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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1906
Page
3
In a clipped exchange Pragmatic Practice notes Lucy and Thelma contend for Dick. The dialogue hints at post graduation actions and social expectations. A separate Glasgow notice states blind men were barred from free travel on municipal trams.
J B Daughtrey a music publisher from Suffolk Virginia reports three years without passing a stone after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He recalls severe gravel attacks with back pain and urinary issues and notes he once passed about twenty pounds of gravel. He keeps a box of stones as proof and endorses the product as a fine kidney tonic. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Miles Burn Co Buffalo NY
Masons in Switzerland receive 80 cents for ten hours work. The note is part of a listing of low wage figures and travel advertisements. Also mentioned is cheap railway excursions from Virginia to southern states and Benjamin Hobbs of Springfield, Mass., cited as the oldest active American armorer with over fifty years in government service.
A testimonial from H. M. F. Weiss of Rosemond Illinois describes severe scalp sores and hair loss blamed on eczema. After trying various remedies, Cuticura Soap and Ointment relieved symptoms in two weeks, with earlier body eruptions cured in two months under a doctor’s care.
Mrs D C Wedding of Hartford Kentucky describes a long illness with fever rheumatism and digestive trouble. After four boxes of Dr Williams Pink Pills she reports regained health and gained fifteen pounds, resumes duties, and recommends the pills. The ad offers Plain Talks to Women and orders from the Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
Autumn activity shows substantial advances in Chicago with increased wholesale demand and improved food markets. Transportation and freight tariffs hinder production, while Lake traffic and raw material absorption rise. failures in Chicago district fall to 22 from 25 last week. New York trade remains active amid high buying tension, with retail slow to open and currency demand remaining strong amid high rates.
A dense listing of commodity quotes by city including Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, New York, Toledo, and Toledo area markets. Prices cover cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes and clover seed with ranges and grade notes.
American intervention lands 30 marines to guard the Cuban treasury after Palma and the cabinet resign. Taft proclaims military governorship under Roosevelt and 6 000 troops are ordered to Cuba as the island shifts toward a provisional Cuban government with promises of fair elections.
Nineteen nations have accepted Germany's invitation to send delegates to the international wireless telegraphy convention to be held in Berlin next spring. A key issue will be how to check interference of private stations with public and government messages.
The 1906 proclamation by Secretary of War William H. Taft declares U.S. intervention to restore order in Cuba. It establishes a provisional Cuban government under U.S. authority, aims to rehold elections for permanent governance, and directs Cuban officials to report for instructions. The notice notes Roosevelt’s desire for constitutional peace and cites Havana as the center of action.
The report describes a Cuban political assembly with Senor Dole presiding at 3:20 PM. It notes cabinet resignations read to Alma, protests by Yanyas, and debates over appointing successors. Reference to U.S. Taft, ballot security, and potential American officers at polls.
A chronological outline of Cuban history from Spanish possession abandoned after the 1898 treaty of Paris to the early 1900s with the 1902 election of Tomas Estrada Palma and the transfer of island governance. It notes key dates such as 1900 constitutional convention, 1902 US transfer, and 1906 Taft intervention warning.
Advices indicate American forces will move to ward Cuba with mobilization at Newport News Virginia and some personnel from New York and Tampa. General Frederick Funston will command the Cuban expedition as preparations proceed under presidential direction.
A compact chronology covers major events from 1555 Augsburg peace to 1903 proposals for a Hague Peace conference. Items include battles at Alma and Valmy, capitulations and sieges, political changes in Java Boston and Belgrade, and notable trials and assassinations.
At Buffalo and Saratoga the New York Democratic and Republican State conventions nominated William R. Hearst for Governor on the Democratic side and Charles E. Hughes for Governor for the Republicans. Roosevelt's influence is noted with praise for his leadership and the party platforms. The insurance probe results are cited as removing corrupt officials and shaping new protections. The piece mentions tariff revision and a restore of an Amesian merchant marine.
Mrs Brethert Catkine dies after inhaling chloroform to cure a headache in St Louis. Gov Jesse F McDonald of Colorado calls a farming congress to be held in Denver on November 26 and 24 this year.
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