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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
1
News notes from Buffalo Center era include London efforts to emigrate Thritist women to South Africa and Mme Jeanne Mami winning the Chauchard prize in France. Other items cover potatos on a single vine, London schools contemplating foghorns, a proposed Lucknow medical college, and varied global observations from Sweden to Japan's navy.
The text warns of palato bugs like elm tree beetle and boll weevil and fleas attacking crops. Maine farmers celebrate alleged discovery of gw parestin claimed to kill pollinating pests. If true, the parasite could wipe out tuber pests seen across regions, potentially easing crop damage.
Two hundred guests gathered at Maywood in Centerville to honor A. J. Baker and his wife on their fiftieth wedding anniversary. The couple, lifelong Iowa figures, wed August 19, 1858 in Winterset and built a renowned career across multiple states. Baker, a Civil War veteran, served twice as Iowa attorney general and helped found Drake University law school.
Des Moines reports Luuis R. Hough linked to bankruptcy amid a suit by J. O. Files & Company against Century Savings Bank to recover 2800 dollars for hog sale proceeds. Files claims Hough fraudulently represented riches while insolvent, seeking 7500 dollars as preferred claims for additional hog transactions. Creditors testified Hough claimed prosperity on the verge of ruin. judge McPherson’s decision delayed weeks with discharge doubtful.
The fourteenth annual session of the Zimri Whinery association, one of Iowa’s largest family gatherings, met in Bangor on the eighteenth with broad attendance. Officers elected include Samuel Whinery as president, A B Hollingsworth as vice president, Nathan Kirk as treasurer, and Mrs F W Galloway of Marshalltown as secretary. Surviving children Samuel Whinery and Mrs Sarah Jana Hollingsworth attended.
The newly formed automobile club approves oiling a four section stretch along upper Pierce street and McPherson avenue. Work to begin when ready, Col. Baker may not supervise. Citizens Gas and Electric will supply enough oil for a mile if laid by volunteers. Estimated oil cost about $300 for a six inch deep surface.
The Creston Chautauqua management states that after all season bills for 1908 are paid, including about 150 for permanent improvements and the new auditorium, a cash balance of 200 remains in the treasury. By special agreement stockholders receive no portion of this balance, which is to be applied entirely to park improvements.
Clinton, long called the widest open town in the Mississippi Valley, may curb vice as saloonkeepers agree to close at 10 p.m. and on Sundays under the mulet law. A large temperance society formed by Clinton church youth aims to mobilize public sentiment for an intensified crusade against liquor traffic.
The cornerstone to Mercy hospital west side addition was laid at 1 80 p m on the 71st. Pastor Walher Mulvihill of St John’s church blessed the stone and a box of articles was placed inside. The wing will nearly double hospital capacity and boost Mercy’s status as a leading western institution. Credit is given to the Sisters for the project’s success.
Craston H A Huinlaine of New Orient entered a hog worth $1000 at the fair ground exhibition. The pig overheated during transit on a hot afternoon and died that night. Huinlaine valued the animal at $1000 and reportedly kept two hogs.
A well five miles from Hancock struck a zinc deposit of commercial value. Work halted and a landholding company is being formed to control the area and exploit the find. Reported depth was 150 feet with a zinc vein about a mile thick.
River steamers from St Louis to St Paul and intermediate points report phenomenal passenger business this season. Usually there is a shortage of passengers in hot weather but this year the through and short line packets are crowded to capacity, signaling improved liveliness conditions across the Mississippi valley.
A gypsum mine boarding house along the Des Moines river was on fire when local IL members arrived. They helped extinguish the roof blaze and found a baby sleeping on a couch, left by its mother who had gone to town.
Loudonville Ohio August 24 officials hold Miss Porter home and estate valued between 10 000 and 20 000 as prosecutors plan to travel to Columbus Monday to seek governor signature on extradition papers. Frey vows special grand jury after Mrs Bayard and Stein return. coroner to exhume body to recover bullets for investigation.
Springfield Ill Aug 24 Twenty more indictments bring total to fifty with five against Thomas Marshall and twelve other Negro defendants accused of leading a murderous assault on Whittam Bowe chief clerk in the county treasurer s office Bowe near death after a week of peril Whites face charges for burglary larceny riot and for destroying Loper s restaurant during the Friday night riot as the jurors also indict for related acts of assault with deadly weapons against John Watting a white citizen.
New York reports lawyers for Capt. Peter G. Halas Jr and Thornton Halas held several conferences to map a defense strategy. John F. McIntyre said witnesses would show the Bayside Yacht Club visit aimed at examining an offered Bayside estate, not the murder of Annis. Insanity may be used for Thornton, while Captain Halas’s defense remains undecided.
Specials from Minnesota North Dakota and northern Wisconsin report a heavy frost Saturday night at Dickinson N D with 27 degrees recorded. A large part of the flax crop is injured and half the wheat is in shock while the rest is ripened and out of danger.
A severe frost in Winnipeg Manitoba on Saturday night is expected to heavily injure grain still uncut. The weather will likely impact yields and farming prospects in the region.
A blaze near West Van Buren street and Campbell avenue destroyed a three story apartment building causing about 50 000 in damage. Thirty families were left homeless as residents fled in night clothes from 1024 to 1034 West Van Buren Street. Mrs Mary Kuhne was carried down a ladder from the second floor.
Brussels reports the chamber of deputies approved the Congo annexation treaty by 65 to 3, amid cabinet tensions. The act relieves Belgium of guaranteeing Congo fleet interest, while Belgium prepares to assume administration. Hope grows for ending atrocities and misrule in the region. Britain and the United States had considered intervention if conditions did not improve.
Decayed ten thousand dollar greenbacks were redeemed by the treasury with D D Marl of Morriston Ark sending a 9976 dollar check to Hart Priday after Mrs A I Brown identified the notes. Earl buried savings in 1904 and recovered only torn leaves. Farwell Sr famed Chicago dry goods magnate dies at 83 in Lake Forest after long illness.
Consul Maxwell K. Moorhead at Acapulco reports Grant A. Price of Winona Minnesota died from a gunshot wound in Jia de la Gusta near Acapulco. The shooter was a Mexican named Manuel Saludy according to the State Department notice.
The regimental championship rifle shoot at Camp Perry was won by the Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts for the third consecutive year.
Minneapolis reports the Democratic state convention nominated Gov. Johnson for re election despite his refusals. The crowd erupted for six minutes when his name was mentioned. A committee suggested filling most ticket spots, with Relter, Lamb, Nelson, Matthews, and Biorge Nee named for top posts.
Early Thursday a smoke on the horizon announced the approach of the American fleet. At 6 35 officials reported sighting the ships and nearly two million people gathered along Sydney harbor. The battleships passed Sydney heads in a double column, escorted by convoy steamers, and received loud salutes from forts as they moored and formal visits began.
William Tinney, a Chicago resident and tuberculosis patient at the South Bartonville general insane asylum, died Friday after a fellow inmate struck him Thursday morning. The assault fractured Tinney's skull and drove bone fragments into his brain.
A forest fire Thursday night nearly destroyed Bow, a village ten miles south of here. The Bow saw and shingle mill and drying kilns owned by Daniel Gain, with about nine million shingles, were destroyed along with two cottages belonging to the mill company.
Admiral Dewey hoisted his flag on the Dolphin this Saturday and sailed from Washington for Portsmouth New Hampshire. It marks the first time since 1906 that the admiral of the navy has flown his official flag on a sea voyage aboard a naval vessel.
J D McGreary a cent merchant of Jouls Voce Louisville Kentucky died by self inflicted gunshot wound in a boarding house here Friday. The incident details indicate suicide with the weapon discharged into the temple. Further information on motive or preceding events was not provided.
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