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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1905
Page
1
A buoyant roundup of assorted items mocks modern life with jokes about babies on go carts, brides after graduation, whisker styles, and a London antique cup selling for 81375 dollars. It notes an English golf champ, Canadian thoughts, and peculiar weather and social quips while tossing in Wheat State forecasts for 1906.
Alva Rhodes Jr., 12, drowned in the Nishna river near Shenandoah after fishing with a younger companion. Other items include a pending Supreme Court appeal in Henry county vs State Bank, indictments for lead theft, and local court verdicts, plus reports on library opening, railways, dope shop bans, fires, and accidents across multiple Iowa towns.
The British Museum houses over 1,780,000 books with parts of works in progress. Its shelving stretches beyond sixty nine miles. A remark notes money would buy little contentment and urges careful self employment. A Bakersfield ranch uses a massive plow eighteen feet high capable of cutting eight feet wide and six feet deep.
Town supreme court limits adoption deeds to remove custody from grandparents when parents are dead or abandoned. Decision in James M. Holmes v Merrig reversed in favor of Merrig. Court bars damage suits relying on knowledge of defects to dodge liability. Contributory negligence not a defense for known hazards if reasonable care is shown. Biennial elections ruling final. Blind physicians barred from June state board exam per Attorney General. New assessments show mixed shifts in farm land values. overall Iowa land valuations near two years ago, town lands down and personal values lower, with total assessment down but not drastically.
In Brussels a school trains grave diggers for the sexton post. Graduates are required to be eligible for the job. Across London more than 7,000 sandwich men flood streets with self-promotional ads, many driven by drink.
Grand Duke Alexis loses supreme direction of the navy while retaining other offices as Admiral Avellan continues as head of the Russian Admiralty. The move follows public criticism over shipbuilding and the aftermath of the Sea of Japan defeat.
Russian liberal newspapers press government to accept terms only with popular backing, calling for a zemsky sobor to authorize peace or continue the war. The Russ and other papers warn without a people’s assembly the state cannot negotiate credibly. Public opinion supports reshaping Russia’s system to involve the people.
Philadelphia June 16 Mayor Weaver scored a victory as the street railway committee referred back measures repealing ordinances that granted Philadelphia Rapid Transit company 110 miles of streets without city payment. The ordinances passed over Weaver's veto but were again attacked by organization leaders, with Weaver opposing their stance.
Panama announces a government move to coin one million silver pesos to meet canal works demand and steady the money supply. Officials say the step relieves silver shortages caused by increased activity and prevents a potential monetary crisis from excess gold use.
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