20 Dec 1907
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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1907
Page
1
Critics charge Salvation Army funds are misused, citing the annual statement. The chief disbursing officer receives 29 dollars weekly while officers and corps captains earn modest sums. Anticipated major officials reportedly avoid extravagant compensation. The Chicago Daily News notes most spending goes to salaries.
Consul Kell at Stettin reports a new process using skim milk to produce a material rivaling vulcanized rubber and ivory. Fifteen gallons yield 18 ounces of a versatile substance that resists oils and stains, can be shaped and polished like the natural materials, and sells for 45 to 90 cents a pound. The piece notes farmers may convert milk waste into marketable products, including alcohol from bad potatoes, highlighting a string of wartime ingenuity and industrial opportunity.
A New York woman hired a man to trace her family lineage and found King Alfred the Great among her ancestors. She refused to pay the $500 fee, and he sued for the bill. The tale notes fickle pride and warns that extending research far enough could reveal royal connections for many.
The passage contrasts the gablia and the hansom cabin with a memory of the man named after them. It notes pronunciation differences for hansom and daylla, mentions Swedish Dr. Dahl and Linnaeus pupil, and traces the dahlia to German botanist Leonard Fuchs and the German name Georgine for the flower named after Georgi.
The text contrasts English cheerfulness with American preference for personal happiness over British pomp. It notes a missionary sending to a nation famed for humor as a source of happiness and references Scots as never happy unless miserable. It ends by saying Americans favor their own happy approach.
A Masuachusetta Judge grants a divorce to men whose wives searched his pockets repeatedly. The ruling notes that such conduct by a wife constitutes extreme and repeated ennalty, underscoring that experienced husbands should recognize the pattern in marital disputes.
The Mauves of Murase confront Californians as tensions rise over attitudes toward the Japanese. The article notes strong public sentiment and calls for unity amid cross community strain and calls for better mutual understanding.
Davenport observes the first dry Sunday as saloonkeepers comply with Attorney General Byers by order letter to County Attorney Hamann. No saloons opened at 2 pm. avoidance of the usual Coliseum concert sparked protest from merchants while many Davenport residents crossed the river to Mock Island for leisure. The incident may affect local amusements and prompt further enforcement of the mulct law in Scott County.
D H Breese, a 34 year old wealthy Jefferson farmer, shot himself at the feet of Mrs. W W Fitch after purs ing her for marriage despite her husband’s return. Fitch witnessed the event in the Fitch home. Breese had pleaded for divorce and pledged to marry the woman, who chose her home and children. Breese owned property near Jefferson and left a note stating he had no wish to live if he could not have her.
Charles Schroeder of Nora, Iowa, traveling home from North Dakota where he harvested, was robbed of $312 by a stranger on a night train. The thief vanished with the money, leaving Schroeder stranded in Webster City. The conductor aided him to Fort Dodge, then to Webster City, where he must await funds from home to depart.
Indignant Humeston jurors in the McKibben versus Cornell case say they endured fourteen hours locked in a room without food or drink, barred from leaving as they sought a verdict. They report torture from hunger while appeals to officers for refreshments went unanswered, and no decision was reached.
About fifty attendees at a Davenport church supper fell ill from ptomaine poisoning after eating chicken believed poisoned in cold storage. Illness onset came about five hours after the meal, between 2 and 3 am. Most younger patients recovered, but several older individuals remain at risk. No deaths reported yet.
Mayor Mickelson issues decree restricting gambling activities including slot machines and dice games at Clarion venues. Billiard halls face warnings to bar minors as part of the new order, curbing leisure activities once common in the area.
J W Craig trailed his wife from South Dakota to persuade her to return. He shot her in the head, death instant. He then fled about 200 feet before two city officials stopped him and he shot himself, dying from the injuries.
Mrs. W. A. McCus wife of a Cumberland area farmer shot herself in the side with an 83 caliber revolver. Her death occurred about 45 minutes later. Her husband and a 5-year-old child witnessed the accident. He had handed her the pistol to put away before she turned the gun on herself and fired. She exclaimed that she did not know the gun was loaded.
Samuel Moffill died two days after a prank at the Union Pacific roundhouse left him with a ruptured large intestine. Companions W B Deshler and Edward Roberts remain in jail with no bond set until after the coroner's inquest. Deshler, Ameéa Agricultural College football standout, studies mechanical engineering and lives with his mother at 711 West Washington Avenue. Roberts worked as a boiler washer at the roundhouse and lives on Nineteenth Avenue. he is single.
Northwestern Iowa conference committee at Hubbard returns a unanimous acquittal for Chaplain Jesse Cole of the Iowa Soldier's Home on all charges of grave immorality brought by W F P Jordan, noting the church judged the documentary evidence but discounted hearsay.
Clearfield banker W A Ferren, linked to the defunct Farmers State bank, pleaded guilty to an indictment and was sentenced by Judge Towner to five years at hard labor in the penitentiary at Fort Madison.
Lou Russell, an employee at a Cascade butcher shop, had fingers of one hand severed by a slicing sausage machine during work. Medical aid was summoned as authorities investigated the incident and the shop remained staffed while repairs were made to the equipment.
Eight year old James Siegeling, son of Marcus Siegeling, was killed ten miles southwest of Iowa City while riding his pony home from church. He was thrown from the pony on a dark timber road and was run over by two teams following behind. The cause of death was a broken neck from the fall or from carriages passing over him.
Officials report Bnuff provision to members of the British Parliament and House staff, funded at about $1,000 annually for furnishings and related costs, with the note that these supplies are provided gratuitously to parliamentary members and officials.
Goldfield Nev Dec 16 delegates from the American Federation of Labor met General Punston as he probes labor conditions and the possible need for federal troops. They say self protection requires being armed to avoid contact with Western Federation of Miners, a situation prior to troops arrival. General Punston plans a report for Washington and labor commissioner McNeill says a field survey will start immediately.
In a fierce storm the Boston built seven masted schooner Thomas W Lawson was wrecked near the Scilly Islands. Three crewmen are known dead and two survivors were rescued, one partially conscious. The vessel launched in 1901 measured 480 feet, with a 60 foot beam and 26 foot draft, carrying 8100 tons cargo and 18000 square feet of canvas. Lifeboats stood by but provided no aid as seas raged and signals of distress were heard from Bishop Rock.
Chicago December banquet speakers recount agency achievements and call for reforms. Hitchcock criticizes unjust laws and urges repeal or amendment. He warns about land frauds, illegal fencing, and the need to revise timber and stone acts and the desert land laws.
Thomas J Sulmker filed a suit in Saint Louis county court naming the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company W H Thompson Trust Company and David R Francis as defendants seeking 30000 damages for alleged failure to restore the Shinker tract of clarity aerog ta to its original condition after lease for the world fair. Wm H Champsom and David R Kranely were sureties on bonds for the lease.
Mrs Alice Longworth wife of Representative Nicholas Longworth and President Roosevelt's daughter underwent an appendectomy at the White House. Surgeons Dr Finney from Johns Hopkins assisted by Dr Sophie Nordhoff Jung and Surgeon General Rixey reported a successful procedure and satisfactory condition with no further bulletins expected overnight. The operation followed concerns of incipient vermiform appendix inflammation and Mrs Longworth's recovery proceeded with improving strength and normal sleep.
An elderly man died Friday afternoon on the Champs Elysees after being struck by an automobile owned by James Watson of Calumet Michigan. Watson and his French chauffeur were not detained as police ruled the death resulted from the victim’s own action.
Fraudsters in New York allegedly obtained a large sum by presenting fictitious cotton warehouse receipts claimed to be from Augusta Georgia. Authorities are investigating the scam and tracking involved parties across states. Prosecution may involve banking and commercial crime units.
Fifty members of the Butte miners union abducted a carpenter near the Bell Telephone building during Friday work, taking him to their hall. He later disappeared with unconfirmed reports of a possible ransom or inquiry, as authorities investigated the incident.
A veteran Mississippi River pilot Captain Edward dy Mulkerweu aged TL years died in St. Charles Missouri from malarial fever. He had served as a river pilot since he was 18, guiding ships along the Mississippi and earning recognition in local maritime circles.
Five miles south of Momence, Lillian Walt, abducted in Chicago last Saturday, was found Friday. Captors Mr and Mrs William Jones, aged about 30 and 25, claimed to be en route from Pennsylvania to Missouri where they planned to act. The couple were arrested after a farmer’s wife reported seeing a wagon with a girl. The child said her name is Wulf but had traveled as Jones and had escaped once on the road between Kankakee and Chicago. She appeared neglected, having gone without bathing for a week.
Three hundred bodies removed from the Fairmont mine site with total deaths near 600 as rescuers tally the toll. An inquest opens next Monday. Governor Dawson will attend to push a rigorous inquiry into West Virginia mine disasters. Relief funds cover immediate needs for widows and orphans, with long term support required. Bishop Ronahue of the Wheeling Catholic Diocese plans orphan care, potentially leasing property for a temporary facility and later a permanent institution.
In Gandaky on a secret indictment Mrs. Marthy A Campbell president of the Woman's Christian Temperance union and Steubenville Sunday school superintendent is accused of incendiarism. The indictment charges she burned a dwelling owned by Mrs. Joon Mather. Mrs. Mather is also indicted. Insurance says a plot existed to defraud by Miss Mather taking insurance money to pay a mortgage and allow Campbell to buy the home. Both women on bonds. Oklahoma Senators Elected in Guthrie The first two US senators from Oklahoma, Robert L. Owen of Muskogee and Thomas P. Gore of Lawton, were proclaimed chosen in joint session after Tuesday's votes.
The will of the late Judge George Baldwin of Appleton Wisconsin was made public Friday. It provides a $25,000 bequest to a cousin and four daughters in Vermont. The estate, estimated at $5,000,000, is left to the widow Mrs. Catherine M. Baldwin and five sons for ten years, with the remainder after ten years to be divided. The will lists property in Washington Oregon Michigan the Dakotas Wisconsin and Oklahoma.
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