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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1905
Page
1
Property listing fragment offers acres for sale south of Eamsetsbury at a price per acre. The text references Beaty Mrs and various garbled names likely buyers or sellers, with no clear dates or actionable details remaining.
In St Petersburg the leaders of the telegraphers strike tightened control while troops quelled mutinous sailors from the Fourteenth and Eighteenth divisions. Sailors were driven to piers, boarded barges, and sent to Kronstadt after a failed council against martial law. The operation was led by Baron Ferrern, the former naval artificer in Washington.
In St Petersburg December 11 the Incal leaders of the past and telegraphic strike, after fresh encouragement from Moscow, vow to press the strike to a bitter end. They promise support for holdouts and threaten violence against deserters. They have cut telegraphic links with Kiev, Warsaw, and Moscow, which briefly reopened. The executive committee urges strikers to stand firm until all demands are met, while reports from Finland claim delegates back home persist to the end. A prospect from Vindikark North Gant notes the telegraphers named a man to travel to St Petersburg to assassinate Interior Minister Durnov and M Sevarti, head of posts and telegraph.
A heavy row surrounds Warsaw banks amid a campaign by radical papers. Depositors demand return of their money while a mutiny by military engineers at Gorn Kalci protests conditions and unsuitable quarters. Barrack kitchens are damaged. authorities have refrained from arrests. Military telegraphers refuse civilian replacements.
A garbled dispatch describes unrest among peasants around St. Petersburg and near Elisivevin station, with plunder on a rail route, alleging bridges and estates affected by disturbances. Names and places are unclear due to OCR errors, but the summary notes social strife and property looting linked to alcohol distribution in the districts around Peters het.
Report from Harbin Manchuria details a revolt by Ant troops killing several officers of high rank. In New York Hearst denies governorship bid during a reception honoring municipal ownership leader William R Learst. A fire in Hoboken leaves twenty families homeless after five tenement houses burn, with losses estimated at 100,600 dollars.
The Brazilian embassy reports German gunboat Panther officers in civilian dress visited Irajá in Santa Catarina, abducted deserter Steinhoff, and brought him aboard. Brazilian cruisers Almirante Barroso, Benjamin Constant, and Tamandaré were sent to confront the Panther, with Brazil filing an official protest and seeking disavowal by Germany. The incident raises fears of German influence in southern Brazil and questions naval practice on deserter handling abroad.
Indelphia December 11 The United battleship Idaho was launched at the Will iam Crample and Engine Building Company yard. The ceremony was led by Mise Lunize ten year old daughter of Governor Frank Gooding with members of the governor's party including Colonel W. G. Hunter and Chief Justice and Mrs Stockslager. The Idaho will be sister to the Mississippi and will be a first class battleship with most auxiliary machinery electric powered and equipped for wireless telegraphy.
Des Moines city railway must defend its title to a $2 000 000 property in district court case where judges Howe and Kennnment ruled the Civil League barred from suit. State of Iowa involvement may shape whether franchise remains valid. Possible compromise could yield a twenty year extension before city may authorize system expansion.
Fragmentary note recalls alleged harmful tonic marketed in Minnesota with claims of cures. Mentions Dr Murray, Hysavin, and a warning against the drink or opiate mix. Regions referenced include Nicollet Avenue and Minneapolis areas, with unspecified investigations and cautions to the public.
A damaged obstruction of text notes Kansas wheat trade and protection measures, mentioning forthcoming publications. It references a test edition and a free rental offer, with mentions of Book Teland and partners in Iowa.
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