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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1907
Page
1
A dramatic incident unfolds as Bess Newton of Ponoa dies and a lover's suicide attempt follows. A farmer from Iowa, Frank Frink, is involved as the events are witnessed, with the girl’s father present at the scene. The exact details are unclear due to damaged text.
A peculiar report mentions complaints about charges labeled exorbitant and recommends maintaining them. It notes prices linked to welshing and implies hogs are involved, with a committee noting the complaint of conduct.
Chicago voters face a 20 year city railway franchise proposal after the council adopted an ordinance. It allows issue of the franchise with a six month city buyout option at 50 000 dollars to rehabilitate the lines.
Senate military affairs committee probes Brownsville Texas incident as twenty African American soldiers from the Twenty fifth infantry testify. Israeel Hariig describes the night of Aug 14 with shouting, alarms, and unshot guns. Witness details gun inspection, limited access to racks, and questions of weapon cleaning and accountability.
The Tribuna reports a January 22 clash in the sacred grotto at Bethlehem as a Italian Franciscan monk attempted to burn canoes during Armenian Greek rites. Five monks were wounded, the Italian consul opened an inquiry, and authorities’ probe favored the Latin monks while seeking punishment for the offender.
Reported in advance by the steamer Tartar rebels in Hunan and Kwang Tung threaten a major uprising. Imperial troops fail to dislodge rebel mountain strongholds as Shanghai moves to curb arms imports. Rebels seek war material from the U.S. and Europe amid widespread unrest. Gasoline prices rise one cent a gallon by Standard Oil. In New Jersey, Benjamin Drake and housekeeper Mrs. Milla, both aged about one year, die by their own hands at Drake's farm near Centerville. Frank Keshner, 11, drowns skating on the Minas River after skating into an air hole.
Relief parties dispatched to Baregas near Lourdes France after an avalanche on February 2 destroyed two casinos and twenty houses. Several residents were buried. reports name multiple casualties and injuries including Anna Weiden and Anna Kudela.
A Toklo public mood survey discusses a San Francisco school dispute and a possible mutual treaty to exclude laborers. The Washington report of a solution is questioned as unreasonable while Japan’s honor remains a focal concern. Journalists note US and Japan trade calm and war talk is unlikely.
A wedding party in Waterbury Conn. was disrupted when a guest identified as Diderle Rugron shot himself during the reception after a ceremony delay. The coroner's jury opened a prompt inquiry as guests viewed the body and declared ignorance of the suicide. The ceremony continued an hour later for Bessie Feeney and Michael Leyton.
William Baldwin was saved from a lynch mob in Globe Arizona after the brutal murder of Mrs Morris and her 44 year old daughter. He was moved by Sheriff Thompson to a Tucson jail amid strong anti black mob sentiment. Thousands attended the victims funeral as crowds gathered outside the jail seeking summary punishment.
Street fighting in Odessa on Saturday left three policemen and many pedestrians wounded. Earlier that day a clash between Jews and Black Hundreds supporters caused numerous injuries on both sides.
The Stewart mine disaster near Charleston West Virginia has 61 bodies recovered by midnight Sunday with 12 still trapped. Property loss climbs to 320000 while a separate fire in Trenton New Jersey destroys the Imperial porcelain works with losses estimated at 200000 and fully insured.
A rag shop on the first floor of a two story and basement house in New York burned early Monday. Half a dozen workers were burned with some possibly fatally injured while others jumped from the building to escape the flames. Ex President Grover Cleveland accepted an invitation from the Union League club of Chicago to speak at the Washington's birthday celebration conducted by the club.
Heavy snow storms interrupt railroad communication in Abruzal with four feet of depth reported in several locations. Two elderly residents are found frozen to death as crews struggle to maintain routes. Meanwhile units including Company 1 and the Third Battalion of engineers left Fort Leavenworth by special trains Saturday afternoon for Cuba to begin island travel.
Fragmented lines describe heavy snow in eastern Montana with ground now nearly a foot deep. The text mentions medical operations on Thomas Malley Aldrich of Deaton and a hopeful rapid convalescence after surgery.
A fragment recalls a bookkeeper inviting friends to help dispose of a meal from a neighboring restaurant. The boss returns, questions the scene, and Mr Spiker refuses to join the work. A stray aside notes fashioning waste into compressed material.
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled phrases and misreads about a university year and a pivotal figure. The passage includes erroneous lines and nonsensical pricing references, offering no coherent event, date, or clear entities to summarize into a factual news item.
A mother from Brooklyn writes of her 12 year old son suffering for years from a spreading skin condition. After trying multiple doctors with no relief, she used Cuticura Soap Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Resolvent and reports a complete cure. She notes the boy now has smooth skin and asks if readers know any language beyond the mother tongue.
Cythalle Gohden Jubilee will be observed in northwestern Iowa as the Most Catholic church’s fiftieth anniversary is celebrated with a Wednesday ceremony on September 11. Rev. P. gd. O’Connor, pastor, leads a committee of priests under Bishop P. J. Garrigan to organize the observance with an morning parade and dignitaries from nearby dioceses and secular groups attending in liturgical vestments.
Iowa papermache plant promotes new company in Clinton to build the largest papermache factory under the name Old King Cole works. Charles F. Cole and J T A Dube Jr of Denver named vice presidents. incorporation papers filed. Existing papermache facility will join with Western plant and Clinton expansion to boost industrial activity.
In Mahaska county two mining camps twenty miles apart suffered fatal incidents. Cyrus Kerr, 60, died at the Price mine near Eve land when crushed between hoisting cages and shafts, leaving a young wife. Mike Casper, 49, perished at the Last Creek mines within four hours, also crushed. he leaves a wife and seven children.
A lost girl, born December 6, 1906 in Waterloo, was found on a doorstep in Dubuque. She wore a market basket dress and carried a note asking for care and shelter. Police take the child to a shelter and seek her parents.
Le Crosse Wisconsin grower John A Salzer Seed Co unveils a nine foot long Onte-Heada plant and a two foot head variety amid claims of a remarkable new ornamental and culinary potential, according to the spring catalog.
A scanned advert lists free catalog samples from John A Salzer Seed Co Gor C La Crosse Wis. It promotes seeds and cereals with mail orders, stamping for samples, and catalogs. The ad hints at mail-in offers and prices for raw furs as part of a broader set of promotions. It also includes stray humorous snippets and misc product pitches about medicines and a supposed automatic bank that has not stacked in New York.
A horned rabbit with a five inch horn on its forehead was shot by two boys Herbert Johnson and Doin Greenwood of Shiney while hunting on a bar in Use Missouri river. The strange creature drew attention amid other local incidents including injuries from a skating fall, a suicide by corrosive sublimate, and various court actions in Clayton county.
A contested will case moves to Grundy County court as heirs dispute a will tied to Avery property. The proceedings aim to determine validity and executor duties with a possible distribution of assets. The hearing preview notes tensions among relatives and the long-standing dispute over the deceased’s estate.
A fierce blaze swept the Merchants hotel early Friday morning as a blizzard raged. Six to eight rooms were evacuated and one traveling inn reportedly widened. The entire building, owned by Canton resident Dennison, suffered extensive damage with estimated losses around six thousand dollars. Insurance coverage about two thousand dollars. The Inwood Commercial Club owned the furniture and provided some assistance with the response.
Jessie Lincoln Beckwith petitions for divorce from Warren Beckwith in a Montana court citing desertion as the likely cause. The case involves Tessie Lincoln Beckwith, granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln, with custody and privacy actions keeping filings sealed and unavailable for public access.
A report states 100 explosive detonators were handed to an agent in Tatton Indiana by Geo Wales a traveling salesman. The package contained nitroglycerin based electrin exploders and the cartridges passed safely through the mail. Police note a dangerous incident occurred but no injuries or detonation resulted.
A. S. Shidler of Grant City was committed to Cherokee hospital after neighbors believed he was insane. While nursing his dying wife, he left two children ages 2 months to 16 years destitute in their Utte home. The husband’s strange behavior led to his removal to Auburn then to Sioux City for assessment by insanity commissioners.
A garbled text reports a death from heart dilation after illness possibly influenza near Sioux City. Various incidents follow including train delays into Des Moines, measles uptick in Sibley, an acetylene plant explosion in Sibley, an eye injury in Bronx City, a jewelry merchant death in Muncatine, a Burlton paper worker injured by a streetcar, a murder charge against Mrs. Fred West for a baby farm case, and other scattered local notices.
A strange report describes Tendertouya Bla Shiver Seethe and Willen Steg uncovering a large underwater discovery near Florency Col at 11 feet depth. The omen mentions fabulous values and a potential $20000 offer that was refused. A tenderfout from Kiana Ginga praises new brick-building potential.
The text warns that imitations closely resemble Allcock’s Plaster, lacking its quality and sometimes causing harm. It stresses Allcock’s as the original dependable paste and advises buyers to insist on the genuine product. A Bath church incident reports a crowd at a meeting where the archdeacon rebuked attendees for unfamiliarity with the Lord’s Prayer and offered instruction after the service.
Mrs. Addie Merritt of Union Street Auburn Massachusetts describes years of debilitating nervous headaches and bodily weakness. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring appetite weight and curing headaches after trying other medicines. Boxes sold by Dr Williams Medicine Co with mail order option.
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