17 Feb 1910
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Newspaper
Fayette Reporter
Location
Fayette, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1910
Page
1
A sardonic roundup mocks reform talks and oddities from a Fayette newspaper page. Topics range from rising living costs, ocean and space curiosities, to fashion missteps, deriding comets and naval wastage while wryly noting price shifts, birthdays, and quirky local anecdotes across cities like Scranton and Peoria.
Burlington reports Congressman Frank O Lowden of Illinois has funded a project to place permanent markers tracing Abraham Lincoln’s Black Hawk War march from Beards Town to Oquawka and the Mississippi, with a map on file. markers will be stone with inscriptions. Dr Rosa Liebig Iowa’s female county overseer of the poor filed her annual report noting pauperism linked to liquor and early marriages, citing immigrant groups and household management as factors.
Belle Plaine Minnesota and George Eddy are charged in an indict ment with the murder of Mrs Guthrie nine years ago. Guthrie allegedly hired Eddy to obtain evidence for a divorce and later induced him to kill the woman. A witness said the men left her home the morning of the death. The governor referred the matter to County Attorney E F Brown as the grand jury pursued the case amid long standing local mystery surrounding several related deaths.
Clinton Harrison Miller of Oregon aged 11 was tried and convicted here for obtaining property under false pretenses. He was sentenced to seven years at Fort Madison. Miller bought an auto from a Creston banker, gave a worthless check, and later sold the machine, which has since been recovered.
Dyersville residents John Ries and wife marked their thirtieth anniversary while son Michael wed Mise Sophia Conrad. On the same day and hour daughter Anna wed Peter Breitbach in Luxemburg, completing a family ceremony.
Mr and Mrs J M Lenihan marked their golden wedding at home 73 Cardiy Street. Twelve children born to the couple, nine living, as they note their more than fifty years in Dubuque county.
In St Louis Missouri two men were arrested and one was taken at Hot Springs Arkansas as eight suspects tied to the Missouri Pacific train robbery near Eureka Missouri were identified and detained.
Dr H E Kirschner of Oakdale sanatorium backs a state hospital for incurables to isolate patients from the community. Dr J W Kime of Ft Dodge leads a physician movement urging additional state hospital beds and education funds to battle tuberculosis.
The Milwaukee Road received two cars of manufactured coal here, a coal dust and tar cake mixture shaped like small soap bars. It burns readily and officials hope it will substitute for coal amid shortages. Results are awaited with interest.
John McCullough of Franklin county northeast of here has sold the eighty acre homestead for 125 dollars per acre. He and his wife plan retirement from active life after living on the farm forty one years since buying the property when the region was raw prairie.
The infant daughter of Dr and Mrs F Q Burk died after two days in an incubator. The baby, the smallest ever born in Johnson County, weighed twenty one ounces at birth.
Furniss Lambert aged 30 prominent in education and professional life dies in Cedar Falls. He leaves two sons who are professors at the State University and a daughter who is a professor at the Teachers' State College.
Peter Christianson a young farmer swallowed a silver dollar during a parlor game at a party in Low Moor and kept the coin in his stomach for six days without symptoms. Doctors removed it and he plans to wear it as a watch charm.
The home of G. W. Hauser, about four and a half miles northwest of Gowrie, was burned to the ground. The twelve room modern residence sustained an estimated loss of $8,000. The cause of the fire is unknown.
Paymaster George Percival Auld and Assistant Surgeon Ansay H Robnett were found guilty by a Boston naval court of conduct unbecoming officers and gentlemen. Winthrop reduced Robnett’s penalty from five to two lost ranks. both were released from arrest and restored to duty. The court criticized navy yard courtesy toward Dr Cowles and the department regretted the incident.
Charles E. Wiltshire was killed in a brutal office attack at 468 North Halsted Street Chicago Glove and Mitten Company. The body showed two clashing weapons wounds including a hacked head and forty knife injuries. Police consider two theories, including revenge for aiding the police in convicting robbers.
The French steamship Pour quoi Pas with Dr. Jean M. Charcot aboard has arrived in Punta Arenas. Charcot says the expedition aimed at a clinetic study in the south polar region and collecting rare fossils, not reaching the South Pole.
Nyack New York Harry K Thaw had his latest discharge petition denied by Justice A B Thompkins who also named William Vanalace referee to hear testimony on a possible transfer to another facility The action keeps Thaw in Matteawan pending further proceedings and signals ongoing legal wrangling in the high profile case.
Miss Nellie Pierce of Cumberland lies at the point of death after a Cumberland drug clerk gave saltpeter instead of salts. The error occurred at the drugstore, triggering a critical medical emergency for the patient.
Mrs Eliza J Cox aged 93 one of Iowa City's first settlers and long residents dies after 70 years in the town She leaves a single son W J Kunyon of Kewanee Illinois Funeral plans were not listed in the fragment but the notice marks her as a pioneer resident and centenarian for the era.
The Linn County board of supervisors, reorganizing county officers, reports that officials have enjoyed too many perquisites. Future actions will enforce stricter accounting of fees and interest paid on special funds.
Mrs. J. W. Johnston, aged 93, died after residing in Iowa for over sixty nine years. The funeral was conducted in Ames and she was buried in Keokuk.
Spring Valley miners end Tl strike at Granville mine of St. Paul Coal Co after $10000 in wages losses and higher costs to the company. Men demanded top boss Charles Atherton’s dismissal and won. Falls Dead in Church Wilkes-Barre Pa Hugh J. Myon dies of apoplexy listening to sermon titled The Uncertainty of Life at Holy Saviour Church.
The Bal linger Pinchot congressional committee paused after a week long adjournment. Attorney Louie D Brandeis asked for more time as Secretary Ballinger and Interior Department officials seek counsel. Chairman Senator Nelson led the resumed session amid plans for cross examination of Laura R Glavia, key prosecution witness.
Springfeld reports the 11-Primary reformers secured passage of the state-wide direct plurality primary bill in the senate on Thursday, with one vote against. Three measures providing direct plurality nominations for all offices except university trustees were approved overwhelmingly. The general assembly nomination bill opened, earning 40 votes, with Senator Isley as the lone no. The main state-wide bill followed, approved 39 to 1.
New York announces the engagement of Misa Eleanor Robson to August Delmont after over two years of attentions. Robson just wrapped her season at the Majestic Brooklyn as Glad in The Dawn of a Tomorrow and will marry next month in a small family gathering at her house with a few intimate friends.
In Deland Florida a 16 year old boy, Irvin Hantchett, is under arrest charged with the murder of Mary Ted der after she was found stabbed in 66 places. A crowd talked of lynching as he was taken away by a car. The report notes the violence and alleges motive beyond murder based on clothing condition. Names of postsmasters in Illinois and Washington listed with reappointments by President Taft.
A plan by capitalist-philanthropist Jacey Blupsky to build a 200000 bakery in North St Louis aims to lower bread price to three cents a loaf amid rising costs. The move targets breaking a bread trust and expanding affordable food access.
Dr. Frederick A Cook has been located in Corral Chile reportedly living as Craig. The report states he was found there Saturday as part of an informant saga surrounding his true identity.
In Omaha on February 16, doctors split into opposing camps over Cooper’s preparations. Dr. J. E. Carass notes patients report improvement in chronic liver, kidney, and stomach issues, with several long-standing stomach troubles alleviated. A second physician dismisses the craze as "Cooper-mania," likening it to hallucination, while Cooper remains unfazed, meeting thousands daily amid the heated debate.
An old catalog style ad spreads claims for a Klondike Incubarger Co brooder with felt lining and scientific ventilation, plus various patent remedies. It touts Dr Detchon's Relief, Wrigley’s Spearmint, and Winslow’s soothing syrups while including social snippets about fraud and ambition.
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