these positions.
The brief clippings note spring cleaning, fashion, and urban curiosities in New York. References include growing hats, artistic city life, and scattered mentions of astral and political topics amid a stream of light gossip.
Former lightweight champion Battling Nelson was knocked out by a jury in a Philadelphia federal court. The suit sought $10,000 in damages against the Bellevue Stratford Hotel for denying him accommodations on grounds he was a lawbreaker and undesirable as a guest.
Nels and C W Olsen, Kansas City brothers in a brokerage firm, are found dead on the Missouri river shore three miles east of Kansas City. Investigators suspect financial reverses of 75 000 to 100 000 dollars led to deliberate self destruction after they reportedly told relatives they had lost all. Police were alerted to threats. fishermen discovered the bodies after several weeks.
A British steamer Cairmrona near Dungeness England suffered an explosion causing one child death and about fifty injuries mainly to women and children. Fire broke out and crew aided by nearby steamers Upflund and Kanawha transferred passengers as lifeboats were used and women and children were prioritized.
C. L. Dickenson, motorman, died from injuries while fifteen passengers were hurt when an interurban trolley car wrecked near Warren Ohio.
A freight train sped toward Verona when gunfire targeted dark objects believed to be bandits. The train halted and sheriff deputies searched the baggage car finding three wounded bandits. two more were captured later in Joliet while their fleeing comrades had escaped.
After a daring bank raid three men were captured wounded following an exciting chase. The pursuit spanned a brush area and involved brief train escape and multiple vehicles along the Packs rear right of way between Morris and Verona. The loot totaled about two thousand dollars.
The article notes Halley’s comet approaching Earth at about 2,500 miles per day, visible before sunrise as it nears its closest point on April 20. It will be about 125 million miles from Earth at dawn, with brightness peaking near its nearest approach, while experts debate potential effects as the Earth travels past the comet.
The House approved the naval appropriation totaling 125 million dollars for two battleships, each costing 34 million. Thirty-three Democrats voted for the plan and twenty-four Republicans opposed it, with amendments linking construction to the eight-hour law and adding two fleet colliers and four submarines.
A fragment notes Halley's comet repeating roughly every seventy five to seventy nine years and marks its distinguished history among celestial events.
A military court of inquiry unanimously finds that soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, coloured, conducted the Brownsville shooting incident. It states officers failed to act before and after the event, though generals Young and Fanger dissent. Fourteen infantrymen are eligible for reenlistment. findings are final per the act creating the board.
An afternoon paper in Richmond prints a rumor that Charles M Schwab of Pittsburgh bought the Newport News shipbuilding plant and may expand it for steel production, reportedly paying 16 million dollars.
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