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Newspaper
Inter County Journal
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1906
Page
8
A dramatic portrait of Pittsburgh's wealthy set, detailing marriages, divorces, and high‑stakes social intrigues amid the era’s celebrity divorces. The piece surveys Thaw and Nashite society figures, Elam, McKee, and Clarke families, and lavish lifestyle excesses, with notes on trials, divorces, and entangled romances across New York and Pittsburgh society.
Lady Curzon of Kedleston dies in London at 5:40 PM after a long illness and heart failure. She was Mary Lester of Chicago, wife of George N. Curzon, former viceroy of India, and left two daughters. The funeral will be at Kedleston. she was valued at about 3 million dollars.
A Sunday electrical storm struck the Manitowoc stadium before a local versus Plymouth nine game. A bolt hit the grandstand, killing five people and injuring many, with several others left stunned or paralyzed as rescuers battled the worsening weather. Names include Albert Skuhra and Anton Karke among the dead. survivors and injured listed with ages from 10 to 44.
Department of Commerce and Labor releases complete figures for the 1906 fiscal year. June exports totaled 461 100 dollars, down from 797 127 in June 1905, with the year’s total at 9 293 410, versus 9 577 045 in 1905. Canned beef led with 1 430 446 dollars, pork 1 215 857, others 4 587 107. beef shipments weighed 64 523 459 pounds, slightly less than 1905. Packers plan new facilities in England with sites eyed in Lancashire and London as inspections proceed.
A Paris dispatch reports a severe clash in West Africa with fifteen French soldiers killed and five officers wounded. The encounter involved native forces and French troops in a hard fought engagement amid colonial tensions.
The Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor issued a campaign program urging organized labor and friends to work for election of lawmakers favorable to labor. It cautions against partisanship, aims to secure essential welfare legislation, and vows support for legislators who have proven friendship to labor rights.
A Russian commission on Port Arthur recommends severe punishments for key officers. Lieut Gen Stoessel, former Port Arthur commander, be dismissed and shot. Gen Fock, Gen Reiss, and Admiral Alexieff with others to receive harsher penalties. Formal trial to follow shortly.
Representatives of Guatemala El Salvador and Honduras signed a peace compact Friday aboard the US cruiser Marblehead off the Guatemalan coast. A lengthy discussion preceded the agreement with Mexican minister Senor Gaboa aiding negotiations.
In Crescent City Cal several prominent local businessmen were arrested on charges of robbing Indian graves. Authorities expect an official government agent team to arrive to take up the case. In a separate incident August Kricken stulu, a 42 year old farmer from Madyon county, was killed by a mule while trying to move its calf for sale.
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