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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
1
The readable fragment references a presidential year campaign with party contrasts, poll counts around 140000, and mentions Lake Shore railway wrecks near Indiana. It also notes a murder trial in Danville and a farmer's death in Muskogee, with scattered names and figures.
A hurricane of great fury swept over Grand Turk Island from Thursday night into Friday morning, devastating the town of Grand Turk by daybreak. Several lives reportedly lost, with extensive property damage and wrecked streets. The Telegraph foundered at Hawkes Nest. the Dar Leon vanished after breaking free. Salt lighters moored nearby are missing. weather data place Grand Turk between 21 and 32 north latitudes and 71 to 72.6 west long. Island area about 169 square miles. Grand Turk population about 1,751 in 1981 census.
In Grip of Plague reports Cholera spreads across St Petersburg Russia with sixty eight cases and three deaths in three days. One hundred doctors drafted at two fifty a day and a tank steamer chartered to distribute boiled water. A case also reported from Peterhof.
Crowds jammed London streets for a Sunday procession led by Cardinal Van Miel, the pope's legate, with English peers and high church officials. The event drew vast crowds unseen since Queen Victoria's funeral, as worshippers sought access to Westminster cathedral area and to witness the clergy in ceremonial robes. But amid the spectacle, some hostility and booing occurred as spectators gathered from across the city, with viewing sites rented at high prices.
In Marshalstown a 37 year old carpenter Edward Henry is jailed after a night altercation with Matthew Skele a 42 year old plumber. Skele was struck on the head and died from a skull fracture. Witnesses say the men argued over union discipline. The coroner's jury ruled a blow by Henry caused the death and recommended presenting him to the grand jury.
Aeronaut Dan Rice narrowly escaped death during a dramatic descent at Webstar City fair. At 3,900 feet, a burning parachute and failing rope forced him and his balloon crew to risk a fatal fall. The parachute finally deployed and slowed the fall enough to land him injured but alive, with bystanders in shock and his family watching.
George Collings, also known as Tripp, aged 71 with a long white beard and clergyman appearance, pleaded guilty in Vinton to stealing a team of horses from Vinton Canning Co. He received an five year penitentiary term. Collings has a 20 year prison record and previously served in Red Wing Sulwater and Waupum Wisconsin. He owns Minnesota property and substantial deposits in St Paul banks and rented barns nationwide to stash stolen horses before export.
Northern railroad freight agents report the wheat belt movement has begun several weeks earlier than last year. Duluth and Superior receipts show 500 to 1,000 cars daily for transshipment to the lakes over the past two days. The crop varies in abundance by location, but the overall grade favors larger yields and a higher share of No 4 northern wheat. W G Warrens of the Great Northern notes heavier business and no car shortage if terminals handle cars properly. George C Cann of the Soo Line confirms heavy receipts and expects continued movement as northern roads prepare to absorb the crop.
Fort Meade cavalry units were again sent to battle a large forest fire near the Mumford mines south of Galena Indiana. The blaze scorched military timber lands, with hundreds of acres burned, and a heavy rain deemed necessary to quell it. Homestead company offering workers 60 cents per hour to defend property.
A six man group from Manchester sealed a joint purchase of 13 900 acre Monontania tract in the Musselshell valley. Investors include Senator Geo W Doloham George Miller B E Brewer W J C Smith Robert Graham and Joseph Hutchinson. The Musselshell basin within Lavina bounds is seen as highly promising due to central western state location and railroad expansion from the Twin Cities to the Pacific coast.
The annual Pilot Rock Plowing Match will be held at J. W. Fee farm near Cherokee on Sept 17. Prizes for gang, riding, and walking plows. grand sweepstakes for best plowing. special prizes for boys under 14 and 16. plowing starts at 9 am. includes cultivation show, athletic events, a baseball game, and a women’s basket prize. Open to Cher okee County residents. women to serve dinner.
Prominent Des Moines woman Mrs. G. Van Auken obtained a divorce after alleging her husband allied with a wealthy widow who was given a key to the home. The court awarded $10,000 alimony. The Van Auken family has long been well known in local professional and social circles.
Ohio drops investigation into the Loudonville shooting death of Morris Stein and his wife’s aunt Miss Hester Porter. Mrs Morrla Stein and her father Mrs Mary Bayerat are released on $1,000 bonds each awaiting police court on Sept 11. Chief Johnston and Police Magistrate Stewart order dismissal of fugitive charges and release bondsmen. The case centers on the mysterious shooting at the Stein home in Loudonville.
Lews NM Polakow of Chicago publisher of a fish trade journal stated that a federal probe into A. Booth & Co. is under way after the company passed to receivership last week. He claimed Booth controlled fish prices nationwide and offered to share details with the district attorney about daily meetings with supposed independent fish houses used to fix prices.
Frank V. Bennett aged 56, ex-manager of the Arlington hotel in Washington, D. C., killed himself with a gun at the Hotel Gotham in New York on Sunday. He was a prominent figure in the hotel industry in the United States.
Shippers and traders in Burlington held a large protest meeting against existing freight rates and urged a proportional adjustment if lower rates are granted nearby. A committee will present views to the Interstate Commerce Commission. District court sets November term for J M Brown murder case.
A garbled report details a broad railway labor dispute and stock market actions involving the New Uraven system and several companies. It mentions repairs delays, a protest over schedules, wage claims, strikes, and a tentative court or legal action with penalties cited in the millions. The piece also notes executives and locations across North America, including Montreal and Milwaukee, amid broader industry instability and potential reorganizations.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions people and places such as Ontario and Arthur, with disjointed phrases about weather, a fire, and duties. Names and specifics are unreadable, yielding only a vague reference to a dated, chaotic scene and partial actions.
Four men walking on the Lake Shore track near Cleveland, Ohio, were struck by a rapidly moving train. Two died instantly after being run over, another died soon after arriving at hospital, and a fourth was severely injured. One man escaped unscathed.
Five Wohl Adding Machine employees at the Chierge plant were fatally injured when an explosion opened a gas line and a jet of flame was released. Acting Prosecutor Goldenberg led the inquiry for Guy Fort. In a separate raid, twenty-five detectives searched several gambling houses in Aqunue City, N. Te, arresting sixty inmates.
Hurl Rodamaker is bound over after a Nora Springs hearing on charges of neged assault against Miss Huffman, a neighbor’s daughter, following a neighborhood feud. His mother faces trial on unrelated charges as a streetcar crash victim Cleo Moore dies after a warning to stay from the track was ignored. Mason City public school enrollment hits 7,700 pupils as the first day brings the city’s largest count, with 1,700 new enrollees on the opening day.
News brief from Minneapolis reports a man named William Gardner, long a merchant in Minneapolis and former Curploy resident, was killed after being kicked in the leg by a group. Injuries not deemed dangerous earlier, he died from brain injury following the assault. Separate items note an elopement at Masar City, and a steamer incident near Keokuk with casualties. Crowds expected to swell into the thousands.
An on site guide to a patented lead based White Lead paint is advertised by the National Tend Company promising a free paint book from Woodbridge New York. A separate Kentucky case references a fatal shooting near Wilmington Delaware with Described events and a mayoral figure Marshall commenting on the tragedy.
A Columbus Ohio woman details a decade of backache and exhaustion from household duties. She credits Deans Kidney Pills with providing quick relief and a permanent cure, noting gratitude and endorsement by Foster, Lilburn Co. and local dealers. The fragment includes unrelated advertising lines and an excerpt from a Chicago Tribune spoof.
A jumble of old notices and anecdotes includes a testimonial about Cutleura remedies curing infant eczema, a marriage-ward discussion between two lovers in Chicago Tribune style, and a notice inviting Farm In the Rosebud Reservation registration for October 1908. Also mentions railroad routes, land openings, and church remarks.
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