15 Nov 1906
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Newspaper
Benton County Times
Location
Vinton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1906
Page
1
A Benton County Times collection of witticisms and social jabs noting remarks on enlistment in the navy, the auto age, and modern manners. It laments speed and progress with satirical lines about society, matrimony, and Russia, alongside quirky observations on balloons, ships, and a California language without curses.
Dan Robertson receives twenty years for brother Neil’s murder in Burlington. A bank robbery attempt in Tabor prompts a cashier to fire from a window. Iowa City streetcar crash injures two. rail conditions blamed. A Des Moines riot between white and black workers flares over construction. Perry homecoming marks Interurban opening with hundreds onboard. Hog cholera spreads in Hardin and Marshall counties. Interurban franchise passes at Boone. Despondent widow in Sions City dies by gas. Copper mining booms near Helena draw Des Moines investors. Fire devastates Waterloo bottling and perfume works. Numerous injuries in Waterloo hack accident. Court rules on bank loan legality to failed Corning bank.
A condensed report notes Hughes defeats Hearst for New York governor by 52 000 while Hearst carries Greater New York by 65 000. Republicans win in Illinois Iowa Michigan Kansas and Connecticut with large pluralities. Democratic gains limited but notable in Oklahoma and New Hampshire. Ohio Wyoming and Nebraska also favor Republican tickets.
Probate requests reveal Mrs Polhems will gifting 400000 to charities. Count Boni de Castellane case involves bribery allegations and boardroom upheaval under Harriman influenced by J T Hara Han. Hitchcock to resign March 4 with Garfield succeeding. Irene McCurdy sued Mutual Life for 3370341. Chinese piracy, Pittsburgh fire deaths, Yellowstone transport monopoly, and Roosevelt reforms pepper this wide wire.
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