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Newspaper
Golden Valley Chronicle
Location
Beach, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
2
A condensed Washington note and world news roundup recount political moves in the senate Cuba affairs and military plans. An obituary tally lists Mrs. Sarah Hanson and several prominent figures including Arnold Saunders and John F Betz. Crimes and incidents span truck farming murders lynching threats prison terms and a mutiny suicide aboard a navy yard ship.
William A. Turner chairman of the Pythian assembly assured calm as a blaze destroyed city hall and police buildings in Portland Maine causing about 1 000 000 in losses while endangering 700 people. The fire, the worst in forty years, raged during a Knights of Pythias jubilee with offices split between city and county and with prisoners freed as flames swept through the jail.
At a special meeting in Floodwood Minnesota on January 25 the district voted to issue bonds totaling fifteen thousand dollars to fund a new school building. The project includes erection of a house, with machinery for barrel stave manufacture and contracts for wood purchases. The mill will recruit about fifty workers in the spring.
Giiman Mitton, 75, tipped a lit lantern in a wood shed while filling corn cobs. His clothing caught fire, he ran into the yard, neighbors rolled him in snow, flames were extinguished, but he died a few hours later in Kewaunee ML on January 26.
Herman Schumacher found his grandmother dead from asphyxiation and his father dying in their Milwaukee home after a coal stove open lid allowed toxic fumes to fill the rooms. The son returned at noon from an overnight absence to discover the scene. A separate item reports a burglar entering T W Campbell's residence in Grand Forks, stealing cash and silverware while Mrs Campbell was briefly away.
Ira AL Nolte seized by Meade and Lawrence sheriff s at Nahant lumber camp south of here and to be sent to Sheridan Wyoming to answer forgery. Fire loss estimated at 150000 to 260000 in Bennettsville damage to business block and several homes in South Carolina market area.
A department store customer asks for an exchange on shoes bought last month noting cracked patent leather. Clerk confirms they are old stock and likely patent expired. The exchange request highlights shop terms and sales conditions. The passage also contains unrelated, odd remarks about orators and criminal facilities.
In Portland Jan 2 Federal prosecutor Heney pressed a claim that U S Senator Charles W Fulton conspired with former state senator W W Steiner to shield Butte Creek Live Stock and Lumber Co executives from criminal charges by arranging civil actions. Steiner testified Fulton sought all correspondence and may possess a key letter, whose fate remains unclear.
Scarlet fever hits Marion Wilson home at Centennial Prairie near Spearfish South Dakota. Two children dead, grandmother dying, and father gravely ill as the outbreak spreads to nearby families two weeks after initial cases.
In Lansing on January 26 the constitutional convention’s liquor affairs committee unanimously approved a drastic prohibition proposal. It would ban the manufacture and sale of malt brewed vinous and intoxicating liquors in Michigan after May 1 1908 with exceptions for medical scientific sacramental and medicinal uses.
In Burlington a woman, Mrs George Bretton, gave nine year old Kenneth a large laudanum dose and then drank the remainder. The boy died and the mother likely will not survive. Despondency over finances and her husband’s infidelity is blamed for the act.
Murphy of East Grand Forks admitted second degree assault for stabbing Frank Whitaker in an East Grand Forks saloon. He received a two year sentence at Stillwater. Alton discharged after case involving Margaret Brant's mother. Other briefs report a boy shot in Anoka, an aged woman found dead in Appleton, six railways convicted for safety violations, a Clinton town bridge fatality, and Hart disbarment proceedings nearing final hearing.
New York city endures a ferocious snowstorm piling drifts over streets and sidewalks. Four fatalities are blamed on the storm while transportation collapses and damage runs to tens of thousands. Nine ships overdue at Sandy Hook add to shipping concerns. Unemployed workers find snow work, charities extend aid, and coastal towns report flooding and wrecked bulkheads.
Mrs W L Merritt of Anoka Minnesota reports that winter kidney ailments caused back and hip pain dizziness and fatigue. After one box of Dean's Kidney Pills she experienced relief and believes the remedy would help other women. Advertising note mentions 60 cents per box and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Minneapolis Jan 26 Captain Charles H Bradley of Engine Company No 2 was crushed under the wheels of a ponderous steam fire engine after alighting from his hose cart amid midday crowds. The alarm had been caused by two incidents of burning.
Over 400000 bushels of corn marketed locally in Blenco with the Blenco elevator handling 8600 bushels in a single day. Merchants and buyers await Missouri River freeze to ease transport. about 50000 bushels remain to be moved to the Littlelowe market across the river.
A garbled dialogue snippet shows a patient describing a sore throat and rheumatism while a doctor mentions balloon feck and quick fixes. The text includes stray phrases about Mrs Jing, a garage, and unclear speech patterns, suggesting a damaged OCR passage with fragmented lines and misheard words.
Sir Robert Ball lectured on Sun Spots and Solar Chemistry. A young lady expressed regret over missing the talk, and Ball quipped about it being “mil about sun spots” as she admitted being a martyr to freckles.
A list from Lothrop & Johnson patent lawyers in St. Paul cites inventors such as Charles Barke of Watertown D. and Erick D. Bjork of Henrietta Minn with items including a threshers, mitre chap, stock car, hay stacker, potato culler, latch, cistern, spark arrester, among others. A health lecturer’s Q and A ends with a light exchange about sleep.
A home remedy mix uses two ounces glycerine one half ounce pine oil and half pint whiskey to be taken every four hours. Pine oil is sold by Globe Pharmaceutical Co dayton ohio and ingredients are available at drug stores through a comic exchange of jokes and quotes.
Washington reports Secretary Taft cannot accept Senator Hansbroughs invitation to travel to North Dakota after a Grand Rapids visit on Feb 12 Public business will force his return to Washington. Meanwhile news from Janesville Wisconsin notes the discovery of a missing dressmaker Josephine Malones muff in a river with no known cause of death. In Iowa an elderly man Richard Miller perished in a blaze in his shanty after living alone for years. Great Bend Indiana cashier Lao Beckemohle of Ellinwood Kansas, under arrest for bank fraud, killed himself following the arrest.
Dryan Dusty and Walker Rhodes discuss a bizarre anecdote about a doctor giving whiskey to treat a snake bite. The exchange explores superstition versus practical medicine as townfolks search for a remedy amid skepticism.
Valley City plans a city ordinance, Ward County to hire a loud whistle for fire chains while North Dakota towns seek irrigation, lighting plants, and new county divisions. Reports mention auto building, citizen applications, elections, and a push for 15,000 Equity members. Citizens face water shutoffs. hockey, weather, and farm topics appear amid broader state notes.
A garbled page fragment contains stray sentences about patents for inventions, social propriety, a market fire in Provneck, dairy and stock rating debates in North Dakota, a price misquote for cream, and brief social remarks. Details are incomplete and names are inconsistent due to OCR errors.
A testimonial extols Grape-Nuts as a perfect food that helps sick babies recover and supports strong, healthy growth in adults. A mother recounts doctors recommending condensed milk failure and describes preparing Grape-Nuts juice mixed with milk, salt, and sugar to save her infant. The ad urges readers to try the product as a healthful daily staple.
An advertisement extols Swamp-Root kidney liver and bladder remedy as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles. It pledges dramatic relief from incontinence and frequent night trips, notes availability in fifty cent and one dollar bottles, and offers a free sample bottle and book by mail from Dr Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York.
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