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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
1
Chicago officials announce a major plan to upgrade transportation and beautify the city. Mayor Busse appoints ten members to study city finances before any bond indebtedness is increased.
New York Aug 19 The Dan ger Mark feature in the Saturday Evening Post prompts the Hamersley estate to seek legal action. Louis Gordon Hamersley and Katherine Livingston Hamersley are identified as the fictional heroes, with Courtlandt de Peyster Field urging an immediate inquiry into possible slander by author and publishers.
At Macomb Illinois on August 19 Judge David E Mack of Carthage was nominated for the state supreme bench by the Fourth district Republican judicial convention after a two day deadlock Fulton county led the break on the 200th ballot Mack finally secured 65 votes with other candidates Jarman McClure Wall Worthington finishing with 4 23 18 and 19 votes The convention made the nomination unanimous
Mary Reed files for divorce from Richard Reed a prominent local farmer. She alleges years of cruel treatment and a recent threat to kill her. She seeks custody of seven children aged 14 months to 13 years and $10,000 alimony.
Walter Wiltrout was jailed in Iowa City on assault and battery charges after striking Minnie Walker of Big Grove township. The incident led to his bond set at 100 dollars, with a hearing scheduled for August 28 before Justice Horak.
Mrs Barbara Kallaus aged eighty six died after a lingering illness in Washington Ia She moved there two years ago after her husband’s death and was born in Bohemia Mrs Lemkau of 404 Pond Street left by train yesterday for the mournful trip to Washington
Seven West Point cadets were dismissed following a Taft ordered inquiry into hazing Rolando Sutton, brother of the late Navy Lt. James N. Sutton. The abuse occurred on guard duty as cadets wrapped in sheets and masked beat him, sending him to hospital with severe injuries. The case followed a new congressional hazing ban at the academy.
Denver reports severe Arkansas River flooding with trains blocked in canyon passes and homes evacuated. A fresh cloudburst near Canon City threatens Four Mile Creek area while Royal Gorge, famed for its thousand foot rock walls, is reportedly wiped out and rail lines diverted.
New York August 19 refined sugar prices rose ten cents per hundred across all grades signaling a broad market uptick and tighter futures trading amid seasonal demand shifts and processing costs.
Indianapolis August 19 The $400000 speedway opened at noon with a five race program and a 250 mile grind. A huge crowd attended as Stoddard Dayton drivers won the five mile stripped chassis event and Buick led in the ten mile race. Oldfield set a new American record in the one mile dash with the Benz at 43 1 10 seconds.
Pleasantville roller mills owned by S. T. Maddy and J. W. Perry burned last night with contents. Loss estimated at 15,000 dollars, part insured. The incident was reported by the Iowa Evening Press from Pleasantville dated August 19.
A massive riot in New York City gathers 200 workers including 85 men and women after neckwear strikers attempt to call out staff at a firm on 13th Street and Broadway. The clash leaves many injured and women’s waists torn, sending dozens to the Mercer Street police station for processing.
Pembroke Mass August 19 In a strenuous attempt to concentrate its strength against the red army of invasion in the mimic war the blue army of defense composed of the whole of Massachusetts militiamen was early on the move today The general indications were that today would see the decisive battle of the campaign fought somewhere in the neighborhood of Plymouth and Duxbury.
Lorain Ohio August 19 milkmen begin boycott in response to severe city regulations. Almost the entire population of 30000 goes without cream or milk at breakfast as tension with the council over milk rules escalates.
Marshalltown Iowa reports the death of Dr H L Getz in Jacksonville Florida. A former prominent physician and ex president of the International Railway Surgeons, Getz previously attempted suicide at West Liberty two years earlier after developing morphine addiction.
Grand Ledge Michigan August 19 engineer William Bradley and fireman Fred L Graves were killed when a boiler exploded on a westbound Pere Marquette passenger train two miles east of town wrecking the train. A coach overturned and a sleeping car derailed. no passengers were seriously hurt.
Charles Taft, a second cousin of President Taft, was killed yesterday at Prior, Colorado, when struck by lightning. The tragedy occurred as he worked outdoors, leaving officials and family to mourn the sudden loss.
One hundred fifty postmasters from cities nationwide attend the National Association of First Class Postmasters meeting in Toledo Ohio opening today. Postmaster General Hitchcock will arrive tomorrow. The session is routine with no major actions reported.
The Marengo Iowa trial of Mayor Henderson for intoxication under the Cosson law ended with Judge Wade closing for the defense and Judge Preston taking the case under advisement. Arguments questioned law constitutionality and evidentiary sufficiency. Judge Preston to render opinion in four to five days after departing for Davenport.
The standard of the Grand Army carried for twenty years by the commander-in-chief and used as the official banner of every encampment since 1889 is missing after the August 11 parade in Salt Lake City and is feared stolen.
Twenty casks and nine cases contain specimens of the Roosevelt expedition trophies collected in South Africa. The items arrive for display and study, showcasing the wildlife and hunting milestones associated with the expedition.
A wireless message from Rear Admiral Schroeder to the Navy Department states David Williams, mess attendant on the battleship Vermont, is being tried by court martial at sea for manslaughter. The case stems from a boxing match aboard the Vermont near Provincetown, Massachusetts, in which Harrison Foster, another mess attendant, died after the bout.
A steamer voyage brought specimens representing twenty different kinds of animals. The goods will be forwarded to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington for study and display.
Mrs A F Anderson of Kemmerer Missouri says her husband deserted her on the Southwest Limited train between Davenport and Muscatine after they had retired to their berth in St Paul. Police seek the missing man. no trace found by late afternoon.
Paris reports a telegram from the captain of the Italian steamer Thalia at Hammerfest saying Walter Wellman left Spitzbergen on August 16 in a dirigible bound for the North Pole. The start had a favorable wind.
In Pittsburg Pa on August 19 mounted state constabulary patrol the Pressed Steel Car strike zone at McKee's Rocks The riverfront scene shows several thousand strikers along the riverbank as volleys from an unknown foreign woman with a baby are fired at the steamer Pfeil 50 imported workers travel across the Ohio River no injuries reported.
Robert Taintor of Beloit college fame was sentenced to two years in Green Bay reform school after pleading guilty to burglary and arson in La Crosse Wisconsin. He confessed faking a death attempt to divert suspicion and used the alias Arthur Dearborn to shield the Taintor name.
President Taft sent a congratulatory dispatch to Emperor Francis Joseph on his birthday expressing cordial greetings and good will from the U S government and people and best wishes for Austria and its prosperity.
The Valley Forge captain reports the barge Shawmont lost in a gale Tuesday off Saunderstown Rhode Island. Five crew members drowned in the incident.
Denver July 19 Despite leaders of the trans Miss issippi commercial congress efforts to prevent the Pinchot Ballinger dispute Thomas M Patterson of Colorado prepared an attack on Pinchot today but was curtailed as Congress refused extra time for a fuller resolution. No action was taken on the resolution.
Tangier, Aug. 19. The Sultan of Morocco sent a written communication to the Rif forces opposing the Spanish expedition at Melilla, ordering them to suspend the struggle until an imperial mission arrives.
Weather note reports fair conditions tonight and Friday for Town and Illinois. Sunrise is 5 01, sunset 6 48, moonset 8 52 p m.
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