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Newspaper
Dakota City County Herald
Location
Dakota City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1908
Page
1
A concise digest lists important items across politics economy society and culture. Readers get quick summaries of key events with names places and dates where available, reflecting the newspaper’s broad coverage.
Count Boni de Castellane and Prince Helle de Sagan clashed at St. Pierre de Chalot during a memorial service for Lady Stanley Errington. Boni spat on the cousin and brother Count Jean de Castellane joined a rough fight that spilled into the doorway and street, ending with police taking all three to the station while onlookers watched.
R Lancaster Williams of Richmond and E Davies Warfield of Baltimore were named Thursday as circuit court receivers of the Seaboard Air Line. The move affects Baltimore where Seaboard securities are heavily traded. merged bond issues total 82.785 million, with about 25 million held in Baltimore. Inside opinion says bond and stock holders will benefit and no default risk is seen. The Baltimore Steam Packet Company, the Old Bay Line, is among Seaboard assets and should be unaffected.
Travelers aboard the Kosmos liner Neko report Japanese purchases of all Chill saltpeter and large yucca consignments from the Sahara district near Iquique. Fast 6,000 ton steamers operate between Japan and Iquique, shipping full cargoes of saltpeter and yucca for shimose powder production used in the recent war with Russia.
After a shutdown for repair, the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company plant at Ford City Pennsylvania has resumed operations. The department now employs 1,200 to 1,500 workers.
Sioux City market quotations show top beeves at 4.56 and top hose at 4.50 on Thursday.
Cuban customs receipts for 1907 totaled 20,006,645 dollars, the highest in island history, up from 19,511,200 dollars in 1906. The year shows a notable rise in import duties and related revenue.
Examination of the stomach of Rev. Gilbert Gieh, pastor of the Christian church at Chambersburg TL, reveals that the recent sudden death was caused by poison.
The 1907 year, counted among historic panic years, closed with conditions stronger and safer than at its start. Conservative sentiment curbed speculation and banks faced capital shortages, reflected in lower stock and bond trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Shares traded in 1907 totaled 195,169,192, down from prior peak years.
Exhumation in London proved the 1864 burial was that of Thomas Charles Cruce, dispelling the lead roll myth. A bearded man lay in the coffin with the plate reading T C Cruce while police cordons surrounded the cemetery and Home Office officials oversaw the scene.
Justice Dowling ordered all women except Thaw family members and women reporters to be barred from the second Harry J. Thaw trial. The seating capacity is reduced to about 160 spectators to prevent a repetition of last trial's Morbid curiosity attendance.
Edward Hutchinson, Baltimore and Ohio station agent at Clarington, was bound, robbed, and murdered early Monday. The burglars took his watch and money, then burned the station to conceal their identity. officials remain reticent.
Father F. J. O Callaghan longtime priest of St Marys parish San Antonio Texas renounced the Roman Catholic church and joined the First Baptist church in El Paso Texas on Sunday confirming his baptism into I church membership.
More than 1,000 workers resume at the Eastern Steel Company plant in Pottsville Pennsylvania. Managers say the facility will operate five days a week starting Monday.
Charles H. Perry, a traveling circus man for sixteen years described as a wheleton hermit, is found dead in a hut on the outskirts of Providence. Death attributed to natural causes.
John A. Kasson, a town figure and recognized reciprocity expert, had been in Washington for several days and appeared on the road to recovery after a serious illness or setback.
A violent clash in Vancouver B C between whites and Japanese left Fireman Allen Anderson critically injured with deep cuts and stab wounds. Two fellow firefighters J Frost and T McDonald also injured as a mob rushed the trio near a Japanese store. Police made four arrests as victims were rushed to hospital for emergency surgery.
Gotham detectives chase the mystery of a nude woman found dead Christmas in a pond near Harrison New Jersey called the woman in red. Identifications by Mrs Hattle Hu and Detective Drabell failed and a $1000 reward is offered by Acting Mayor Daly. The pond will be drained to recover clues and clothing.
George A. Fisher a city building inspector of Newark New Jersey woke to a burglar entering a neighboring store raised his window and was shot in the head The bullet struck Fisher through the eye and into the brain He died hours later after Mrs Fisher found him unconscious and lingering from the wound.
The H. C. Frick Company announces a 7 percent wage reduction affecting all coke plants in the region. The cut restores wages to just above the pre March 1906 increase.
Rev. William N. Page longtime Leavenworth Presbyterian minister died at his home on Wednesday aged 72. He was elected vice moderator at the recent Los Angeles general assembly of the church.
Seventeen people were injured in a midnight collision between two Denver Tramway trolley cars. One car failed to take the siding as required, avoiding a worse outcome.
Bay State lawmakers of the One Hundred Twenty-ninth Legislature convened on Wednesday. Governor Guild and Lieutenant Governor Draper were inaugurated on Thursday in a formal ceremony marking the new term.
George McKenna froze to death while delivering government mail to Rocky Bar mining camp in Bimore county Idaho. He left Atlanta on Christmas Day and broke one of his cues while making progress on the mountain trail.
In Brockton Massachusetts 125 teameters halt work after drivers refuse to raise wages from 2.57 to 4.56 a day due to hay train and coach dealer delays. They will not submit the demand to arbitration.
The Colonial Arms at Gloucenter Massachusetts the largest summer hotel on the north shore burned Wednesday night causing about 100000 dollars in losses.
Omaha police investigate an attempted mail wagon hold up on Eleventh Street between Harney and Howard. driver L F Cartile said two men stopped the wagon, but the spirited team pulled free, and the driver escaped to Union Station. No arrests. city wary after repeated reports.
Henry Reuterdahl argues in McClure's January issue that U S battle ships and armored cruisers suffer construction flaws and weak armor. He cites low waterline protection leaving sides exposed and calls for broader armor above the waterline as nations already possess.
Gifford Pinchot argues Christmas trees cause minimal forest damage compared to fires and wasteful lumbering. He estimates four feet spacing yields under 1,400 acres for New England and New York consumption from a 4 million yearly national usage.
Coroners jury reports Mrs Frank Smith died from a head blow at a farm house near Millard on December 10. After four weeks and twenty six witnesses the jury could not identify the killer. The case arouses Seward county with calls for rewards. a Bohemian died similarly nearby a year ago with no apprehension. Nothing was stolen indicating no robbery motive.
Sutton reports substantial growth in business blocks and residences, with new brick structures including a $30,000 Catholic church and a modern post office building. Other notable projects include a $15,000 furniture shop, an $8,000 post office, and a $7,000 meat market. Fifteen high value homes and numerous cottages push permanent investment above £100,000.
Maxwell Spencer aged 26 of New York died on an eastbound Burlington train as it entered Lincoln Saturday night. The body was removed at Lincoln for shipment to New York where he had been en route with a physician after traveling from California in search of health.
Guard Company C of the Nebraska National Guard located at Heatrice, under Capt. Penrod, comprises 44 men and will be mustered out in a few days due to insufficient state appropriations to cover running expenses.
In Blue Springs last summer Miss Margaret Hager died and left $500 to the Evangelics church of Beatrice. The will is contested in the county court by her surviving heirs Mia Hager Wilson and Mina Grace Hager of Blue Springs.
Beatrice man took his own life in a bathroom at a public facility by slashing his throat with a razor. Dewitt Goodwin, representative for the Sawyer Diecuit company, is named in connection with the incident.
M T Carey of Seward filed a complaint in Justice Archer's court accusing Dr A P Barner of Plattemouth of practicing veterinary medicine without a state board certificate, violating the required statute.
Ashiland opened a new depot during a ceremony managed by the Bur ine W News Association. The event marked a milestone in local transit and partnership developments in Ashiland.
Judge Kellicar construes the will of Sarah Brandon in Johnson county court. The Tinley Resource Home of Omaha receives two farms in Johnson county as personal property. $2,000 is set aside to pay executors and expenses, with Helen Marble of Michigan to receive land earnings for life and possible extra funds if needed. Executors to receive $75 each per year.
Thomas D. Worrall a prominent Lincoln and eastern Nebraska man killed himself by swallowing carbolic acid reportedly after hours of death. Letters to his wife two others and to Thomas B Allen indicate premeditation tied to fear of a painful sciatic relapse and nervous troubles. He faced financial strain despite comfort and blamed the Nebraska Grain Trust for wrecking a once profitable business. Worrall rose to prominence with the book The Grain Trust Exposed.
A traveling party of five was detained at Adams after a child resembled Lite Olven in published pictures. It proved to be of French and Indian blood and was not the Olson child. Sheriff Trude conducted a personal investigation amid widespread queries across the county.
Merna Nelson, 14, of Beaver Crossing, suffered severe burns when her dress caught fire near a hot stove. She ran into the yard and into a water tank to extinguish the flames after her parents left the home. Doctors say recovery is unlikely.
Andrew Carnegie donates 10000 dollars for a public library in Falrbury under standard terms. An annual maintenance appropriation of 1000 dollars is set to support the institution.
In Valentine a school election at the courthouse with a 201 to 16 tally authorized the issue of 5000 bonds to fund work at the Valentine head house and to add a twelfth trade to the high school course.
The Missouri Pactic unloads new heavy steel for a track between Nebraska City Lincoln and Omaha. It will be placed in position at the front in and out of the ground.
Critics argue the Navy repeatedly allows greatest guns to face powder magazines via open shafts, risking battle damage. They urge seaworthy ship design, younger command, reduced bureau red tape, and expert advisory boards under civilian leadership. A strong sea power ready for war is seen as essential to victory.
Public service commission report shows November street accidents down after four months of tracking. Four people were killed on November 4, with injuries also decreasing compared with October September and August totals.
Ma doloht McMahon reports a death in New York due to pneumonia. The article notes Hamm as well known in literary circles and references her life across multiple works.
The text lists sources for timber and greenery across the Northeast and Midwest. It cites Massachusetts, Adirondacks, and Cate kills in New York supplying New York and Philadelphia and Baltimore, with Michigan and Minnesota furnishing Chicago and Detroit markets. It notes central West demand met by nursery-grown Norway spruce.
Mrs Jehan Crosby of New York argues that both men and women should learn broad skills beyond childrearing and warns against narrowing women's opportunities. President Wilson criticizes current methods and urges education focused on enlightenment orientation and discipline. Cornell Medical College announces stricter entrance rules requiring college or scientific school graduates or seniors in good standing, allowing first year substitution for senior year.
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