25 Aug 1905
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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1905
Page
1
The official report cites 3503 total cases to date with 90 deaths. Most fatalities are foreigners, with several victims across streets and institutions. Avian fever appears checked, but reinfection risk remains. authorities urge more doctors and stricter enforcement as fear and disruption spread through the city.
Lena Hisyn, 15, left Centerville for Kaunas City to wed 24-year-old Grit Farrel, a Boilermaker. She was arrested at Union Depot with Terfinnes meeting her. Farrel released. Lena remains in police custody as her father D. B. Hays had alerted authorities.
Storm wreckage devastates the Twin Cities area from Anoka to Fillmore County. Families missing feared buried beneath debris as wind and hail ruin crops and property. American Circus Players stranded in Paris report and Mary Maye Dodge editor dies at Onteora Park. Omaha mill fire at Woodman Linseed Oil Works causes damage. Venezuela arms orders worth about 2.5 million echo South American war materials. Royal wedding rumors link Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria and Infanta Teresa. A shark on a voyage arrives at New York. Sioux City stock quotes show declines as market opens.
President Roosevelt's effort to salvage the peace conference at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, faces delays and uncertain replies from Japanese and Russian leaders. Witte lacks fresh instructions while Japanese officials reaffirm their stance, showing no sign of compromise. Baro n Kaneko's visit yields no new messaging, and observers fear a prolonged negotiation as Oyama awaits decisive orders.
A twenty year feud between the Miller and Rawlings families erupts at Alice Station on the Queen and Crescent line. Frederick Miller, his son John, and Fred Dubuson are killed. Henry Miller, 18, is wounded. The ambush occurred as the men rode toward a store. Authorities fear further killings.
A general strike proclaimed across Poland protests the disregard of Pole rights in national representation. Eighty socialists attempted to enter the city but were blocked by a Coxsacki detachment. Eight socialists were killed as factory workers in Warsaw Lodz and Mobiance joined the action.
Western National Bank of Lombride Kentucky was closed Monday morning by order of the Comptroller of the Currency in Washington. The bank’s capital was badly impaired by losses and there were steady withdrawals for several days. Deposits in May totaled 1,071,000 dollars.
A late 19th century news snippet reports Remack’s public insistence on innocence before execution in St Louis, naming Henry Liensack as the convicted killer and August Rephaal as the victim. The article notes his wife’s continued belief in his innocence even as authorities carried out the death sentence. The piece mentions related weather events and other distant reports.
During the corner stone laying of the Beth David Russian Orthodox synagogue on Miller Street in Pittsburg Pennsylvania a platform collapsed under a crowd of over 600. Injuries included head wounds and trampling with Rabbi Ashinsky among the victims though services continued. Dozens were helped from wreckage as police struggled to free attendees and prevent further chaos.
A Great Northern freight struck a crowded trolley car at the crossing near Butte depot. Ten people were reported killed and many injured. A yard locomotive on a switch failed to clear, the trolley was struck mid across Trab Street, knocked twenty five feet and reduced to kindling.
In Haverattan near Unvershaw North Carolina a policeman was killed and another mortally wounded when officers confronted a crowd of negroes at a brick yard Saturday night. A man named Brown, said to have fired the weapon, remains at large with a companion named Sisco captured. Officers Cahill Springstead and Call responded to quell the disturbance. Brown shot Cahill who died instantly and Springstead was badly wounded and not expected to survive. Rewards totaling $2,000 are offered for Brown’s arrest.
A Fox Point Interurban car carrying about forty passengers veered off the track four miles north of Milwaukee late Sunday. One man was killed and twenty to thirty people were taken to a local hospital. The cause and exact identities of the injured were not released. The car left the track at high speed and rolled over.
Fifteen men were carried down by a collapsing wall at the Avenue theater in Pittsburg Pennsylvania after a fire destroyed the venue about a month ago. Thirteen were rescued in badly battered condition. all workers reported as Italian laborers.
A large blaze at 1 30 Sunday morning leveled the New Castle Forge and Bolt Company plant in Newonatie Pa causing about 100000 dollars in damage. The fire put many workers out of employment as the plant was extensively damaged.
A fragile fragment reports two drownings near Jefferson Wisconsin, Iruvk Wall's oldest daughter aged one and her brother aged twelve, while babing in the Crawiah River about two miles away. The text also contains garbled fever and telegraph notes from New Orleans and references to governance and military actions.
Des Moines reports state wide census figures showing foreigners and foreign born parents clustering in the northern and eastern zones. Plymouth and Cedar Rapids counties show shifts with Cedar Rapids rising from about 25,000 to 29,790 over five years, while northern counties gain foreign born residents including Germans and Scandinavians.
Benton County jail inmates led by William Davey escaped Sunday night through a cement hole in the foundation at Vinton. A farmer startled by two men fired a shotgun. Davey fled with a companion, John Tong captured later and turned over to authorities. Sheriff Gonel and deputies pursued the group.
Report from Onawa describes a well still flowing after hitting a black clay layer and a sandstone crust. After penetrating to about 340 feet the water surged from the pipe twelve to fifteen feet above ground level and continues to flow strongly through clay strata.
Two Iowa state fair directors are hospitalized during preparations for the mount agricultural display. President W. N. Morrow of Afton is in Creston Hospital awaiting removal of a blood clot near the eye. Director B. T. St. John of Keokuk is in a Minnesota hospital after an appendectomy.
A Saturday ball game crowd in Walnut caused several serious injuries as women spectators were trapped under vines. Mrs Ed Burke suffered a broken ankle, Mrs M Moore and Miss Bertha Willworth plus Harriet Spangler also sustained broken limbs. Police reported chaos and fear as rescuers aided injured attendees. In Des Moines, Tames Liverton, found unconscious on a Chicago Great Western track, remained critical at Mercy Hospital. A separate note tells of Miss Charlotte Abel traveling from Johannesburg to Sioux City for her wedding to George Patterson, who works at Armour Co and will reside in Sioux City.
A man about 40, single and reportedly well off, was found dead in his home near Algona after his mother returned from thrashing. The body lay with a double barreled shotgun beside him, and the cause of the act is not known. The deceased lived with his widowed mother about nine miles west of Algona.
A Des Moines carpenter, 43, drank carbolic acid thinking it whisky near midnight. He complained of a burning sensation to his wife, died before medical help. The incident leaves a wife and several children. Nearby, a Clinton engineer killed by a freight car was reported, with other regional items including a suicide in Clinton, a gas franchise for Muscatine, and a missing boy case near Colfax.
Fragmentary OCR reads census figures about inhabitants and age groups with odd queries on the meaning of cleave in historical usage. The text includes dialogue debating whether cleave means to stick together or separate, ending with a suggestive line about a wife.
Dorothy Evans, 10 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Brang of West Liberty, is in University Hospital in town for treatment after an accidental attack during a Sunday school picnic. A group of youths reportedly locked themselves in a barn to eat a watermelon. a boy thrust a knife through a knot hole, injuring Dorothy and nearly blinding her. Local authorities investigate the incident and hospital care continues.
William Reintz, a farmer five miles west of town, was struck by a freight train while crossing the tracks near Buell Rock at 2:30. A horse was killed, another injured, the buggy thrown, and Reintz suffered moderate injuries. He had three brothers killed in a previous accident near Wasery in a distant time, and the family had just moved from Waverly.
J.M. Bathaway a leading farmer near the Lite Sioux River in Kennebec township cites writ of injunction by Judge John Oliver to bar the Chicago Canal Construction Company and its agents from entering or piling material on Ida land to build the Monona-Warrison drainage ditch. Bond set at $200.
Mrs Jagesby questions her husband after a Dahing trip ends with a near drowning. The husband recounts falling from the boat and nearly drowning before rescuers arrived. The dialogue reveals concern for the water incident and the safety of those involved.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses distant topics including a Belgian prison system with rewards for good behavior, a historical flood in Monmouthshire, and a claim about a nation with a high nightless population. It references Biotlag, Autemeblla, and Russia in a vague, non-specific manner. The text is incoherent and mixes place names with implausible terms.
A long fragmentary ad and didactic tips discuss kidney pills, tonics, and patent medicines from Dodd’s Kidney Pills to Cutlerura products. It lampoons broker distrust and promotes cures for kidney disease, skin ailments, and age-related worries, with personal testimonials and household remedies. The piece blends consumer quackery with advice on manners and aging.
A Welden, Maine woman credits Grape-Nuts with curing severe stomach trouble and weight loss after trying many foods. She says a husband-provided serving of Grape-Nuts digested easily, revived her strength, and allowed her to gain about 20 pounds in weeks. She and her two sons thrived on the product, and a little booklet titled The Road to Wellness accompanies each package from Postum Co.
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