Anti Saloon Injunctions Sought in Muscatine
The Anti Saloon League seeks injunctions against city saloons in Muscatine to secure broader law observance. The action aims to curb alcohol saloon activity and enforce multi law compliance.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1907
Page
1
The Anti Saloon League seeks injunctions against city saloons in Muscatine to secure broader law observance. The action aims to curb alcohol saloon activity and enforce multi law compliance.
Anti saloon drive reaches Muscatine as Rev G W Poole and John A Houser file injunction petitions against all saloons alleging malci law violations. Officials plan to compel compliance with law including no Sunday sales and curbing gambling with petitions of consent and potential closures. Houser says saloonkeepers will be treated reasonably and aims to force lawful operation.
A public notice lists saloon keepers against whom injunctions have been sought. Names include Toney Fackeldy Frank Binhoff Anheuser Busch Brewing Association Hans Mohnsen John Morgan Wm Burkhart Adam Von Dresky Tom J Cullen Varatta Fuhlman Don Brunke Schmidt Tracy Joan Fuller Frank Piper Edward Jacobs Henry Schaefer Charles Freeman Otto Seidlitz George Crippen Frank Maurath George Volger J G Dermedy Robert J Welch Jr Frank Mesher Hugo Darnhime for George L Criner Eugene Horst Henry France Jess Haifleigh Joe Wier C Toohey and others. The action is dated nine days prior with other ledger details obscured.
Esther Norling, 23, was shot and killed as she entered an uptown haberdashery store where she worked as a bookkeeper. Charles Warner, her former employer, is charged with the shooting and later wounded A. R. Spicer, the store manager, during his escape. Warner, described as unbalanced, sought a loan after the incident and was beaten by a truckman before police took him into custody.
Jefferson City July 23 Gov Folk granted a 30 day respite to Lord Frederick Seymour Barrington who faced execution at Clayton July 25 for the murder of James P. McCann.
Boise Idaho July 23 Attorney Richardson resumed arguments in the Haywood trial detailing Orchard's use of a bomb to kill Governor Steunenberg. He portrayed Orchard as bloodthirsty and obsessed with spectacle, claiming the plan sought maximum attention and tied to Fedora mine losses. He urged jurors to resist convicting his client under mining interests pressure.
Cedar Rapids reports 175 Rock Island carmen striking in solidarity with Sylvis shopmen. Duluth bands of 100 to 300 miners march to camps to demonstrate strength and disrupt mining work. St Paul notes Governor Johnson will travel to Duluth and Iron Range to assess the strike and risk of violence.
In Karlsruhe on July 23, Carl Hau professor of Roman law at George Washington University was sentenced to death for the murder of his mother in law Frau Molitor.
The steamer Pomona brought one survivor from the Columbia wreck to San Francisco and thirty two crew members. The passenger is Miss A Leidell of San Francisco. the Columbia had fifty nine on board.
Major Paymaster Eugene Coffin of the U S Army died this afternoon in Manila his arm having been amputated recently after blood poisoning from handling infected money while paying soldiers. The amputation was required due to the infection.
Brest July 23 reports say the Japanese squadron will reach the port tonight. To reduce risk of untoward incidents between sailors from the Washington and Tennessee, Admiral Stockton restricts shore leave once the Japanese arrive.
San Francisco July 28. The industrial peace conference sent a letter to Patrick Calhoun president of United Railroads asking him to withdraw his delegates. Calhoun replied denouncing the request as cowardly and said he would not attend the conference.
Chicago authorities report Mrs. Jennie Lauberbauer, 47, was shot and killed by her husband Joseph Early who said he mistook her for a burglar. Police are inclined to believe his accidental misidentification defense.
Augustus Rodney MacDonough son of Commodore Thomas MacDonough and veteran New York lawyer dies at 87. He passed away at his home from ailments of old age after a long legal career in New York City.
A large blaze destroyed the Pope Manufacturing Company building in Boston on July 23, with flames spreading rapidly through the bicycle factory and threatening adjacent structures. Fire crews attacked the fire but the extent of damage and possible casualties were not yet clear.
Copenhager July 23 A grief stricken housekeeper Mrs Nielsen employed by Ullkjaer of Jutland hanged three of her employer s children and three of her own then killed herself after receiving notice her services would end this month.
Report indicates an explosion during morning practice at Fort Terry Plum Island New York killed two soldiers and wounded two others. Communication with the fort is temporarily interrupted.
In Hahnville Louisiana on July 23 Ignacio Campiascino his wife Collagaro General Dusa and Tony Costa were found guilty of kidnapping and murdering the Lamana child and sentenced to life imprisonment. Leonardo Gebbia and his sister wait trial on the same charge with a continuation to November 12.
Simeon A. Barnes, an Iowa City pioneer, died at West Branch from a toe injury that led to gangrene. He was 80 years old and survived by nine children.
Norfolk, Virginia July 23. Harold S. Vanderbilt brother of William K. Vanderbilt Jr and Consuelo duchess of Marlborough left New London July 6 on his pole mast sleep yacht Trivia en route from Newport to the Jamestown exposition and has not arrived or been heard from.
Hovannes S. Tavshanjian, Armenian rug importer and ally of the Ottoman court, was shot outside his Union Square North shop. The killer Beros Hanparzonmian, sent by Armenian revolutionists, fled after three shots and was captured after a subway chase. bystanders aided Tavshanjian who died in the arms of actress Miss Trixie Genery.
Allen Wilson known as Tug in football circles, a 22 year old quarterback for Oberlin, was crushed to death when an electric car fell on him in Oberlin Ohio on July 23. He gained fame as a college football figure and was widely mourned by teammates and fans.
Lock Haven, July 23. More than a dozen people were injured early today in a rear end collision between a freight and an express train near Ferney on the Pennsylvania railroad. The accident was due to a heavy 08-
Survivors of the steamer Columbia arrive as the Pomona sails in with 98 dead reported so far. The explosion counteracted suction, saving many in the water. Illinois residents fear four Decaturians are lost. Survivors head toward Eureka for care and processing.
Davenport July 23 special The Jens Lorenzen Crockery Co. of Davenport has sold out its interest and retired. W H Laverenz and other local capitalists formed a stock company to take over the business.
Claude Hugo Horack of Wisconsin’s College of Law has been elected professor of law at the University of Iowa to replace Barry Gilbert who moves to Illinois. Regents plan to buy a block north of campus for the library and women’s hall.
Illinois fair and warmer tonight. Wednesday fair in the south with showers and cooler in the north. Iowa showers tonight and Wednesday, cooler Wednesday. Sun rises at 4 44, sets at 7 29, moon sets at 2 52.
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