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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
8
The Union Pacific plans cutbacks from six to five workdays and widespread reductions across the system. Vice President Mahler blames President Roosevelt’s reform drive for economic distress, saying retrenchment will continue as long as reform persists and thousands may lose jobs.
In Dawson Springs Kentucky on January 27 masked riders stormed the Arcalla hotel terrifying guests and abducting John Heath an independent tobacco buyer. Heath was taken to a nearby river and threatened with a ducking unless he pledged not to sell further tobacco before being released to return to the hotel.
Five men injured and about $60,000 in property destroyed after a fire in the Hocking Supply company store in the mining town of Hacking near Albia ignited 500 pounds of dynamite in a nearby boxcar. The blast shook the area for miles and shattered windows two miles away at Attia. Miners fought the fire despite the danger as flames spread to stacked dynamite cargo.
William R Coyne, a manufacturers' agent, was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary after his perjury conviction related to testimony before the October grand jury probing doodling charges in the municipal assembly. His counsel received 30 days to perfect an appeal to the supreme court. Coyne was released on $3,000 bond pending appeal.
Baltimore January 27 2 It is officially announced that employees of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad having any part in directing train running will not be allowed to use intoxicants at any time on or off duty. Ro Dérvon using such beverage will be employed. A general notice to this end has been sent out by George L Potter third vice president and head of the operating department.
The tale recounts Colonel Hay of Lord Wellesley's Peninsular Forces who lay mortally wounded at Salamanca yet defied death to win a £50 bet. A second officer urged belief. Hay regained consciousness briefly, then endured a dangerous back operation. The gambler Windsor funded the gamble, and Hay survived, crediting the bet with his determination to live.
A humorous exchange compares men and women in household tasks. A man, noting his wife's absence, reflects on how women manage several chores simultaneously while keeping calm. The dialogue hints at a broader satire on domestic skill and attention to detail.
A southern railroad executive, angered by losses of horses and cattle along its Kentucky line, claims crossbreeding stock with locomotives improves livestock. He reportedly told a road official that nothing in Kentucky improves live stock like crossing it with a locomotive, reflecting the aggressive rhetoric described in the Montreal Star.
Each year 800 to 1,200 couples travel from the continent to England for marriage. Most brides come first and stay in a hotel while giving notice the next day. the groom then arrives for the ceremony. Licenses are common to avoid a four week stay for both spouses in England.
In a sharp exchange Marchini mocks a man for drunkenness while his wife confronts the scene from a late night club visit. The dialogue hints at repeated drinking and a strained marriage.
Madge Vaughn agrees to host Aunt Mary's stepson Tommy North, a tall pale boy, after a mistaken belief he was eight. A surprising train meeting yields quick rapport as Tommy and Madge bond over cookies and shared misassumptions, brightening Pinecroft summer plans.
A quotation laments the destruction of ancient forests by human greed and drought. It contrasts the enduring strength of Sierra trees with the ruin caused by fools, noting only government action can preserve vast woodlands.
A schoolboy recalls the Cary sisters as Massachusetts poets who traveled to New York and befriended many, naming Joby G. Whither as the closest friend. He notes Longfellow at the centennial, saying his poems were mostly his own, and that he wrote Tales of a Wayside Inn with others doing the talking.
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