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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1906
Page
6
The text presents a garbled, multi-topic OCR page mentioning places like Grand Rapids and New York, various names, scattered events, education notes, fashion items, and legal references. It weaves in unrelated fragments from ads, society notes, and reports with no cohesive narrative or clear dates.
The session wrestled with the Littletiel Pilotage Bill and a broad subsidy plan as debates swirled around the discharge of the Twentytieth Infantry. Leaders debated amendments, troop orders, and funding with ministers and secretaries providing updates while legislators pressed for clear action on the subsidy and related measures.
Washington reports outline secretary of the treasury Leslie M. Shaw proposing a restricted currency plan to prevent panic. A federal reserve fund of 100 million dollars would be managed to inject or withdraw money as needed, with emphasis on vigorous central control. Indiana near starvation affects Chippewa on Grand Portage reservation as aid fails to arrive. Six year term for president proposed by Senator Cullom. Earthquake shocks hit Kingstown St Vincent lasting up to 80 seconds. Veteran weather man T S Outram dies in Minneapolis.
An earthquake struck Fort De France Martinique at seven o clock Friday evening causing minor oscillations lasting about ninety seconds with no damage reported. The tremor was felt across the city and described as minor despite the dramatic wording in the report.
Austin Texas Senator Galley defends himself against charges he took about 15,000 dollars from Waters Pierce Oil chairman C Pierce to aid reorganization of Waters Pierce in the state. He admits securing loans and notes but insists the dealings were proper and fully documented. He arrived from Washington to answer Attorney General Davidson and released a statement defending his conduct.
A jury in Gillette, New York, found Grace Vivnna Gillette guilty of murder in the first degree for the shooting death of Grace Brown at Moose Lake on July 4. Deliberations lasted five hours before the verdict. The case involved conflicting witness accounts and rumors, with no official confirmation of a confession.
Secretary Taft details the Brownsville incident involving the Twenty-Ninth Infantry at Brownsville Texas, condemns noncommissioned officers for failing to report the shooting of the town, and urges comrades to tell the truth despite possible consequences. The memo covers the night of August 13 and the broader defense explanations of the war department.
Kansas City Missouri reports that the Kansas grain inspection and weighing law was voided Thursday by Judge 5. R. Peters, special master appointed by Judge Pottack of the U S circuit court.
The pardon board commuted the death sentences of Jose and Milton Rawlings to life imprisonment. Their father was hanged Tuesday, along with a negro. Robber beats a girl near Kansas City and steals money at a Santa Fe station. Figures show cost of living rising from 106.68 to 208.27. Fire at Providence plant causes about 150000 damage. James Cornelius found guilty of first degree murder in Canton. Bishop Webb enthroned in Milwaukee as fifth bishop of the Episcopal diocese. Canal laborers arriving in Colon for work. heavy rain rising the Chagres river.
A mob of about 300 masked men set two tobacco factories in Trinecton Kentucky ablaze on Saturday. About 160000 pounds of tobacco burned in each warehouse as owners John Steger and John C Orr watched. The riot seized the town marshal and guards, preventing intervention as flames enveloped the buildings and surrounding cottages. Estimated loss runs to about 170000 dollars.
Dispatch from Solomonville Arizona reports severe flooding in Clifton with most buildings damaged or swept away. Many residents flee to safety, hospital patients evacuated by car, and fatalities feared in the Mexican quarter as the town endures a terrifying night of chaos.
In Paris the Count spoke on the Algeciras question as deputies and the cabinet left the chamber in protest. He defended ex Foreign Minister Dolensee policy toward Morocco, while the chamber later ratified the Algeciras treaty unanimously amid muted reaction.
An explosion Thursday at the P. J. Harney Shoe Manufacturing building on Alley Street in West Lynn caused a fire that damaged a four story mill and three other factories. The blaze, following the blast, destroyed 1¢ buildings, injured eleven people including Celia Tradenburg who is in critical condition. Losses run about 530000, with disruption to Christmas production and impacts extending to the Boston and Maine railroad station and nearby homes.
Washington reports the Supreme Court denies habeas corpus in the Moyer Haywood and Pettibone cases, keeping Western Federation of Miners leaders imprisoned in Idaho for trial over Gov Steunenberg’s murder. Justice Harlan writes the opinion, officials say.
A devastating fire at Cornell University Dormitory on a Friday morning killed seven people including four students and several townsmen. Volunteers, firefighters, and Cornell football players aided in rescue efforts. Heroic acts saved roommates and others as the blaze spread through the building, with several injured and awaiting treatment.
A new federal rule ends the current blanket ban on convict made goods in interstate commerce. The act voids existing prohibitions and allows states and territories to regulate shipments of convict labor products across borders. The measure aims to standardize controls while preserving state authority.
A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned indictments against Union Pacific Railroad Company Oregon Short Line Railroad Company Union Pacific Coal Company Utah Fuel Cost Company and several Harriman and Gould officials over alleged land and railroad discrimination against certain shippers. Other items report a Florence mill fire with $150000 loss, a fatal arson/murder in Zanesville, a suit to break a Lybrand will in Delaware, the pope's physician Dr Lappont death in Rome, a fatal Maine Central collision near Annadessacool, Aunt Becky aged 103 dies in New York, and executions of two Indian youths in Reno Nebraska.
The article discusses rising living costs across the country and the increased unpaid labor for housewives. It argues that wage increases for men do not relieve the domestic duties borne by women, urging prudent budgeting, debt avoidance, and careful management of household funds to sustain families.
The piece compiles household advice on boiling water for cooking, avoiding dry air for houseplants, and how to prepare tomatoes in syrup, transplant Boston ferns, and cook oyster dishes. It reads like a 19th or early 20th century magazine fragment with practical tips on kitchen and living-room care.
Fragmentary text references long-term suffering and a school setting with names such as Corsa Pak Nash and Westee, mentioning teaching methods and colleges. It hints at an annual event or study, with scattered phrases about patients, patients’ names, and historical references, but the readable content is garbled and incomplete.
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