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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
1
Des Moines reports that the state sanatorium for tuberculosis will open Feb 1. Admission will not be denied to those unable to pay, though $30 monthly is expected from paying patients. Applicants must state age and residence, and may be examined by local physicians before admission.
A severe snowstorm halts shipping in New York and delays the Thaw trial. Four European physicians and a nurse aboard the Adriatic are expected defense witnesses. Justice Dowling grants a adjournment to Monday as Major testimony plans unfold and the case may end by next Saturday.
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers declined a personal gift of 2700 from Montana and Wyoming miners. Tears flowed as he asked the money be given to Mia Mitchell and the children. Thomas Gibaon presented a 2300 draft with backing to reach 2700, to be sent to Mrs. Mitchell.
Samuel R. Hammill, associate counsel for John R. Walsh, died Friday afternoon at the Auditorium Annex from pneumonia. Born in Sullivan, Indiana, December 18, 1857, he was the son of noted Indiana lawyer Samuel R. Hamill.
Emily Yznaga mother of the dowager duchess of Manchester and Lady Sister Kaye of England died here while traveling to her Lake St. John estate in Concordia parish Louisiana on Friday. She was the widow of Fernando Yznaga a Cuba native.
Rebels take Port-de-Paix 35 miles west of Cape Haltela, as fighting shocks Port-au-Prince area. Militants claim control of the coastal town in the coup.
In Toledo a German applicant faced a naturalization hearing with S P Orth as government representative. Asked if he believes in polygamy the man confessed ignorance. The judge explained the term and asked if he can get along with one wife. The applicant replied with humor that one wife is plenty given high prices.
Mrs Lillie Wilcher of 770 Elevanth Street Chattanooga Tennessee reports a running neck sore and a severe facial tetter cured by two cakes of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura Ointment. She notes a later hand and wrist outbreak also healed by one set of Cuticura Remedies.
A brief lampoon reflects on marriage motives and reversals of fortune. It satirizes the notion of marrying for wealth, noting the husband’s loss of wealth as a reason. The excerpt mentions a fur and hide business in Minneapolis and hints at a humorous critique of choices and consequences.
A smooth scheme dupes farmers by offering to sell land at high prices if they pay fifty cents per acre for advertising. The agent swears the ad cost is payable only upon sale, but no contract backs that claim. In Brown County at least 22 farmers fell for the bait, with one losing 320 dollars. others vow to contest in court.
In a vignette from an old tale Miranda tells her mistress she will never marry. The mistress predicts a suitor will come and persuade her to wed, but Miranda insists she has lived with them too long to want marriage, highlighting loyalty and a possible implication about independence.
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