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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
4
A local paper discusses compulsory school attendance and free textbooks, criticizing recent Oklahoma legislature changes. It notes candidates Cumming, Taft, and Allison, details delegate leanings, and mentions upcoming state conventions and efforts to align precincts and primary outcomes.
Lawyer O Riilly says no agreement on money settlement and denies detective tactics in Evelyn Thaw dissolution suit. He states she will testify and doctors who testified at the Matter trial may be called. The couple will likely live apart as an early trial is expected.
In Biloxi Mississippi on March 11 a mob of about thirty men seized four Black men Dave Poe Tom Ranston and two Jenkins brothers while in Deputy Sheriff Evans custody en route to jail. They were hanged from trees by the road, their bodies found the next morning. The lynching followed incendiary warehouse fires blamed on the accused. The mob acted in an orderly fashion and the burnt Byrd warehouse was the trigger.
W P Evans of the St Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company pleaded guilty to thirteen indictments charging that the road granted fessales to Chapman and Dewey Lumber of Kansas City. Judge Dyerlor imposed a fine of 13009 and costs. A $13000 check was paid to the court clerk within half an hour. Costs amount to about $170 yet to be paid. If the maximum fine had been imposed it would have been 260000.
Information received shows the American car in the New York to Paris automobile race stuck in a snowdrift near Hanna, Wyoming, about 100 miles west of here. It spent last night at Ogallala while French No. 1 repairs near Grand Ta. and a second French machine remains at Clinton, Indiana. The German entrant moves through central Iowa near Marshalltown.
Mrs. Maud Clark, ex-wife of Forrest Cy Clark a civil engineer, was arrested last fall after leaving New York with her five year old son Carleton. She appeared in the court of general sessions charged with kidnapping.
Aged sixty, Marehi 11 Otto Wi Stefeny, former president of the American National Bank of Abi lene, Abi lene, died suddenly in Abileve Texas. He faced charges related to misappropriation of funds and was reportedly involved in a about $100,000 scheme.
Frank J. Stillman reports from Washington on Senator Owen of Oklahoma delivering a decisive and disciplined speech on the Aldrich bill. Owen faces questions from rival senators, including Tillman, and asserts a reforming, authoritative stance that broadens his national profile amid financial crisis debates.
A fragmented OCR piece hints at a printing business promoting practical, artistic, and varied services. The text references pricing, facility quality, and service rules, suggesting a promotional note about their printing capabilities and customer-focused approach.
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