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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1900
Page
2
The secretary of the navy dismissed a naval academy cadet last week after a superintendent's finding of gauging copying another cadet's theme and falsehood. Fifty six classmates petitioned for clemency and were placed in the third conduct grade, restricting liberty to once every four weeks.
An actress once near quitting due to scarce work discovers an unexpected inheritance that funds a fresh start in typing and writing. She later travels to New York where she achieves unprecedented success for a previously little known performer.
Two Indians, Buelah and Bessie Dark Cloud, become the first Native American public school pupils in New York City entering last week. Buelah, 16, studied in Montreal, while Bessie, from the Sierra region, joined the Kindergarten. Dark Cloud, the father, was a model for artists including Remington and Deming. the mother is a full-blood Abeneki, with the husband also of the same title and educated, known for summer lectures for medicine companies. A remark notes a miss is sometimes better than a male.
Minneapolis tale praises Laura J Smith as State and National Organizer for temperance groups. It recounts her battle against drink, a kidney cure anecdote, and a city census booklet offer, ending with a comic doctor patient exchange.
Nebraska based Pacific Storage and Ware house Co lists themselves as selling calcium carbide for acetylene gas from Union Carbide. An assortment of unrelated ad text follows including shoe powder for feet and humorous quips about corkscrews and digestion.
Washington December 4 Congress opens its Fifty sixth session with crowds at the Capitol as members rush to set agendas. Speaker Henderson meets with colleagues while senators handle credentials and oaths amid orderly roll calls and brief recesses.
The Bethlehem Steel company of Pennsylvania signed a naval armor plate contract at the navy department, completing the entire armor plate deal after Carnegie’s agreement. The Bethlehem contract mirrors Carnegie’s: 18,592 tons of armor for 1,188,370.50 dollars.
Brigadier General James H. Wilson arrived in San Francisco on the transport Thomas from China and will depart for Washington on Tuesday to report to the war department. He is accompanied by Lieutenant G. S. Turner of the Tenth infantry.
Berlin Dec 3 It is announced that Dr Von Siemens will retire from the directorship of the Deutsche Bank due to political duties. The move is read as implying he will succeed Dr Von Miguel as minister of finance.
Constantinople Dec 3 The Yurko German dispute over a ceiling station in the Red Sea has been settled. Germany indicates she seeks a station only during the Chinese crisis.
Washington December 4 The roll call showed 274 members responding and a quorum declared. The speaker announced the house ready for business and sworn in the pew members. The speaker appointed Payne of New York Grosvenour of Ohio and Richardson of Tennessee to join the committee of the BeBeLe 14 to notify the president that Congress was ready to receive any communication from him.
The president praises national prosperity while detailing China troubles, causes, and aims for peace. He notes U S efforts to punish instigators, maintain cordial powers relations, and no specific canal recommendations. Also discusses Alaska boundary settlements, treasury strength, currency parity, merchant marine, trusts control, and Philippines, Cuba, Porto Rico, and army funding.
A crowd in Crookston Minnesota formed last night outside the United States land office intending to stay until Tuesday to secure early filings on White Earth Indian reservation lands opened for settlement. An estimated half dozen filings per claim are expected with ensuing contests likely to keep land attorneys busy all winter. Potential bloodshed among squatters and law abiding settlers is noted as a risk.
In Carroll county near Plymouth, 20 year old Elmer Young shot his drunken father Frank Young in the neck with a shotgun after the latter attacked his family with a knife. The strike nearly severed the head from the body and left a wounded mother.
Lieutenant Tosane reports William Untey was sent to the insane asylum in Kansas City, remarking he cannot recover. Haley, noted guerrilla lieutenant with Quantrell in the Lawrence sacking, has long served on the local police force.
Washington Dec 4. Every member of the Nebraska delegation was in his seat when Congress convened. Floral offerings greeted several senators notably Thurst on whose desk lay a wealth of color. Allen was absent with two bouquets from friends hoping he would be present, expected only late in the week.
Iowa crop size estimates loom as a Washington report may surprise. Contest for Iowa State Agricultural Society secretary draws candidates Frank Briges J S Trigg Paul Kell and current secretary George Van Houten. Iowa State Horticultural Society’s 35th annual meeting runs December 11 to 14 at the statehouse with papers by numerous figures from Des Moines Ames Estherville and other cities.
DES MOINES Oct 4 In a short time publishers will contest for school book contracts as Iowa counties reconsider uniform county or district books. Five years ago thirty three counties adopted uniform series with five year contracts. Now those periods end and new agreements will be set with county boards exploring fresh book sets. The article notes Iowa’s total school book business is under $500000 annually, smaller than the cigarette trade.
A railway mail clerk A N Anderson narrowly escaped being ground beneath the Burlington fast mail at the Council Bluffs depot. He stood on the track unaware of the oncoming train, was struck by the pilot and dragged fifty yards before the engine stopped. He suffered bruises and temporary unconsciousness but no broken bones.
Mount Pleasant mourns Sarah Van Reper Baldwin a 92 year old daughter of Cornelius Van Reper a Revolutionary War soldier and member of the Daughters of the Revolution Also noted is Mary Semley a descendant in Mount Pleasant followed by Iowa official election results showing secretary of state race totals and McKinley margin of 2 489 over the ticket leader.
Fred Lahn a Belle Plaine boy was accidentally killed when Harry Treloor fired a shotgun. The charge struck Lahn in the right calf tearing ligaments. He died three hours after the wounding in Grinnell Iowa on December 4.
Grinnell Iowa December 4 a case to test the Hanor law forbidding the taking of orders in the state except from authorized dispensers began at Union. Attorney McLain used a man to place an order to start the case. County Attorney Silwold had the man arrested and fined fifty dollars by a justice. The case was appealed and will go to district court.
Iowa secretary of state reports 1900 district court convictions total 1,153 with jail terms 280 and penitentiaries 442. Fines amount to 81,294.85, county prosecutions cost 409,171.17. 63 years jail and 1,279 years penitentiary time. Polk leads with 274 convictions. notable counts listed for Linn, Appanoose, Benton, Cass, Fayette, Jasper, Jones, Page, Pottawattamie, Scott, Woodbury and others.
Des Moines Dec 1 The impression grows that an extra session of the Iowa legislature will be needed to straighten out issues from the biennial election amendment. Senator Titus says action may be required to fix defects. The selection of jurymen for district courts next year raises trouble as the amendment leaves courts without veniremen lists, delaying criminal cases and jury trials.
GLADBROOK I a Dec 1 Representatives of the Great Western railroad are thoroughly investigating the recent destruction of a box car. The car held the household effects and six horses belonging to Peter Peters who was moving from Reinbech to South Dakota. Peters body was found among charred ruins and railroad officials theorize robbers attacked him then burned the car to conceal the crime.
The assistant postmaster general reports for the year ending June 39 that Iowa has 240 presidential class post offices, up from 223 in 1899, a net gain of 17. Fourth class offices total 1,668, down 16, with 64 new and 62 discontinued. Iowa press receipts total 2,704,109 and per capita expenditure averages 1.24 dollars.
Mrs Sophie Olson a young widow of Fort Dodge filed a breach of promise suit for 10000 against John Anderson. Olson keeps a boarding house and Anderson boarded there last summer. The suit grows from an intimacy at the time when Anderson was a devoted attendant. Both parties are well known and the case has caused a sensation.
John B. Breckett of Moulton in Davis county was found hanging from a maple tree in a neighboring yard in Ottumwa. An employee of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad for thirty years as a car inspector, he died of an apparent self-inflicted act amid reports of sudden insanity with no stated motive.
KEOKUK Nov. 28 The Sisters of Mercy who recently bought the Gilmore residence here a large brick house on four acres have determined to establish a Home for the Aged in the town. The institution is almost ready to open with six Sisters of Mercy on hand to oversee operations.
The executive council delayed final state ticket tallies awaiting corrected county results. An error in one county showed the convention defeated by 550 votes, undermining equal suffrage and temperance campaigns to amend the constitution.
Following a court ruling upholding Philadelphia's ordinance prohibiting distribution of advertising handbills and circulars in streets vestibules and porches newspapers in interior Pennsylvania cities echo a demand for similar rules. If littering Philadelphia streets with loose paper is bad so too for other cities though they are smaller.
A historical notice extols Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound. It claims women alone understand female troubles and that many details cannot be shared with loved ones or physicians. The piece cites Mrs Chappell of Grant Park Illinois praising the remedy and states Pinkham’s advice is free from Lyon Massachusetts.
An IBM style blurb markets Magnetic Starch claiming no equal while a political jab notes a politician’s price. The piece also mentions an express train delivering fresh milk before cream rises, reflecting era advertising and commentary.
An old advertisement urges bowel health with Cabcarets and Cascaret Cathartic tablets for 10 cents to start, praising natural movements and cure without gripe. It warns against imitations and notes the famous Allen's Foot-Ease for heat prostration relief.
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