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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
4
A jumble of observations and trivia from the Buffalo Center Tribune listing Milan beef praised in Italy, comparisons of Australia and the British Isles, eye alignment notes, whale frame weights, banker England’s strong-room depth, irrigated fruit income, and miscellany about milk prices, nautical notes, and patter about ships and politics. It captures a scattered slice of early 20th century curiosities and opinions.
Venezuela’s leader Castro, recently ill, has regained strength to ride again after two years. The piece mocks his political altitude and quips that he should dismount from the high horse. In Everett Massachusetts, youths convicted for stone throwing were sentenced to a communal dump for a half hour under supervision, a judgment the text calls a test of Solomonic wisdom.
Brookline Mass public library reports only 90 books lost in the past year from over 150000 exposed volumes. The note highlights carelessness of borrowers and confirms promotion trends in public service. John Leech rises from compositor in 1889 to foreman and later public printer for the Philippines before returning to Washington.
A Winnipeg landslide exposing a vast anthracite vein shocks workers by causing deaths and injuries. Yet observers note the discovery opens a promising supply for western Canada with strong demand for coal nationwide.
In Waterloo W J Hattenstore, a Waverly man, rescued Vera Brewer aged 14 from a deadly house fire. While alone, her skirt caught fire from a basalaine blaze. she escaped door lock, then Hattenstore wrapped her in his coat and smothered flames with his bare hands. He was burned on one hand while rescuing her.
Memorial day 1908 brings mourning as typhoid linked to an April 14 Methodist church banquet claims five deaths in Rockwell City. Sixty three attendees saw fifty seven fall ill. critical cases include County Auditor Beaumont Stonebreaker and Calhoun banker F P Huff. Local farmer Frank Delano near town also affected.
Men drilling an artesian well for the Burlington ice plant found a four foot rock ledge yielding what appear to be gold flakes. Denver assay reports $65.50 per ton in gold from the rock. Development steps are undecided though the yield is considered phenomenal compared with ordinary gold bearing quartz.
Grading on the Short Line near Mason City is complete including the large cut. The road now reaches into the city with track laid as fast as possible using forty cars recently received. A grading gang and twenty five teams moved to the Milwaukee road west of the city to build spurs to a local plant.
Police drag the Des Moines river near Market street bridge for the body of George Eller eight ashen years the son of Henry Miler after he went wading with companions and was last seen at about six o clock when he did not return home the search continued through the night.
Mount Pleasant inmate J D Trowbridge escaped from the insane asylum after believing killing his wife would win his release. He beat Mrs. Trowbridge with a heavy club causing severe head injuries before being recaptured and dying from a brain hemorrhage on the way back to the hospital.
For over twenty six hours the Davenport jury wrestled with the sponge case verdict and reported a disagreement. Juror Chas Cruys held the split on Mrs Arp's damages, so no amount was decided. Mrs Arp sued Dr A Hageboechk for fifty dollars for causing her husband’s death by leaving a sponge in his body after surgery.
A weekly spring cyclone passed Clinton with no damage to the city, but struck McCausland, Scott County. The Alfred Lowry farm and nearby lands sustained destruction including barns sheds and a wind mill. Lowry’s farm is owned by Charles Howe of Dewitt.
Assessors books for 1907 show Webster county deaths by own action, births and deaths totals. Deer Creek township records twenty eight births and no deaths, Badger township has twenty five births and four deaths, Fort Dodge reports 186 births and fifty deaths, highlighting local mortality and birth figures.
Fort Dodge man Mur phy identified as the victim. Coroner rules murder at Ute Monona county. Two tramps arrested and later released for lack of evidence.
Ottumwa report says Mrs Mabel Plekett divorced woman shot and instantly killed herself in presence of Thomas Santen after a quarrel over love at Press con house near Milwaukee junction where she worked. She leaves a two year old adopted by an Ottumwa family. Parents in Unlongiitie notified.
Mrs. John Allbee aged 84, wife of a farmer north of town, killed herself with a shotgun. She arose before others, said nothing, and fired once, death instant. Friends cannot explain the tragedy.
During a severe electrical storm Pat Brannan living west of town was instantly killed after his harness broke and he touched a fence charged by lightning. He left a wife and six brothers, no children.
Jowa City physician Dr L W Little, long a leading member of the state university medical college faculty, lies near death after a finger scratch became infected and blood poisoning followed. Despite all efforts, death seems probable.
Session of the Sixtieth Congress ends with a dramatic filibuster led by La Follette Stone and Gore against the emergency currency bill. Senate adopts conference report on Aldrich Vreeland currency, 43 to 22, as Vice President Fairbanks presides and a roll call closes the long battle. Roosevelt and cabinet observe Capitol events.
Washington June 1 The filibuster near the end of the session prompted debate over senate rule changes more than the filibuster itself The vice president ruled on counting a quorum and would order a roll call if a quorum existed The senate voted on a point of order to decide that no quorum issue could be raised until after the previous roll call showed a quorum
Chicago June 1 Two hundred twenty nine seats in the republican national convention will be contested before the national committee next week. Himer Dover secretary of the committee announced that contests over delegates at large will involve Alabama Florida Georgia South Dakota Mississippi North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas and Virginia.
Former Chicago police chief John M. Collins and attorney Frank D. Comerford are acquitted by a jury in Judge Chatlain's court of conspiracy to defraud the city by diverting police services to political work. The verdict relieves surrounding indictments and drew applause from spectators as Dunne era figures faced acquittal.
Two men drowned and five saved when a launch from Avalon and a US cruiser Buffalo drifted sea for two days. Capt A Crist and seaman C B Hoallha drowned. J He and a nurse and a Boston wife with children were rescued by the Puffalo. Admiral Crowninshield funeral plans announced in Philadelphia. Local drowning death of Pastor Glasgow after saving his son in Woodson Illinois.
The monitor Florida will undergo a destructive test on June 10. It will depart Norfolk for Hampton Roads to be torpedoed by an American White head torpedo aimed at a hull section six to eight feet below the water line. A special bulkhead is positioned at the strike point for the test.
A bipartisan emergency currency bill advanced through conference, passed the House 166 to 140, and moved to the Senate for consideration. Senator La Jolietta signaled opposition though kept options open, while Democratic leaders weighed a coordinated strategy to challenge the measure. The period marked near unanimous focus on resolving the currency question with a vote expected Thursday.
Washington The six member house special committee, appointed after Americana Newspaper Publishers Association complaint, submitted majority and minority reports on wood pulp and print paper, tariff, and alleged conspiracy. The majority urges no legislation yet pending further inquiry, while the minority backs passage of the Stevens bill to add wood pulp to the print paper tariff list.
Frank Merritt agreed to medical testing and permitted inoculation with infectious germs in hopes of a preventative cure. An examination shows the disease progressing since inoculation. David Henderson, famed theater manager, dies in Drexe Sanitarium from Bright's disease after weeks of illness.
The General Education Board announced gifts to colleges totaling more than $750,000 on Thursday. The largest gift was $125,000 to William Jewell College in Liberty Missouri, with numerous other donations shaping a wide funding wave for educational institutions.
Word has been announced that the British Australian squadron will leave Sydney on July 1 for the Fiji islands to extend welcome to the American fleet. The event marks a cordial naval greeting amid the Pacific stations and signals further cooperation between the British and American forces in the region.
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