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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1910
Page
2
In a town tale old El laments how saving wages did not shield him from hardship. He recalls a warning from Marie Geze about a hard winter and how, despite saving diligently, the winter brought renewed want and money wasted on his hands.
Thomas C. Shotwell reports from New York on Taft's tariff tangle with Canada. He cites estimates that 160000 to 250000 American farmers may move to the Canadian northwest in 1910, as U.S. wheat production lags population growth and Canada gains agricultural prominence.
A man identified as Louis Koell, 25, stabbed himself on a southbound Rock Island train at Waverly Junction. He died after officers found a memorandum showing a $155 deposit at Security National Bank, Sioux City. The victim held a ticket from Minneapolis to Davenport and was found with a dull knife.
The Tennessee Supreme Court's decree ousting Standard Oil of Kentucky from Tennessee business was affirmed by the U S Supreme Court. Charles R Heike, former secretary of American Sugar Refining, faces trial on a conspiracy to defraud sugar customs indictment. No decision on corporation tax cases. court recessed until May 16.
Ex president Theodore Roosevelt visits Copenhagen as the guest of Crown Prince Christian with the American flag raised over royal palaces for the first time in Denmark. The prince hosts a dinner where he thanks Roosevelt for coming and Roosevelt responds with a toast to the Danish king and royal family.
Negotiations in the Southwestern Coal District end in failure as 35000 striking miners across Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas have all demands rejected by the executive committee of the Southwestern Coal Operators association. The meeting with miners Monday announced that talks are concluded and the strike will continue.
A tank at the Ohio Oil company yard in Martinsville Illinois was struck by lightning burning thirty five barrels of oil. Fire crews worked through the night aided by 400 workers and reinforcements from Terre Haute Indiana to prevent the flames from reaching the nearby refinery and pumping station.
Four hundred eighty members of the Chicago police traffic and mounted squads were guests of William Ziegfeld and The Upstart management during recent performances. Sioux City live stock market quotations list top beeves at 7.75 dollars and top hogs at 9.15 dollars.
A blaze in Verdon Oklahoma damaged the elevator of the Chickasha Milling company and seven other structures Monday night. The estimated loss is about 750000 dollars. In Washington the senate amended and passed a bill to create a bureau of mines in the interior department.
Eight indictments charge the Chicago and Alton railroad with selling second class tickets from Kansas City to Chicago while granting first class ticket privileges. The counts allege dates in 1908 when passengers paid 12.50 for round trips, or 9.20 one way, and received sleeping car and parlor car access beyond legal entitlements.
Margaret Emerson McKim, a society leader from New York, Newport, and Baltimore, filed a divorce suit in Reno Nevada district court with drawn proceedings. The complaint was withdrawn by her attorneys after filing, leaving the allegations undisclosed. She expects her husband Samuel Smith Hollins McKim to contest the case. Smith Hollins McKim is a Baltimore physician. her father Col. J. B. Emerson is a Baltimore businessman known as the brumosa king.
A sleeper and dining car of Canadian Pacific train No 7 overturned near Spanish River Ontario injuring only one passenger, W S Kirby of Windsor. Conductor Tom Reynolds of North Bay who saved lives in the December disaster was in charge.
Severe rain and wind storms rolled through eastern and central Kansas and western Missouri Sunday night. A small tornado swept over Emporia, Kansas, as a violent hail storm hit Neva. A late night electric storm struck Kansas City, with lightning striking the city hall cupola but causing little damage.
Katherine Clemmons Gould of Lynchburg deeded her nearby estate to the Katherine Gould Industrial Farm, a New Jersey corporation, to establish an industrial school offering free training to youth. In New York, Harry K. Thaw stays at Matteawan asylum as the Appellate Division voids a referee appointment for testing his transfer.
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin Amanda Lemke Fanny Lemke and Amanda Leu ages 9 leapt to river to escape being struck by a Soo Line train on a bridge. Amanda Leu and Amanda Lemke perished Molly Lemke survived. Bread shortage hits New York hotels and restaurants during bakers strike of 6000 workers demanding a nine hour day. Cairo Illinois 300 workers left jobless as Wisconsin Chair plant at Mound City burns.
Madrid reports continuing bad weather in Spain damaging crops and causing losses. Telegraph items from Castellon note ruined orange crops. In Stuttgart Arkansas Oregon Reed, tied to a wild west show, died from hydrophobia after a cat bite nine days earlier.
Police in six cities hunt for Lillian Neuman 19 of Appleton and Syl van Grimes 17 of Columbus Ohio. They were abducted by alleged white slavers and last known to be traveling with captors toward Canada via International Falls Minnesota. Grimes family grief and a large search effort follow the incident.
Four wealthy St. Louis residents donate 3 million dollars to Washington University. The plan also calls for 5 to 6 million dollars for building and equipment to enlarge the medical department. Donors are W K K Bixby Adolphus Busch Edward Mallinckrodt and Robert S Brookings.
Deserters from the Madriz government wire from Almendro that Gen Godoy and Gen Lara with 200 troops attacked Bluefields while rebels evacuated Rama and Zone to defend Bluefields. They claim Gen Bonita Chacarria is at Recreo moving toward Rama. No other eastern coast reports have been received.
Clarence Wood an 18 year old of Rutherford New Jersey shot Miss Anna Kipp at the Rutherford Boat Club boathouse. He wounded Chief of Police Smith and Policeman McClellan, then shot himself dead as officers closed in.
The large bull elephant that caused extensive damage and injured several people after rampaging on Wednesday was shot and killed Thursday afternoon in Danville Michigan in front of several physicians.
S R Nelson vice president of a Chillicothe bank and former Missouri State Bankers association head killed himself Thursday morning in his home by drinking carbolic acid. Authorities report accounts are said to be correct.
Washington DC bar members and members of the Supreme Court gathered in the Capitol court room on Saturday to pay tribute to the memory of the late Justice Brewer. The justices of the court were present.
Capetown reports the British Cotton Growing Association has accepted the offer of directors of the British South Africa Company enabling large scale cotton cultivation in Rhodesia.
Brussels reports that Great Britain, Germany and Belgium are on the eve of an understanding regarding the Congo, signaling a potential accord among the three powers.
Pontiac Jr. John Gardner and August Meyer were bound over in $7,000 bonds each to the grand jury in connection with the Chatsworth bank robbery.
Sayder murder case motion for a new trial hearing set for April 30 has been continued to May 10 in Watseka.
Caters to readers seeking relief from constipation indigestion and liver trouble. Promotes Munyons Paw-Paw Laxative Pills using Paw-Paw fruit juice and claims fast relief and broad stomach and liver benefits. Offer to mail free sample from Munyon's Homeopathic Co. Philadelphia.
A British woman inverted a decorative sunburst with revolving ray sets using clockwork mechanics. The unusual contraption features a fixed center and a rotating outer ray array, creating shifting patterns as the parts move.
Lake Huron and Lake Superior trips offered from Sarnia to Fort William aboard new Northern Navigation Co. steamers linked with the Grand Trunk Railway. W S Cookson in Chicago provides rates and literature. Also notes Trinity County California hosts the world’s largest hydraulic gold mine and various consumer ads including Allen’s Foot Ease and Pettin’s Eye Salve.
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