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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
1
A fragmented Buffalo Center column reflects on diverse topics from naval dental corps and a wedding bet to Yale stadium plans, Paris tourist tax, Gypsy Smith in Cleveland, and a quiz on football season timing. It touches on quartz thermometers, Nile valley remains, Bulgarian tsar usage, and the global reach of American education.
Iowa State News reports Hon. N. W. Macy retires after twenty years as Fifteenth Judicial district judge. Capt. John H. Clark, oldest court reporter, ends a thirty eight year service. Woodruff to succeed Macy. Macy and wife to retire in Harlan. Clark to settle at Cornell Bluffs. Bar presents gifts.
Lehigh and Indiana capitalists back a Webster City clay products plant to be built next spring at a cost around 175000. The facility, employing about 100 workers, will produce ewer and drain tile with a daily output of 10 to 12 car loads. A 30 acre site is to be provided in exchange for the plant’s construction.
Creston railroad worker Sam Reynolds, a steel gang member on the St. Joseph branch, was found dead in a bank car near a stove after smoke was seen. Authorities suspect sudden collapse possibly from apoplexy or heart failure as he stood by the stove, later dropping and dying. He had complained earlier of treating and asked the foreman for bunk car rest before he vanished.
A young woman masquerading as a man, claiming to be Earl Waters possibly Pearl Waters, tells of adventures tied to a Philadelphia murder two years past. She was arrested for a prank robbery and revealed her sex, recounting European birth, New York memories, abuse, and a life on trains as a newsboy with a male companion.
Harlan reports several thousand western lambs fed in Shelby county this year with some already marketed. They turn into corn in September or October and rely on corn leaves and rain. The industry may grow as land is costly for cattle or sheep and the county’s corn crop supports cheap stockers. Some farms yield at least 35 dollars per acre gross from the corn.
Mrs Anna Meyers convicted of arson after a 25 hour jury deliberation. Bond set at $2000. Aimed at burning the Livasay home near Winfield on July 8. A motion for a new trial or sentencing scheduled for January 13. The defendant was surrounded by her three sons and family during verdict.
Fort Dodge faces a major growth claim as Acme Camont Plaster of St Louis closes a lease to build a million dollar plaster mill. If completed the plant would position Fort Dodge as a leading stucco producer in the United States, potentially moving heavy tonnage on the Illinois Central rail line and making the city a key manufacturing hub.
The New Jersey Button Company plans to restart the Lansing Iowa factory with fifty workers on January 3 under Manager Ritchie. The riverfront plant has been refitted with new machinery to boost capacity, aiming to become one of the region’s largest pearl button factories. A nearby Guttenberg plant employs about one hundred workers grinding and sawing mussel shells from the Mississippi.
Fort Dodge Methodists have offered $10,000 to the endowment fund of Morningside College in Sioux City. It is hoped $2,500 can be raised locally and the remainder in the Fort Dodge district. The gift will help complete the $69,000 yet to raise of the $160,000 endowment sought by college authorities.
Henry Rhynsburger a Pella poultry dealer with a large Iowa plant is preparing 300000 pounds of poultry for Europe. He already has that amount near the Atlantic coast and recently shipped 10000 birds east in a single shipment.
The greater university committee of the state university will hold a large banquet with over 600 students planned to attend. Last year more than 150 were turned away, so provisions will be made for all students this time. The event follows holidays and is part of a broader effort to boost student activity and university spirit.
Dr H B Kirschner superintendent of the Towa tuberculosis sanitarium reports eighty seven patients, many from country districts, likely contracted the disease while working with cattle affected by tuberculosis.
The trial of Strikebreaker Toler for the killing of an Iowa Central shop striker in Marshalltown during last summer’s labor trouble opened here Dec. 15. From 2 to 5 thirty minutes were used to select a jury, with one juror secured after examining twenty one talesmen amid many objections over English language understanding.
Washington dispatch notes 31 Senate vacancies in March 4, 1913 cycle with 18 already secured by re election or pledges. Pennsylvania faces Knox resignation for Secretary of State, prompting a scramble among prominent Pennsylvanians for the seat. Root to New York seat appears assured, while Ohio and Indiana contests loom as Republicans seek to fill Hemenway and other vacancies.
An investigation reveals an organized theft scheme by railroad operators on the Pacific coast. Western Union telegraph messages were filed but not sent or delivered and up to sixty percent of money received for messages never reached the telegraph company. Telegrams were delivered yet records destroyed. warrants issued for several operators.
A bright meteor sighting reported yesterday afternoon between 6 and 6 30 pm startled Rt Joseph Missouri observers. The ball roughly the size of a street lamp emitted a long stream of sparks several feet long, left a white trail visible for about fifteen minutes, and was seen near Wichita and Salina Kansas, with a thirty second display noted.
San Francisco Dec 21 Shippers and importers plan statewide protests over new transcontinental tariff hikes by the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe roads set to take effect Jan 12. An executive committee will direct meetings in major cities to present grievances, instead of pursuing court or ICC action. Cardl Lecot Archbishop of Bordeaux Dies After Brain Hemorrhage in Chamberry France Dec 21.
In Baltimore on December 21 the pure food act seizure of fifty barrels of bourbon whisky was finalized in U S district court. The Louisiana Distillery Company of New Orleans must bond to stop selling the liquor and the seized whisky labeled bourbon was destroyed.
Caracas rocked by mob violence as crowds burn statues and property of Castro allies on Plaza Bolivar. Martial law declared after Dutch coast activities fuel unrest. several agitators arrested, no foreign victims reported, but downfall of Castro appears imminent. Berlin reports quote Castro remains calm amid alarming dispatches about Caracas uprising.
Wilbur Wright, the American aeronaut, achieved a remarkable flight in his aeroplane at Le Mans on Wednesday. The machine shot up like a rocket to 240 feet, then dropped about 60 feet before the engine was stopped. It glided down smoothly and landed roughly three quarters of a mile from the start, drawing wild enthusiasm from members of the English Aero Club.
Washington lawmakers voted unanimously to urge the president to provide any evidence supporting his annual message about congressional views on government secret service appropriations. The Perkins committee will remain in session through the Christmas holidays to receive such evidence from the president.
Charleston W Va workers obeyed a district strike order by President Benjamin Davis of United Mine Workers. About 2,000 miners in 14 active mines failed to report to work Wednesday. Practically the entire workforce, except bosses, became strikers and mine operations shut down.
Mrs HV Smith, accused of the murder from ambush of Grafton Starbuck a Fayette county prohibitionist at Dawley, was arrested Thursday and confined to Payetteville jail.
San Francisco news brief reports district freight agent George W. Fletcher of the Southern Pacific railway and two Bohemian Club members died suddenly Thursday from heart disease.
Nine tobacco companies and subsidiaries named in a federal final decree as forming an illegal combination. The American Tobacco Company American Snuff Company American Cigar Company American Stogie Company MacAndrews Forbes P Lorillard R J Reynolds Blackwell Durham and Conley Foil barred from interstate trade until competition returns. Appeals by government and defendants stay the order temporarily.
Milwaukee report of a car plunging into the Oneida street bridge river at one o clock Thursday morning. Three men were inside the automobile. two died, Albert Kunz and Duxcarz Bartlett, a Solliday Motor Company chauffeur was saved after a dramatic rescue. The vehicle leapt 20 feet from the east approach, turning over as it hit the water.
Constantinople marks a historic shift as Turkey proclaims a full fledged constitutional monarchy with the first session of the new Ottoman parliament. A nationwide holiday sees crowds in the streets while the garrison guards the sultan as students sing the hymn of liberty.
Renowned author and former Sir Marvel pen name creator Mitchell dies at his home Marvelwood Edgewood suburb Tuesday night. Survived by sons Harold New London Walter Newark and daughters Mrs Alter Rye N Y Mrs Mion Hoppin and Misses Elizabeth Bessig and Har tet Mitchell all of New Haven plus connections to Lucky Baldwin the famed racehorse breeder in Los Angeles and Arcadia ranch.
A Newfoundland blizzard battered St John’s and surrounding fishing vessels for up to 60 hours causing heavy damage. In U.S. politics, President Taft withdrew the cabinet offer to Congressman Theodore Burton of Cleveland and would not renew it, announced Wednesday night.
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