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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1909
Page
1
A compact roundup notes several events touched upon for busy readers. It signals upcoming activities, mentioning dates and venues while emphasizing concise coverage for quick scanning.
Capitol reports note Speaker Cannon discussed rapid relief funding for Italy earthquake sufferers with the president. Roosevelt plans liberal appropriations, while bills and reports on secret service and bank examiner appointments move forward. Across politics, Roosevelts actions, Italian relief appeals, and upcoming cabinet and senate measures shape the national scene.
President Roosevelt urges Congress to approve 502000 for Italy relief. House and Senate allocate 800000, with 300000 above request. He notes ships Celtic and Cuigoa carrying 300000 value of food and clothing for immediate distribution, and asks 500000 more to be used at executive discretion with Australian government approval. The White House message dated January 4, 1909.
Resolutions in both houses propose an appropriation of 300009 dollars for Italian relief. The fund would cover provisions clothing medicines and other essential articles. The president would be authorized to use any U S navy vessel or charter other suitable steamships to deliver aid.
Lincoln, Ned William J. Bryan plans a February trip to Florida with unspecified departure date. Possible stop in Cube mentioned.
In Lincoln the democratic House of Representatives chose Charles Pont of Tecumseh as speaker Trenmore Cone of Wahco as chief clerk Captain Evans of Richardson county as sergeant at arms and Rev Mr Warfield of Lincoln as chaplain. The speakership was settled on the sixteenth ballot.
Foreign officers who surveyed the devastated zones around the straits say death and entrapment tolls exceed Italian figures. They estimate 90,009 killed or trapped in Messina ruins and 30,000 at Reggia where the tidal wave reached noted heights, surpassing prior counts.
Horace G. Burt, recently appointed receiver of the Chicago Great Western, arrived in St. Paul on Monday and assumed his duties in the office.
Statement of treasury balances shows available cash 169,347,716 gold coin and bullion 27,214,544 gold certificates 54,408,853 total 9248,981,113 exclusive of the 151,000,000 gold reserve in Washington report dated and filed for public record.
The Des Moines dispatch reports a shifting race for speaker as factions fade and merit becomes the guide. Lawmakers plan early economy moves to cut clerkships and shorten sessions, while reviving funds to dredge the Des Moines River for navigation after years of abandonment.
Indications point to few committees in the coming general assembly with light work. The fish and game committee proposes new laws while the elections committee has five contests and seeks changes to balloting. The schools committee, typically quiet, will be crowded as the school commission urges revisions to school laws.
Members of the Thirty third general assembly will be asked to amend the law to provide living expenses for the wardens of the state penitentiaries. A small allowance exists now but is considered inadequate. The state already provides living expenses and quarters for heads of other state institutions.
Bayard resident and veteran Mike McDowall announced his candidacy for commander of the Grand Army department of Iowa in a letter sent to all state veterans. Robert Henderson Post No 196 officially endorses the Bayard candidate.
Council Bluffs officials plan to ask the legislature this winter for a law allowing use of part of the sinking fund to finance preliminary expenses for a municipal water works project. The city council passed four resolutions submitting the proposed law to the assembly.
Parkinson of Council Bluffs resigns as deputy internal revenue collector after twenty years in the service. He previously served ten years at Corning and has held headquarters in the federal building since moving to Council Bluffs ten years ago, appointed under President Harrison.
Louis A. Thomas secretary of the state board of health sends blanks to city and township boards for reports on infectious diseases and deaths in 1968. Reports must be returned by January 15 for compilation of state statistics. The letter urges continued precautions to prevent epidemics.
A statewide notice set reports union revival meetings in Maquoketa. It also lists theft at Colfax Bargain Store, deputy recorder appointment for Miss Addie Zwanziger in Black Hawk county, deaths of Casper Zwanziger and H Jacks, a fatality in Mt Carroll, a murder confession in Worth county, and various legal, criminal, and personal notices across Waterloo Council Bluffs Sioux City Marshalltown Dubuque and Clarke counties.
A man plagued by a two year illness could not work and weakened drastically. After trying various doctors and remedies, he found Dean's Kidney Pills brought remarkable improvement within two months, with four boxes giving far more relief than seven years of treatment. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo, N Y.
An overheard remark at Eighth Avenue and 125th Street features two Black women discussing a death with melodramatic diction. The cited line, attributed to the Washington Star, highlights linguistic nostalgia and racial stereotypes in a brief, overheard exchange.
The readable text shows assorted old ad lines and comments about remedies pills pills and tobacco brands. Mentions include Halls Family Pills and Lewis' Single Binder cigars and a political remark about a man with wheels. The fragmentary nature limits a cohesive news item or report.
A 1909 Peruna testimonial page features Mrs. Joseph Hall Chase of Washington DC praising Peruna for coughs and colds and granting permission to use her photo. Mrs. A L Wetzel of Terre Haute Indiana describes restored senses and relief from head buzzing after using Peruna. Manufactured by The Peruna Drug Mfg Co Columbus Ohio, with an offer for a free Perman Almanac for 1909.
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