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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1911
Page
1
A collection of satirical quips on fashion medicine aviation and crime from a 19th or early 20th century source. Observations range from thin Iea and lone bandits to hobble skirts and trolley steps. The tone mixes humor with social commentary on era quirks and emerging technologies.
Philip C. Parmalee flew a Wright biplane for 3 hours 39 minutes and 19 seconds at Selfridge field to set an American endurance record. Crowd cheered as Parmalee landed despite numb hands and cold, saying he could have continued longer. The previous record was 3 hours 11 minutes 5 seconds by A. L. Welsh in 1910.
Washington reports that the Canadian tariff reciprocity pact has been agreed upon by US and Canadian negotiators. A joint statement says an understanding will be public after formalities at Washington and Ottawa, possibly Thursday. Taft will seek congressional majority, not a two thirds vote, for concurrent legislation to apply the rates. Details withheld, but American manufactures face duty reductions from 2 to 5 percent.
Landing parties from the British gunboat Thistle and the German gunboat Jaguar, aiding foreign volunteer corps, quickly suppressed a potential riot stirred by Tickshaw coolies. Volunteers used a Maxim gun, killing and wounding forty rioters, as the viceroy dispatched troops from Wuchang to restore order.
United States Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island, who came south for his health, has chartered a steamer to cruise southern waters with his wife and son from Jekyll Island. The trip is hoped to further improve his condition so he can return to Washington.
Commander Davis of the US cruiser Tacoma seized the Honduran navy armed vessel Hornet after two hours of defiance by General Manuel Bonilla provisional president of Honduras and rebel leader. The Hornet was manned by American gunners and engineers and her rebel crew sent ashore as Marines moved to remove the ship from the inner harbor. The action followed the Hornet's border patrols the admiral deemed a hostile act.
An armed mentally disturbed man attacked clerks and directors at the Bank of England in London on Monday. He was overpowered by staff and officials as the disturbance ended.
In New York City violinist Fitzhugh C. Goldsborough shot novelist and sociological writer David Graham Phillips as he walked to the Princeton club. Goldsborough then killed himself with a final shot. Phillips was taken to Bellevue Hospital. doctors feared for his life but noted some bullets may have missed vital areas. Goldsborough had previous medical treatment and hinted a motive tied to an alleged Washington family insult. Police investigate threatening letters Phillips had received and a telegram warning him to beware.
President Taft, speaking at the Pennsylvania Society banquet in New York, urged fortifying the Panama Canal, arguing the U S right is incontestable and estimating fortifications at 12 million dollars. He said Congress may appropri 5 million to begin, and that war remains a possibility warranting defense measures.
Andrew Carnegie announced Friday a further 10 million dollar endowment to the Carnegie Institution of Washington. The gift brings his total contributions to 25 million dollars and will enlarge the scope of research under the institute’s guidance and cooperation.
Miss Augusta Belasco, second daughter of David Belasco, wed William Elliott at the Hotel Marie Antoinette on Sunday. Elliott recently enhanced his stage reputation with Madame X.
A powder mill blast in Fayetteville, Illinois, 20 miles north of Cairo, killed three men and injured several workers. The explosion shattered windows in Cairo and sent a shock wave through the area Saturday. Fire crews battled flames and investigators began assessing the cause.
The Vermilion county grand jury ordered 125 subpoenas after six Danville bankers testified about the downfall of former County Treasurer Hardy H. Whitlock. Foreman Isaac Woodward faces questions on indicting buyers and sellers of votes for criminal conspiracy, with potential indictments covering three-year backdates and officials elected in the last three years.
Chicago attorney Charles Erbstein was acquitted of bribing a juror in an effort to prove Lee O Neill Browne, former minority leader, not guilty of buying votes. The case closed a long thread of legislative corruption charges tied to Browne’s trials and related juror dealings.
Marshfield Missouri judge Skinker instructed the jury in the Walter A Dipley and Goldie Smith murder case of Stanley Ketchel. Defendants could be found guilty or acquitted of murder in the first or second degree.
Count Albert Ehrensvard the new Swedish minister to the United States arrived in New York Monday aboard the steamship Moltke, recently transferred from The Hague.
Washington reports the Progressive League is a new group of Republican senators representatives governors and others formed to push popular government and progressive legislation. Officers include Sen Jonathan Bourne Jr as president Rep George Norris as vice president Gov Chase Osborn as treasurer and an executive committee of prominent lawmakers and officials. The pledge calls for direct senatorial election direct primaries direct election of delegates recall initiative and referendum and a strengthened anti corruption law.
Edward W. Hurley assistant grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers died Monday of typhoid pneumonia at the Broadway Central hotel in New York City. He was based in Boston.
In Los Angeles Howard Wilcox driving a National shattered the American five mile speedway record at the Motordrome on Monday. His time was minutes and 21 seconds.
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