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Newspaper
Dakota City County Herald
Location
Dakota City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
8
Dun's Review notes a cautious but improving tone as lower costs and favorable crop forecasts support production and commerce. Trade recovery hinges on publican convention decisions, waterways funding, and sustained demand in apparel and housewares amid reduced merchandise stocks and rising replenishments.
Weather and crop news show wet cool conditions in the Southwest and Northwest while the East sees better crops. Wholesale lines show cautious terms with immediate shipment requirements. Pork and crop uncertainties persist through the week ending June 11, with past weeks and years providing context. Canada reports zero business failures versus prior weeks.
Market brief lists commodity quotes for oats corn wheat and rye across cities including Indianapolis Cincinnati New York Toledo and Toledo with prices for hogs cattle sheep and butter. It notes freight and shipping ranges and includes October elevator seed price data.
From Minnesota to Wisconsin reports show favorable crops while Iowa faces excessive rain. In Alma Wisconsin a wolf-hunting pair killed 41 wolves in three weeks. Oklahoma eyes a 640 acre land limit via graduated tax, with income and inheritance taxes still unsettled. Wheat exports reach 3 506 bushels nationwide with major shares from Portland New York Puget Sound and Philadelphia. Thunderstorm damage includes a barn fire near Nelson and livestock losses in several towns.
William Howard Taft of Ohio was nominated on the first ballot as the Republican candidate for President. The convention adopted the platform after a long debate as crowds sweltered in the Coliseum and Ohio's favor sparked wild applause.
A wide survey shows union activity from Memphis to Vancouver and Boston. Reports note building trades councils forming in Canada and California, eight hour days for municipal work in Louisville, a push for political equality by New York labor groups, and explosive wage disputes including a 25 percent cut proposed by Scottis coal owners. A new labor newspaper syndicate plans a national launch to unify and guide the movement.
At the Republican convention delegates from New York push James Sherman as the leading vice presidential nominee. Timothy Woodruff delivers the nominating speech while Speaker Cannon seconds. The hall fills slowly as Lodge opens the session and Taft awaits, with New York’s 78 votes signaling a strong bid for Sherman.
The 1908 Handbook of Child Labor Legislation compiled by Josephine C. Gollmark summarizes current state laws. It notes wide variations, with South Carolina lacking an age limit beyond schooling, Georgia restricting work for orphans, and North Carolina allowing apprentices. Many states allow 12 year olds in mills, with northern states permitting vacation and after hours work. The North provides educational requirements for young workers, while Kentucky and Tennessee set higher starting ages for boys and girls. Copies available from the National Consumers League in New York.
The American Olympic Committee met at the Astor House in New York and chose a 76 member squad to represent the United States at the London Olympic Games. Each selected athlete is described as a champion in his class.
Minnesota will conduct forty farmers Institutes statewide over the next four weeks with three lecturer groups in the field. The events aim to educate farmers on current agricultural methods and practices across multiple counties.
The Buffalo Wood Club at Point Abino was banned amid a string of reports. A labor paper is planned for Lexington Prankfort and Covington workers. A New York woman died after a knife attack by her husband. The Trruseisa diet plans its first socialist majority. Montenegro dynamite trial witnesses claim Serb officers supplied the bombs for a coup attempt.
Fay Allen survived a lightning strike at her Waterloo Iowa home. A missionary, Rev J M Gov, died by asphyxiation in Mon ngoli India. Mississippi floods forced evacuations while Missouri guards patrolled for looters. A rear end crash injured twelve near Jocksdp Tenn. Arthur Anderson aged 11 drowned in Kennedy Minnesota. An old cannon explosion at a salute killed one and injured others at Atlantic City Beach. Carl Lewis, Potter County farmer, committed to a state hospital after multiple suicide attempts. Alfred Melander, Minneapolis man, wounded himself with a dagger after leaving supper. Poor health and unemployment cited as motive for suicide.
Officials report a persistent drop in May and six month immigrant figures with Austria Hungary Italy and Russia showing the largest declines. The United States plans to question overseas representatives to verify anti immigration measures and protect potential newcomers from misrepresentation. Clear declines are noted from Russia and Italy while gains are seen from China the Pacific Islands British North America and Mexico.
Anthony Comstock, head of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, laments high divorce rates in New York and nationwide. He says marriages often form for status or wealth rather than love, leaving spouses irked and seeking peace elsewhere due to relentless work pressures and lack of home respite.
In Stolper Missouri Reverend Valentine Strauss was killed during a gunfire incident in which his wife organized a village party to seize him. The pastor, heavily armed, fired at attackers as his family fled the parsonage. One shot accidentally killed him, amid a fortified parsonage confrontation.
In New Jersey the American Piano Company unites major firms under one holding with capital split into preferred and common stock. Initial concerts include Knabe & Co Chickering & Son and the Foster Armstrong Company. Together with connected firms the group aims to produce about 18 000 planes a year, roughly 70 percent of the Niehdeade plano.
The beef trust raised meat prices to a level about one third above the Wgh mark reached on June 1 and retail prices now exceed any seen in over ten years. Packers cite cattle scarcity as the reason while the money panic hindered winter cattle drives.
The United States mourns Grover Cleveland, twice elected Democratic president and the only surviving ex President, who died suddenly at his Princeton New Jersey home after long illness with rheumatic gout indigestion and diabetes.
Fragmentary historical note traces Stephen Cleveland's lineage from 1840s Erie County to a Buffalo mayoralty and New York governorship. It covers his marriage to Frances Folsom, a 1880s White House tenure, and subsequent life near New York City.
An obituary recounts Grover Cleveland’s health decline and death at 8:40 am on a Wednesday. It outlines his birth in 1837, early schooling in New York, law studies, Buffalo clerkship, rise to mayoral and gubernatorial office, and presidency. It notes Frances Folsom Cleveland as the White House bride and details their family.
A report describes 55,40 as the law to the Great Northern Express Company in a strong box robbery by two bandits in the Great Northern tunnel between Spokane and Seattle. separate notes mention homesteaders near Wakama charged with malicious mischief after shooting cattle and a Minnesota calf sale restriction issued by the State Dairy and Food Commission. The May port report notes rising sugar imports and declining diamond values.
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