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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1908
Page
1
Fragmentary text references stock market, losses, pensions, a house adjournment, and a planned adjournment to Monday. Mentions a Physicist, a Pension Bill, prohibition dispensation, and a grand master of an order with lines about a holiday investiture.
French troops under Gen Armada engage Moroccan Moors at Settat and Kasbah Bertinid. French sustain casualties including several officers while Arabs suffer heavy losses. Reinforcements from the Chaugin tribe arrive as Moors rally, countering the French advance and forcing a reluctant retreat.
The Swedish parliament opened in Stockholm with King Gustave present promising faithful work for the fatherland amid war threats following King Jecar's death. He unveiled plans to re submit suffrage for consideration but said women would not receive franchise now. Special commissions study naval and military defense and labor relations between employers and workers.
A jury faces a renewed push to convict Standard Oil after authors reveal plans to retry 4,000 counts in a case tied to a $20,240,000 fine for rebating. Attorney Simpate says trial of the remaining counts will begin next week before Judge Landis, with possible appeals shaping a bitter fight as Rockefeller interests defend against two railroad related charges.
Milwaukee Road plans active competition with Harriman and Hill lines for Pacific trade. J J Hiland, third vice president, oversees the Milwaukee traffic in San Francisco. Milwaukee will sail for Japan June 30 and extend to Seattle in 1903 to handle Chicago traffic. If a tie with existing steamship firms cannot be arranged, the road may build and own its own steamers to run the line.
Attorney R. H. Desh was fatally injured after an accidental meeting with Carl Lane Clemmons, lumberman of Snohomish, at the state house in Des Moines. Clemmons and Desh fought in the attorney general’s office then again on the street. Clemmons is held on bond awaiting developments.
Frank Boyd of Plattsmouth Nebraska was arrested by Des Moines police Saturday while fleeing on a motorcycle in a platinum theft case. He allegedly forged orders to obtain nearly $300 in platinum and identified by witnesses as the suspect. His wife, from Plattsmouth, expressed shame and disavowed him after the arrest. Boyd said he sought funds to buy clothing for his wife.
An early morning fire nearly destroyed the Second Congregational Church in Dorchester Mass. Authorities deem it incendiary after finding a hole and accelerant remnants. The organ, installed at 125600, was lost, while historic treasures were saved during the 13 100th anniversary church tenure of Rev. Dr. Arthur Little.
Dispatches from Washington and London dispute foreign policy changes tied to a cabinet crisis in Japan. The crisis stems from interior budget disputes, not opposition gains, with possible ministerial retention including Foreign Minister Hayashi.
John H. Chapman of Burton West Virginia was Thursday appointed receiver for R. B. M. Smith & Co. Wholesale lumber dealers. The company's assets were given as 500,090 dollars and their liabilities as 360,000 dollars.
Orders issued Thursday by the Pittsburg Brec company to put full force to work on the weld and tube mill at Monessen Pennsylvania. Approximately 3000 men will be affected by the move.
Claude Brooks alias Slim, a Black man arrested at Carrollton, Missouri, for the murder of Sidney Herndon. Brooks, brought to Kansas City, confessed the crime. He had previously worked for Herndon and knew of the money kept at his apartments, claiming $150 was taken. Herndon described as wealthy and connected with a prominent family.
W. E. Gearhart, agent for Milwaukee at Madrid, named in Chicago banker CC Thompson's will for saving Thompson's wife and young daughter from a freight train in Nelbourne Indiana in 1989. Gearhart pulled the woman off the track and seized the girl as the train struck a valise. he was injured. Will opened Saturday.
Dr Beauchamp of Oklahoma who killed Charles Thomai of Chico Texas on a train in Hobart a year ago was himself shot and killed at Lawton Oklahoma on Wednesday. The attackers were John Thomas of Lawton and William Thomas of Chico Texas, brothers of the slain man, as Beauchamp boarded a train. Beauchamp had previously killed Thomai after discovering he was in a Mason with Mrs Dean chit.
Reports detail a man found guilty of manslaughter in Bloomfield after a home intrusion and quarrel that killed Joseph Richardson. A separate incident recounts Elva Labock, struck by a freight train, saved by students' quick action, with recovery uncertain. Other items include a hog sale at 10,000 dollars, a fatal shotgun accident in Union, and local civic appointments amid a centralized fire at W. D. Johnson Coal Company.
A mob of about thirty soldiers from Fort Leavenworth rampaged through the Gem resort in Leavenworth Kansas. They drove out inmates and demolished the building following rumors about a comrade’s death and other alleged acts, triggering a tense disturbance on a Sunday morning.
For Homestead Entrymen the bill granting leavers of absence during December January February and March to homestead entrymen was passed by the senate Tuesday.
Hackansebodt is Winter defeats AW Manigaff the "Perrible Turk" in straight falls before a large crowd at the Olympic Athletic club in Grand Rapids Michigan. The story also mentions Laverta prince regent pardons several murderers, a wife killer Harvey Lackner in Tuscola, a Crawford discovery near the Potomac, and minister Nakashiko resigning with a successor named.
Temporary injunctions issued in district court restrain saloonkeepers and property owners from violations of mutet inv. Rey H. W Sawyer, supervisor, with hearings set for February 2 at 9 am. The cases have lingered since 1905 with Union stipulation and prior proceedings noted.
Greene County Judge Zala A. Church refuses to issue a writ of habeas corpus for J. F. Schultz of Storm Lake who challenged the 1907 Iowa anti-pass statute. Schultz, prosecuted for theft, appealed the act’s constitutionality, with the judge upholding the law awaiting higher court review.
Webster City man William H. Baker, a laborer and nephew of Mrs Mitchler, learns he is among six heirs to a 75000 dollar estate in Whiteside County Illinois. The district court probate hearing names Augustus Mitchler as decedent, with the estate including homes and farms. Bakers family, parents of fourteen, expect about twelve thousand dollars each within months.
Albert Mitchell of Cor with hires suit against J A Way and S G Way of Mason City as stockholders in the defunct bank. Mitchell seeks judgment for 1000 alleging he subscribed for stock in August 1905 with an implied guarantee of yield or buyback if unsatisfied after one year. He claims the defendants failed to refund his money after the year ended despite requests.
Deputy McCaffrey sails to Albany Missouri to fetch missing Talph Thompson amid gambling concerns in Ames. Dr George W Jones found dead in a Burling ton forest show trunk with knife and nearby revolver. Dr P K Dah released on 32000 bond after grand jury indicts for manslaughter.Geo A Gerber longtime Council Bluffs figure dies in Helena Montana at 69. Congregational church gathering near Sowarden seen. Train wreck near Iowa City injures crews. Crieght train fire damages. Lawrence and Mrs Willh pioneers of Banner county pass away within a week. Birthdays and marriages noted including Franks Gifford birthday and apparent wedding in Waterloo.
Senate and House clash over codifying penal laws of the United States with emphasis on Section 10 and civil rights offenses. Amendments to restrict federal power fail. debate centers on voting qualifications and jury service while reform bills move slowly. Senate postpones further action pending Treasury clarification amid related financial inquiries. Congress struggles to finalize the penal code and revision measures before adjournment.
A column notes actions in Congress including Mr Turton of Ohio introducing a Dill fatally mis-typed reference to prohibition praise for Senator Tilginon, and multiple figures proposing measures on banking deposit guarantees and public debts. It mentions varied resolutions awaiting committee actions and the absorption of a steel corporation by the United States Steel Corporation.
The text presents a fragmented stream of speech about woods, travel, and old crone lore with names like Knighty and Shivvyhorn. It references a gathering, a backstory about a death and a peculiar scene with many regional terms and doodled dialogue.
An advertorial piece warns that kidney and bladder troubles afflict both men and women and even children, urging Swamp-Root as the remedy. It touts gradual, visible effects, claims samples and a promotional coupon, and invites readers to write to Dr. Kilmer & Co. for information and the official address in Binghamton New York.
A fragment from a society scene where a mother urges a father to manage his son while the boy Dick is late. The parent insists on handling the matter privately and ends with the man telling the household to dismiss the maid and turn out the gas as night falls.
In a odd exchange Sra Strongmind asks Tlorribie to join her to the town hall tomorrow evening. The two discuss a lecture titled the Dark Side of Married Life with the meek interlocutor expected to appear on stage as one of the illustrations.
A reader tale from the Postum Co. recounts a mother plagued by headaches for seven years who swapping coffee for Postum found relief. A daughter and friend later adopt Postum, report headaches fade, and coffee banishes from their homes after a proper preparation.
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