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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
1
A collage of witty items mentions Ambac hor HII and the czar with crowns, jokes about apple dumplings and air dominion, and quips on gas stations for air machines. It notes a Chicago princess in Paris with grocer limits, ships and politics, plus playful digs at rats and roses.
Dahlia is showcased as a formal blossom admired for rich coloring and many varieties. Last year Indianapolis hosted a special display and exhibitions are planned in eastern areas. The flower attracts both professionals and amateurs who enjoy breeding new varieties and experimenting with blooms.
Des Moines reports a government summary showing corn as the king grain with a national value near $4.94 billion and wheat around $668 million. Iowa productions and values are detailed: 1907 corn at 290 million bushels worth about $219.2 million, compared with 1906 and 1907 figures, indicating corn’s supremacy in this year's farm output.
Governor Cummins issues a requisition on Pennsylvania to return Edward L. Colling to Iowa over bank wrecking charges at Green Mountain Savings Bank. Bank closed in February with a $3,000 shortage. three men indicted for embezzlement and fraud. Attorneys seek to raise the shortage. $6,000 of $8,000 recovered to date, to be given to receiver A. A. Monve.
In Des Moines fifty young women with red tags and coin boxes collected nearly $3,000 for the Home for Friendless Children. Stores, laundries, and major firms supported the drive, with Miss Gertrude Hewitt raising $163.32 as the top individual. The event, first of its kind in the city, prompted plans to repeat next year.
Cedar Rapids residents clash over closing Sunday theaters as a 25 member committee of prominent citizens presses for an anti Sunday theater ordinance after multiple council meetings with theater representatives and local groups.
Mrs John Nash state president closed the Federation of Women's Clubs Fourteenth Iowa district annual meeting with remarks noting 366 clubs and about 13 000 members in Iowa. She said the state has more federated clubs than any other, surpassing Massachusetts.
A large audience gathered at First Methodist church Sunday afternoon October 11 for a mass meeting under the Iowa Congress of Mothers. A. Z. Duntains Gor and President A. B. Storma of Amog stressed the heavy duty on American women as delegates to the Congress of Mothers’ fourth biennial convention opening Monday.
Earl Nizert alias Richard White is found guilty of attempted criminal assault on Little Ages after a swift jury verdict. He receives an indeterminate term with a maximum of twenty years at Anamosa. Judge McHenry delivers a withering lecture as Nizert admits past ties to Jacksonville authorities and crime.
Dr Henry Albert state bacteriologist and Grinnell College zoologist H W Norris describe in a medical bulletin how many typhoid rheumatism and ptomaine poisoning diagnoses were actually trichinosis from undercooked pork. The Grinnell October 1907 epidemic involved fourteen ill from ham sandwiches and stresses preventing dog infection by removing access to dead rats.
Mrs. Lee Long, a bride of a few months, was accidentally shot and killed by her husband in Grant. He had been hunting that morning and upon returning tried to clear the gun, which discharged striking her in the left leg and an artery. She died before aid could arrive. She was 20, married last February, and the couple lived on a farm three miles from Grant.
The Iowa Central road shop employes strike, begun April 22, was settled in Marshalltown with union men to return to work. Shops will employ union men only. A general 1 percent wage advance over the initial offer was secured.
The Steamer J M Cbassed Davenport travels from St Paul to Cuba via New Orleans towing a 115 ton hay barge. River men note the six foot channel fight could allow this large freighter to carry more, marking the largest Mississippi river freight voyage attempted.
City council set November 17 for a special election to approve amended purchase clause in the Sioux City Gay and Electric company contract. The clause would give the city the right to buy the plant in twenty years, replacing the current indecisive term.
Chicago defeated New York 4 to 2 at the Polo Grounds to clinch the National League title in 1908. A record crowd witnessed errorless Chicago fielding, sharp base-running, and timely hitting led by a decisive third inning two-run double by Chance. The Giants played hard but were outpaced at critical moments, with both the third and seventh innings producing the decisive runs.
H A Garfield son of President Garfield was inducted as Williams College president in Williamstown Mass with 75 college presidents in attendance. Gov Guild, James Bryce and Sen Crane attended along with Garfield brothers and other Williams men. In Turkestan near Askabad Gen Mistchenko was wounded in a sham battle amid suspected revolution plot.
In Auburn, Maine, Dr. Chaves Be. Williams and Mrs. Williams died when their car overturned at Leeds Friday. Mrs. Williams was killed on the scene and Mr. Williams was reported in serious condition.
A case of cholera was discovered during a performance at the Louverin theater in St Petersburg. Panic spread through the audience but no injuries or casualties were reported.
A grain elevator in Richford collapses after a late Wednesday explosion killing 12 men and a woman. Twenty one workers were in the building. eleven are missing. The jointly owned elevator by Canadian Pacific and Boston and Maine railroads housed Quaker Oats grain and 75 nearby freight cars burned. The blaze blocked CP rails, forcing a detour via Sherbrooke. Estimated loss reaches $400,000.
Captain and regimental quartermaster of the Third Pennsylvania National Guard, J Clayton Erb, was shot at a Summer home near Village Green Delaware county Tuesday night. His sister in law Catherine Beisel is jailed in Media charged with murder admitting the shooting occurred during a family quarrel. Erb was a private secretary to Israel W Durham a leading Philadelphia politician and had moved to Delaware county two years ago after marriage.
Found dead Burienst Robinson aged two with brother Walter, missing six weeks, both owners of the Warren ton general store. Bodies found near Casanova railroad tracks between Warrenton and Calverton. No clue on the elder brother’s whereabouts. Also notes Nebraska disbarment of Capt Allen G. Fisher for one year. Goss, banker and author, dies at 78 in Melrose. No confirmation on Noirth Garda. New surgeon general of Wisconsin National Guard appointed in Springfield transfers from Dr. Nicholas Senn.
A Great Northern passenger train wrecked on the Shelby Junction branch near Follar Montana Friday. The engine plunged into the river and two railroad men, a fireman and a watchman, were killed.
Belgrade reports a secret session of the naroda skupsina adjourned without action against Austria Hungary. The assembly will reconvene with public access. war demands faded after Foreign Minister Advenovich explained ammo shortages for new batteries. Reports of general mobilization are denied. only first reserves called.
The Cretan assembly plans an extraordinary session focusing on resolutions led by the municipal union with Greece. Caca on Crete and nearby areas feature in the assembly’s official programme Bays tend, with attention to regional and political alignments.
Official view says war averted but military authorities keep precautionary drills. Austrian government appears to pressure Servian ministers to manage the crisis and preempt a potential revolutionary movement in Bosnia and Herzogovina.
London dispatch reports the Servian ministry's fall and a coalition cabinet forming. Austrian plans allegedly include seizing two plants along the Servio Bosnian frontier amid war rumors affecting belief in British attitudes toward Bulgaria's independence.
A Gibraltar dispatch to the Daily Mail reports the British Atlantic fleet is loading stores and readying for sailing eastward from Gibraltar. The report notes ships in the squadron are near completion of outfitting and transport duties.
A brief transit note lists a journey from an unnamed island in the Hawaiian group to Honolulu. The record cites a destination in California and mentions a date stamp of 12 with a numeric code 9200.
A mob seized three accused men from the jail and hanged them after a passenger train shooting near town. Kendall, an employee of the Sinats Central, was fatally wounded during a disturbance caused by the defendants who were reportedly intoxicated and noisy. One other Black man involved was pursued by police.
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