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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1906
Page
4
Disjointed OCR text shows a debate among progressives over Hubbard after defeat at Des Moines. The piece names figures like Perkins and a jury reference while implying tension and factional moves. The readable bits hint at disputed support and local reaction without clear events or dates.
New York reports many small obituaries in pewter crafted in earlier years. These relics are now uncovered in the cabinet shelf relics of families, revealing quiet memorials of long departed individuals.
Fragmented text describes badge types such as begears, grim’s gadges, and communion tokens used by Scottish churches and in England and Scotland. Mentions eighteenth to nineteenth century use, caldera cardboard tickets replacing tokens, and collectors discarding many pieces to scrap heaps.
A German prince, August Wilhelm Henry Gonthier Victor von Hohenzollern, son of Kaiser Wilhelm, may attend Harvard University if current royal plans proceed. The 22 year old, commonly known as August Wilhelm, is described as well educated and capable in social circles, with Harvard viewed as a premier American college for such a choice.
An unclear clipping reports a marriage notice with unreadable names and details, offering partial readable phrases about a wedding event and involved parties amid garbled OCR text.
Captain Edwin P. Worthen keeper of the Highland life-saving station on Cape Cod is described as the oldest life saver in continuous service for 34 years since the service was extended to the cape. Born July 27 1837 in Charlestown he began at sea as a cook before becoming station keeper at Highland around age 35. He has witnessed the wrecks and storms along the coast and saved crews under dangerous seas, earning the title of a veteran sea warrior.
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