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Newspaper
Inter County Journal
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1906
Page
1
A vintage verse on maintaining romance after marriage. It argues that true affection requires ongoing effort from both partners, not complacent satisfaction with marriage as a completed contract. Courtship sustains tenderness, communication, and mutual regard beyond the wedding day.
A meditation on hasty living credits virtue between two vices and warns against haste as a disease. It notes time misers and procrastinators as thieves of today and tomorrow. Then a New York aquarium octopus case reveals salt on its gills as a temporary restraint mechanism.
Mme Patt, nearing retirement, astonishes the world with enduring vitality and vocal power. She reportedly vowed to stay young while alive, spends hours daily in the open air, and endures extremes of weather with optimism. A separate item mentions a cheap hospital recooking spoiled food and thousands of swollen canes. details are unclear.
The Interstate Commerce Commission prepares to press a Kansas City hearing on railroads and their grip on elevator and grain markets in the western belt. Testimony from lawyers and railroad officials is expected to reveal how long lines and ownership influence prices, with sessions slated in Omaha Des Moines and Kansas City next week.
Corydon details indictments against William Hughes of Corydon for fraudulent banking tied to the Clearfield bank failure. Ferren looted funds, Hughes faced false entries and insolvency charges, bond set at 2600 per count. Hughes, long a wealthy local figure, is large stockholder at Farmers and Merchants bank. Nine indictments issued for Ferren, still at large.
Louisa County farmer Pat Nevens aged living with a demented son was cremated in a house fire four miles east of Vetty. The son attempted rescue but was overcome. Only the trunk remained and authorities note the head and limbs burned away. Inquest to be held Monday amid possible foul play claims.
Des Moines chosen over Mason City by 68 to 9 votes as the next meeting site for the I O O F grand lodge encampment and Rebekah assembly in 1907. No decision on a permanent temple. Grand Major J. H. Henderson installed to lead for the year at the closing session in Dubuque.
Thieves blew open the Cambria Savings Bank drawer but fled with the loose cash as alarm spread through Cambria, Corydon area. Explosion shattered the outer door, forcing quick Bank closure while residents and officers chased suspects with no identification found. Bloodhounds were tried but produced no results.
A garbled line suggests Tom Healy secures a substantial position with a Ft Dodge connection. The text references friends, a statue or statue-like event, and mentions Kenya and a path or route, but details are unclear. Further readable fragments imply state involvement and appointments.
Doris Ives, 22, of 922 High Street, was lured by Frank K. Stewart to elope to Dallas County. Stewart confessed to robbing the Mus Point Ice Cream Company office the night before the elopement attempt in Adel and admitted planning other robberies. Detectives warn she may have been unaware. she was released after investigation. Stewart, detained in Adel, claimed money was needed for the plan.
Mason City reports Milwaukee rail line plans to build round engine houses at North McGregor and Sanvern to accommodate larger engines ordered for the Iowa division. The project aims to support increased freight and passenger business, with more engines and five houses planned, though completion hinges on achieving proper housing capacity.
A legal action in progress against Storer Brittheld involves a complex case with jurists and witnesses. The district court has scheduled hearings as testimony and filings continue amid allegations and procedural moves.
A Third Avenue, Birmingham blaze killed ten residents and left two severely injured. Most victims were street railway workers. 21 boarders and Mrs Watley with two sons were in the rented house. Fire origin unknown but suspected incendiary. burglars had been seen on the premises earlier.
Los Angeles reports United States District Attorney Oscar Lawler began a federal inquiry into Santa Fe rebate practices in southern California. Subpoenas were issued to Santa Fe railroad officials, local trucking company leaders, and furniture firm executives to appear before the grand jury with books and papers related to freight rates, agreements, and arrangements.
Jury convicts the Standard Oil Company of Ohio of conspiracy against trade under the Valentine anti trust law. Maximum penalties range from a fine of 50 to 5000 dollars per day or six to 12 months imprisonment. The company has given notice it will seek a new trial. An appeal is planned as part of a broader challenge to the case.
Attorney General Moody Wriday announced with presidential approval that he will seek leave to intervene in the first case under the act. He argues the law to grant a remedy to interstate railroad workers for injuries caused by negligence may exceed Congress powers and seeks to interpret the act’s constitutionality. The move follows a Louisville meeting of railroad attorneys and references Johnson v Southern Pacific.
Abilene Kansas former United States senator Joseph Ralph Burton began serving his six months sentence at Ironton Missouri on Monday. He was escorted there by his wife Mrs Burton who will stay in Ironton until his release as scheduled.
Government officials including Governor Brooke and Maj. Gen. Greely ordered a cavalry troop to Idaho and Wyoming to count and relocate Ute Indians after a sharp earthquake near Montpelier Idaho. The quake震
A fire destroyed the home of J W Yethins two miles west of Doering early Friday. Yethins and one gun were burned to death while other family members escaped. The text also references a banking house Zulurinsin & tn with liabilities over a million, and mentions broader financial distress and unsettled capital.
Mrs Lena Potter-Cowdin of New York was found hanging at a private sanatorium in Cromwell Conn. She had undergone treatment at a private farm and was accompanied by a nurse when her body was found. The coroner and authorities arranged transport of the body to New York on Thursday.
In United States circuit court judgments named New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Co and related parties faced fines totaling $128,009. Lowell M. Mahnee received $108,000 in penalties for transportation arrangements benefiting Sugar Refining entities. Frederick N. Pomeroy, a senior manager, was fined $1,000, with additional penalties against others totaling $20,009.
A notice summarizes the World’s Woman’s Christian Temperance Union triennial convention in Premont with memorial services for late members led by Lord Carliste and Wilfrid Lawson among brief addresses by regional members. Also reports gun seizure and bank robbery incidents at Auxvasse with arrests.
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