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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1908
Page
1
A fresh plan proposes establishing tiny model farms to showcase scalable urban agriculture. Officials emphasize demonstrations, educational outreach, and potential partnerships with local schools and nonprofits to promote sustainable farming.
Washington February 14 Rep Scott of Kansas head of the house agriculture committee proposes 100 experimental one acre farms in every county across four western states. Farmers supply land and toil under Agriculture Department experts with no new congressional funding. He says current bulletins and papers waste funds and the plan would demonstr8ate best crop methods.
Mrs. Martha Anderson was discovered at her Janesville home with a throat wound. Initial signs suggested murder due to recent similar deaths, but later evidence showed self-inflicted death in a state of dementia after being found roaming in night clothes and taken into police care.
George H. Norman of Brookline and Newport, noted in society and polo, distinguished himself aboard the gun boat Gloucester during the Spanish American War by taking Admiral Cervera off the burning flagship Infanta Maria Teresa. He died at Corey Hill hospital Brookline after pneumonia followed operations. aged 43.
The Winona departed Mobile in full chase of the Delta, seized at Pensacola on an $8,000 libel. The steamer fled and the Winona will pursue until signaled off by wireless near Key West, Florida.
Colonel Andrew Wendell, one of the troopers who hunted and killed John Wilkes Booth, died yesterday morning at his 5774 Wells Street home after an illness lasting over a year and a half.
The three leading cars in the New York to Paris automobile tour reached Utica New York at 12 45 PM today. The advance party covered the miles from New York to Utica ahead of the main group.
London February 14 Mrs Parkhurst a leading suffragist and fellow delegates arrested during a demonstration at the house of commons were jailed for six weeks rather than post bonds for good behavior.
Washington Feb 14 The Postmaster General rescinds the 5 ft 4 in height and 125 pound minimum for postal clerks and mail carriers. Thousands of Americans of diminutive stature may now qualify to serve in the postal service. The order from Washington ends a long regu lation affecting recruitment.
Indian long distance runner Tom Longboat beat three rivals to win the ten mile relay in 50 52 38 5 at Park Square Coliseum Boston. Competitors included Percy Sellen and Claude Pierce of Canada and Bill Cummings of Scotland, with Longboat finishing two feet ahead of Pierce.
Georgia Senator Clay denounced the Aldrich currency bill in the senate saying it is wrong and vicious and offers no relief to the south and west. He argued it enlarges national bank powers and relinquishes sovereign authority to issue money. He criticized the minority plan for issuing 500 million treasury notes to finance government expenses.
Col. Charles C. Clark of Cedar Rapids resigns as lecturer in the University of Iowa College of Law after accepting a regents post from Governor Cummins. He says it is improper to hold a salaried regent position and the teaching post. Dean Gregory calls the move an act of high mindedness.
Secretary Taft will present diplomas to the United States Military Academy graduating class. One hundred eight new second lieutenants across branches will be commissioned as the class graduates early to meet officer shortages.
Congressman follows president ideas as bill 13 gains support. Eight men named in related measure are noted in congressional action and party briefings.
The proposal outlines compensation for civilian workers injured on the job in government service. It specifies eligibility, payment scope, and procedures for claims and appeals. The act aims to standardize benefits and streamline administration for federal civilian staff.
Washington report notes Representative Sterling of Illinois introduces a bill to automatically compensate civilian government workers injured on the job. The plan sets pension levels, death benefits, medical costs, and disability payments under secretary of commerce and labor oversight, with rules on misconduct and dependence.
In Fairbanks and Juneau reports, U S authorities debate disease control as Judge Gunnison warns of contagion risk. Officials urge sanitary laws, arrest leaders of disturbances, and highlight natives with tuberculosis and trachoma traveling with whites despite health rules.
New York police failed to arrest Henry S. Snow former treasurer of the New York and New Jersey Telephone company after watching his home all night. Snow was indicted by the grand jury today on a grand larceny charge.
Deputy Chief Charles W. Kruger, famed as the Grand Old Man of New York fire service, died leading his crew through a smoke filled cellar on Canal Street. He plunged through a trap door into a water filled sub basement and died at 57 after 36 years with the department. The rescue attempt by his men lasted minutes as they risked their lives to save him. In Buffalo, the Courier Company print shops sustained $250000 damage from an early morning fire.
In Marshall county on February 14 the Republicans declared for Taft for president and instructed the delegates to the state convention. B F Cummings was chosen as county candidate for the Fifth district delegate, 70 to 11 over E M Wentworth. Cummings will select the delegations to state and district conventions.
New York, Feb. 14 The state attorney general said he would seek appointment of a receiver for the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance company. Liens on policies are under question and indictments for perjury were issued against Foster M Voorhees former New Jersey governor and ex-president of Bankers Life, and Frank H Coombes ex-secretary, based on a 1964 state insurance department report.
Charleston, W. Va. Feb 14 The proposed constitutional amendment to ban liquor manufacture and sale except for science and medicine failed in the senate after passing the house.
Chicago banker A. C. Tisdelle, indicted for receiving deposits after learning his bank was insolvent, surrendered to police today following a warrant issued yesterday.
Dallas reports say a cyclone hit Tyler Texas early today with several killed. A Mossville Mississippi tornado killed two African Americans and injured several, plus a white woman. Mobile notes possible damage near Hattiesburg as wires go down.
At Milwaukee on February 14 the state convention approved a resolutions report endorsing William Jennings Bryan as the next Democratic presidential nominee and instructing delegates to Denver to vote for him. Delegates-at-large Charles H. Weise Herbert H. Manson John A. Aylward and Melvin A. Hoyt were elected.
In Clinton Illinois on February 14 the Snell trial heard a 2800 word hypothetical to Dr Archibald Church an alienist. The question cited unsigned letters attributed to Mrs Hamilton and asked if such notes would imply sanity or insanity. Church labeled Snell a paranoiac prone to exaggerated egos and hostility to his son Richard Snell.
The government completed its case in the Sherman anti trust suit against the American Tobacco Company in New York and adjourned to February 25 for the defendant to decide whether to present a defense.
Minneapolis February 14 May wheat fell to 1.00 on the local exchange as Argentine shipments drove the decline. Argentine exports reached seven and a half million bushels, the largest from that country on record.
Town shows partly cloudy and colder tonight with snow in the southeast. Saturday brings fair and warmer conditions. Illinois forecast calls for rain turning to snow and colder tonight with Saturday fair and colder in the southeast. Sunrise 6 49 sunset 5 20 moonset 5 23.
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