24 May 1907
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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1907
Page
1
A collage of short items notes varied curiosities from around the world and recent local talk. It mentions Japan's peace rhetoric, popular sayings about marriage, Lake Erie fishing, Carnegie hero medals, Irish fences, and humorous reflections on men and society, with brief references to travel feats and a New York hospital kitchen remark.
A German critic who married into America warns that despite weekly English periodicals praising American army intelligence training and cultivated women, prevailing male culture remains low and high arts are left largely to women, offering a tempered counterpoint to the blizzard of praise.
Mrs Thames F Ryan wife of a New York traction magnate maintains a private office with clerks and stenomorphers to manage her extensive charity. She has given away about 4 million dollars to build hospitals convents schools and churches.
The Charleston News laments autos persistently pursuing flawed aims, suggesting they should focus on true progress instead of exaggerated gains. The battered text hints at broader skepticism toward automotive promises and development.
In Mason City district court banker J D Barlow of Thornton testifies with dramatic emotion as the Bank of Thornton case unfolds. He recounts his life, banking methods, and a May 1906 assignment, detailing pressure from creditors and a late May 1906 decision before heading to Chicago.
Chicago sculptress Miss Cooper linked to a sensational Cedar Rapids divorce case involving N M Hubbard Jr of Cedar Rapids. Hubbard, attorney for the Chicago and Northwestern, allegedly separated from his wife after visiting Miss Cooper, creator of the Sacajawea statue. Local speculation centers on a possible divorce and a large estate, with Hubbard offering half his property. Mrs Hubbard denies comment while friends dispute the Colorado tale of marriage to Miss Cooper.
Polk County grand jury to hear case against Willoughby the Englishman living in London under an assumed name. Carmen Layton alleges he defrauded him of about $700 by claiming ownership of Colorado land. Police plan extradition if indictment is returned.
Mrs J N Thomas announces she has secured new evidence with ex police detective Thompson to challenge the murder of Mable Seefeld. She will present it to the grand jury and has discussed it with County Attorney De Graff and Detective Johnson. Officials will not disclose details.
Widespread graft at the city water works, now admitted, suggests at least eleven-one thousand dollars diverted from normal channels. Superintendent Arthie McArthur confesses theft dating back seven years, with seventeen hundred dollars proven and more losses uncovered in missing records and cancelled checks. Investigation continues.
Conrad-James Young, a farmer, was burned when lime contents exploded in a large inkern while he rested. Doctors report serious eye injuries with only a small chance of saving his sight.
The body of an unknown man was discovered in a ditch near the Milwaukee railroad at Perry. His head was bruised and bones broken, suggesting he was struck by a train. Authorities fear possible murder as efforts to identify him continue. Wireless telegraphy failures in Switzerland hinder distress signals for Alpine climbers.
Des Moines report says City Detective Milwin E. Johnston was hemmed in by two suspects near Twentieth Street and the Great Western tracks. He fired twice, striking one assailant in the body while taking lead shot above the right ear from the shotgun of the offender's stepson. Johnston's wounds were dressed and deemed not seriously injurious.
Ottumwa reports eight year old Bessie Jones severely burned while playing near a bonfire. A spark set her clothing ablaze as she ran to her mother who tried to smother the flames. Her injuries are critical and she inhaled smoke during the ordeal. Eloquence is contrasted with action in religious life as a tangent.
Pasadena May 18 Odw it Hurd Conger former United States minister to Brazil China and Mexico died after a dysentery illness. He led a varied career from Iowa banker and congressman to diplomat in Pekin Rio and Mexico. He guided U S policy during the Boxer crisis and earned broad respect among missionaries and officials.
The new Palace Hotel will be erected soon on the old site of a famous hostelry in San Francisco. Total cost, including tann wilding and furnishings, is about 5 500 000 dollars. A Athens business house imported five hundred pairs of American shoes, sold them quickly, angering Greek shoemakers who lobbied for prohibitive tariffs on American goods.
Isaac Stephenson of Marinette secures Republican caucus nomination for United States senator to succeed John Spooner. He earns 87 votes in joint assembly amid dignitaries and supporters, with Democrats and Social Democrats backing others. Stephenson’s term starts March 4, 1903.
From every state east of the Mississippi and adjoining areas reports reach the Washington department of agriculture of the terrapin scale infesting peaches and other trees. The pest has a wide range of food plants, making control possible but eradication unlikely. Beneficial four-winged parasitic flies aid in control, kerosene emulsion helps, while lime sulfur wash is ineffective against the terrapin scale.
William Riley of the Chicago and North Western headquarters in Chicago was unanimously chosen president of the Bath Road Association of Special Agents and Police of the United States and Canada at the convention's closing session.
President Roosevelt signed the commission of Law Jones Y. Sherman of Minos as a member of the Spanish treaty clair commission before departing Washington for a rest in Virginia Friday.
New York Governor Charles Hughes was elected president of the newly organized northern Baptist convention at its Berg Friday meeting in Washington.
Governor Joseph W Folk stayed in Kansas City with police board members to discuss graft allegations against the police department. He refused to reveal information or scope of a likely reshuffle and said plans would be announced by the commissioners at their Tuesday meeting as the investigation begins in earnest.
Washington says carriers cannot grant tariff preferences when shipments move over lines of another carrier. Exceptions possible for fuel to keep trains moving. No railroad likely to pay regular tariffs on supplies from origin to destination. Chicago Milwaukee St Paul fined for rebating coffee shipments. A small cyclone near Joliet causes property damage. Caton school building lifted but no injuries to 29 pupils.
Secretary of State Schmall denied the Mist hesota Retail Lumber Dealers the right to incorporate. Articles filed March 43 were rejected by the state. Centenarian Peter Forbes, aged 106, died near Deer Grove Illinois, noted as the oldest man in the area.
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