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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1908
Page
7
Telegraph reports a 50 bandit raid on Viesca, Mexico, with bank robbery, jail release, post office damage, and telegraph cuts. Mexican government troops pursued. one bandit captured, others fled into Durango after clashes near Matamoros de la Guna.
Washington reports that Ex-President Cleveland's death drew warm expressions of sympathy from Spanish-American republics. The replies, framed as friendship, are being echoed by officials at the state department.
Bombay dated report says fifteen people were killed and 270 injured in a collision near Baroda between an express train and freight train on the Bombay Baroda line. Four passenger coaches and four mail cars of the express were burned along with four freight cars.
Queen Amelo widow of King Carlos departs Lisbon for Rio de Janeiro. She travels with the king’s plans for a Brazil visit intended for President Penna. The trip marks a major royal voyage abroad from Portugal.
June 28 Wabasha County endures historic flood from the Zumbro River. Water barrels through Mazeppa to Wabasha, washing away crops and livestock, damaging Ham mond hotel, destroying rail service, and isolating communities for weeks. Three deaths reported in Blue Earth county. Communities scramble to salvage cattle and property as buckwheat plantings loom.
In Sac City Iowa on June 28 an expert report revealed a $25 000 shortage leading to the arrest of ex county treasurer William H Pettis. He posted a 5000 bond signed by his wife to secure appearance before the August grand jury. Bondsmen received real estate and other property valued at 27000 as security.
Col William H Parker longtime South Dakota congressman dies after three weeks with cirrhosis of the liver and dropsy. He was 71, a Keene New Hampshire native, survived by a large family. Burial in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia planned.
Rudolph Pitsch must be committed to the county jail by Judge Vinje unless he immediately removes a post and mailbox from the highway and pays costs. The dispute involves two years of obstruction claims by Olsch over highway land, with Anson town authorities pressing action.
In Winona Minnesota June 28 work on the post office improvements was halted by a strike of painters and decorators. Non union workers used by sub contractors prompted the walkout. If the project misses its deadline penalties may follow for the contractors.
Billings Mont June 28 Joseph Wallace a stranger in Billings was struck and killed by Train No 4 two miles west of Laurel He was sleeping on the track and the engineer did not see him in time to stop the train according to train crew sentences.
La Crosse Wisconsin June 1928 Alderman George B Marvin proposes increasing dog license fees from 1 and 2 to 3 and 5 dollars arguing to rid the city of what he calls the superfluous cur. The move aims to curb stray and nuisance dogs in the community.
Gerald Manley seventeen son of Conductor Frank Manley of the North Western road was killed almost instantly by a livewire while at work in the Krats candy store Casement in Winona Minnesota on June 28.
Fragmentary text reports creation of new districts in Dakota with offices to be established in Lemmon and Spearfish. The fragment hints at a political fray and district lines but lacks clear dates or full names.
A boiler explosion ignited Elevator D at Rice’s Point Duluth on June 28, destroying the dock and sheds of the Northern Pacific and threatening about a million dollars more in nearby property. Firefighters and a dozen tugboats held flames from spreading, leaving only smoldering wreckage with total losses around 1.1 million dollars.
John Welsh, 32, a farmer, stabbed his wife six times with scissors at Colfax after her call to police. He fled on a spree but returned to the depot where the wife rushed to greet him and was fatally wounded. The assault ended in a deadly attack.
A early morning blaze in Spooner Wisconsin consumed Tynen and Idean's saloon and two nearby structures, a laundry and a repair shop. The fire caused an estimated loss of $15,000 with partial insurance coverage. origin undetermined.
Bottineau North Dakota June 28 Two of the Siedel murder suspects are jailed while a posse of about 200 armed men hunts the mountains for the third. One suspect was captured at Gollmar's circus and the other near an Indian camp outside town.
Fargo man Harry Hemphill a steeplejack died last night in a Red River bridge dive accident. He had recently gained notice after a fall from a smokestack and a wires collision, escaping injury.
A train derailment west of Garretsville killed one engineer and one fireman, with another likely fatally hurt and six passengers injured as the engine left the rails and rolled down the incline.
Copper excitement runs through Henderson Minnesota after reports of copper in a gulch at East Henderson. Locals claim strong indications point to a rich strike with prospect of significant ore as details emerge from the site.
Anaconda officials arrest Mr John K Welch and his wife on charges tied to the dynamiting of C W Wicklund’s home two months earlier. Welch, a high ranking Amalgamated quarries foreman, and Wicklund, then foreman of the Blue, faced $5000 bail each after a prior threat-filled dispute between the men. Authorities suspect anarchist links amid Austrian worker tensions.
Advices from Billings say railroad companies with lines north of the region will fund the Montana Lake basin demonstration farms. Hardy Campbell, noted proponent of dry farming, will head the project. Railroads aid for two years, then farms become self supporting. land to be contributed by Hastern companies, title to pass to Campbell led company after five years.
George Parkinson arrested in Fair City for horse stealing. He initially denied charges but confessed on a train to Billings that he found loose horses, traded two for a pony, and attempted to sell the third. Judge Fox presided, Parkinson pled guilty to grand larceny and received a one year penitentiary sentence.
About 1,500,000 pounds of wool are in Milwaukee and Northern Pacific warehouses at Miles City. Growers demand 18 cents for food clips while buyers offer about 16. A ship estimate suggests Miles City will ship 7,000,000 pounds or more this year, with major houses represented but few sales.
James Hays, held at Missoula, asserts he as a private in the British army killed Corporal Joseph Walsh at the St. Louis barracks near Quebec about eighty years ago. Officials question his mental state and credibility of the confession.
Joe Hofflin died at the city hospital after an accident in the Billings railroad yards. He suffered a crushed hip and feet, a broken leg, and internal injuries from the incident.
George Goodwin, a Crow reservation rancher, was arraigned before U S Commissioner Mann in Billings on a charge of selling whisky to two Crow Indians. He waived preliminary examination and is held for the federal grand jury with bond set at 500 dollars. Police previously arrested Max Big Man and Richard Daylight, both Crow agency residents, for possessing whisky. Big Man reportedly said Goodwin supplied the liquor.
Fragments show a neighbor asking about a husband’s illness and a wife giving contradictory, incoherent replies about medical prognosis. The text is garbled and fails to provide clear names, places, dates, or events.
Fragmentary OCR shows a disrupted canal commission in Tacoma shifting to a Dutchasing agency. It mentions transfer of work, inspection, and personnel changes amid unclear wording and scattered names in Seattle and Washington.
The article reports on school children planting 14,000 trees led by Forester Hoosier in Norway, a new herring oil factory planned at Sorreisen by Martin Lombnes’s stock company, and Copenhagen leaders praising White Norwegian broadcloth. It also notes King of Saxony’s planned summer visit to Norway, Jotunheim scenery inspiring Norse poetry, and Norway’s June independence observances with 60,000 crowns raised in Christiania.
Queen Sofia reported in poor health with throat catarrh as royal duties and royal servants are shifted under Gustaf. Sweden’s national forests are valued at 97 071 097 crowns. The Social Democratic party held a Stockholm convention with about 300 delegates in attendance. Industrial and agricultural exhibitions drew international attention this summer amid economic interests.
Reports claimed abuse on the school ship The Viking and captain removal. investigations showed no cruelty, only internal dissent among officers and desertions for adventure. Also noted were Danish defense commission disclosures and 1908 exports data to England highlighting agricultural prosperity.
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