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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
2
A fragmented report references an evangelist and a copper street puddles topic with mention of surplus and related notes. The readable pieces hint at a local event or notice, urging attention to civic details and potential resource gaps.
A salvaged obituary fragment reports a death from heart disease in Philadelphia aged 74 and mentions Episcopal church debates on abolishing a rule and replacing elders. The text includes garbled phrases about a Methodist person and a General Conference action on church governance amid local references to Oakfield and Fond du Lac.
Frederick S. Wood, an 18 year old aeronaut from New York, parachuted from a balloon at Bilisno Park near Passaic, New Jersey, waving an American flag to a crowd of about 1,000. As he descended the parachute tangled with the flag, Wood plunged toward the Passaic river, became entangled, and drowned after pulling the cord meant to free him. The body had not been recovered by late Sunday night.
Four youths aged 15 to 17 in Great Falls Montana have confessed to held up a northbound Great Northern train at the stock yard about a mile from town. Albert Hatch 16 William Randall 15 Harry Rheams 17 and George Creswell 16 planned and carried out the robbery under Hatch’s direction. They forced the conductor to collect fare at gunpoint and ordered the engineer to back up through passenger cars. A fourth boy who aided in planning remains jailed, while the others are in custody.
Rev Billy Sunday closed revival meetings in Sharon Pennsylvania after a strenuous sermon that ended with him pummeling the pulpit and desk until splinters flew. He mimicked a baseball batter facing a pitcher and then collapsed from exhaustion as a crowd of baseball fans watched the dramatic finale.
A 38 year old man William Fidjeman his 37 year old wife Elizabeth and children Anna 17 and William 7 of Weat Penska ken Pa drowned when a small rowboat capsized near Penssagen croak below Riverton Pa during an outing to celebrate the father clearing the mortgage on their home. Bodies recovered after hours of grappling. A witness reported seeing five or all persons in the boat but no trace of others found.
The Afexican congress adopts an immigration amendment enforcing rigorous physical exams and barring those with contagious diseases. In Jersey City the trial of Theodore Whitmore for wife Lena Whitmore’s murder ends with jury disagreement as Justice Swayze asks for a possible agreement. Also notes include a death by self harm at the Presidio and Gen Alfred Grundorf’s death from a hemorrhage after a wind storm.
The American squadron baseball teams have played a series with the Japanese government in Tokyo. Both sides show cordial rivalery as the Japanese win the majority of the games.
The House approved a measure to print ten thousand copies of the preliminary report of the Inland Waterways Commission and its findings. The action aims to disseminate early conclusions to inform stakeholders and the public about proposed river and canal developments.
A special committee reported the assignment of bishops to various residencies with many bishops listed by city and state including Buenos Aires Buffalo Chicago Cincinnati Danvers Portland St Louis San Francisco Philadelphia and Washington. The report notes Bishop Moore ruling on Cooke Day charges and a merger plan creating a single Methodist Book Concern in New York and Cincinnati.
Rumors of an Italian secret diary plotting dynamite at Dante school near Ewing and Des Plaines caused a panic among 1700 pupils on Thursday. About a thousand children fled or were knocked down in the rush to exits while shots were fired in a nearby alley. Teachers managed to calm the crowd, but hundreds escaped to the street amid injuries and nervous parents.
Captain Arthur Milla of the American liner Philadelphia, delayed by fog near Sandy Hook, says the Gulf Stream is bringing a tropical climate to New York. He predicts the stream will move closer each year and may cause near constant fog as the gulf runs past the door of New York.
A civic dam on Current River burst near Port Arthur causing at least three deaths and an estimated property loss around $600,000. A Canadian Pacific freight engine on submerged tracks overturned. Engineer Savage Fireman Bride and Brakeman Taman drowned. The railway will be heavily damaged with miles of track washed away.
Mrs Manton and Mrs Margaret Hamilton were among key witnesses in a London perjury trial about the alleged identity of the duke of Portland with T. Cruse. The defendant was sentenced Thursday to eighteen months in prison. Mrs Hamilton, aged 72, was listed among the principals.
J Thoburn Jtond, a Portland banker, was convicted of embezzlement of state school funds. He was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison and ordered to repay $500,000.
State agents and county officials led by Sheriff George Walsh raided Perry suburbs on Friday. W. C. Barber and M. Odle’s firm faced actions as several businesses and the NM. & St. La station were searched. Dozens of beer and whisky bottles, including three barrels of 216 unlabeled beer, were confiscated awaiting identification. Prosecutions to follow by the league and county attorney D. El Miller.
In Clinton, Austin Durky, a recent arrival from Ireland, played Irish tunes on a small whistle in court. Judge Leffingwell suspended a ten day county jail sentence after Durky was arraigned for intoxication. The Wanderer from Siln provided the music with "The Wearing of the Green" and "The Harp of Tara." The court and reporters were charmed, and the judge released Durky.
A notice sought a skilled Democrat to serve as clerk of election at a precinct. Commandant C C Horton of the Iowa Soldiers' name oversaw posting on state bulletin boards. After a period of concern about sworn appointment, Frank Stoddard was chosen as the able writer.
Dr J W Little a prominent eastern Iowa physician and longtime faculty member at the state university medical college lies near death in Iowa City from blood poisoning that followed a slight finger scratch. Despite various treatments the infection worsened, and death is feared.
A hospital escapee, J. D. Trowbridge, returned home and beat his wife nearly to death before being recaptured. En route to the hospital he fell dead in a wagon. Other local items note a boy’s accidental hand injury from a 22 caliber cannon shot, a woman’s suicide with a shotgun, and various county happenings in Grundy and surrounding areas.
A young man, described as polished yet sly, attempted a raised check scheme on bankers and merchants in Collins, Maxwell and nearby towns. He cashed a counterfeit or stolen check at the Exchange State Bank of Collins and tried others, but fled before authorities arrived.
A distressed young mother abandoned her one month old baby at the Northwestern station in Sioux City as a noon Omaha train departed. The infant was found sleeping in the waiting room by Deaconess Greenough and taken in, with a lone nearby woman claiming ownership but the deaconess assuming care. The baby's clothing showed no discernible marks linking it to anyone.
Police search Ottumwa river for body of George Dilor aged 9 or 10, who was wading with playmates when companions left him about six o clock. The boy is believed to have drowned Wednesday night as authorities patrol the water.
Young farmer C. H. Hinks reportedly broke all known corn planting records near Marshalltown by planting a vast acreage in fourteen hours, a day’s work. He performed the feat with hired help supplying fresh horses, working two teams and changing them every three hours to complete the task.
Burlington Railway files a 300000.00 mortgage across counties to refinance existing indebtedness and to fund property and equipment acquisitions for system improvement. A separate incident reports a man crushed and dismembered near the Urink frightfully. Frank Taylor, 62, died in the incident. A murder case involving Roman Murphy of Port Dodge is noted with a coroner’s statement.
A special meeting of the Greater Des Moines committee was held Thursday to spur action against an expected rise in freight rates by major transportation companies. The gathering aimed to unite business and civic leaders in opposing higher shipping costs.
George M Lautner aged 108, longtime resident hailed as the oldest man in Wapello County, died at the home of his daughter Mrs Kirkpatrick in Highland Center.
An appeal to Governor Cummins is made by Sherefife Mrs Sherman Morris to help free her husband, Frank Sherefite, once infamous for diamond theft. The report also mentions a clerk, a rush around a cash register, and other crime notes from the same era.
The jury returned a verdict upholding the will of Colonel Snell in the Clinton case. The multimillionaire’s estate dispute drew attention for its many beneficiaries and alleged gifts from the old reformer to women friends and relatives.
A kidnapping attempt tied to Mrs Patterson led to a fatal shooting near Milloraburg. Ernest Franks and Dr Franks faced gunfire as a posse pursued Rerauly Sargent, a rumored ally of Mrs Patterson, while the abductor's plan failed and led to death during the pursuit.
A chaotic report from New York describes chaotic racing results at Belmont with jockeys Jack Atking and Dark In New York amid contest at Melati and Nebraskan university events. It notes injuries to Warren Bravis and a dramatic finish involving Dr Night Through and 8,000 pounds of iron on a platform, plus betting penalties and a skated roller championship tied to metropolitan happenings.
A garbled OCR item references Roth Ueyan Leavitt daughter of Wit Tine Jeaninigh Ryan and Bessie Johnson Mariana daughter of Mayor Tow L. dohinon af Cheveland, with mentions of Yale University class members erecting a Hagetat neve Wow and a gymnasium opening. The piece mixes names, locations, and events, mentioning New York streets, theater gatherings, and civic figures in a scattered historical snapshot.
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