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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1907
Page
1
A government official condemns manufacturers for misleading drug claims and advertising. Secretary Wilson stresses serial numbers fix responsibility with manufacturers to shield innocent dealers and ensure government protection. Meanwhile Assemblyman Harry D. is hospitalized in Trenton after a tainted wound from handling a substance.
The Standard Oil company plans to pursue every legal technicality after a guilty verdict in the United States district court in Chicago, asserting the Elkins law violation. Attorneys will keep the case in court as long as possible while challenging the 6-cent rate findings.
A Tuesday Boston blaze caused by an oil refinery explosion burned several men and caused about 100000 dollars in damage to Commonwealth Oil, Borne-Schrymser, and Howe French & Co refiners. Continuous flames swept through the area as investigators began work on the scene.
John D. Rockefeller pledged 206000 to support the American Baptist Missionary Union this year after an announcement on Tuesday. Sioux City livestock quotes show top hogs at 6.46 and fat cattle at 5.25 as markets opened Tuesday. Oklahoma constitutional convention reconvened to finish its work after adjourning a month ago. Five hurt in a wreck on the North Coast Limited near Durham North Carolina Monday night. Will Sweeney fatally injured and his brother wounded in a Yates City Illinois bar fight over drinks with a bartender. Benson Poster of Columbus, Ohio crushed to death cleaning windows on the Hayden building’s twelfth story.
Reports say Chilpancingo and Chilapa were destroyed with at least eleven dead and twenty seven injured in the quake that rocked Mexico on Monday. Tixtla and Aceopulca reportedly cut off. communication to the west coast severed as aftershocks continued for hours.
Fred Jackson, attorney general in Kansas, filed a brief in the state supreme court seeking authority to appoint a receiver over the assets of nine brewery companies and wholesale liquor houses. The court will hear arguments next Monday on appointing a receiver to seize property and bar foreign brewery firms from operating in Kansas as some dealers move assets to avoid the state's reach.
Charles Lousha, a 9 Hungarian resident of East St. Louis, slit his throat with a razor after despair over his wife leaving him. He then smoked cigars for about two hours, finally dying from blood loss. Colleagues noted his heavy smoking and recent personal distress as factors.
The first annual meeting of the American Society of International Law will draw a large crowd of lawyers and others in Washington in April 1920. Speakers include Prof. Charles Noble Gregory from Iowa and Congressman Bartholdt of Missouri. Consul George Roosevelt Dead.
One hundred forty seven workers at the Prime Western smelter No 3 in Joliet Kan walk off Saturday to protest the hiring of Spaniards. Japanese warship Aki launched at Kure is a 19000 ton battleship with a thick armored belt and heavy gun armament. In Geneva the absinthe sale ban passes by 7841 to 7081.
The Warwickton Supreme Court dismissed the writ of error for lack of jurisdiction in the case of former United States Senator Thetis M. Patterson of Colorado, who was fined 1000 by the Colorado Supreme Court on contempt charges. A faction from the torpedo Junta departed Maptes Monday to attend a meeting between King Edward and King Victor Emmanuck.
James H Eckels former comptroller of the currency and president of Commercial National Bank Chicago died Sunday of heart disease. The news reached his family in Paris where his daughter Phoebe Eckels, 18, is studying. A breakfast party planned with judges and relatives was canceled as word came of his death.
Six seamen from the British bark Trinidad arrived in New York aboard the Segunancia after five days adrift without food or water. The Trinidad, 634 tons, departed Santa Cruz March 28 for New York with cedar and mahogany. A hurricane on April 1 wrecked masts and rudder, flooded stores and cabins, leaving the crew exhausted. They were rescued on the fifth day by a small fishing schooner near Nayran, where mates reported sailors chewed lead to stave off salt water thirst.
Harry Thaw remained at the Tombs on Sunday while his wife was refused access under prison rules. Thaw's attorney Delmas will withdraw, with Peabody and O Reilly to represent him going forward. A new application for admission to the case awaits decisions by Thaw and his mother on retained counsel.
Department heads at the Denver Mint and three government agents began early annual coinage settlements to audit the mint. Following a government report that Denver gold coins were under fineness by about five cents on each $20 piece, officials move to identify those responsible for the discrepancy while noting weight remains standard.
Dispatches from Bunkie Louisiana report a mob of whites trying to lynch a Black prisoner. After the prisoner escaped, shots were fired wounding three white men, with one expected to die.
The fourth conference between the premiers of Great Britain and colonial secretary opened recently in London with the Earl of Higin, secretary of state for the colonies, presiding.
Austria and Hungary have reached a pivotal agreement on the main elements of a financial union, signaling a major step forward in their bilateral cooperation and economic integration. The accord covers key monetary and fiscal arrangements expected to guide future collaboration.
Frank H. H. Thoms formerly of Michigan and longtime grand captain of the general grand encampment of the Knights Templar died in Washington D C Saturday. He held high posts in the order and was a well known Mason.
A London church in Camden was damaged by a Saturday night fire. The chancel suffered major destruction and the church, once designed by Nuskin, suffered extensive damage while worshipers attended.
Severe blaze near Gunter Texas claimed eight members of J G Price’s family. An attempted kerosene lamp ignition caused a slow explosion, igniting the house early Saturday.
John Potter of Sullivan County hunted near Bewam p, misfired, then fired buckshot into a bear charging him. He dodged a paw blow, dislocated his wrist, vaulted a fence, and shot the bear’s head, killing it within two feet. Potter walked five miles for medical aid and recovered.
A fragmentary Yonkers State stress item jokes about objects supposedly made from sklimned milk and a punchline about money in a marketplace banter. Characters casually mention billiard batts poxes to handkerchiefs ink wells and combs as examples, with the dessert in the scene.
A fragment from a literature and health note discusses Devonshire fiction and a reader’s testimony about Postum Food Coffee as a coffee substitute. It cites ITN Bideford, describes coffee’s negative effects, and claims Postum improves digestion and sleep after a week of proper preparation.
Suspects Harry Renslow and Willet Hood, tied to a Guthrie County gang blamed for hog thefts in Eden Township, were captured after a lengthy pursuit by Deputies Tlamiten and Brown. Hood hidden at a coal bank. Renslow captured near Year Creek. Villagers feared to inform, but residents identified the men in Templeton, and the stolen hogs and rig remained unclaimed.
A local man, bred Arney of Town Falls, outs his view that if you cant find what you want you should advertise for it. He seeks a wife through the paper want columns and will correspond with or meet a woman who will marry. The only age condition stated is that she must be over 18 summers. Arney, a store employee, is a hardworking, incorrigible bachelor with no bad habits and has not yet met a suitable partner in the market.
Temperance advocates across the state push to amend complaints against Waterloo saloonkeepers, invoking Circuit Judge Artman’s principle that the state cannot license activities harmful to the public good. They plan to test statutes to the U S Supreme Court if needed. Fire at Manson destroys restaurant and pool hall, Cochran family narrowly escapes, loss totals. Roy Green convicted of larceny from a building and previously jailed for three years under the common thief act. Curator Aldrich undergoes cataract surgery, plans visits to Dubuane and other state sites. Manufacturers to meet in Connell Tufts June 7 and 8. Keosauqua’s Harlan T. Chosen named assistant curator of the state historical department. Rooster attack causes fatal injury to Clyde Johnson’s son. John Mynes, 86, dies. miner who joined California gold rush and Cape Town voyage. Harney Hansen, Macanville bank robber, sentenced to three years and four months.
Mrs Harriet Clowes of Worcester City ends forty days of fasting with rheumatic pain reduced to the arm and wrist. Under physician supervision she consumes only cold water, believing the starvation improves health and may allow a return to eating a normal diet. She styles herself a prominent infidel and free thinker.
A shepherd dog saved a four year old boy who wandered from a home near Oglwelnu. The lad was unconscious from the cold when found by a sheriff, with the dog lifting its voice and tugging at the boy’s blue garments to wake him and coax him to walk.
In Watertoo juvenile court Judge Arthur Elliott found Orville Jones and Willard Smith, both about fourteen, guilty of forcible entry at West Side High School. Jones and Smith received reform school sentences suspended pending grand jury action, with bonds set at 4000 dollars. The Eliott boy’s case was continued. He had been invited to the library but declined to go.
Col L D Drake, longtime head of the Industrial School for Boys at Eldora, has severed ties with the institution and his resignation has been accepted by the state board of control. The action ends a tenure marked by mixed relations with the board. Drake came to Eldora in 1904 from Missouri where he led a boys reform school.
A Kansas City social leader promotes Vehina after a health collapse and social strain. She credits restored nerves and social standing to three months of use, while mixed commentary from others notes skepticism about similar remedies. A Catholic Standard and Times coronation item mentions a costly Empress of Hasta jewel.
A jumbled Washington Star quote shows Mr Dbasile Stax claiming certainty and anger over a trusted person allegedly taking money with no controls. The fragmentary text hints at a political or financial dispute but lacks coherent context or full attribution.
The text blends scattered 19th century ads and anecdotes including a dubious cure for catarrh from F. J. Cheney and Wall’s Family Iodine, an army officer’s tale about Major Whipple during the Spanish War, a tale of name changes for a performer, and a note on parliamentary representation in England. It presents a collage of promotional claims, military vignette, and political trivia without a single coherent event.
A letter from Mars, Wybert Bowldon, J. L., Les Migmedssd Othwns villa, Conn., April 22, 1905, describes a one and a half year old boy with spreading sores. After using Childrens Soup and Cuticura Gittlment, the infant healed in about five months with no further sores. The writer credits Cutleura products for saving the child from severe irritation and danger.
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