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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
1
Fragmentary notes mention National City directorate, net income figures around seven million and 6 1 37,474,000, and references to Methodist, Oshkosh, and a named individual. The text is garbled with misplaced names and numbers, hindering clear attribution or event.
Readable fragments describe a conference of the Methodist church addressing reforms in church governance. The draft notes mention abolishing the title of presiding elder and replacing it with a superintendent role. The text references doctrinal themes and organizational changes under consideration.
Frederick L. Wood, 18, of New Haven, died during a balloon ascent near Nutley. As the balloon rose to about 2000 feet a parachute descent began but Wood plunged toward the Passaic River. A flag entangled around his leg as he neared the river caused the parachute to fail to free him. He sank and drowned before help could reach him in front of about 1000 spectators.
A northbound Groat Northern train near Great Falls is robbed by four youths led by Albert Hatch 16 and William Randall 17 with Harry Rheams 15 and George Creswell 16. They confessed planning and executing the act with Hatch turning the switch and ordering the engineer to back up while passengers were extorted.
The Rev Billy Sunday, former baseball star, ended revival meetings in Sheron Pennsylvania by pounding the pulpit into splinters during an impassioned sermon. He tore a wood sliver from the deck and used the stick to emphasize points as fans watched a baseball analogy unfold. Exhaustion followed the dramatic moment.
A West Pensauken family of four Wil lam Fidleman 38 Elizabeth 87 Anna 17 and William 7 went out to celebrate paying the mortgage but their small row boat capsized in Pensaugen creek below Riverton. The five aboard were seen earlier upstream, but only ten bodies recovered after hours of grappling with no trace of the others.
The Mexican congress adopted an amendment to restrict immigration by enforcing rigorous physical examinations on all entrants and to detain or exclude those found suffering from loathsome or contagious diseases.
The jury in the Theodore S. Whitmore murder trial reported a disagreement after a lengthy deliberation. Justice Brayze sent them back to the jury room to seek a verdict if possible. The article also notes separate fatal incidents including Jona Boldler’s death after a self-inflicted wound, and Jamoa Gluck’s death from a wound while serving in the coast artillery at the Presidio, with Gluck’s death attributed to fright. Mrs. Gen. Alfred Orendorfe died Wednesday from a hemorrhage caused by fright during a windy storm.
TheAlmeri can squadron baseball teams have played a series of matches with a Japanese university in Tokyo. A strong mutual spirit exists, with Japan claiming victory in most games.
The house pushed for printing 10 000 copies of the preliminary report of the new waterways commission with provisions for distribution. The action aims to prepare a timely public release of commission findings and recommendations.
A special committee of nine reported on episcopacy allocations for Methodist districts, listing bishops assigns to cities such as Boston, Chicago, Denver, Foo Chow, New Orleans, New York, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Pekin, Philadelphia, Portland, St Louis, St Paul, San Francisco, Washington, Zurienh, and more. Ray Cooke’s appeal against Bishop Moore’s ruling on charges against Chancellor J R Day was dismissed. The Methodist Book Concern merger into a single corporation to be called the Methodist Book Concern was approved, and the current publishing agents were reelected.
Panic swept Dante school in Chicago as rumors of an Italian secret society plotting dynamite attacks caused about 1700 pupils to flee. About 600 children were panicked and knocked down in a rush for exits after shots were fired nearby. Teachers restored order but hundreds remained shaken in the street.
Captain Arthur Allis of the American liner Philadelphia says fogs over New York and approaches signal a coming tropical climate as the Gulf Stream moves closer each year. He predicts the stream may pass by and New York become a tropical city with near constant sea fog.
Fort Arthur reports a civic dam on the Current river burst Thursday causing severe flooding. Three lives were lost and damages estimated at $600,000. A Canadian Pacific freight train derailed, engine overturned, and crew trapped drowned. The railway company faces heavy losses as track and power lines are washed out. Adams Cleared in alibi case. London merchant Charles Abrams released after proving alibi in Mrs Shaw death inquiry.
Coroner says Murphy, an umbrella mender from Fort Dodge Indiana, was murdered after being found dead in Ute Monona County. Two arrests were reported, with Russian suspects named Trussian Sly and Peter the Great. Further details unclear due to garbled OCR.
Mrs Handlion and Mrs Margaret Hamilton, key witnesses in the duke of Portland identity case with T. C. Cruce, received an eighteen months' military service term for perjury in a London court. Mrs Hamilton is 71 years old.
A Portland banker Theburn Jong was convicted of wrongfully converting state school funds. On Thursday he was sentenced to five years imprisonment and ordered to pay $600,000 in restitution.
Law officers led by D. H. Miller raid Perry businesses and M. and S. L. station seizing dozens of beer and whisky bottles. Three casks of beer labeled and unlabelled were found awaiting a consignor. Prosecution planned by state and county attorneys.
Teishmian from Ireland named Austin Burke faced a ten day county jail sentence for intoxication in Clinton. Judge Lottingwell, moved by Burke’s performance of The Wearing of the Green and The Harp of Tara, suspended the sentence after arraignment, and Burke played his melodica to a captivated courtroom.
A notice from Commandant C. C. Horton at the Iowa Soldiers' Home sought a Democrat capable of writing to fill a clerk position at a state institution voting precinct. After a period of doubt over legal requirements a Democrat who could write was found in Frank Stoddard.
Blood poisoning followed a minor finger scratch on Dr. W. Littig, a leading eastern Iowa physician and long-time faculty member at the state university medical college. Despite all efforts, his condition worsened and death was feared.
A man named J D Trowbridge escaped from the Insane Hospital, attacked his wife at their home, and nearly killed her before being recaptured. On the return trip to the hospital in a wagon he collapsed and died. Other local items include a boy injuring his hand testing a cartridge, a mother’s suicide with a shotgun, and several court and local incidents.
A young man attempted a 3% check forgery at Collins using a three percent check to pay for work at Prank Millhouse home. He altered figures and attempted cashing it at multiple shops and banks in Collins and Maxwell, triggering bank staff and local officers.
A young mother, just out of her teens, left her one-month-old infant at Northwestern station in Sioux City during the Omaha train’s noon departure. The baby slept unattended in the waiting room, with no identifiable marks on its clothing. Deacon Graenovah, a Travelers’ Aid worker, found the infant a few minutes later. no other woman claimed the child, so she took charge.
Police continue search for the body of George Estor three year old who vanished after wading with playmates in the Ottumwa river Wednesday afternoon. His companions last saw him about six o clock and none have seen him since.
Hinks, a young farmer from near Muarahalitown, reportedly broke all previous records by planting 33 acres of corn in fourteen hours with two teams. He worked solo for most of the period, aided only by frost horses brought in by his hired man, changing teams every four hours.
Burlington Railway company filed a $300,000,000 mortgage across counties it serves to refinance existing indebtedness and fund property and equipment expansion. A separate tragic accident left Frank Taylor, 62, an Iowa Central section man, fatally injured after a train incident. A possible murder case emerges as a dodge umbrella mender is found dead at Ute, with two tramps detained.
In a special Greater Des Moines meeting the Tol:on Freight Mates session spurred effort against rising freight rates by large transport firms. George M. Lowtner, 101, died at his daughter’s home in Highland Center, the county’s oldest man. Sherelle appeals for help to free her husband Frank Shercliffe, famed outlaw. A clerk named Muster vanished from a Charata lunch room with cash. Gua Yanke charged with wife beating near Hamburg. Buchanan accuses unfair rates after a Rock Island move. Lover Willesson dies by self harm. Mabel Pickgott of Ottumwa shot herself before a man named Thomas Banten after a quarrel. Gauche Knowles, 80, dies at the Kiel hotel in Connell. Mrs Arace Saucer’s body found after suicide in the Akunk river north of Oakaloown.
The jury verdict voids Colonel Snell’s will amid a scandalous suit alleging manipulation by relatives and lovers. The ruling awards about 750000 dollars to the estate and leaves key beneficiaries, including Mabel MeNamAra and Savill, with contested sums. The case centers on letters said to link Snell to beneficiaries and a dramatic disinheritance that spanned decades.
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An Indiana man fatally shot a pursuer during an attempted abduction of a woman near Syracuse on Lake Wawassee. Witnesses say Brneat Frakes and relations pursued the suspect after the abduction, a gunfight ensued, and a bystander died from his wounds. Authorities report the case involves Bla Patterson and Dr. Francs of Toigetter with ongoing investigations.
The article reports on the grand opening of Melmont Park in New York and mentions accompanying events. It covers a range of sports outcomes and incidents, including prominent names and stakes from racing, track, and local competitions, detailing winners and notable performances.
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