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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1909
Page
1
A fragmented report notes prohibition drives shape regional policies and enforcement challenges. Officials across several states discuss practical effects, law adoption, and public sentiment as debates intensify about enforcing temperance measures.
An American auto in a spectacular accident at Ascot Park Cal. caused a fiery wreck on a curve. Gus Francisco drove a blazing wreck, with flames and debris spread along the track. The incident halted racing for 25 seconds.
A fragment outlines debates on Finnish residency rights and restrictions on acquisition of status. It notes a renewal rule and a 1860 exception favoring certain families, with references to rights denied and allowed under specific statutes. The text is sparse and incomplete.
An Arlington hotel and nearby buildings were destroyed by a blaze causing about 100 000 dollars in losses. The fire started in the Eton hotel building and spread to adjacent structures. No further details on cause or casualties are provided.
Schabow of Curtice Ohio details a brutal December dawn raid by two masked men who bound him tied him to a chair and gagged him then torched his feet with lighted matches while demanding the safe. They escaped with a horse a buggy and cash after forcing entry and threatening to kill him. Police search ongoing.
New York City celebrated a generous Christmas 1908 with abundant donations from wealthy and middle classes. About 100000 people were aided through dinners and gifts as Salvation Army and Volunteers of America distributed 5000 baskets from the Grand Central Place auditorium to feed poor families.
California officials disclose a bank robbery at the First National Bank of Monrovia with a loss around 429,000 discovered Monday. Detectives work with no arrests yet. insurer covers 25,000, stockholders bear under 6,000 loss. Also reports mutiny aboard the yacht Delta near Teneriffe and a fatal rail accident on the Lake Shore line.
Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Mitchell was shot and killed while trying to quell a disturbance at a Christmas celebration at Hogan Institute Okla. Sam and Henry Prye are under arrest and a man named George Frye is sought. The Fries are Cherokee, wealthy and prominent. A farmer near Quietmain Ga, C A Eustop, hanged himself after failing to provide Christmas gifts. A fire destroyed a large portion of the Havia Oklahoma business district, Johnson County, nearly wiping out 3200 residents with losses around 65000 dollars.
Vines a Muwaukee alderman and former alderman Charles Jungman of Nilwaukee plead guilty to bribery in a 1903 ordinance case. He was fined $600 or eighteen months imprisonment, the fine paid. Beven Farms at Christus Gifts were linked to the case. John C. Brown of Carmi, IL, a wealthy retired farmer, gave Christmas presents to his seven children an eighty acre farm valued at $100 an acre.
The Missouri Supreme Court voided the operations of Standard Oil Company of Indiana, The Publicia Oil Company of Ohio, and Waters-Pierce Oil Company of Missouri, fining each 950,000. Waters-Pierce may continue if it proves independence by January 15, 1908. other firms have until March 1, 1900 to wind up in the state. The Republic Oil Company reportedly ceased Missouri operations after selling interests March 21, 1907. The decision, unanimous by seven judges, aims to end illegal commercial combinations in Missouri and may influence similar actions elsewhere following the tobacco trust ruling. Attorney General Hadley, who led the case, is set to become governor and enforce the decree.
Rioters clashed Tuesday night in Homestead, a Pittsburgh suburb, injuring four seriously and dozens more. About 25 participants were jailed, with warrants pending for many others. Afterward, crowds attacked Municipal Hall and damaged St Michael's Parish interior. The unrest centered on removing church furniture to the parochial school run by Rev M C Flagersky.
The Buck Stove and Range Co. won contempt rulings against AFL leaders Samuel Gompers James Mitchell and Secretary Morrison. Justice Wright of the DC Supreme Court imposed twelve months on Gompers nine months on Mitchell and six months on Morrison for alleged boycott activity and defiance of a mandamus order.
Frederick A. Burnham of New York a former president of Mutual Reserve Life Insurance was found dead in his bed in his home from gas poisoning police termed suicide but family doctor called it an accident gas escaped from a small stove used to heat the room and Burnham reportedly relit it after the flame had been put out Mutual Reserve Insurance company recently placed in receivership in February
State health board bulletin shows 3,786 deaths from tuberculosis out of 21,443 in Winola in the first half of the year. Only pneumonia caused more deaths at 4,117. The death rate stands at 11.19 per cent per 3,000 population.
More than 1,000 people were made homeless and property worth 3100,000 destroyed when a fire swept a block of department houses in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Twenty people were rescued from smoke. A 2 year old boy survived a fall from an elevator shaft with minor injuries. Five injured in a freight train collision near Chaffe Missouri involving a local passenger line.
Gov. Hoch of Kansas appoints a commission to join with an Oklahoma committee to investigate the Jefferson City or Janvas penitentiary amid charges of inhuman treatment, poor fod, and unhygienic surroundings. Fire destroys the Meousha Wisconsin plant of Fox River Knitting Co. with an estimated loss near 570,000, leaving about 200 workers unemployed.
The department of agriculture finds North Dakota leads farm worker income at 756.02 dollars, Iowa second at 611.11, and South Dakota third at 605.69. Nebraska workers earn 664.78, with ND, SD, NE averaging 134, 126, and 98 acres respectively. Farm buildings and machinery values vary by state, with Iowa showing high efficiency.
Mrs. Kelly fired four shots at Fred Cordell from ambush on a Waterloo night. Three bullets hit, wounding him as he sought to take a child to New Hartford. She claimed vengeance for Patrolman Widmann’s death and alleged Cordell’s recent confession.
The Commercial Travelers' congress at Waterloo Iowa heard former Senator O B Courtwright draft a bill to require the state to inspect hotels at the next general assembly. The group protested a railroad rule that passengers must show tickets before boarding trains saying the rule burdens travelers with grips and women with bundles.
In Grafton near Mason City, Martin McNamara, a retired farmer, is shot at close range by his son Ed McNamara. Two bullets struck the chest and abdomen. Ed then ingested cirbolic acid. Both are alive, though the father is believed to be near death.
M A Moore of LeMars begins a long pleasure trip to Australia and New Zealand with family and friends. The party expects fifty days at sea and return by May 15. Moore arrived in LeMars in 1876 and served as mayor from 1884 to 1889.
The Grinnell college endowment receives a Christmas gift of 1000 dollars from Mrs. W F McClelland. The fund originates from the late G B Rockwell, founder of Rockwell, tied to the Rockwell scholarship fund. Other items note the death of Dr Stewart of Hartley, an 1848 Fairfield born citizen. a parish mass accident injuring a woman. a hunting fatality of Sherman Wiley in Malcom. and Mrs Carrington killed by a passing Northwestern train near Webster City.
A Saturday explosion at a Union Iowa forge owned by Matthew Cox burned the blacksmith, his wife, and child. The residence and shop were totally destroyed with only debris remaining. Fire crews battled the blaze after the blast.
Local records indicate a new postum interin appointment for Miler in Har Enek County. Officials Andersen Brager andAdolph HL are cited among the names connected to the matter.
Iowa State College dominates multiple judging events. Iowa won national dairy with 1091 points, Nebraska 1645, Minnesota 1600. D. Hawk led individual judging and earned sweepstakes. Iowa also won the national corn show with a 1000 prize for best out judging and W Schnatde was top man overall earning an immediate grain buyer position. Kansas edged Iowa in the cuts contest by a narrow margin.
Judge W R Green rules election boards failed to return proper jury counts so a grand and petit jury for Pottawattamie County will be drawn by the supervisors. They are ordered to prepare the 1909 lists starting January 4, using the same method as last year to ensure lawful juries and talesmen.
George Hamilton, a married man, and Miss Lulu Miller, 17, are in custody in Milwaukee on charges related to Hamilton deserting his wife and two children in Danbury. County Attorney A Q Whitney of Woodbury directs action. Danbury citizens are upset. Milwaukee police relayed the arrest to the sheriff, who referred the case to the county attorney.
In a friendly action begun by the Council Bluffs city council, under Tuesday night authority and funds appropriated, district court proceedings seek to issue bonds totaling 600000 for waterworks construction. Plaintiff IL Jenson seeks an injunction to halt sale and delivery of the bonds amid questions of good faith and opposition from some residents.
Reverend Cassady attempted hypnotic therapy on William Lavenit in the Polk county jail for inebriety. Lavenit resisted at first then, after a glass of whisky was placed on the table, drank it and soon fell into a sound sleep.
Grand jury reports scattered thirty thousand dollars across Polk county books over twenty five years with no graft found. A Lyric theater fire at Des Moines prompts a new theater inspection ordinance. Grace Charles Austin suffered severe burns at Barber Asphalt plant after stepping into a manhole flue. Mrs Julia Clark Hallam plans a three year University of Chicago PhD. Frank Walters ends his life in Marshalltown after fearing tuberculosis.
Foreman Color and Dr Toler of Monmouth Til were acquitted in Tama county district court after a jury deliberated over an hour. The case involved the shooting death of George W. Davis, a striking machinist in Marshalltown. Fragments of W. A. Foley were found on the track near Burlington. The man, said to be a pickpocket, lived in Mudgn Vino.
Attorney General Bonaparte urges statutory change to allow appeals to the Supreme Court in all criminal cases, arguing current rules deny rights in high wealth prosecutions. He notes DOJ policy protects interstate commerce and curbs anti competitive practices while pursuing civil or criminal actions only when warranted. The report calls for a simple process to substitute for physical arrests in corporate prosecutions.
A man identified as Vicenta Florczik and his wife were slain in their Wilmington residence at 192 Bird Street. An assailant used a hatchet, hacking each in their beds while a 2 year old girl and an infant slept in a crib. Alexander Wioreeth, brother of the deceased, reported finding the bodies after overnight absence. The suspect, aged 24, is in custody as investigators pursue revenge as a possible motive.
Former City Board member Fred Lied of Columbus was sentenced to four years in the Ohio penitentiary for accepting a bribe tied to East Broad street paving. Another ex Bond of Control member, Tred Tinmel, is already serving a term in the penitentiary.
Frank Yoyalizil, a 14 year old from Cleveland, fired seven shots at a block signal on the Lake Shore railroad, causing an eighteen hour service disruption. Officials say the youth claimed he was shooting at birds while the electric system overloaded and trains stalled.
The article reports arrests over two years involving Pittaburg officials and council members led by Bevon and Fortres, with claims of bribery to influence passage of ordinances. W. W. Ramey and A A. Vilauck are named along with council members known as the Wig Six, and charges include bribery to secure paving and bridge projects.
Lawyers for Halns vow to discredit the widow’s testimony in a case involving Thornton Jenkins Maonanae and allegations that a defendant’s brother and a companion went to a boat where Capp Maina shot and killed William Antin. The defense claims the widow’s account is unreliable and seeks to undermine her testimony.
A court examines whether the defendant’s conduct and the McAn log show an overt act proving inducement or procuring the brother to commit the crime. The ruling centers on evidence of causation and explicit steps linking the accused to the offense.
Henry H. Agar former Princeton Elevator Company official believed drowned in the Wabash River two years earlier was found in Harlingen Texas and confessed his identity He faced charges of forgery and embezzlement totaling about 100000 along with life insurance policies paid to a widow and estate Authorities say Agar claimed a near drowning ordeal and staged his death to escape creditors The report also notes a Pullman car fire in Minnesota and other scattered incidents from the period including a Brooklyn burglary and a missing dog story
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