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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
1
Fragmentary text references a naval scene at a harbor with Admiral Evans and a 1907 date phrase. Details are damaged. readable bits imply maritime activity and battles, but concrete facts, entities, and outcomes are not clear.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a race or match with names like Crewe and Jenanen. Reading is damaged and uncertain. No clear event, date, or outcome can be established from the readable portions.
Senator Tolman and Senator Haile discuss a proposed resolution to investigate the Navy department by Senate action rather than internal boards. They argue boards cause dissention and want bureaus run as in past emergencies, avoiding jealousies and aspersions among officers while preserving efficiency.
Two masked armed men matching the highwayman description from Tuesday night attempted to rob Special Officers Archy and Kennedy in an alley in St Louis but were overpowered and captured. They named Harry Land age 16 and Lee Cornell age 17 as suspects, claimed to be out Tuesday night seeking a suitable spot to rob a passerby, and denied other robberies. Officers were searching for a stabbing suspect when the youths were seized.
Frisco Pallucal Boss Abraham Reuf, central figure in the San Francisco bribery graft probe, was moved from a private prison on Fillmore Street to a county jail cellar branch No 2 Engleside after a transfer by Sheriff Dolan amid a change in office. The incident followed a ten month hold in a private facility under court appointment with private guards and staff.
A historic structure once part of Gov Tyron's palace before the revolutionary era was destroyed by fire Thursday in Newborn North Carolina. In New York Abraham P Goldfaden a noted Jewish dramatist and poet died Thursday at 67. Albert Moulton and his wife both over 70 perished in a Auburn home fire Thursday.
A Thursday storm in the English Channel and off the North African coast caused multiple shipwrecks. Two native passenger brigantines foundered off Blatatsh Morocco with forty drownings reported. A separate case delays the execution of a 19 year old murder defendant Lee Holder in Union City Tennessee as weathering delays occur.
Flames engulfed a building on Fourth Avenue as Hatt and Man- Nattan firemen battled the blaze. Floors collapsed into the basement trapping and injuring several firefighters. Thomas Phillips and four others from Patrol No. 3 were among the casualties or injuries. Florence hotel nearby served as a temporary hospital as the fire raged, with damages estimated at 35 million and the disaster described as one of the era’s costliest.
In Washington a Catholic priest in St Joseph Mo may inherit about 500000 and plans to use it for charity. The Rev Father C L Kearful says he will decide on a trip to Australia to claim the estate if needed and hopes to distribute funds to aid the needy once proved. He notes his father died in Germany two years ago and he has no firm distribution plan yet.
A rear end collision between two westbound passenger trains and a freight on the Alabama and Mississippi line toppled a trestle near Bent Alabama. Seven people were killed and an unknown number injured as engines and cars fell into a ravine twenty feet below. The crash happened on a sharp curve where the bridge spans the ravine.
Seventeen injured and nine fatally in a collision between two Denver tramway cars near midnight. Firemen also injured after a factory fire caused about 100000 damage at the Forster Chaney Knitting mills in Detroit.
A Montreal press report quotes President Shaughnessy dismissing the claim that Canadian Pacific Railway plans to buy or take over the Chicago Great Western. The statement characterizes the rumor as entirely baseless.
Early Friday the Bank of Adair II was robbed by safe blowers who escaped with all the currency. The exact amount is unknown but could be around a thousand dollars. No crew is identified.
Birds from across the region gathered for the Ames Poultry Show with 100 plus entries and judging finishing near closing time. Winners included J N Clydeport of Waverly for the SRF cup and Ames Commercial Club recipients Burt Wonser and Jones Bros of Guthirin Center and Des Moines breeders Walter Johnson and others receiving cups totaling several prizes. Numerous breeders from Stanhope Des Moines Slater and Jewell Suneston earned $8 cups while the Poultry Breeders Association recognized top entries amid large and enthusiastic attendance.
Clinton County authorities seek Margaret Schurr wife of a prosperous farmer and Henry Witt a farm hand after she abandoned her husband and three young children to elope with Witt. The pair reportedly boarded a Northwestern train to Clinton after Witt was discharged from Schurr’s employ.
A Meservey incident reports a prominent resident, E. D. Kadoes, arrested for drunkenness and disorderly conduct after his failure to comply with a judge. Police alleged the arrest stemmed from his adornment and hostility toward authorities. Friends later posted two certified checks totaling $200 to satisfy the case, drawing community astonishment at legal action on a notable local figure.
Notices of land sales near Macedonia and Marcus, with prices per acre ranging from 100 to 120, including 40 acre tracts sold by I Rankin and E E Braden as referee. Court news notes twenty Duena Vinta college students arraigned for destruction of property, each fined five dollars. A husband saves his sister during typhoid fever, while Wright county dredging shows mild winter. Miscellaneous items cover weddings, train accident injuries, and early 1900s local events and concerns.
Judge Platt ruled on Saturday in Waterloo that the $50,000 bequest to Alma Comstock and the $46,000 to M. Wheelock and George W. Murray may be subject to collateral inheritance tax, with administrators withholding portions of stock bequests until final settlement, while other claims were presented by proponents and state officials. Northwestern Metals employees pledge charity and security as grain theft mystery in Clinton Yard prompts investigations and petty larceny pleas.
WIM Green an 18 year old visiting from Nebraska at William Loomis north of Osceola died from a rifle wound after a 22 caliber repeater misfired during a prank. A Loomis daughter about 14 took hold of the gun unknowingly releasing the trigger, the bullet struck Green in the abdomen and the girl was shaken and removed for recovery.
A garbled report covers abduction of four youths in Cherokee County and a series of local incidents. It mentions William Gilmore and others, a Boone escape by Jenna Krotm, arrestees, a glove factory fire in Mason City with heavy losses, a legal Charter Oak dispute, a suicide attempt, business changes in LeMurs, a shooting near Charles City, and a fatal family quarrel in Emmelsburg.
A dense, noisy OCR collage lists varied items from 1700s to 1800s including royal succession, treaties, religious postings, parliamentary actions, notable deaths, and academic notices. It intermingles names like James Branel, Victoria, and Harrison with scattered dates and places, plus references to the Lecompton constitution and naval affairs, in a loosely connected timeline fragment.
A movement led by New York's Tent Crone mobilized tenement residents in lower Manhattan, with supporters ranked from 0 to 10.000. Police disrupted gatherings, many Wandards were captured or fled, and a new medical method by Ballas Hakim is reported at Roosevelt Hospital.
A garbled OCR style segment mentions Hin' rau and a term ruu-oran in a hut. It also names Ati ton sutnyted tata and Ronse picking biyauit oye at ho sud. The text references gusting winds, feathers, and a wedddor buy during a trek, with unclear sequence and identities.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a farmer and a night duty, with garbled phrases about hours and actions. No clear event, names, dates, or places emerge to identify a definite news item or notice.
An old hygiene piece warns that dirty sinks and drains spread typhoid as it instructs on cleaning habits and household sanitation. It stresses washing hands, water safety, and cleaning practices to prevent illness and promote health, urging careful kitchen and dining area hygiene.
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