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Newspaper
Postville Review
Location
Postville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
4
The fragment mentions audacious individuals and a method of tying them by the heels and flogging them into a restraint. It suggests social or punitive measures for excessive intimacy and unrest, but the context and specifics are fragmented and unclear.
A long article discusses protected elephants facing new threats from hunting at night and the rising death toll in Bengal and Assam, alongside Wisconsin farmer initiatives. It highlights grain crops in South Dakota, speltz, and irrigation issues, plus immigration along railroad extensions and a new Lemmon land office. The Wisconsin Farmers Congress invites a large, representative delegation to the Madison session, urging registration and attendance to advance agricultural interests.
A newspaper column attacks sentimentalism about Uncle Toby sparing a fly. It argues flies spread disease and that sparing them preserves germs, claiming Sterne and sentimentalists err. The piece portrays the fly as humanitys deadly foe and urges its destruction to prevent millions of deaths.
Paris and London report that a German circle proposing swift recognition of Mulay Hafids Morocco creates unease abroad. The move, seen as clearing a confused situation, draws concern over misinterpretation while Germany seeks to acknowledge the victor in the Moroccan conflict. Austria reportedly backs Berlin, with others possibly aligned.
Sheboygan a man lost sight in one eye after a ripsaw struck him at the American Parlor Frame company plant. Neenah a 10 year old boy was hit by a stray bullet in the knee while hunting with friends. Chippewa Falls a 6 year old was rescued from drowning in Duneah Creek after going under three times. Green Bay railroad official W C Modisett died of asthma at 52, a longtime freight and passenger agent with Green Bay and Western since 1901. Racine a steel piece jammed in boiler shops reading unclear.
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered names and terms like John C Cheries Henry Union stock and Joseph I with uncertain relevance, mentioning Austin Margare and others. The passage contains garbled phrases, inconsistent capitalization, and stray punctuation, lacking coherent events or attributable actions. No clear person, organization, place, or event can be reliably identified or summarized.
Baltimore reports from Atlantic City that Charles B. Roberts, the boardwalk shooting victim from a week ago, is said dead though hospital authorities deny it. A hospital director reportedly notes the patient is in a coma.
Little John Bernard Murray the two headed baby died following an operation to remove one head. The infant had attracted attention at the New Orleans charity hospital for more than a week before his death yesterday after the procedure conducted several days prior.
Philadelphia on September 3 reports the Catholic Young Men's National union opened its annual convention and rally last night with attendees gathered for the event in the city.
Democratic congressional convention of Illinois 14th district endorses Mathew J. McInery of Rock Island for congress and names Judge J W Clendinin of Monmouth as elector at Monmouth Illinois on September 3.
Washington reports Rear Admiral John P. Merrill will retire on September 7 due to age. Appointed from Michigan in July 1863, he attained rear admiral rank in March 1907 after over 180 years of naval service at sea.
Independ ence party president candidate Thomas L Hisgen and William R Hearst began a country wide tour on September 3 to support the ticket. They planned to start in Milwaukee on Saturday and proceed to Tilingss across the country.
Hunters find a fox den containing five cubs after a mother fox lured them near. She stayed nearby with a wounded, pleading pose, while the hunters dug out the cubs. Cubs taken to a farmhouse to be dispatched. Foxes rarely share dens. mothers typically scatter young.
A fragmented old-time column mocks wedding customs and finances describing a union akin to a crafts guild. It notes three participants two men and one woman or a minister, or a justice can perform the ceremony if a preacher is unavailable. The piece hints at awkward social rituals, saving, and parental influence.
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