Town Notes From Ironwood Area Monday Through Week
James Wanzer of Ironwood visited the city on Monday. Mrs. and Mrs. W. F. Truettner visited friends in Duluth. Mike Arkowitz made a business trip to Wakefield. Mayor Holland conducted city business in Ironwood. Miss Urquhart’s millinery opening ends today. Phil La Blond is out after a ten day siege of the grip. Snow fell about eight inches Tuesday making a wintry scene. Easter eggs should be saved now. Easter Sunday is a week away. Supt M. J. Waich and Supt D. E. Sutherland returned to work after illness and absence respectively. A lodge of Eagles organized at Meilen with sixty charter members. Both Methodist and Swedish Lutheran ladies served meals on election day. J. B. Mitchell came to take foreman job at the Herald. Logs moved for shipment to Ironwood mills. Dr. Bo He Madajesky returns from Rochester. J R. Johnson plans a May 1 rent ready corner store. Whitburn enters incubator business to raise chicks. I. J. Carmick resigns Colby Mine civil engineering post. Sterling leaves Herald office for De Klab Ill. W. F. Welker visits on business. Miss Jennie McMinn resigns. Miss Jennie Duda named successor. A wolf scare on Grand Island. animal captured. Michigan trout season opens April 15. snow on hills requires snow shoes. Mrs. Bond attends Pythian Sisters meet and hosts a school. The Free Press cites crime laws on election funds. Several local figures move or plan changes in business and property. Trout season and spring plans mix with winter remnants in Ironwood district. More local reports on elections, industry, and society events follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wanzer
Ironwood
W. F. Truettner
Duluth
Mike Arkowitz
Wakefield
Holland
Miss Urquhart
Roosevelt entertains Wyoming Indians with sign language
Telegraphic brevities note that President Roosevelt hosted a band of Wyoming Indians by correctly using their sign language. Also reported is Mrs. William J. Lemp Jr seeking 800000 in a divorce suit from the St. Louis brewer. New York Metropolitan’s 1908-9 opera season runs twenty weeks from November 16. Paderewski to give Plaza Hotel recital on April 30 for New York music school settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
William J. Lemp, Jr
St. Louis
New York Metropolitan Company
Paderewski
Plaza Hotel
New York
Wakefield Township election amid violent jail incident
A chaotic Monday election in Wakefield Township ended with a convicted man under guard and an anarchist attempt to free himself from custody. An assassin stormed a jail cell, slashing a trusty’s throat but failing to kill, then fought to escape before being subdued. Police suspect a local anarchist gang aided the attacker.
Republican and Democratic conventions endorse Taft and Bryan
Illinois endorses Cannon on Taft platform while Deneen lauds administration. First Iowa district delegates back Taft and reelect Allison. First Kentucky District splits taft fairbanks, sending contested delegations. Nebraska unites for Taft. Oklahoma and Missouri also back Taft. Minnesota leans Taft as state central committee endorses him. Indiana Democrats name ticket and instruct delegates to vote for Bryan. Marshall wins governor nomination and Taggart reelects as national committeeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Cannon
Taft
Deneen
Iowa
Allison
Kentucky
Fairbanks
Nebraska
Washington
Oklahoma
Chicago
William N. Taft
Missouri
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Minnesota
State Central Committee
Indiana
William J. Bryan
Thomas R. Marshall
Columbia City
Thomas Taggart
Electric power advances in mining and public health notes
The article surveys progress in electric mining machinery from haulage locomotives to vent fans and hoists, with emphasis on efficiency and future gains. It then shifts to public health statistics noting cancer and typhoid mortality by age, state, and city, and ends with a reminder to print names and addresses on papers to ensure delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
California
New Jersey
Boston
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Girl Fights Bats in Midnight Attack at San Antonio
Miss Alice In Earle of South Norwalk Connecticut describes a terrifying night in San Antonio Texas when sixty one bats swarmed a hotel room after a thunderstorm. She hid under a bed covering and fainted in her maid's arms before the room was cleared. The incident ties to a sensational note about graft prosecutions in San Francisco with police money linked to Chinatown protectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Earle
South Norwalk
Conn
Miss Earle
San Antonio
Texas
Bata
San Francisco
Schmitz and
Ruef
Chinatown
Truants’ Parents Sentenced In Chicago Justice Court
Five fathers and one mother of truant students were jailed for one day and fined five dollars each. Warrants were issued for additional parents. The sentences were handed down by a Chicago justice, reflecting local truancy enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A Debt of Honor at Bessemer Opera House Friday
The Bessemer Dramatic Club presents A Debt of Honor at the opera house on Friday evening April 24. It is the club's first attraction and many hours have been devoted to its preparation as the play is described as very good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer Opera House
Bessemer Dramatic Club
Canadian and global upheaval in a muddled wartime summary
A chaotic archival fragment notes a British warship action at Duck Lake with rebels and Major Crozier defeated, floods devastate ISST-Dakota, the Canadian Pacific line links Montreal to Vancouver, an army movement from Masila to Canton, Ohio, and several disasters including a massive boiler explosion in Brockton, a Nagasaki coal mine death toll, a Southern Pacific wreck near Colton, and political shifts with William Warner winning a Missouri Senate seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ISS
Northwest
Canada
Major Crozier
Duck Lake
ISST
Dakota
Montreal
Vancouver
Issi—Tower
Army
Massila
Canton
Ohio
Evanston
Wyre
Port Arthur
Kass
Russia
William Warner
United States
Missouri
Brockton
Mass
Santo Domingo
Nagasaki
Japan
Southern Pacific
Colton
Cal
Global and Colonial Moves Stir 1900s Courts and Empires
The Duma unanimously interpellates Finance Minister Kokovsoff over a czarist ukase backing an international ban tied to budget acts. Belgium revives an annexation treaty with Congo Free State obligations of about 21.1 million, pledging Congo revenues for life and honoring American concessions. Prince Ludwig Menelik of Abyssinia is expelled from Germany as an undesirable foreigner, amid stalled mining ventures. Yaqui Indians kill miners in Mexican districts as U S and Mexican troops pressure them. Leopold’s Congo concessions are blamed on fear of British intervention and aim to avert international accounting of his stewardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duma
M. Kokovsof
Leopold
Congo Free State
Belgium
Congo
Thomas F. Ryan
Ludwig Menelik
Abyssinia
Germany
Addis Abeda
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
GREAM
ROYAL
Phil. la Blond
Supt
M. J. Waich
D. E. Sutherland
Oliver Company
Lodge of Eagles
Meilen
J. B. Mitchell
Ashland
City
Herald
Bo He Madajesky
Rochester
Minn
J R. Johnson
Whitburn
I. J. Carmick
Colby
Hibbing, Minn
C. W. Sterling
Herald Office
de Klab
Ill
W. F. Welker
Chicago & Northwestern Road
Jennie McMinn
L. H. Truettner
Jennie Duda
Cleveland-Clifuis Iron Company
Grand Island
Lake Superior
Michigan
The
Free Press
Fry
Wroblewski & Rive
J. R. Johnson
Mason Brothers
Opera House
Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
P. J. Nelson
David S. Rose
Milwaukee
John Frank
Leeson
Presbyterian Church
W. R. Shell
Logansport
Ind
Asa A. Parker
Ontonagon County
Ontonagon
Gogebic County
Citizens
D. Erwin Sutherland
William D. Snyder
Jacob Nelson
John J. Shea
Justice of the Peace
People’s
Frank H. Lesselyong
Jonh Hill
John Cichon
Auust Lindberg
Vaughn
Hurley
Charles Bonino
Malcom Wilson
Simon McNally
P. E. Aspinwall
John Emunson
Bessmer Opera House
Hal Reid
W. F.mann
Blatz Brewing Co
Chicago & Northwestern
North- Western
Bessemer
Miss C. Urquhart
Bessemer, Michigan
Paul Austria
Capt
O'Reilly
Mercer Street
Silverstein
Socialist Party
Mortis Hilquit
Robert Hunter
University Settlement
Caroline Stokes
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Hunter
Ur- Wakefield Township
Alio
Denver
Eutstia
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