02 Jan 1913
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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1913
Page
1
In session at Ottumwa the Iowa Wool Growers resolved to ask the legislature for more tangible laws to protect their flocks from roaming and ravaging dogs. The note mentions Taft and his family visiting the Panama Canal era and reflects on presidential politics and voter regrets about Taft.
The piece notes cordial relations between the outgoing and incoming presidents and cites a push for an arbitration board. It reports unions securing wage increases for engineers and firemen in 52 leading railroads totaling 15 million dollars and recalls J Pierpont Morgan’s testimony on concentrated corporate control.
An investigator in Des Moines argues parcels post appears cheaper than express rates but, with government protection equal to that of express firms, parcels post could be higher. He notes express companies indemnify up to 50 dollars, while parcels post may charge extra for indemnity. He cites 3 pound first zone costs of 21 cents parcels post versus 20 cents express and 11 pounds at 44 cents parcels post versus 25 cents express, predicting time will confirm these claims.
A fragment notes assaults on women in parts of Chicago with limited readable details. The text implies wrongdoing but provides no clear names, dates, or outcomes.
Dozens stayed home after nightfall as crimes persisted despite police vigilance and armed residents. A recent confrontation left a man mortally wounded after a woman’s scream prompted two officers to intervene. He confessed to assaulting twenty women in the past year, sparking calls for tougher measures than lenient trials and pardons.
President Elect Wilson warns that business panic stems from a disturbed mindset and that the machinery to cause it exists. He asserts no man would dare use it, promising public disgrace instead of a literal gibbet if such abuse occurred. The remark follows a New York speech, urging caution over boasting.
Rev Conrad Hooker admitted store goods from merchants and was fined 30.50. His congregants numbering hundreds denounce merchants and police, vow to keep him as pastor, and threaten boycotts. They condemn treating him as a thief, arguing it would be different if booked as an uncommon thief.
The commissioner views and establishes a forty foot highway starting 3.95 chains south of the SE corner of the SW quarter on the NW quarter of section 31 in township 72, range 42. It runs south 23 15 east 141 chains, south 8 41 west 3.52 chains, south 7.60 chains, then west 12.50 chains to the center of the present highway 5.30 chains east and 18.75 chains north of the SW corner of section 31. The present road will be vacated. Landowners affected include Robert Haut, Chase, Bomar, and Kink. Objections or damage claims must be filed in the Auditor’s office by March 3, 1918. Aud D M Criswell, Auditor.
The Lincoln Journal notes express companies cut rates when parcels post is tested and expects competition to restrain charges. It cites a California prune ship offering to sell prunes to New York by parcels post and urges readers to visit an express office next Wednesday to gauge rates. Also mentions poultry show dates January 14 15 16 and Mills County loan and abstract services with ads from Mills County Abstract Company Walter Breen secretary T Q Records president Mrs Charles Swanson of Ta bor visiting Mrs D Tipple.
A local notice urges subscribers clearly current on their accounts and warns that collectors will visit those in arrears. The appeal stresses the paper is needed by readers and money is needed by the paper, urging prompt payment without delay.
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