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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
3
A brief roundup of regional items with concise summaries highlighting key events, notable figures, and outcomes. Readers get quick notices on politics, society, business, and culture, framed in a compact, period-appropriate voice.
A roundup of brief national items notes the Lorimer case testimony set to begin June 22, plus a wireless telegraph mandate for ocean liners carrying over 50 passengers. Senator La Follette objects to Guy Goff’s district attorney nomination, citing lack of consultation. The Interstate Commerce Commission extends rate publication deadlines to January 2, 1942, for interstate rail shipments. John Marble and John J. Healey named as counsel for the Lorimer committee. A House caucus fails to advance a broader Democratic legislative program, signaling focus on tariff measures at the current session.
Roosevelt and Morgan may be summoned to testify in the steel inquiry. Army engineers will control Missouri river waters at Sioux City to prevent flooding. The Chinese minister signed a 30 million dollar Hu Kwang railway loan prospectus. Illinois legislature begins Kansas state centennial plans. Western railroads face rate decisions. 32 counties report bumper crop prospects with good wheat yields in Nebraska South Dakota Iowa.
A wide range of 1900s topics are touched in a Senate session including discussion of the Canadian reciprocity bill, Taft reception in Washington for a 25th wedding anniversary, Wickersham’s stance against the Arizona constitution, and Portugal's recognition by the U S. The report also mentions Taft's western trip, coronation preparations in London, and other national and international notes.
The report notes Diaz possibly moving to Spain and Madero’s pacification efforts in Mexico while Diaz weighs residence abroad. In the U S Taft gains Touring Club honorary membership as Yale graduates hear Hadly’s baccalaureate sermon. Health and ill fortune appear with Mrs Taft missing her silver wedding anniversary and two aviators killed near Vincennes, France. Representative Lindburgh critiques Congress while Penrose signals support for reciprocity. Knox summoned to explain a $5,000 expenditure.
Des Moines Iowa Commissioner Barney warns farmers of scam artists posing as deputy food and dairy officials to form co operative creameries. Victims are charged 7 and told the state assists, though actual plant costs run about 3 thousand. Barney urges reporting and available assistant commissioners to guide legitimate creameries. A separate notice interprets school law fees and a crackdown on unlicensed insurance agents follows.
Des Moines reports state board of parole will not consider determinate sentences set by district judges. Howe warns judges they must align with maximums. policy has raised prison costs while committing fewer inmates. Parole, control boards debated. Blodgett case in Fort Dodge. Van Tassel life term denied parole. Tom Watson case deferred. Governor probes publication notice for Charlie Thomas parole.
Washington report notes 221 to 100 House vote approving the wool and wool products tariff revision. Twenty four Republicans joined Democrats. one Democrat voted against. The bill lowers raw wool duty to 20 percent ad valorem, and partly manufactured wool to about 42.6 percent, with projected annual revenue reduction over one million dollars. Taft says tariff board won’t deliver full report until December.
Representative Martin of Colorado charged discrimination at a House hearing on expenditures in the War Department. He alleged Fort Logan Colorado was favored over Fort D A Russell Wyoming and asked Major B F P Cheatham of the quartermaster general's office to provide detailed expenditure figures for the two forts.
London hosts the king queen and eminent society leaders at a regal Buckingham Palace banquet described as imperial grandeur with lavish decorations. In Washington the Publicity Bill sparked a sharp senate debate before being laid aside without action.
Dispatches report the death of Colonel Charles W. Larned aged 1 at Dansville sanitarium. He served as dean of the United States Military Academy at West Point. The death was announced in dispatches, noting his long service and prominent role at the academy.
Lebanon Kentucky mourned former Governor J Proctor Knott with a funeral service on Tuesday conducted using the Knights Templars burial rite. The ceremony honored Knott's public career and civic service in a somber, traditional setting.
Wheat purchases in Chicago surge after South Dakota reports the worst crop conditions in state history. Three large counties, major producers, are described as practically a failure for wheat this season, signaling broader market stress.
Mrs W R Qody of Lawiston Idaho recalls fourteen years of kidney trouble with swelling headaches and backache. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with reducing symptoms and says she was completely cured. Sold by druggists and stores at 50 cents. FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
An item notes Garfield Tea as a herb laxative that ends constipation and relieves headaches and bilious attacks. It quotes Madame de Stael on love and a Mari-Vaux line about kindness, reflecting period style in art circles.
An appeal invites women with health issues to contact Mrs. Lydia E Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts for confidential advice based on her experience. The notice claims numerous testimonials and offers a free 80 page Text Book available to men who request it, urging women to seek her guidance.
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